voice attack and dcs

[flak62]

hi guys im stumped
i have va working kind of ! most commands are being recognised by va but not in dcs at all
any help would be great!

[Pfeil]

Does unchecking "Block potentially harmful profile actions" in the profile options make a difference?

[flak62]

think ive tried it yes

[Pfeil]

Under normal circumstances that option should be unchecked. It exists essentially for profiles you haven't created yourself, and don't necessarily trust.
Having it checked will prevent certain features from working.

Do you have a screenshot of one of the commands that aren't working?

[flak62]

im just retrying that check box!

[flak62]

screen shot

[Pfeil]

Do you have a screenshot of the "Edit a Command" window, for one of them?

[flak62]

hows this?

[Pfeil]

Does DCS have focus (I.E. is it the foreground window), when you're executing these commands?

If you press the physical keys on your keyboard, E.G. "A", does that work ingame?

[flak62]

yes all works in game as it should
used to work fine in il2 sturmovik but been dcs for  a year and not used
it as could never fix the problem

[Pfeil]

You don't appear to have any push-to-talk keys or buttons configured in VoiceAttack, but are you holding down any buttons/keys while issuing these commands, for any reason?

[flak62]

ah no ive never used the push to talk

[Pfeil]

And you're not holding anything down while issuing these commands?

[flak62]

i have 4 virpil controllers and thrustmater
throttle an stick so couldnt say sorry, didnt have a problem in il2
if that helps

[Pfeil]

DCS has a feature where any key or button can act as a modifier, so if a key/button is assigned as a modifier, and it's pressed down, it'll affect any input.

If you're not making any changes between manually pressing keys, and executing commands, that's unlikely to be the issue.


Have you made any modifications to DCS files (E.G. mods)?

[flak62]

i do have mods yes

[flak62]

no modifiers tho

[Pfeil]

Have you always run mods, or did this issue occur with a clean, "vanilla" installation of DCS as well?

If the former, while not an attractive option, you could try installing a clean copy (if possible, alongside your modded copy), to see whether that makes a difference.

I did notice that you have the "Audio Output Type" option on the "Audio" tab of the VoiceAttack options window set to "Windows Media Components", which is a legacy setting ("Integrated Components" is the current standard) that's recommended by the third-party VAICOM for reasons I'm not personally aware of; were you using VAICOM at some point?