Can't See or Hear Direct Communication

[Krazy_Karl 1]

Since I started playing DayZ SA I have been unable to read or hear others' direct communication. I can, however, see what I type into the chat and others can see what I type. I do not use a mic at the moment, I play on a laptop and the built in mic is broken so I have it disabled. Any ideas?

[The Aquatic Land Walrus 565]

Odd. Try tampering around in the audio options. You might have mic receiving disabled or something. Either that, or your laptop can't handle mics. My old craptop couldn't hear mic communication because it was unfamiliar with the coding behind it.

[Krazy_Karl 1]

Odd. Try tampering around in the audio options. You might have mic receiving disabled or something. Either that, or your laptop can't handle mics. My old craptop couldn't hear mic communication because it was unfamiliar with the coding behind it.

I've never had trouble in any other games hearing mics, I've had no trouble hearing them in Skype or TS either. What I have tried so far for DayZ is messing with the audio settings (everything looked okay) and verifying the game cache.

 

Even if something was up with my audio settings or my laptop (which handles all of my games with no problem usually), how would that effect the written direct communication as well? Like I said, I can see what I type into direct chat, yet I cannot see what others say.

Edited January 27, 2014 by Krazy_Karl

[gully 1]

I am having the same issue. Any update as to what may be causing this?

[gully 1]

Apparently you need a microphone plugged in/activated in order to hear/see direct communication (according to a forum post from the mod)

[smiley_ie 26]

Steam - settings - voice - recording device - make sure its on proper device.

[Krazy_Karl 1]

Apparently you need a microphone plugged in/activated in order to hear/see direct communication (according to a forum post from the mod)

If this is the case then you are a lifesaver! I'll try activating the malfunctioning built in mic tomorrow when I'm not so tired.

 

Steam - settings - voice - recording device - make sure its on proper device.

I'll check this as well. Hopefully my problem will be fixed. Thanks guys!

Edited February 2, 2014 by Krazy_Karl

[Krazy_Karl 1]

Yay, guys! Enabling my laptop's busted built in mic fixed it!