Voice loopback - Duplex support for setting up mics

[Leg 10]

note: This is a request of a feature which is simple to implement and would fix a lot of mic problems, not a thread about something already in the game.

Quite surprised as I haven't seen this request before. Make a 'duplex' option or some kind of voice playback that lets your hear yourself over voice when you're talking, at least in the Audio Settings page. It's funny that you can grab the audio, auto-adjust based on if it's too loud or too soft, but there's not even any option to hear yourself, to see if it's actually working or if it's just some fucked up humming sound in-game. The engine auto-selects your microphone as well, which is problematic if you can't even 'hear' what input it is using.

At the moment, the only way to test your mic is working properly over VON (in-game mic system) is to go online and ask people if they can hear you. There's already an option to essentially adjust your microphone volume automatically, but it's a bit odd that there's no way to hear yourself talk during the setup. My mic was not working for a long time and I decided to use it, yet I wasn't able to tell it didn't work until someone told me my mic was making just a humming sound. Basically just put a playback option on the voice set up so that you can hear yourself, adjust volume yourself, etc.. because doing it with guesswork is harder. I'm really surprised they never added this before. The mic system seems so inferior just because it lacks basic features such as hearing yourself (at least during the set-up) or boost.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Leg

[das attorney 858]

That's a good request.

Some sort of dialog where you can record something and it plays back to you would be welcome.