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2 months ago

Chat and VOICE chat are suddenly not working in game.

In game Chat and VOICE chat are suddenly not working.

Some backstory: I was using EA play Apex Legends with both in game chat and voice chat working without problems, but then decided to switch to Steam Apex Legends because it doesn't require yet another program (EA Play) to play the game and most of the games are on Steam anyways, so you get best experience there.

What I noticed is I got to choose to play in DX12 so I went for it with instant regret, because main screen met me with Flickering as it was like 10Hz refresh rate but with normal FPS 120+, anyways EYES couldn't stand this nonsense to I tried googling and solving the issue, but nothing helped. Only when I found out that running dx12 EXE separately from shortcut would FIX the flickering issue, but what I did not notice straight away was that in game VOICE chat and then regular chat did not work. I was using either Discord or Steam Chat to voice chat with friends, but when using random teammates and couldn't communicate for whatever reason. Tried various options at first I though maybe something with my headset, but no it works perfectly fine and then I noticed that even simple chat wouldn't work anymore in Apex Legends for me.

So I figured well OK, my EA Play Apex Legends version still works, so I tried switching back.. but to my surprise this doesn't work either now ALSO. And then I tried connecting with a friend, not only I cannot write or Voice Chat them they can't send any chat message or voice chat me through in game also!!! Which means either I have been blocked somehow or part of the game on my side went wrong. I redownloaded - nothing changed! What the hell is happening with APEX and how can i fix this issue? FYI tried both DX11 and DX12 neither chat works ☹️

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  • @ltugamersoul Just to clarify, this is only happening in the lobby, or is it also happening in-game as well?

    The reason why I ask, is because for a lot of players, this so far, had been a lobby only issue.