Proximity Voice Chat

The RTGame Survival Server supports PlasmoVoice proximity voice chat, allowing you to speak to other nearby players. Player chat will fade based on distance and will be positioned The PlasmoVoice mod is required to speak or hear other players.

Installation

PlasmoVoice can be downloaded from Modrinth and is available for forge and fabric. Once downloaded, install in the usual way for your chosen mod loader.

Usage

Once the mod is installed correctly, upon joining the server you should see a new microphone icon above your hotbar. Pressing v should also display a settings menu for the mod, allowing selection of input and output devices, adjustment of volume and more. Double check the mod is using the correct devices while you are here.

By default you will be muted in push-to-talk mode, so press m to unmute and hold left-alt to speak. These bindings can be changed in the control settings.

Other players will have icons above their head indicating their mod installation and speaking status. Players with the mod installed, and thus capable of hearing you speak, will have a microphone icon in their nametag and on the player list.

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The volume of other players can be controlled in several ways:

Troubleshooting

Pressing V does nothing

The mod is likely not installed correctly. Things worth trying:

Pressing V tells me "PlasmoVoice is not installed on this server"

Ensure you have downloaded the correct version of the mod (2.0.10). Other releases and may not work correctly.

Pressing V tells me "Connecting to UDP server..." forever or "Unable to connect to UDP server"

If other players are also experiencing this issue, there may be a problem on the server side. Create a modreq or let a @Minecraft server mod know.

I can't hear other players

Other players are too quiet

If all players are too quiet, try increasing your Voice Chat Volume. If only a single player is too quiet, you can increase their volume individually, or ask them to investigate their microphone settings and fix the problem.

Other players can't hear me

The mod settings menu allows you to test your microphone by clicking the speaker icon next to "Activation threshold". After clicking the button you will be able to hear your own microphone input and assess its volume.


Revision #13
Created 19 February 2023 12:15:27 by Jim 1234
Updated 20 September 2024 15:13:01 by Jim 1234