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3 years ago
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BF1 mic not working in game

HI,

I am not able to get my mic working in BF1, works in BFV, BF4, BF2042, etc. just not in bf1, I have re installed the game, set ,y ,ic as the default and disabled all other sound devices. The odd thing is when in other games the little mic icon sits in the bottom corner of the game, in bf1 it goes into my task tray. No idea why, i have checked the privacy settings and it says that my mic is being used for BF1 , but still nothing with the voip. (which of course is enabled) . I am not what else to try, I have looked through every forum i could find for a solution. I do use an interface for my mic, which of course is selected in the settings as my default device, I have even tried deleting all the program data for Origin after I reinstalled BF1. NO clue how to fix this. I have done a ton of troubleshooting including everything on here that i could find. ANd like i said, it works fine in every other BF game i have. Thanks for any help. 

  • HI, I didn't have to try that. 

    I use a Steinberg interface, I uninstalled it and did a clean install. It was apparently an updated driver that was not responding well to using it in Battlefield. I rolled the driver back to the one on y other computer and voila! I have in game chat again!! thanks for your help though. I appreciate it.

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  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    3 years ago
    Hey @SGTSHREDSTER,

    That's indeed odd.

    When you say that you've done a ton of troubleshooting already, can you please mention what exactly you've tried already?
  • -Set audio input and output to the default device, disabled all other audio sources

    -checked in game setting to make sure voip turned on

    -checked microphone in windows sound settings.

    -repaired game

    -re installed game

    -deleted the Origin folders in the program data folder as well as the local and roaming folders.

    -checked windows privacy to make sure mic was being accessed by BF1(which it it, I just get no in game)

    -restarted computer a few times after various procedures listed above.

    -joined a bunch of different servers and hooked up with others that had mics.They were not able to hear me. 

    -I do get the active voice Icon when I use PTT in game just no audio.

    -My mic works with all other games BFV, BF2042, BF4, BF2, BF3, BF2142, BF Bad Company2

    -I updated the drivers for my interface, 

    -I checked in the firewall settings that I have BF1 completely free of security.

    Most of this is mentioned already in my OP. 

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    3 years ago
    @SGTSHREDSTER, gotcha, thanks for listing the steps that you've tried already.

    Just out of curiosity, is it maybe possible that you have enabled Dolby sound in-game or via the Windows settings?
  • hi, no, not enabled. it is so weird, it says my mic is being used for the game but it just won't work in game. 

  • Pointi1978's avatar
    Pointi1978
    Rising Veteran
    3 years ago

    I have some Headphone Issues as well in BF1.

    I have 2 Sound Devices, one is over HDMI to my TV and the other is my USB Headset.

    In Windows i change the Sound Output to my Headphones when I play BF and I hear the game sounds all fine, but when someone wants to talk to me in my squad this is still put out on my TV.

    Standard Device already is set to my Headset.

    EDIT: Duh, found another very hidden Setting in the Device Manager, "Sound Systemsteuerung" Sound System Settings (?)  there you can set "Standard Device" and "Sandard Communications Device" for different Soundsystems in your .... system XD

    Maybe this will make the difference.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    3 years ago

    @Pointi1978  wrote:

    EDIT: Duh, found another very hidden Setting in the Device Manager, "Sound Systemsteuerung" Sound System Settings (?)  there you can set "Standard Device" and "Sandard Communications Device" for different Soundsystems in your .... system XD

    Maybe this will make the difference.


    @Pointi1978 Did this fix the issue for you?

  • HI, I didn't have to try that. 

    I use a Steinberg interface, I uninstalled it and did a clean install. It was apparently an updated driver that was not responding well to using it in Battlefield. I rolled the driver back to the one on y other computer and voila! I have in game chat again!! thanks for your help though. I appreciate it.

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