Is VoIP disabled on most servers? My friends dont hear me on 4/5 servers that we try.

[Aziel]

I was wondering if anyone else who uses voip alot has noticed this, or if there is something I am doing wrong. I have a small group of friends I play with and when we make a squad the majority of the time the VoIP does not work at all. If I press B to talk the green microphone icon comes up under the radar, but it doesnt register with anyone else in the squad that I am talking to. Its not that they can't hear me, but the little mic. icon that shows on the middle-left of the screen that shows when someone is talking never lights up for any of us. We all try talking and get the same results, it doesnt register for anyone whenever someone tries to talk. We often keep changing servers until we find one that works, and we eventually find one and it does work sucessfully there, but it takes a few tries and wastes alot of time looking and loading over and over. Also all of the servers that we join have the little headphones icon, which I am assuming means voip support.

I can't believe that most servers would turn off VoIP(I dont even know if this is possible), cause that seems like it is marketed as a big aspect of the game and I can't see that it would hurt anything to leave it on. My only other concern is that mabye we are somehow doing something wrong in creating the squad, do i have to make a special "voip enabled" squad or something?

I suppose that if we really cant use voip we could switch over to a third party voice server, but then any strangers who join the squad wouldnt be able to hear the communication.

Basically I was wondering if anyone else knows anything about this situation or has experienced it.

[tripleplay369]

If VOIP is off, when "b" is pressed, the green speaker icon will not show at all.

[Aziel]

Ok well the speaker icon definately comes up when I press B. =\

[C11.Nemisis]

Ok well the speaker icon definately comes up when I press B. =\

then you mic is not configured properly

[TrentasaurusRex]

yeah aziel i feel your pain. the same thing happens to me. the green icon appears but no one can hear me. somtimes it just works. but my friend has the same problem. we can only speak and hear each other on the same servers. i hope its fixed in the patch. i dunno

[NoseKi||s]

yup

Same problem here. It's a wild guess but it might have something to do with firewalls, ISP's and stuff.

The thing is that we were playing the game with my friend and never had problems with the VOIP. Then we both moved and it hasnt worked since. We didn't change anything at all in our BF2 setup.

Does anyone know if the VOIP uses a different port than the game itself? I guess i'll have to check if theres a firewall blocking the VOIP traffic in the ISP's end before i can make any conclusions.

[Aziel]

then you mic is not configured properly

Even though it works on some servers consistantly?

[imported_fvbyfv]

Are you guys using a mic that plugs in through the USB port or the speaker plugs? I had the same problem with the speaker plugs, got a new mic that is a usb one and I dont have the problem anymore.

[Matt_Flex]

Are you guys using a mic that plugs in through the USB port or the speaker plugs? I had the same problem with the speaker plugs, got a new mic that is a usb one and I dont have the problem anymore.

thats an interesting comment.

mine is a speaker plug cable...

i can hear people chatting when playing but they cant hear me! the green icon also appears.,