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