L4d 1 & 2 Updates have broken my mic Options

[HYPOBOXER]

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

[MonkeyFiend]

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.