VOIP Volume

The-Killer · July 2011

<div class="IPBDescription">VOIP Volume adjustment?</div>Maybe its just me, but I would hope not. But VOIP Volume seems quite low, even with headphones on. (I primarily use speakers)
Even with game volume on max, it seems to make it somewhat louder but also makes all other sounds loud as well, so that's somewhat annoying and not a solution.

Is there a cvar for VOIP volume? ex. in source games theres literally voice_scale, default is 1.

Ideally I would think there should be a slider in the options?

PersianImm0rtal · July 2011

yeah everyone is so quiet in game I can not hear most of the people over mics

kabab · July 2011

While we are in the topic of VoIP can we please show who is talking in the game HUD having to press tab is ridiculous.

The-Killer · July 2011

aye, that would be very nice, and dont want to make a habit, but just like every other source game does... :)

Talesin · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The-Killer @ Jul 11 2011, 09:36 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1859911"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>aye, that would be very nice, and dont want to make a habit, but just like every other source game does... :)</div>
Except that NS2 isn't using Source.

kabab · July 2011

Does anyone know if the volumes can be adjusted in the lua code?

The-Killer · July 2011

These seem possible, but hard to find documentation
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'>bool Client.SetSoundParameter ( Entity , string , string , float , float )
bool Client.SetSoundPropertyFloat ( Vector , integer , integer , float , bool )
bool Client.SetSoundPropertyInt ( Vector , integer , integer , integer , bool )
Client.SetSoundVolume ( float )</div>

Wiltdog · July 2011

You know where the squad icons are? Put the person's name highlighted in white and a Microphone icon next to it.

BazZz · July 2011

I would love to see that going into the game soon...

We had an awesome game yesterday with great voice-usage especially from our alien commander.
But each minute we had so many "sorry, didn't get you" - " can you repeat again please".

Very difficult to understand while munching on a powernode :)

Navi491 · July 2011

I would seriously appreciate the ability/option to boost my microphones volume, because everyone ingame seems to have difficulty hearing me, but on other games, ventrilo, and teamspeak everyone seems to hear me fine without boosting my microphones volume.

Feha · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BazZz @ Jul 13 2011, 12:15 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1860335"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I would love to see that going into the game soon...

We had an awesome game yesterday with great voice-usage especially from our alien commander.
But each minute we had so many "sorry, didn't get you" - " can you repeat again please".

Very difficult to understand while munching on a powernode :)</div>
And others seem to have problems understanding what I say when I'm munching on a piece of plastic. Which by the way was very flat in the end.

The-Killer · July 2011

So I made a lua script to display the players name if they talk.

Its not perfect, and yeah theres no little speaker icons. Ideally I think I need to draw a table like the scoreboard does but didn't feel like trying to figure it out.

I welcome people to try this out and improve it, just leave my name in the top if you can :)

Definitely need to hook the player disconnect event and then remove them from the array, could lead to wasted memory over a long game.

Put GUIVOIP.lua in the lua folder(ex C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\natural selection 2\ns2\lua)

Then in Player_Client.lua line 1005 add this
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'>GetGUIManager():CreateGUIScriptSingle("GUIVOIP")</div>

GUIVOIP.lua
<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'>// GUIVOIP
// By: The-Killer (killer@righttorule.com)
//
// VOIP talking indicator
// Version: 0.1

class 'GUIVOIP' (GUIScript)

Script.Load("lua/NS2Gamerules.lua")

function GUIVOIP:Initialize()

    self.talkers = {}
    self.numTalkers=0;

end

function GUIVOIP:Uninitialize()

    for i, t in ipairs(self.talkers) do
        GUI.DestroyItem(t)
    end
    self.messages = nil
end

function GUIVOIP:Update(deltaTime)
    local lPlayer = Client.GetLocalPlayer()
    //local players = GetGamerules():GetTeam(lPlayer:GetTeamNumber()):GetPlayers()

    if(lPlayer ~= nil) then
    //if(false) then
        //local team = GUIScoreboard.teams[lPlayer:GetTeamNumber()]

