Author Topic: Star Citizen taking control of my mic  (Read 3670 times)

KuruptU4Fun

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Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« on: April 09, 2023, 12:48:19 PM »
I open VA, then start opening SC, somewhere in there VA no longer hears my audio because SC has taken it over and I get that red mic. How can this be fixed please?


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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2023, 05:44:18 AM »
Click the wrench icon on VoiceAttack's main window, and on the "General" tab of the VoiceAttack options window click "System info >", choose "Generate Settings Summary", then "Write to File"; Save the file and attach it to a post here.

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2023, 03:22:39 PM »
Here you go Pfiel, any help would be appreciated!

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2023, 07:35:15 AM »
From what I can see in the summary, you configuration does appear to be correct.


Do you have any other applications that use your microphone (E.G. Discord)? If so, do they keep working?

I see you're using a Logitech headset, which has in the past been reported to have issues with the microphone cutting out (which was not specific to VoiceAttack).
Make sure you're running the latest version of their software/drivers (assuming they've fixed the issue at this point)

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2023, 11:30:24 AM »
Is there a feature in here that has a timer attached to it so if VA doesn't hear a command it mutes the mic in the program other than the Sleep mode?

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2023, 11:49:15 AM »
Not to my knowledge, no.

The sleep mode should also stop the moment mouse movement or a keystroke is registered.


When the issue occurs, does restarting VoiceAttack make a difference, or does the red microphone icon persist?

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2023, 01:08:10 PM »
red mic pops back up almost immediately.

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2023, 01:23:00 PM »
If you open the VoiceAttack options window while the red microphone icon is shown, what does the "Windows Speech Recording Device" control on the "Recognition" tab show?

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2023, 01:48:24 PM »
I's defaulted to my Logitech headset

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2023, 01:52:18 PM »
If you hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click the wrench icon on VoiceAttack's main window, then on the Windows "Sound" control panel applet double-click the recording device associated with your headset, and navigate to the "Advanced" tab; is the "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" option enabled?

If so, does disabling (unchecking) that and clicking "OK" make a difference to the behavior when starting the game?

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Re: Star Citizen taking control of my mic
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2023, 12:46:06 PM »
Seems to have worked! Thank you Pfiel!