 L4d 1 & 2 Updates have broken my mic |
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 Dec 19 2009, 11:46 PM
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Man at arms  Group: Clan Members Posts: 161 Thank(s): 0 Points: 67 Joined: 13-February 09 From: Aberdeenshire Member No.: 4,071  |
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 --------------------  |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:16 AM
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 Knight Lieutenant Group: Clan Members Posts: 824 Thank(s): 0 Points: 218 Joined: 30-December 07 From: Brighton Member No.: 54 |
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.
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Dec 20 2009, 12:56 AM
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 Knight Errant Group: Clan Members Posts: 571 Thank(s): 0 Points: 381 Joined: 3-October 09 From: down your shaft :/ Member No.: 4,133 |
anything else changed ? driver OS etc
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Dec 20 2009, 07:32 AM
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 Squire Group: Members Posts: 111 Thank(s): 0 Points: 0 Joined: 10-November 09 From: Ipswich, UK Member No.: 4,159 |
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?
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Dec 20 2009, 12:22 PM
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 Security and Projects Group: Clan Dogsbody Posts: 4,687 Thank(s): 1098 Points: 2,440 Joined: 31-August 07 From: A Magical Place, with toys in the million, all under one roof Member No.: 1 |
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. --------------------  |
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Dec 20 2009, 03:17 PM
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 Squire Group: Clan Members Posts: 134 Thank(s): 0 Points: 52 Joined: 25-January 09 From: England Member No.: 4,049 |
QUOTE(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. It's cobolt you grumpy git XD --------------------  My avatar is me, in a school project ('The Ringlett') |
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Dec 20 2009, 03:25 PM
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Man at arms Group: Clan Members Posts: 161 Thank(s): 0 Points: 67 Joined: 13-February 09 From: Aberdeenshire Member No.: 4,071 |
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. -------------------- |
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Dec 21 2009, 07:15 PM
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Peasant Group: Trusted non-SM Posts: 15 Thank(s): 0 Points: 1 Joined: 7-November 09 Member No.: 4,155 |
Thanks, this solved my problem too.
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