        //local playerList = team["PlayerList"]
        local playerList = GetEntitiesForTeam("Player", lPlayer:GetTeamNumber())

        for index, player in pairs(playerList) do
            local clientIndex = player:GetClientIndex()
            if(clientIndex ~= nil) then
                if ChatUI_GetClientMuted(clientIndex) then
                        self.talkers[clientIndex]:SetIsVisible(false)
                elseif ChatUI_GetIsClientSpeaking(clientIndex) then
                    //PrintToLog("%s is speaking",clientIndex)
                    //PrintToLog("Num Talkers = %s",self.numTalkers)

                    if(self.talkers[clientIndex] == nil) then
                        self.talkers[clientIndex] = {}
                        self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"] = GUIManager:CreateTextItem()
                        self.talkers[clientIndex]["curTalkingIndex"]=1;
                    end

                    local alreadyTalking = self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:GetIsVisible()
                    if(not alreadyTalking) then
                        self.numTalkers=self.numTalkers+1;
                        self.talkers[clientIndex]["curTalkingIndex"] = self.numTalkers;
                    end

                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetFontSize(GUIScale(16))
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetAnchor(GUIItem.Left, GUIItem.Center)
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetTextAlignmentX(GUIItem.Align_Min)
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetTextAlignmentY(GUIItem.Align_Center)
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetText(Scoreboard_GetPlayerData(clientIndex, kScoreboardDataIndexName))
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetPosition(Vector(25, (self.talkers[clientIndex]["curTalkingIndex"] * GUIScoreboard.kPlayerItemHeight)+100, 0))
                    self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetIsVisible(true)
                else
                    if(self.talkers[clientIndex] ~= nil) then
                        local alreadyTalking = self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:GetIsVisible()
                        if(alreadyTalking) then
                            self.numTalkers=self.numTalkers-1;
                        end
                        self.talkers[clientIndex]["textItem"]:SetIsVisible(false)
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
end</div>

kabab · July 2011

Any word on if we will get a volume adjust for the voip in 181??

ScardyBob · July 2011

Bumping in hopes this will make it into B182. A separate volume controller for in-game VoIP is really needed. There are some players who I simply cannot hear above the ambient/entity sounds.

wulf 21 · July 2011

Maybe these are the standard settings from simon (their sound engineer) that has better sound equipment and better ears than everyone else. XD

But I think in one of the next patches we will get a major menu redesign. Wacko said something like that when telling that you need a console command to change the locale. I hope that VOIP settings and testing will make it in, too.

oldassgamers · July 2011

Easiet way to salve this is to do it like in ns1. Everytime a person talks ingame, the ingame sounds will decrease automatlic from 100% to 70% procent (while the person is talking)

MaGicBush · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (oldassgamers @ Jul 28 2011, 09:24 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1864204"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>Easiet way to salve this is to do it like in ns1. Everytime a person talks ingame, the ingame sounds will decrease automatlic from 100% to 70% procent (while the person is talking)</div>

This is needed along with a separate volume control, but yea I agree I am constantly finding myself asking others to repeat what they are saying.

Iacto · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (oldassgamers @ Jul 28 2011, 02:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1864204"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>Easiet way to salve this is to do it like in ns1. Everytime a person talks ingame, the ingame sounds will decrease automatlic from 100% to 70% procent (while the person is talking)</div>

I really don't like this, especially if I'm trying to hear something, or place a skulk sound

aeroripper · July 2011

This would be handy! Nobody can really hear me when I use my mic unless its a quiet moment in the game :(

ScardyBob · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Iacto @ Jul 28 2011, 09:24 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1864262"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I really don't like this, especially if I'm trying to hear something, or place a skulk sound</div>

Yeah, I would really prefer a way to manually control the volumes. I know there is a current sound volume console command (ssv = set sound volume). Maybe they could just include a VoIP volume console command (svv = set voip volume)?

WasabiOne · July 2011

agree with ScardyBob on this one

Shilorius · July 2011

There is a temporary solution for that, at least on Windows7.

Just right click the little speaker icon in the task bar near the clock and select "recording devices"
(the name may differ, because I use a german version...)

In the upcoming window click the most right tab "communications"
Then select downgrade volume to 50%

It works, but it is a little annoying as well, because there is no smooth fading... it just cuts from 100% to 50% and back to 100%.

MaGicBush · July 2011

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Iacto @ Jul 28 2011, 11:24 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1864262"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I really don't like this, especially if I'm trying to hear something, or place a skulk sound</div>

Add that as a option instead of forcing it, and a option to adjust just the incoming mic voices.

VOIP Volume

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