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Posted by: HYPOBOXER Dec 19 2009, 11:46 PM

Its a wierd one this but since the recent updates my mic does not work anymore.

If I go to the test mic under settings in Steam it works fine. But when I Start the game theres a sharp crack and the mic stops working.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Hypo

Posted by: Magik6 Dec 20 2009, 12:16 AM

Sorry dude I can't think of anything, however if you do manage to find the root cause let me know so I can impliment it on cobalt's system.

Posted by: K. Dec 20 2009, 12:56 AM

anything else changed ? driver OS etc

Posted by: ConTenDeR^ Dec 20 2009, 07:32 AM

Georges mic breaks in game, he has to alt tab out and disable and reable mic every new chapter. He mentioned something about a steam fault, maybe it's same with u now?

Posted by: MonkeyFiend Dec 20 2009, 12:22 PM

software applications like CD Recording programs can change the wavein input to come from the CD player instead of from the microphone, then when players try and use their microphone in the game it won't work.

To solve this, the HL engine tries to make sure the mixer control settings are set properly when the game runs, but not all soundcards work the same way, especially sound cards like Audigy 2ZS pro cards etc.,.

To prevent the HL engine from trying to set the mic input, players need to set this CVAR in their userconfig.cfg file or in the launch properties of the game.

Add this line in userconfig.cfg:

voice_forcemicrecord 0

or in the launch properties (as in the properties for the incon that you click on) for each game you play:

+voice_forcemicrecord 0

(you don't need both)

This will prevent the engine from attempting to configure the mixer settings.

You might also check and make sure these settings are correct:

voice_enable "1"
sv_voiceenable "1"
voice_scale "0.75"
voice_dsound "1"
voice_modenable "1"

By default, these settings will be found under the following directory:
C:\Valve\Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead\left4dead\cfg\config.cfg

If this file does not exist you may create it by creating a new Notepad document in the \cfg\ folder, entering the suggested settings, and renaming the file to "config.cfg".

This should also fix georges problem too.

Posted by: Cobolt Dec 20 2009, 03:17 PM

QUOTE(Magik6 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:16 AM)

Posted by: HYPOBOXER Dec 20 2009, 03:25 PM

Thanks Monkey,

The only think that was different in the cfg was the setting

voice_forcemicrecord 0

was set as voice_forcemicrecord 1

I have changed it and will try it out later.

Posted by: me_1230 Dec 21 2009, 07:15 PM

Thanks, this solved my problem too.