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CS 1.6 can't hear players speaking in microphone.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#876 · opened 2013-01-25 by spacelike · updated 2014-01-12 · 40 comments · github
Sspacelike 2013-01-25 github

I can't hear others but they can hear me apparently.
Receiving doesn't work at all. When people talk I see their name display on the right hand side but it flashes very rapidly (keeps disappearing) and I don't hear any sound at all from their mic.

However, I've tested sending mic transmissions and the players say they can hear me.
One person said I sounded a little robotic though, but I have a very cheap old mic so it might not be a problem.

I am using pulseaudio in Gentoo 64-bit.

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-01-25 github

Do you otherwise hear in game audio? Does voice chat work in the steam client (Half-Life uses Steam voice chat).

DDarkDefender 2013-01-25 github

@alfred-valve Sound works in CS and voice chat works in the steam client friends chat.
However in CS I have the same problem as spacelike.

Sspacelike 2013-01-26 github

confirming DarkDefender's response. @alfred-valve all other audio as far as I can tell is working except for hearing microphone communication, even the radio hotkeys work "fire in the hole", "go, go, go", etc...

Jjooiiee 2013-01-26 github

Problem exists for me to with ubuntu 12.10. All sounds work apart from voice chatt and steam calls dont work either in neither direction.

Aawedsa 2013-01-26 github

Can confirm same issue for me.

Jjooiiee 2013-01-27 github

Boosted my mic and tested another steam call. I could hear myself and the person on the other side could hear me but I could not hear him.

Fflintstones-fred 2013-01-27 github

I can confirm the same issue in ubuntu 12.04

Aawedsa 2013-01-29 github

A few minutes ago I was playing with a Linux user who also had the same problem as OP stated (he even told me that he was told he sounded robotic) BUT when we spoke to each other on microphone, we could hear each other perfectly.
So this is only a problem between Linux and Windows users.

DDasani 2013-01-29 github

I can confirm this is an issue for me as well. Ubuntu 12.04, Creative X-Fi Fatality using Pulse Audio.

Ddavidgomes 2013-01-29 github

I can confirm this on 12.10. Game sound works just fine, but not players on the microphone.

Ffnky 2013-01-29 github

Confirmed on Mac OS X 10.8.2 (I can see when they talk — Looks like flickering boxes).

Ddavidgomes 2013-01-30 github

I can also see when they talk and it detects my voice on Test Microphone on Options.

Eekhaat 2013-01-31 github

Same problem - I have voice loopback set to 1 so I can hear my self, but I can't hear anyone else, and no one else can hear me, also the flickering.

And when I push to talk, my voice gets chopped in two

Zzp 2013-02-01 github

It's happening in the Windows version of the CS beta as well.

Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Eekhaat 2013-02-01 github

Hmm, when I run CS 1.6 in wine on ubuntu 12.04 I have no problem with voice

Ddavidgomes 2013-02-01 github

That's because what you are running is the stable version for Windows, not the native Beta on GNU/Linux :)

?ghost 2013-02-02 github

I get the same problem. Playing on jailbreak servers is kind of impossible with this bug.

Llexxus-lex 2013-02-03 github

I have this problem too. Kubuntu 12.04

?ghost 2013-02-04 github

@alfred-valve Voice chat is still not working after the update. Still flickering.

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-04 github

Okay, can you launch the game with "-dev" on the command line and send me the full console log of joining a server and having this chat issue. I thought I had reproduced what you see but apparently I haven't. Also knowing the server ip you are connecting to will help, you need to join a server running the beta code, not an old style server (support for the older voice protocols has been removed).

Actually, I bet this is your bug, try running a listen server and have a friend connect (or another machine of your own) to see if you can reproduce the issue still in that case.

Ddavidgomes 2013-02-04 github

steam://connect/188.93.237.148:1338/

That's one of the servers where I encounter this bug. I can only give you guys the -dev output tomorrow.

Jjooiiee 2013-02-04 github

How do you know if the server runs the new voice protocols?
On Feb 4, 2013 11:23 PM, "alfred-valve" [email protected] wrote:

Okay, can you launch the game with "-dev" on the command line and send me
the full console log of joining a server and having this chat issue. I
thought I had reproduced what you see but apparently I haven't. Also
knowing the server ip you are connecting to will help, you need to join a
server running the beta code, not an old style server (support for the
older voice protocols has been removed).

