VOIP Roadmap?????

[SeanTopperHarley69]

Hi, 

Does anyone know when/if VOIP is going to be further developed? Did ED released a roadmap for it?

I've checked and many of the most important servers are not using it because is not as feature rich as SRS. 

Thanks

 

[SeanTopperHarley69]

Hi, any comment?

[karapus78]

Work is apparently underway, but we won't see a roadmap. I would like to, of course, yes.

[SeanTopperHarley69]

I am not so sure..... Thing is that many of the big servers aren't using it because is not clear where they want to take this thing. Maybe they are working but the lack of concrete roadmap is telling.

[dSAF Dancer]

For us the biggest issue is that if you are performing external awacs duties via lotatc, there is no way to interact with people on voice chat without having dcs running.

[DJOGOO77]

It would be enough to add voice chat to the tactical, Game Master, and JTAC rules. Using the same panel as the FC4 models where you can directly enter the frequency. But it would be fantastic if they allowed integration with external applications.
Alternatively, they could also make an effort and create an additional role for AWACS, where you essentially see everything the aircraft sees, because currently the only native alternative is to use the Game Master role, or the fog of war. I had made a suggestion to implements the voice chat in this role: 

 

[SeanTopperHarley69]

17 hours ago, DJOGOO77 said:

It would be enough to add voice chat to the tactical, Game Master, and JTAC rules. Using the same panel as the FC4 models where you can directly enter the frequency. But it would be fantastic if they allowed integration with external applications.
Alternatively, they could also make an effort and create an additional role for AWACS, where you essentially see everything the aircraft sees, because currently the only native alternative is to use the Game Master role, or the fog of war. I had made a suggestion to implements the voice chat in this role: 

 

This is a great idea. To me it's really bad that the tool is so incomplete that most of the big servers are not using it. That's a huge wake up call to me and a waste of resources.

[Mistermann]

On 9/6/2025 at 12:33 PM, SeanTopperHarley69 said:

This is a great idea. To me it's really bad that the tool is so incomplete that most of the big servers are not using it. That's a huge wake up call to me and a waste of resources.

Not just incomplete, but broken.  I have a small group of friends that play on my private server and VOIP hasn't worked for a number of us since its release.  I honestly don't understand how a single guy (ciribob) can code, test, release and maintain a custom solution (SRS) for all these years and ED cannot (or won't).  

As far as I'm concerned, it's a choice.  Like many "features" they release, VOIP is an MVP (minimally viable product) with emphasis on Minimal.

This approach creates technical and feature debt that often never gets addressed.

In the case of VOIP, at least we have a working, feature rich solution called SRS.

Save yourself a headache.  Install SRS from GitHub and don't look back.