Everyone knows what communication problems a person has if he is deprived of the possibility of voice communication. Like any other team game, WoT involves voice communication with other participants in the battle. But sometimes it happens that technology fails. What to do if it suddenly became impossible to talk with other participants in the game? First, let's see why the microphone may not work at all.
Why the microphone does not work in World of Tanks
The microphone may not work for various reasons. Alternatively, first you should check if this feature is enabled in the game itself.
To do this, go to the "Settings" menu, find the "Sound" tab in it. Please note that there is a checkmark next to the “Enable voice communication” item. If it's not there, then install it. In the drop-down tab, check whether the microphone installed in the system is selected and whether it is available there at all. At the same time, look at the sensitivity of the microphone. If it accidentally stands at zero, then set the desired value. If everything is fine on this tab, then you need to understand further.
Let's try to find out exactly where the problem occurs. You can start Skype and check if the microphone works in it. If the device works in Skype, then. the problem is in the game.
A similar check can be carried out with the standard tools of the operating system. Let's use the "Sound Hardware Setup Wizard". To start it, you need to go to the "Control Panel" and find the item "Sounds and Audio Devices" there. This tool allows you to initially record your voice, and then play it back through the player. With it, you can make high-quality sound tuning, without the admixture of third-party noise.
ATTENTION! It is possible that the microphone in the game does not work due to poor contact between the device and the socket on the sound card, or there is damage. Make sure that the microphone wires have no breaks and are well connected.
If the device works fine, but there is still no connection in the game, then the matter is in third-party reasons.
How to set up a microphone in World of Tank
Sometimes the sound of the microphone may disappear because some players, especially those who are poorly versed in both the game and the computer as a whole, studying the WoT settings, reset all of them to the standard ones. Therefore, the sound may disappear, because the game no longer sees the microphone and needs to be configured again.
In this situation, there is no need to reset the settings again, just in the sound tab you need to check the item "Enable voice communication". After that, we update the devices and select the microphone we need. After that, we test the sound from the selected device. In addition, you can adjust the settings.
There are times when some firewalls prevent the game client from working with ports on which sound devices operate.
This is checked by simply disabling the firewall. If the sound appeared at the microphone, therefore, the reason is the blocking by security means.
ATTENTION! To fix this situation, you need to enable the ports: 12000-29999 UDP, 80-443 TCP, 5060-5062 UDP and 3478-3479 UDP. As soon as the necessary rules are described in the settings, the sound will no longer be blocked.
There may also be no sound due to the fact that the computer processor is overloaded. It just can't handle all the commands that are sent to it. Often this happens with older models. In such situations, the sound may be distorted, disappear.
To solve this situation, you need to disable programs that use the most CPU.
There is one bug in the game itself. If a user has previously played "team battles" and then started the game in a platoon, they may not be heard in the general chat. To get rid of it, you need to restart the game client, and if it doesn’t help, then the entire computer.
Sometimes it happens that the game is already loading with an error, in which case voice messages are not possible. At the same time, the user cannot notice anything outwardly, because the game is working properly, all tanks can take part in hostilities. In this case, similarly to the previous situation, a full reboot is required.
And most importantly, in order to minimize the likelihood of voice communication disappearing, you need to regularly update your sound card drivers. If you connect to the Internet through a router, then do not forget to update its drivers periodically. The best option would be to install a program that monitors the relevance of versions of all system drivers and automatically updates them. And the last point - do not put the microphone gain above ten decibels. Often this leads to the fact that the connection disappears. From time to time, the client simply cannot detect devices with such settings.
The thing is that for the voice chat to work correctly, you need to make sure that your antivirus and firewall do not block certain ports in the launcher and the WoT game client.Picture 1. An error occurred in the initialization of voice communication.
Port List:
UDP ranges 32800 to 32900, 20010 to 20020 and UDP port 53.
TCP ports 80, 443.
