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Anonymous
12 years ago
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Sort the VOIP out one of your customers made my niece cry

EA really need to sort this out, hearing such insults on a childrens game. Give us a option to turn off voip completely or atleast mute ALL by defult and self also. If i hear these things again on ...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    This is the work around we use here.  Works good.  You can even use Teamspeak, Raidcall, Skype, whatever other "real" communication you use if you use one.

    http://www.crashwiki.com/pvz-garden-warfare-disable-chat-disable-mic-use-push-talk-use-voip/

    Right click speaker icon in system tray.
    Select Playback Devices.
    Select a Playback Device other than what you use for sound output.
    Right click it and select Set as Default Communications Device.
    Hit OK.
    Left click on the speaker icon in the system tray.
    Click the icon below the slider on the device you chose to mute it.

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    I have a pretty good feeling that on the 8th it will introduce some options to make this better without needing a work around.

    Having people talk bad in the mic is almost unavoidable I think.  EA isn't saying those things it is other people.  People on the internet act badly because they feel anonymous and thus act like total jerks.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
12 years ago

This is the work around we use here.  Works good.  You can even use Teamspeak, Raidcall, Skype, whatever other "real" communication you use if you use one.

http://www.crashwiki.com/pvz-garden-warfare-disable-chat-disable-mic-use-push-talk-use-voip/

Right click speaker icon in system tray.
Select Playback Devices.
Select a Playback Device other than what you use for sound output.
Right click it and select Set as Default Communications Device.
Hit OK.
Left click on the speaker icon in the system tray.
Click the icon below the slider on the device you chose to mute it.

-------------

I have a pretty good feeling that on the 8th it will introduce some options to make this better without needing a work around.

Having people talk bad in the mic is almost unavoidable I think.  EA isn't saying those things it is other people.  People on the internet act badly because they feel anonymous and thus act like total jerks.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
12 years ago

A work around wont help after the damage is done, we shouldnt need to have to use workaround's to avoid mature language in a kids game... if EA or popcom dont sort this issue out fast i can see a lot of legal action headed there way as for a company like this to release a game in this state is disgusting.

Listening to some of the stuff over VOIP sounds a lot like what i hear from BF players, our children should not have to hear that.

But thank you for the temp fix atleast i can let her play it again now 🙂.

  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    The terms of service say you need to be 16 years or older to play online. 16 year olds should be able to handle foul language.

    Edit: This is for my region (Belgium). It's 13+ in America.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      PEGI 7+ on the box and site.

      • Fred_vdp's avatar
        Fred_vdp
        Hero+
        12 years ago

        Sorry, 16+ is for my local version. Here are the American terms of service:

        INTERNET CONNECTION, ORIGIN ACCOUNT, ACCEPTANCE OF PRODUCT AND ORIGIN END USER LICENSE AGREEMENTS (EULAS) AND INSTALLATION OF THE ORIGIN CLIENT SOFTWARE (WWW.ORIGIN.COM/ABOUT) REQUIRED TO PLAY. YOU MUST BE 13+ TO ACCESS ONLINE FEATURES AND SERVICES. EA ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.EA.COM. EULAS AND ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.EA.COM/1/PRODUCT-EULAS. EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AND SERVICES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE POSTED ON WWW.EA.COM/1/SERVICE-UPDATES. EA MAY PROVIDE CERTAIN INCREMENTAL CONTENT AND/OR UPDATES FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, IF AND WHEN AVAILABLE.

        Still, I agree that the voice-chat system suffers from horrible design.

        The PEGI rating and terms of service seem to be contradicting each other. While it does indeed say 7+, the game is online only, even when playing solo, which means the minimum age for this game would actually be 13 years old in the United States. This is misleading.

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