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Mic freezing Source games.
by Sniper no Sniping on 02 Dec, 2013 21:25
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So I don't know why this is happening and I can't really find a great answer on Google.
When I press my mic button on a game using source (TF2, Gmod) the game will sometimes freeze for 1 second. Now this is really annoying in a game like TTT where 1 second can be life or death.
I experimented with this and found:
1. This does NOT happen when I have no mic plugged in.
2. I tried plugging in a different mic and nothing changed.
3. The "Silence Backround Noise" checkbox and "Boost Mic checkbox" did not change anything.
Anyone got ideas?
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Reply #1
by Finniespin on 03 Dec, 2013 09:14
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Reply #2
by Sniper no Sniping on 03 Dec, 2013 18:14
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Can't seem to figure it out... I closed Skype and that didn't change a thing. I can't imagine it's a hardware issue, as this computer is fairly new (Probably less than 6 months old) and all the options seem correct... Could it be something with Windows 8? I think it still happened when I had windows 7 but I can't remember...
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Reply #3
by Guztav. on 03 Dec, 2013 18:17
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Maybe you should try uninstalling the mic drivers and reinstalling them. This also happens to me, but only once, and it's a lot longer but after that one freeze, it's all normal.
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Reply #4
by Sniper no Sniping on 03 Dec, 2013 20:20
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No, that didn't help. The more nothing works, the more I suspect that Windows 8 is the issue, but that seems like i'm jumping to conclusions. It's getting on my nerves that I can't figure this out.
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Reply #5
by Guztav. on 03 Dec, 2013 20:26
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If it's really annoying, I'd suggest doing a system reformat and backing up any files you want. Right now it seems like the only fix, and if it doesn't work, source games just hate your microphone.
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Reply #6
by Sniper no Sniping on 03 Dec, 2013 21:35
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If it's really annoying, I'd suggest doing a system reformat and backing up any files you want. Right now it seems like the only fix, and if it doesn't work, source games just hate your microphone.
Yeah no, reformatting seems like overkill, and i'm pretty sure it would solve nothing. If my memory is correct, this has been happening since I had Windows 7 and isn't going to change that way.
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Reply #7
by Finniespin on 04 Dec, 2013 09:27
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You sure you didn't TL;DR?
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Reply #8
by Leetgrain on 04 Dec, 2013 11:33
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You sure you didn't TL;DR?
...? ¬.¬
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Reply #9
by Finniespin on 04 Dec, 2013 12:16
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Working as a sort of IT helpdesk assistant I see this happening a lot.
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Reply #10
by Sniper no Sniping on 04 Dec, 2013 18:57
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I checked through everything (besides the Bad mic one, as that is obviously irrelevant) except for the "Sound card software taking over" as I don't really know what to do about that.
The thing is, I feel like if it was my sound card, it'd happen on EVERY game, but this only happens with games using the Source Engine.
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Reply #11
by crovv on 04 Dec, 2013 19:02
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The thing is, I feel like if it was my sound card, it'd happen on EVERY game, but this only happens with games using the Source Engine.
Check to see if something like RealTek is installed on your PC and running with your mic/headset. If so, try to go through the settings and see if there's anything unncessary on that might be affecting your play.
If it's all source games, and not just a specific game, then Steam support would be the most helpful place to look.
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Reply #12
by Finniespin on 04 Dec, 2013 19:09
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Check to see if something like RealTek is installed on your PC and running with your mic/headset. If so, try to go through the settings and see if there's anything unncessary on that might be affecting your play.
If it's all source games, and not just a specific game, then Steam support would be the most helpful place to look.
Basically what steam support said.
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Reply #13
by Sniper no Sniping on 04 Dec, 2013 19:17
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This what you were looking for, as it's the only thing I can see that sticks out.
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Reply #14
by Finniespin on 05 Dec, 2013 06:39
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Set everything on default???