Actually, I bet this is your bug, try running a listen server and have a
friend connect (or another machine of your own) to see if you can reproduce
the issue still in that case.


Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/876#issuecomment-13103246.

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-04 github

@jooiiee you can't right now, on release (real soon now) we will bump the version number and then you can't have this issue. I have changed versions yet so we have a nice large base of servers to test on, with the downside of small bugs like this.

Fflintstones-fred 2013-02-04 github

So, eventually all the servers will get this update, correct?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:30 PM, alfred-valve [email protected]:

@jooiiee https://github.com/jooiiee you can't right now, on release
(real soon now) we will bump the version number and then you can't have
this issue. I have changed versions yet so we have a nice large base of
servers to test on, with the downside of small bugs like this.


Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/876#issuecomment-13103610.

Jjooiiee 2013-02-04 github

Ie you set up your own server. Is there a guide?
On Feb 4, 2013 11:30 PM, "alfred-valve" [email protected] wrote:

@jooiiee https://github.com/jooiiee you can't right now, on release
(real soon now) we will bump the version number and then you can't have
this issue. I have changed versions yet so we have a nice large base of
servers to test on, with the downside of small bugs like this.


Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/876#issuecomment-13103610.

?ghost 2013-02-04 github

Log: http://sprunge.us/gDGi
Server IP: 217.79.189.151:27016

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-04 github

@pranavkaranjkar correct.

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-04 github

@vorenon , 217.79.189.151 is running the old code, so that would explain it.

Zzp 2013-02-04 github

Just made a listenserver and had a buddy connect, and it was still happening. I'm running the beta and he was on the .gcf version of CS.

Do both players need to be opted in to the cstrike beta for it to transmit voice correctly? In addition to the server being on the new beta code?

This is on Windows.

Jjohndrinkwater 2013-02-04 github

Just played on a BUILD 5940 SERVER with a friend and it appears fixed :)

Aalfred-valve maintainer 2013-02-05 github

Okay, great, closing this out with the comment that is it expected to fail if playing on older servers.

Sspacelike 2013-02-05 github

Can this bug be reopened? The issue still persists for me after the last update, I notice no changes in this area.

DDasani 2013-02-05 github

I think it is up to the servers to update to build 5940 spacelike. I don't know of a way to filter out servers but I still get map mismatches cause so many servers are out of date.

Jjooiiee 2013-02-05 github

The issue is fixed so the bug should remain closed. Servers need to be updated.

Ddavidgomes 2013-02-06 github

Can I get some link that explains the new sound protocol and whatnot? I very much doubt any server will update - really. It's not like people will ever update most servers anyways. This means I'll never be able to play Counter Strike 1.6 (Jailbreak and microphone-based mods) on any popular local server.

Still, I'd like to give it a shot, but I need some web page explaining it to show the guys.

Thank you.

Jjohndrinkwater 2013-02-06 github

When the current beta is pushed as the regular build, all clients and servers will update too.

Ddavidgomes 2013-02-06 github

As in, they will be forced to update? Is there somewhere I can 'subscribe' to get to know when that happens?

TTHE1233 2013-02-26 github

People I know how hear players after update my skype grayzor2010

MMrSchism 2013-02-26 github

People I know how hear players after update my skype [removed]

Stop trying to find distribution channels for your kludge-ball.

OOtakuGamer 2014-01-12 github

I realize how old this thread is, but it's currently 2014 and I am having a similar problem with steam on Manjaro Linux(Derived from Arch Linux). When I go on voice chat with my friend(he's using Win7) he can hear me but I cannot hear him at all, also I can't even hear the phone ringing sound, I can hear audio in games I play on steam but not the actual steam system audio, also when using headphones I get a lot of static over the mic, which is weird because when I talk through my laptops built-in mic there's no static(or at least not nearly as bad). I'd like to use linux over windows(and in fact i'm forced to at the moment) so it'd be nice if this problem could be solved. I'll also put in a ticket at steam support.