A few people seemed to have some questions about getting TS working, so a little TS info might be in order, eh? We might want to maintain a wiki page on this subject, too.
Here is the info as it is so far:
Installing Teamspeak:
The homepage for teamspeak is www.goteamspeak.com. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac can be found there.
Linux users may be able to install teamspeak using their distributions package manager as well. On Gentoo Linux, the package name is media-sound/teamspeak2-client-bin.
Running Teamspeak:
Just start the "TeamSpeak2" executable.
Configuration of Teamspeak:
Set up Sound (only if you have a mic, listeners only can proceed on):
Go to settings->sount input/output settings.
It is recommended that users use the "Push to Talk" method, and not "Voice Activated", as it can be better for quality.
Click the "set" button to choose a push to talk key. Then just press the key you want. I use the "windows" key for this, as it is conveniently located under my movement hand, so I can use it in combat without contorting my hand too much. Left control is another possibility, it brings up the "topshots" display in ET, but you can disable or remap that, since for most users Teamspeak will be more useful..
Activate local test mode, hold down the push to talk key, and speak into the mic. You should hear yourself after a short delay, and it should be clear and free of distortion. If you cannot hear yourself, or it is not clear, see "If There Is Trouble"
Set up the Server:
First, go to Connection->Connect.
server address is austinkp.com
nickname is your user name.
you will need to select "anonymous", since you aren't registered with the server
server password is the same as on UF:ET
You may want to select "auto-reconnect", although in past experience the TS server is much more stable than the W:ET server.
The default channels you can leave blank
Set up Keybindings:
A few keybindings are useful. You can go to settings->key settings to access the menu.
You will probably want a binding to switch to channel axis and to switch to channel allies. This will allow you to switch channels in game if you cannot access the TS gui.
You will probably also want to set up a binding to "Whisper to" "channel pre-defs" "channel family". holding this key down will cause you to talk to everyone on both channels, like the T button in game.
As for what keys to use, the channel switching keys need not be immediately at hand, as you will not be switching channels during tense moments. Perhaps the [ and ] keys? Avoid the alpha keys, even those not bound in ET, because if you use the text communication in the game, and press a letter to type it into your message, that can affect teamspeak as well. Alternatively you could use a multi-key combination (ctrl-A for allies, ctrl-X for axis, perhaps?)
If There Is Trouble:
My TS Icon is green, but I cannot hear myself / Other users report that I am inaudible:
Probably your microphone is muted / has its level at zero as a capture device. You will need to access your volume control. Linux users use "Alsamixer", then press "4" to go to Capture controls. Windows users Right click on the megaphone looking icon in your system tray. Find the "Mic" level (note that there are often seperate settings for mic "playback" and mic "capture". The first affects the extent to which you speaking into the mic is audible through your own speakers, which you probably want to mute, and the second is how much teamspeak is able to hear, which you want to unmute) Many sound cards also have a "20db gain" for simple microphones, you may want to activate this if you are having trouble with the volume.
My TS Icon is green, but other users report that I sound garbled:
This is often caused by the gain on the mic being too high. Try backing it down a little
I have an echo:
There are 2 types of echo reported by Teamspeak users.
The first, digital echo, is caused by the computer seeing its own PCM output as a capture device. Open your volume controls, and make sure any capture device named "PCM", "PCM out", "audio out" etc is muted. You may want to just mute all capture devices that are not your mic.
The second, analog echo, is caused by feedback in your speakers/mic. This is often the result of using computer speakers and a headset or boom mic that is placed in front of these speakers. This will cause the mic to "hear" the sound coming out of the speakers, and transmit this to other teamspeak users, resulting in an echo. The best solution to this is to use headphones instead of computer speakers for the game. Another possible solution is to reposition your mic and speakers to find a position that minimizes feedback. A last resort would be to just disable the mic and connect as listener only.
My TS icon is not green, it reports the mic or speakers muted (or both), or the sound doesn't work in ET with TS running (Linux users):
This can be caused by using a sound card that cannot "mix" multiple output streams in the hardware (Many onboard "AC97" type soundcards have this problem).
One thing you can try is echoing "et.x86 0 0 disable" to the oss settings of the pcm0c device on your sound card. This is usually found at /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss. This will prevent ET trying to map the capture device, potentially freeing it for teamspeak.
Possible software solutions include using a software mixer, like dbus/asym, Jack Audio Connnection Kit, or aRtsd / ESD. These will be explored more in the next version.
A sure solution would be to use a sound card which can mix streams in hardware, such as a Creative Audigy type card. |
