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[Left 4 Dead 2] Speaker setting reverts to 5.1 channels every time

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4325 · opened 2016-02-19 by undeference · updated 2019-07-20 · 5 comments · github
Uundeference 2016-02-19 github

From https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4113#issuecomment-157600002:

it seems to not be saving my speaker settings, so every time I start, it sets it back to 5.1 rather than headphones, and I have to change that in the sound menu (then set my voice_scale again) before joining a game; if I do it in game, voice chat stops.

Ggamidov-r 2016-03-21 github

I have the same problem
and with setting "speaker 5.1" sound is heard from 2 speakers
with setting "speaker 3" sound is heard from 6 speakers (5.1)

JJoeppie 2017-12-11 github

I have this problem, and when I change from 5.1 speakers to headphones, my Left4Dead2 in-game microphone stops working until the next level loads. Every time I start the game, it is reverted to 5.1 speakers.

Others have this problem too:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/1471967615878920818/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/492378738694353784/

Perhaps it is related to this issue? https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/1881

Irrespective, @undeference thanks for mentioning the workaround where you change settings before starting game; that way mic at least works!

config.cfg (i.e. ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Left 4 Dead 2/left4dead2/cfg) is succesfully written upon exiting the game.

Here's my system info

Uundeference 2017-12-11 github

Does that happen when you change it before joining a game?

I have to change that in the sound menu… before joining a game; if I do it in game, voice chat stops.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-03-29 github

Closing as a duplicate of https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2000.

Vvitacell 2019-07-20 github

This bug is affecting me right now. And still they did not fix it.

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