• Autonomous User@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Many games ban always open mic, so this would create double push-to-talk, forcing me to hold two keys together to talk in-game.

    If I do, how do others on Windows and macOS copy me? I want to spread my way and get them off Discord.

    • kevincox@lemmy.ml
      2·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, the nice thing about per-app is that you can configure it for each app separately. But I’ll be honest that isn’t something that I regularly do. If I am voice chatting with friends that will usually be a superset of what I want to send to a game’s voice chat.

      • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I may try this for now, thank you. I am still looking for more simple solutions, so others can copy me easily.

    • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
      21·
      5 months ago

      so this would create double push-to-talk, forcing me to hold two keys together to talk in-game.

      Why not use the same key for the game and the local mic control? I used to have a single key to mute myself in mumble and talk in Overwatch, and it worked well. Does your OS prevent it?

      • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Those in both the call and game at the same time will hear everything, either from the call or game, as the mic is never mute everywhere.

        • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
          1·
          5 months ago

          I think you’ve misunderstood again.

          In my call, I left the mic open by default, and configured a key as push-to-mute.
          In the game, I left the mic muted by default, and configured the same key as push-to-talk.

          This way, I could speak on the call or in the game, but never both at once, and the my was not open by default in the game.

          Edit: Oh, I think I figured out what your first sentence was supposed to mean. I think you want not only to choose between two voice chats (a game and a call) when talking, but also be muted in both by default so other sounds in the room won’t be heard by anyone. Yes?