I would really like to see a push-to-talk feature on the xbox. I know pc players can be in a party through the xbox app and still use push-to-talk to communicate in proximity chat.
On xbox you need to access the party-chat menu and switch between the two.
Anyone know if something like this is being implemented?
@allfader121 if I understand correctly... https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories/headsets/stereo-headset-adapter
you can push to mute, talk and mute again if you so wish!
@lucky-monkee I’m guessing that adapter will make it possible to switch between party-chat and ingame-chat. But I think it’s a bit excessive spending money on a feature that could (easily?) be implemented into the game.
@allfader121 Good to know, that at least some XBOX players want PTT as well. I would also like this feature, simply because on PC, using the xbox controller forces voice activation, even though the menu says I am on push-to-talk still. Please give us a button on the controller too.. D:
@allfader121 Hmm.. left stick is sprinting, so that is out of the question, I think it is quite hard to push though (or at least on my old one it is :D) but we have at least 2 sides (or 3?) of the D-Pad not used I believe.
Edit: and the new xbox pro fancy whatever controllers have another button at the bottom of the controller, so good for them..
@dutchtrooper95 Or perhaps he lives with more people and he's uncomfortable with it. There could be countless reasons.
@dutchtrooper95 said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
Honest question: Why would you want PTT? Do you have that much to say that your crew shouldn't hear?
Background noise, other people in the flat (some of us has kids, just had a session where somebody's smaller child was screaming and running around or something too..), and how about I want to burp and f**t whenever I wish? :D Do you really have to think that hard for a reason?
@KgmsHylian I always thought the build in noise cancelation would filter it out. I almost never hear background noise from other people on chat.
And real friends let you burp and f**t on mic XD
@dutchtrooper95 said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
@KgmsHylian I always thought the build in noise cancelation would filter it out. I almost never hear background noise from other people on chat.
And real friends let you burp and f**t on mic XD
Yea well real friends.. we are talking about random strangers you get matched with if you are not a premade group. Plus noise cancellation doesn't work as good sadly, even though a few is nice.
If people have for example auto-adjust set on their mic, if they don't talk for a while, the software starts to push the volume up slowly and adjust and you will start hearing background noises, till the person actually talks again and it sets back to usual levels. Not everybody is changing the options from default, so this can be pretty frequent.
@KgmsHylian
All right, I see now why one would want PTT ;)
The best option so far would be the adapter @Lucky-Monkee mentioned. The MS stereo headset comes with a free adapter. It's incredibly fast and easy to (un)mute yourself with while playing.
@dutchtrooper95 said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
@KgmsHylian
All right, I see now why one would want PTT ;)
The best option so far would be the adapter @Lucky-Monkee mentioned. The MS stereo headset comes with a free adapter. It's incredibly fast and easy to (un)mute yourself with while playing.
Unfortunately I don't think that is compatible with my old controller. Plus I am on PC, so for them it should be easier to bind a button for the controller. I have a USB headset currently, so it would not work with a jack anyway :/ but anyhow, I am patient. I really hope they gonna implement it soon. I really like sailing with controller..
Edit: this stuff looks awesome though. Would definitely buy if I would be an xbox user.
@KgmsHylian
You can connect an xbox one controller to your windows 10 PC. maybe you can fetch one second-hands. They are great controllers!
Edit: Disclaimer: I do not work for Microsoft nor do I own any shares. I do not (unfortunately) get profit from any sales of goods or services from Microsoft.
@dutchtrooper95 said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
@KgmsHylian
You can connect an xbox one controller to your windows 10 PC. maybe you can fetch one second-hands. They are great controllers!Edit: Disclaimer: I do not work for Microsoft nor do I own any shares. I do not (unfortunately) get profit from any sales of goods or services from Microsoft.
I will get their new controller anyway with the preorder, but that will not solve my issue with not having a headset that would work with this. :) It's just too much investment while they could just really pop an empty button with the push to talk. (Well, they may probably need some extra fixing though, but I believe they will address the bug when they implement stuff as well.)
@allfader121 I guess if you just use the mute button on your headphones or if you're useing top of the line headphones flip the mic up, but a PTT could be interesting.
@kgmshylian said
@allfader121 Good to know, that at least some XBOX players want PTT as well. I would also like this feature, simply because on PC, using the xbox controller forces voice activation, even though the menu says I am on push-to-talk still. Please give us a button on the controller too.. D:
The mute button. Use the mute button as your PTT button. Always have mute on. Un-mute when you want to talk.
Also, PC has the advantage of not having to use XBL for voice chat. You could always use Discord or TS.
@h0rse said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
@kgmshylian said
@allfader121 Good to know, that at least some XBOX players want PTT as well. I would also like this feature, simply because on PC, using the xbox controller forces voice activation, even though the menu says I am on push-to-talk still. Please give us a button on the controller too.. D:
The mute button. Use the mute button as your PTT button. Always have mute on. Un-mute when you want to talk.
Also, PC has the advantage of not having to use XBL for voice chat. You could always use Discord or TS.
