The option to choose which microphone the game uses?!

@demonicthing Glad you found a fix but I've tried similar and it doesn't work for me. If I change my default mic in windows to either of the other two options I have available for mics then they don't work in game, people can't hear me at all. It only seems to want to work with my rubbish USB mic. :(

@demonicthing My headset, although good quality (it's a Turtle Beach) is getting a bit old and could do with being replaced, I can't afford a new one right now.

I know that Rare have said they want to keep the in game options simple but it seems a bit silly to me that they don't have more options available for sound set up. I doubt I'm the only person having issues. If i could go to the options and tell the game to use my AUX mic then there wouldn't be an issue and people would be able to hear my lovely deep rich Scottish brogue properly. ;D

@themuckypaw yeah hopefully thats added in for launch

@personalc0ffee

1. Windows 'recording' settings ... done that, set aux mic as default, didn't help
2. Xbox app, just checked, under 'mic' there is NOTHING listed.
3. Not checked but pretty sure this isn't the issue.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

@leyvin

"In the upcoming Windows 10 Release, you will be able to Per-Application set which Audio Input and Output you wish to use for it"

I assume you mean the game release for PC, that probably would fix the issue.

Personally I couldnt get any ingame voice communication to work at all, tested all settings and followed support page suggestions but NADA. Slightly worried its gonna be like this after launch to, which means no random crewing.

@personalc0ffee Hmm, just went back and checked xbox app and now it shows a list of microphones, including my AUX one. I've selected the AUX one now. Hopefully when I start up the game on release, it will now recognise the correct mic.

Cheers.

@ohrstrom if you play on pc you need to allow the app to use your microphone. it's under the privacy tab in the settings.
if you have multiple microphones, did you try to disable the bad ones?

@d3adking I found the mic settings under the general tab in xbox app. When I first looked a moment ago there was no mics listed but I checked again a minute or so later and now it's shows them. So I've clicked on AUX and hopefully that will be the fix. Cheers.

you play on xbox or pc?
i meant the privacy settings in windows 10 (first part here: https://support.seaofthieves.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115012749647-Windows-10-Chat-Settings )

@d3adking Just checked and yea permission is given to SOT to use mic. I think this is what the game does at first play when it asks you for permission, but it doesn't allow which microphone to choose. I think it's probably/hopefully down to the 2nd suggestion that personalc0ffee made, i.e. the xbox app settings. Before there wasn't a list of my mics on xbox settings but it now seems to be recognising my different mics. Will need to wait till the launch now to check but hopefully that's it fixed. :)

@d3adking As I said I followed that support page. If windows for some weird reason decides to use my other mic instead of the headset mic which is set as the standard device, shouldnt that atleast work provide sound from the other mic, since I can use both in other apps. If not, should it mess it up so badly that that I cant even hear other people? Everything works perfectly in literally all other games.