Voip and Steam

**Alundil** · 05-10-10, 04:09 PM

Digital - the problem that I see with having a public TTP Vent server is that it then becomes one more thing that someone (admins) must police. Since there is no way to control what nick is entered into Vent (tying it to soldier name for example) there is no way to really identify that those in Vent (on one "team channel") are playing on the right side. This would be a rampant avenue for "ghosting" and asshatery and stat padding. Someone with multiple channels switching between our public and their own private relaying information to a friend.

Is this possible already? Sure is....but why would TTP want to potentially host such a source of problems?

**draco7891** · 05-10-10, 06:46 PM

There will never be a public TTP external voice server. Ever. You can stop talking about it, justifying it, arguing over it, proselytizing it, playing semantics with it, whatever. Not gonna happen, end of story.

Now, I'll ask again: Can ANYONE confirm that the fix listed in the OP does in fact work, or that it does not work (ie, breaks the VOIP)?

Draco

**WileECyte** · 05-10-10, 06:53 PM

Draco: the line in my file is not misspelled. I've got the Steam edition.

**[CoFR]SirMoo** · 05-10-10, 07:15 PM

I never got voip to work, but I picked up the tip from some other website

**draco7891** · 05-10-10, 07:32 PM

OK, I have the Steam Version. Freshly installed, game files fully up-to-date and cache integrity verified.

The setting as originally set in GameSettings.ini said: "VoipRecieveVolume" (misspelled)

I changed the line to read "VoipReceiveVolume". (correct spelling). The setting was 0.500000 (50%).

I went into the game, into Settings, and changed the VOIP Receive Volume setting to 0.80 (80%).

In GameSettings.ini, I now have two entries, one with correct spelling with a 0.500000 setting (50%, the old value), and one misspelled with a 0.800000 setting (80%, the new, current value).

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Therefore: The setting in the game code itself is misspelled, and the misspelling in GameSettings.ini is the proper name of the variable for VOIP volume. Changing the spelling of the setting breaks the VOIP volume.

Can anyone duplicate the steps above and achieve a different result, especially those that say their setting is not misspelled?

Draco

**[CoFR]SirMoo** · 05-10-10, 09:30 PM

I have both lines in there and could hear 619summon cut in and out whereas I can't remember voip ever working before.

**Walkerxes** · 05-10-10, 10:10 PM

Have VoipRecieveVolume=0.500000

Steam version. Haven't ever changed it, or even looked at it til now. Was playing earlier and could hear my squad fine.. at one point it got a little sketchy, then it cleared up.

**mouzykin** · 05-22-10, 12:54 PM

Draco,

I tried the same thing and got the same result.

There's now 2 lines of code in GameSettings, one has incorrect spelling and one with correct spelling.

**digital** · 05-22-10, 03:10 PM

Ok the general consensus is VOIP does not work in this game unless using Teamspeak or Ventrillo.

So until then we will all be running around like chickens with our heads cutoff and finding a hiding place to type for help which by the time it is typed out the help is no longer needed.

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Props to EA.