It is also worth noting that for the stable operation of voice chat, you need to provide a UDP range from 12000 to 29999 and ports 5060.5062, 3478, 3479, 3432, 30443.
The information, most likely, will seem incomprehensible, but in this article we will teach you how to properly solve the problem with voice chat.
Solution
If you find that your firewall is blocking the launch of a game or application, then you just need to add it to the list of exceptions. But there are times when applications are not displayed in the list of blocked ones, but when launched, “Voice initialization failed. The initialization may have been blocked by your firewall." In this case, you need to open a port for this application. It's not hard at all to do this:You may also have problems allowing other computers to connect to your PC using the firewall. To solve them, it is recommended to use a special tool for troubleshooting incoming connections, with which you can automatically fix any problems that occur.
You can find this tool by opening "Start" -> "Control Panel". In the search bar, type "troubleshooter", then click on "Troubleshoot". Separately press the button "View All Categories" and choose "Incoming connections».
This way you will be able to get rid of the “Voice Initialization Error. Perhaps the initialization was blocked by your firewall" and you will be able to freely communicate with other players in World of Tanks using voice chat.
World of Tanks is a multiplayer project, so here you often have to communicate with other players, coordinating actions or simply finishing off the enemy with words. Especially for communication between gamers, the game has a voice system, but sometimes users still have the question of how to set up a microphone in World of Tanks.
Equipment check
After connecting the microphone to the computer, the device should be automatically detected by the system. You will only have to install the drivers and run the game itself to check the quality of the connection.
If you can't hear:
- Make sure the microphone is working. Connect it to another computer or use it in any application (for example, make a Skype call).
- Check if you connected the sound card correctly.
- Try adjusting the sound on your computer: check your sound card drivers, volume settings, etc.
Setting up voice chat
If you have connected the microphone to the computer and made sure that it works, check the settings of the game itself. It's possible that you just haven't activated the voice chat feature. To fix this oversight:
Go to "Settings" and go to the "Sound" tab.
Find the "Voice communication" section and check the "Enable" box.
You can also assign a microphone activation button. The default key is "Q", but you are free to choose any other idle button. When you press the activation button, green waves will begin to emanate from your nickname in the game, which signal that you are online.
If necessary, you can click the "Update devices" button - sometimes this allows you to solve some problems with the automatic detection of connected equipment.
Open the platoon management window. Right-click on the user's nickname and select "Turn off voice messages"
You can do this both in the hangar and directly in battle.
From time to time, World of Tanks players lose voice communication. In this regard, it is worth figuring out why voice communication may not work.
Why you need voice communication and how to enable it
A couple of years ago, players had to use the same Skype to keep in touch for smooth interaction. Today, there is voice communication in WoT for this, which allows you to lighten the load on the system and communicate without delay.
To support the communication function, you must first create a platoon. Then go to " Menu » — « Settings » - tab « Sound " - put a tick on the item " Enable voice communication ". You can set up voice communication in World of Tanks in the same tab " Sound ».
Why is the voice connection disappearing / not working? How to fix?
- microphone malfunction;
- client problems;
- blocking the function by a firewall or firewall;
- processor overload.
Microphone malfunction
First of all, you need to check the correct connection of the microphone and its serviceability. To do this, you can use the test from Skype or record your voice on the voice recorder, which is in every Windows.
If everything is in order there, it's worth looking at which microphone is set by default in the game settings. In the same window where voice communication is enabled, there is a field indicating the name of the microphone used. If there is the microphone that the computer uses when recording voice in other programs, then you need to look for the problem below.
You should also pay attention to the voice communication settings in World of Tanks. Perhaps it is worth twisting a few shingles and everything will become perfectly audible.
Problems in the client
Some players are faced with a so-called bug when, after playing several battles in the team game mode, the sound suddenly disappears. As many users note, only restarting the PC can help.
Firewall or firewall blocking the function
Very often, software protection tools block not only voice communication in WoT, but also the audio ports of the device. To check this, you need to disable the firewall. Earned? So it's worth changing the protection. Voices