DayZ does not recognize any sound from my microphone. When pressing push-to-talk or using voice activation, the microphone symbol appears, but no sound comes from my character. (There are no "sound waves" appearing from the microphone symbol when I talk, and I had a friend confirm that they cannot hear me.) This problem has not been fixed with extensive troubleshooting.
(Rated severity as "major" because communication is an integral part of a game like DayZ)
N/A - just nothing happens when pressing push-to-talk or voice activation.
I have tried many fixes from across forums and videos. Below is a description of my "fixes" and possibilities going forward. (These are copied from a reddit post I made describing the issue) My microphone is a standalone Blue Yeti and is the only mic enabled at all in my sound settings.
Things I have tried (that have NOT worked)
Other comments:
Hello GardenStone.
Was the OS initially installed from a clean slate or did you upgrade your Windows through the upgrade feature? As there was a user who had this issue and it was seemingly caused by using the upgrade feature as it possibly incorrectly transfers some files related to the drivers.
Hey, thanks for replying.
I installed Windows 10 directly when I built this PC, so it was a clean installation. I've never had a previous version of the OS, just Win10.
I've noticed other people from this forum and on other social media have a similar problem, even with many hours in the game without issue, then they suddenly & recently lose access to voip like this. As a relatively new player, I don't have the countless hours in DayZ to speak for this, but could this have been broken for certain players in a recent update?
Edit: to clarify, it doesn't seem to be a huge amount of players reporting this - it's only been a few others that I've personally seen while digging for this. I'm a little worried it's a bit of an obscure/specific problem.
Just to resolve this: I did a reinstall of Windows 10 and my issue seems to be fixed. I guess what was said earlier regarding some driver-related files was messing with my audio, even though I hadn't upgraded my OS.
That said, I this problem is solved. Thanks guys
I've just fixed this after NONE of the things you listed worked for me too. What fixed it was setting my audio card (Motu M2) Loopback Mix as default. So it's basically picking my voice by internally 'listening' to the computer. I'm aware it might be an option very specific to my audio card but I hope it might help with some further troubleshooting possibilities ✌️