Me and my friend like to play games online. We need to be able to talk over the internet. Which program would be the best to use with video games. Thanks for the help guys.

4/14/2006 8:36:06 PM

Ventrillo or Teamspeak.
I personally like Vent.

4/14/2006 10:11:17 PM

You could try xfire. Not voice but a good gaming tool for knowing where people are and status of servers.

4/14/2006 10:44:26 PM

^, and ^^.

Yeah I personally like Vent too. Haven't done much gaming in a while but when I have Vent worked well with some CS:S.

Xfire is good time. Very useful knowing what servers friends are in and whos playing what games at the time. I've had some problems with Xfire and I blame that can't for some reason work with older games but in games like CS:S it has worked good.

4/15/2006 10:11:21 AM

Ventrilo : easy to setup, uses more bandwidth (minute amount but larger than others) but has the best sound quality.

Teamspeak: easier to have more people on the same server but sound quality is trashy (from my experience).

I have a ventrilo server setup if you'd like to try it out. I can help with the setup too. Just connect to http://www.raige.net in your "Hostname or IP" box, and use the default port (3784).



Also, on the main window of Vent (Client), will see "Setup". Click that. First thing to do is under the tab "voice" 3rd checkbox down, check the box beside "Use DirectInput to detect Hotkey". Also if you use a controller in any game click the "Controller" button to add it to Vent's useable list.

You will see "Hotkey" become selectable. Simple click there and then push the button you want to use. For normal games I use "R" or "F".

Now for the biggie. Most games have background sounds that will come through the game if you don't setup the mic correctly. On the right side you will see "Output Device" and "Input Device", select your audio card for both (default doesn't always work correctly FYI).

Right under those two you will see Hardware Input Mixer. On the mixer select your sound card. Then on "Line" select MICROPHONE. Now the only sounds people will hear will be that coming from your mic.

It will take some playing around to get your mic setup volumn wise but once that's done the sound is flawless. I use it all the time playing UT2004 (Can talk while changing maps etc) and Live for Speed. Hell any game really.

You CAN run a server on your own machine and connect to it. I've never noticed a lag issue doing it. Hope you enjoy.

This server is free for anyone to use right now. Feel free to. There is a 10 connection limit.

4/15/2006 10:33:53 AM

Thanks for the responses guys, they really helped out. I have one more question, do I need a headset with a usb connection or can I use one with the mic and speaker output? Thank again

4/15/2006 1:12:39 PM

either

4/15/2006 1:38:16 PM

either works. USB one means your CPU will be doing more of the work (but it's really not much work anyways), but if you have a shitty soundcard or a laptop it'll probably sound better. The usb ones I've used have generally worked much better than the mic jack ones, but they've also been higher quality and more expensive. If you do get a mic on, get one with an inline mute button since it can sometimes be annoying to turn the miv volume on and off through the volume control panel in windows.

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4/15/2006 1:51:27 PM