My current headphones have a very laggy mute button, it's really old one, so I will pass on that, thanks for the tip though. Using Discord or TS is fun, but people who is not in the crew can't hear those individuals then and that takes off from the game in my opinion. I prefer ingame chat over others, for the fun of it. :)
I mean it is really fine, I don't need an immediate fix, I can wait. I just want them to implement/correct it when they get to the audio shape-up in development.
What about those of us on PC that still wanna use an Xbox One Controller?
I play this game with my Elite because i prefer a controller on casual games like this but
I still use my PC for all it's benefits like Discord chat and that. I wanna enable Pushtotalk for in game chat so if the game let me designate a button to that PTT function on the controller setup then i could still activate/deactivate it on the fly when i need to talk to someone in game.
Using a service like Discord you dont want it off push to talk because you'll hear yourself twice. I use Discord to talk with my crew but if we're only 3 of the 4 on our ship and wanna talk to the 4th random or just wanna talk to enemies i cant now because I'm choosing to use a controller... Unless I go all the way out of my way and take my hand off controller and have keyboard sitting next to me ready to press the PTT key just to say something.
Clicking left/right on dpad or holding it would work. S**t just letting us designate which buttons did what function would work as i could keybind it to the back paddle on the Elite controller.
@cipher-8 Also just tested today, using controller on PC enables voice activation right away, and you have to unplug the controller and turn the PTT off and on to disable the voice activation.
They did not change/fix it yet still. :/ And I thought I can even play on controller while finally talking this time.
@kgmshylian So if you're playing on PC. The PTT settings don't matter? Your always on voice game chat/proximity with no way to turn it to pushtotalk or off?
@cipher-8 PTT works on PC till you actually connect a controller. As soon as it's on, voice activation is on, even though the menu does not indicate it. :)
So yes, if you use controller on PC, you have no way to turn push to talk on or the actually voice off. Not sure how does this work for xbox though..? Can you turn voice off there at all?..
I was simply muting myself on windows level instead, to avoid playing with voice activation while on controller, but it is quite bothersome for now. :)
@kgmshylian said in Push-to-talk on Xbox:
@cipher-8 PTT works on PC till you actually connect a controller. As soon as it's on, voice activation is on, even though the menu does not indicate it. :)
So yes, if you use controller on PC, you have no way to turn push to talk on or the actually voice off. Not sure how does this work for xbox though..? Can you turn voice off there at all?..
I was simply muting myself on windows level instead, to avoid playing with voice activation while on controller, but it is quite bothersome for now. :)
Yeah on xbox they got like a mute button where the mic connects to controller. That or most people sit in party chat (atleast my friends and i did back in the Xbox 360 days when i played consoles)
Simply overlooked I hope they don't forget about this though. I would like to play with my controller and be able to use push to talk and keybind my controller button functions (so i can set a push to talk).
Nobody wants to hear themselves twice because they wanna use a discord alongside gamechat. But my guess is this isn't something Rare is even aware of and/or going to address so it'll looking like voice activation on only and always on game chat. YAY :(
@cipher-8 I reported it as a bug a good while ago, hopefully they take that into consideration till release. I'm not big fan of the idea either, want to play on controller, but like this I will have to type in chat when I want gamepad playtime too. :)
The Microsoft Xbox App doesn't even provide an option to enable Push-To-Talk on the PC which is a fundamental failure and the reason I don't ever join Xbox Chats.
I'm playing on a Gaming Notebook which doesn't have a mute button for the mic and generally like to not use a headset and also like to set up different Push-To-Talk Shortcuts for TeamSpeak, InGame Voice Chat, Discord, ... to easily control who I'm talking to.
There is a free solution for the PC users though: MicMute (it mutes/enables or adjusts the volume of the mic globally via keyboard shortcuts, overriding the Xbox App)
MicMute (Google Code Archive)
MicMute (SourceForge)
This does override all other software like TeamSpeak, Discord, Mumble, ... as well though.
There's constantly kids on with parents or brothers around screaming and shouting, people coughing or talking to somebody else in their room, hearing any noises in their room and that is irritating and prevents me from understanding what others are saying or who is talking even.
Even though I don't join any Xbox Chats plently of players on the Xbox don't have any PTT in place and cause the above mentioned through the ingame chat.
Sometimes I'm listening to music while playing, or am talking on the phone or to anybody in my room and don't want others to hear it, especially when it is important or private.
Is this why I can always hear kids playing and screaming out to people in their house all the time?
Push to talk needs to be set as auto on xbox.
I had one kid screaming "daaaaad, what do I do? I don't know how to change my weapon" and other similar stuff. I lasted 2 mins of seeing him bunny hopping whilst listening to this before i changed group.
@buck-luny if they were going to talk about how they would like to find and sink you I guess they would most likely be pushing the push-to-talk button anyway. No no need to feel sorry for us XBox players lol.
And besides, I somewhat miss those funny moments of PC players when they forget to push-to-talk and don't realize it until a lot later.
@a-wicked-monkey Exactly! I want to be able to speak to other crews and tell them that I want to share and then secretly in party chat tell my crew that we are going to kill them all and take their treasure!!! LOL
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