Why Can't People Hear Me?

BugBrain · May 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Yes, I am super-noob. Please help me.</div> I just bought a headphones and mic set. The mic works, I know because windows sound recorder picks me up just fine. I can hear everybody else crisply with the speakers. I have the "enable voice" and "use mic for voice" boxes checked. But people can not hear me. WTH not?

I just realized this belongs in tech support, and that I can't delet my own post. Sorry.

RPG_Jssmfulhud · May 2003

Well, I dunno how much help I can give you, but I can share my experience...

I had exactly the same idea. It just wasn't working. But then I realised that I didn't have the microphone recording enabled. If you double-click on the "Volume" tray icon, you'll get a window with all the slides. Go to options -> properties. Click recording and OK. Now here, you have to click on the "select" check box of the microphone balance. You should now hear yourself on the pseakers in real time.

I don't know, maybe you did that and maybe it isn't even neccessary. But give it a try.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

ThinG · May 2003

next to that there is allways the possibility that the mic is busted, factory flaws can happen, but let's not assume that.

In your windows volume control panel (yeah the thing with the slides) there should be a slide for the microphone, shove that way up high...
*note that, if you cant find it, check the options/properties menu in volume control, and "check"the mic box in the list you will see => it enables your mic control in the volume control panel

In your sierra dir there is a program called voicetweak => it sets your transmit volume, play around with it, depending on the quality mic you use put it around 75% of the sliding bar.
Furthermore you can set your transmit volume in that sliding bar in the options menu in NS where you checked the boxes, but I assume you set that one already

Next to all of this, check the microphone is actually in the microphone holeplugthingy, it's always easy to make a mistake while plugging it in and it can happen to anyone, so just check it!

That's bout all that comes to my puny little mind, so I hope there is something that leads to a solution of your problem,

good luck, c u in-game

and

Cheers <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

*move this to Tech plz

Wolhay · May 2003

To test the microphone in-game write "voice_loopback 1" in the console and you'll hear what others hear when you use the microphone. If you use speakers you'll probably get freaky results as the sound will echo and I think that it's recommended not to use it otherwise if you want better results.

Mjr_Beatings · May 2003

I don't want to ask a stupid question, but it's happened before:

Have you bound a button in NS for your mic? If not bind "button" "+voicerecord" in console or your config.cfg (obviously replacing "button" with a button of your choice) <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

ThinG · May 2003

aye, I had that the first week <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

yeah I'm dumb... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

Supernorn · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThinG @ May 23 2003, 07:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> In your windows volume control panel (yeah the thing with the slides) there should be a slide for the microphone, shove that way up high...
*note that, if you cant find it, check the options/properties menu in volume control, and "check"the mic box in the list you will see => it enables your mic control in the volume control panel
 </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
wow, thanks man!
my mic was checked on 'mute' for some reason, and now i can talk again! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

ThinG · May 2003

I HELPED <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

BugBrain · May 2003

Just when you thought that I could not be any more noobish, think again!

What do you mean by binding keys and typing in the consol? Is consol the message thing I use to chat during the game?

84n44n · May 2003

binding keys means attaching a certain command or a series of commands to a keyb button. Done with the "bind" console command.

typing in console is not the say thing.

To get into console, you need it enabled. To do this, you have to start HL with -console i believe. possibly another parameter, not sure.

Then, you can pull it down in game with ~ (on qwerty; for my azerty its ²/³)

there you type commands.. and such.

MrMoFo · May 2003

you dont have to use the consol if ur not sure what to do there, you can also bind a key to voice chat from the controls menu

BugBrain · May 2003

Thanks for all the help. It's finally working, but the voice is garbled. The mic itself is in perfect working condition. I sound perfect on the Valve Voice Configuration. Everything i saw is crisp and clear, except during the game.

Update: I have voice bound to mouse button four (my mouse has little thumb buttons on the side). When I press and hold the button down, the voice box blinks on and off instead of staying solid. Only bits and pieces are registered. That's why evertyhing I saw is garbled. Now, how do I fix this?

a_civilian · May 2003

Maybe it's a problem with your fourth mouse button. Have you tried binding voice communication to something else?

Zel · May 2003

voicecomm works when your fps is good, if you are running with five frames per second it will come out choppy and garbled.

ive had trouble suing voicecomm when commandering and looking over a crowded base, so i thought id point this out.

ThinG · May 2003

thumb button tends to wear out pretty fast (accuracy), try another button, i.e. your right mouse button or preferably till 1.1 come out a button on your keyboard, for as far as I know mousebound vox won't work when you are comming.

good luck

BugBrain · May 2003

Where do I find my FPS?

Zel · May 2003

yeah you can use mousebound anything while commanding, no one notices that although its kinda odvious that when clicking on people you sure arent +attacking them <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

to see your fps and network information put net_graph 3 into the console, and then in the lower left a buncha numbers appear, the top leftmost one is your frames per second.

displaying all those numbers take more processor power so it may be best to turn it back off with net_graph 0 . but not immediately, because youll want to see how the fps fares in different situations,

itll be high in the readyroom and low in a firefight.

furyk · May 2003

testing testing

a_civilian · May 2003

To get the console, press the [~] key (at the top left of the keyboard).

84n44n · May 2003

with net_graph u see ur fps, but it also decreases your fps <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'> if you wanna see your real actual fps, try "cl_showfps 1" in console. It will show up in the upper right corner. Don't leave it there though, i used to, and on my old sucky PC i tried everything to get it up, so i started concentrating on it. The consequences where that i was even more of a noob than i am, actually <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>
to turn it of "cl_showfps 0".

Netgraph is just fine though, if you have a recent PC.. HL can't do more than 99fps anyways, and 40-50 should be playable, even with occasional drops. Heck i played that 20... now im doin solid 99 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

OBhave · May 2003

Yeah, ppl tend to forget or just not know about the button you have to bind and the little "speaker icon" that appears on the right edge of the screen when you hold the button. I was going mad because suddenly that little icon stopped appearing, and I checked and triple checked EVERYTHING both in and outside of HL. Then I just figured maybe I´d just reinstall NS, since voice comm worked in every other mod. And voila, it worked after that.

Pegenator · May 2003

I also have a "garbled" voice, and I have binded voicerecord to x.

Help?

BugBrain · May 2003

Alright, i did a complete re-install of Half-Life and NS. My voice ability is still messed up in NS. The mic itself works just fine. It's plugged in correctly. It's a problem with NS itself. When I press ALT to talk, the voice box flashes on and off with 1 second intervals. It's like I was rapidly pressing the voice button down. I have binded vioce to many different keys, and still the same effect. As far as I know, i have the most recent version of HL and NS available. Is there anything else I might need to download to make voice work correctly?

a_civilian · May 2003

What is your framerate in NS?

<edit>
I searched the forum and found two relevant threads. Read them and see if they help.
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=19724' target='_blank'>Voice Communication Problem</a>
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=12195' target='_blank'>Some Issues With Voice Comm</a>

BugBrain · May 2003

fps is 60. Of course, it dips a bit during intense combat. But it's usually about 60.

NinjaStitch · May 2003

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When I speak into my mic during Gampelay, isn't it suppose to show a sort of sign that I'm talking to the players on-line? (As in pressing the tab key for statistics and the speaker icon should have movement) but in my case, that didn't happen. WHY?!?

And they're still running...

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'>

The_Turk · May 2003

im having volume problems with my new headset. The impedence on the mic is too high, causing it to be very soft unless i yell into it (which pisses my parents off quite badly). All of the settings in both windows and vicetweek are set at max, and it's still too soft. Do any of you now of a free mic preamp program?

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