SignorMagnifico

Thanks.

Is this issue fixed in the upcoming patch?

No, I can’t be heard at all. Fails at the test and in-game comms.

Update: Tried changing around the settings again to see what is causing the issue. The microphone test is now working with the following settings without needing to use Nvidia Broadcast as the microphone audio source. I can use the microphone input directly from my sound card. To fix this, I had to lower the microphone sample rate to 48000Hz. I also cannot set headphones to be the same audio output as the main audio out on my sound card. DCS main audio out through my sound card works fine. The root cause of DCS not detecting my microphone appears to be that DCS cannot handle audio input exceeding 48000Hz. My sound card supports up to 32Bit 96Khz on the microphone input and audio output.

I had the same issue on my end with a PCIe sound card. Had to use RTX voice as a workaround, but if I do that, my frame rate tanks when using Shadowplay. I don't know why DCS Voice Chat has such a hard time with audio inputs when every other program I use, including SRS, works fine.

Found a workaround which is allowing the audio test to work. Inspired by this: 1) Enabled Nvidia Broadcast for both speakers and microphone. 2) Set main audio out to the sound card (Sound BlasterX AE-5) which plays through my headset. 3) Set headphones to Nvidia Broadcast speakers. (The output also happens to be my headset plugged into my Sound Blaster card.) 4) Set microphone to Nvidia Broadcast. (The input source is my headset microphone plugged into my Sound Blaster card.) Based on the solution to this problem, it seems DCS voice chat has two issues: 1) It does not support voice chat audio being played/mixed through the same speakers as the main game audio. 2) The game has issues detecting microphone audio from an external sound card. However, it's able to detect microphone audio passed through software like Nvidia broadcast. I'll have to see how well it works in practice on servers, but I can at least hear myself in the menu now. Update 3/16: Voice Chat works now as expected after applying the workaround.

My experience: The in-game interface is great. Having HOTAS controls work for the in-game VOIP radio is a cool idea. In-game server implementation makes it easy to enable. In practice, though, I have not yet been able to enjoy this feature because the game does not detect my microphone because I’m using a PCIe sound card, and it works fine with everything else. No fixes, yet, from the dev team. Seems like 87% of DCS players also experienced technical issues getting it to work according to the poll. Update 03/19: After finally figuring out a workaround, I was able to use in-game voice chat on multiplayer this weekend. It worked great. I especially like the line of sight modeling and integration with the cockpit as well as the overall sound. My only complaint is that the audio engine in DCS should do a better job of capturing microphone input and playing it on the same audio source as the game audio. I shouldn't have to use a workaround with Nvidia broadcast. I'd prefer to have everything mixed in my headset instead of needing to use two different audio sources. Also, it appears that DCS doesn't like detecting audio input exceeding 48kHz, and my sound card supports up to 96kHz.

@Flappie Any word on a fix for this?

Any word as to whether this is a confirmed bug or is being tracked? Looks like we have another thread opened for a similar issue. Not sure if we should merge these threads? Looks like most of the DCS community has not been able to get the integrated VOIP to work.

Me, too. It also looks like we have the same sound card. The mic test has not worked for me using my SoundBlaster card since VOIP was introduced in 2.9.https://forum.dcs.world/topic/335815-no-audio-dcs-crashing-at-audio-test/?do=findComment&comment=5385542

Confirmed for me as well. Unable to change the code after rearming using the panel.

Same issue for me in the F-15E. Guessing the ATC radios are bugged on this map?

Here you go. The audio test doesn't work, regardless of whether I select the microphone on my sound card or through Nvidia Broadcast. (They are the same hardware.) I've tried without Nvidia broadcast and disabling all other recording devices in Control Panel, too, and I get the same result. DxDiag.txt

No, I do not use Sonar.

Any word on a fix for this, yet? I also have the same issue of DCS not picking up any microphone audio in the menu while using 7.1 surround. There is no audio detected when speakers are set to "auto" or 7.1 virtual surround. If I set my soundcard to "direct mode" (forced stereo) and set DCS to stereo, I can see movement in the microphone test, but the playback quality is quite poor. I know my microphone and sound card are working fine because Discord and SRS don't have this issue.