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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: Simon on February 17, 2024, 05:25:00 PM
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Since about Wednesday, I'm finding that I suddenly stop being able to hear other players on vox. They can still hear me fine. I don't even see them keying up. If I .resetv it works again, but 5 minutes later it goes quiet and I have to .resetv again.
Nothing's changed on my end.
Any ideas?
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I had a problem like this once and it was my firewall closing the port that the vox was connecting on from the outside.
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This just happened to me tonight in the scenario. Randomly lose coms for 10-15 min at a time, then it would come back for an hour or so. Not seeing anyone key up on range or channel though they could hear me. First time it's ever happened to me, but a squad mate has been fighting with the same issue for a while.
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I had a problem like this once and it was my firewall closing the port that the vox was connecting on from the outside.
Can you provide specifics? I have had this problem since I changed ISP's. Or was it when I installed a new wireless router. I don't there are other variables. Feel free to hit me up privately. I don't really need to know the device specifics. Just lead me in the right direction.
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I don't use it but several were having issues with it on the axis side last night during the scenario
Eagler
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Anytime I'm on I type "resetv" in the text buffer and it resets all voice related voice programs.
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Anytime I'm on I type "resetv" in the text buffer and it resets all voice related voice programs.
Do you have to enter this command frequently?
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VOX issues, from what I remember is normally a connection issue. Duplex sound cards are a must and if connections are crappy its the VOX that goes first.
Check your connection. Be sure its a good connection. A reboot before you game might help clean things up, was one of the things I did in the old days.
Be sure your sound and modem cards are up to date on their drivers. Also check if you have had an update you allow to happen. Some times a new update can mess with your settings. If you let them happen automatically you may not have noticed an update with a change.
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I have covered all the basic level troubleshooting. This has been going on for a year. I have all my drivers current.
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VOX issues, from what I remember is normally a connection issue. Duplex sound cards are a must and if connections are crappy its the VOX that goes first.
Check your connection. Be sure its a good connection. A reboot before you game might help clean things up, was one of the things I did in the old days.
Be sure your sound and modem cards are up to date on their drivers. Also check if you have had an update you allow to happen. Some times a new update can mess with your settings. If you let them happen automatically you may not have noticed an update with a change.
Not sure why, yet. But I kinda lean Fugitives guess of maybe connection, after 1 yr was mentioned. Maybe try a few connection tweaks I posted in Hardwsre.
Try setting AH exe to High Priority in Task manager > details > right click AH. The game has to be open to do this. Even if it doesn’t fix it, it will serve you well and causes no harm.
Just feels like something might be taking priority, if its in and out.
Could be everyone got a Windows update that porked something.
<shrug> keep the details rolling, it will be figured out,
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Fugi and Animl make good points, but look to with other apps kicking in. Stop all others app that access audio outputs and mic inputs before you log in. You have have aphone and radio/tv you don't need any other A/O during the game.
WORID
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Interesting that others are having this same problem. It started for me about two weeks ago, requiring numerous “resetv”s every time in the game. No hardware changes or intentional software tweaks on my part. The playback and record options in the W10 sound settings are enabled only for my headset. Game issue, or something else?
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Interesting that others are having this same problem. It started for me about two weeks ago, requiring numerous “resetv”s every time in the game. No hardware changes or intentional software tweaks on my part. The playback and record options in the W10 sound settings are enabled only for my headset. Game issue, or something else?
Have you rebooted your computer lately? Or shut down while keeping the shift button pressed? If not, one or the other is worth trying. It might be a cumulative issue in Windows and either of those should fix such. Rebooting your router(s) and modem is the next step on the list. If neither of those fix the issue, it may be in your connections outside your house.
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Have you rebooted your computer lately? Or shut down while keeping the shift button pressed? If not, one or the other is worth trying. It might be a cumulative issue in Windows and either of those should fix such. Rebooting your router(s) and modem is the next step on the list. If neither of those fix the issue, it may be in your connections outside your house.
Yes on all, SHIFT key on every shutdown per your previous suggestion. Rebooted the router/modem. For my education, why would the connection outside the house cause vox to shutdown but, not the game, or the computer? I don’t know what I don’t know about this. Thanks in advance! :salute
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I remember Skuzzy talking about vox being a connection issue. I found this....
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,194082.0.html
But this one seems to explain things a bit more.....
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,322800.msg4214092.html#msg4214092
Now is this still relevant? beats the heck out of me, but nothing lasts forever. Routers just start acting flaky after a couple years and reboots dont clear up the issues any more and need to be replaced. Im sure the same could be said for modems both as add on cards or onboard stuff.
Just something else to look into.
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why would the connection outside the house cause vox to shutdown but, not the game, or the computer?
