• Autonomous UserOPEnglish
    3•3 months ago

    Many games ban always open mic, so this would create double push-to-talk, forcing me to hold two keys together to talk in-game.

    If I do, how do others on Windows and macOS copy me? I want to spread my way and get them off Discord.

    • @kevincox@lemmy.ml
      2•3 months ago

      Yeah, the nice thing about per-app is that you can configure it for each app separately. But I’ll be honest that isn’t something that I regularly do. If I am voice chatting with friends that will usually be a superset of what I want to send to a game’s voice chat.

      • Autonomous UserOPEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        I may try this for now, thank you. I am still looking for more simple solutions, so others can copy me easily.

    • mox
      1•3 months ago

      so this would create double push-to-talk, forcing me to hold two keys together to talk in-game.

      Why not use the same key for the game and the local mic control? I used to have a single key to mute myself in mumble and talk in Overwatch, and it worked well. Does your OS prevent it?

      • Autonomous UserOPEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Those in both the call and game at the same time will hear everything, either from the call or game, as the mic is never mute everywhere.

        • mox
          1•3 months ago

          I think you’ve misunderstood again.

          In my call, I left the mic open by default, and configured a key as push-to-mute.
          In the game, I left the mic muted by default, and configured the same key as push-to-talk.

          This way, I could speak on the call or in the game, but never both at once, and the my was not open by default in the game.

          Edit: Oh, I think I figured out what your first sentence was supposed to mean. I think you want not only to choose between two voice chats (a game and a call) when talking, but also be muted in both by default so other sounds in the room won’t be heard by anyone. Yes?

          • Autonomous UserOPEnglish
            1•3 months ago

            Yes, with no key(s) held, the mic should be mute everywhere. Edited for clarity.