If I understand correctly, vox is the most network intensive task in the entire game. I mean, you have the game installed on your computer and you only send and receive coordinates of planes. All the graphics and game sounds are already in your PC and the signals through the Internet only tell where they should appear in your screen and speakers. Voice is different, you produce it on the fly instead of using pre-recorded phrases that already would be stored in other players' systems. That requires a much stabler and stronger connection. Live video is even worse in terms of using bandwidth - back in the day there was a customer who could use Skype for voice but not for video. Something similar might be with your connections, strong enough for location info but not for live speech.
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If I understand correctly, vox is the most network intensive task in the entire game. I mean, you have the game installed on your computer and you only send and receive coordinates of planes. All the graphics and game sounds are already in your PC and the signals through the Internet only tell where they should appear in your screen and speakers. Voice is different, you produce it on the fly instead of using pre-recorded phrases that already would be stored in other players' systems. That requires a much stabler and stronger connection. Live video is even worse in terms of using bandwidth - back in the day there was a customer who could use Skype for voice but not for video. Something similar might be with your connections, strong enough for location info but not for live speech.
Very interesting and something I did not know. Thanks! :aok Now, to figure out what has changed to create this issue over the last few weeks.
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Very interesting and something I did not know. Thanks! :aok Now, to figure out what has changed to create this issue over the last few weeks.
Server downgrade?
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Here’s an interesting, new twist. I’ve been using a wireless mouse with a dongle plugged in to one of the pc usb ports. The mouse, when fully charged, stated exhibiting signs of a low battery. So, plugged in a new, wired mouse yesterday. Played in game for two plus hours and had no vox issues, no need to “resetv”.
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Wow them dang mice sure do make a mess!!
That would be nice if that is the culprit.
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Wow them dang mice sure do make a mess!!
That would be nice if that is the culprit.
Second day with the mouse n a leash for about three hours, no vox interruptions. Appears the wireless one was failing somehow. Any technical jargon ideas about why this would affect vox, other than “mouse krap”?
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Second day with the mouse n a leash for about three hours, no vox interruptions. Appears the wireless one was failing somehow. Any technical jargon ideas about why this would affect vox, other than “mouse krap”?
My guess it was usb driver related
Glad you figured it out!
Eagler
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My guess it was usb driver related
Glad you figured it out!
Eagler
Thanks! Tried moving the dongle to different usb ports, with the wireless mouse charged up. Still had the vox issue. So, one or both are in failure mode.
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Thanks! Tried moving the dongle to different usb ports, with the wireless mouse charged up. Still had the vox issue. So, one or both are in failure mode.
If you're willing to play a little more with the wireless, go into Device Manager and from the View tab select Show Hidden Devices. That will show every device that has ever been connected in your system. Then go through USB/Universal Serial Bus controllers, HID/Human Interface Devices and Mice and other pointing devices and uninstall the greyed ones, they aren't currently connected. If it asks about removing the driver as well, it should be safe to do. After a reboot you can plug the wireless dongle in for testing.
Under other devices you may also find tons of greyed disks, most likely from USB sticks you've plugged in every once in a while. They can be removed as well. The same applies to about everything that's greyed out unless you have your gaming gear unplugged. Thus it might be safer to plug every controller and printer into the ports you're going to use for them and put them on so they won't show greyed. Sometimes the names aren't obvious...
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Thanks Bizeman! Good ideas and guidance, as always. :aok
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Are any of you impacted by this audio problem using the Quest Oculus VR?
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Last night during FSO I discovered if I issue the command .resetv 2 VOX audio returns.
There is someone else in my squad with the same issue and learned if you don't receive audio there does not appear to be an issue with transmitting audio. For example, when my squad member transmitted I could hear him and I could hear the people responding to him on VOX but he was unable to hear VOX audio.
Perhaps this is isolated to incoming audio for those of us not so lucky to have this problem.
I've programed Voice Attack to issue the resetv command anytime I detect or sense audio is failing. There are 3 options with this command but #2 appears to be the correct command.
A work around is better than no solution.
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I have a feeling this is tied to the fact I get random transmissions from people across the map.
Im not tuned to a vox channel ever unless I'm flying with old friends.
Oddly enough.. I'll see and hear chatter with a guy across the map, and we aren't tuned to the same vox???
Chute is one guy that I always hear on radio, yet we are 400 miles apart and not tuned to a common radio.
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Lazer Does it come in yellow like it's on a tuned text channel? I get that occasionally as well.
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Lazer Does it come in yellow like it's on a tuned text channel? I get that occasionally as well.
Yeah Vulcan exactly. I've seen it happen with a few different players, but like I mentioned above, there was one player in particular it happened with quite commonly.