anyone have this problem in BF2 with VOIP

[Gooberlx2]

thread on planetbattlefield forums

I want to use VoIP but every time i run BF2 it is turned off in the settings, so I turn it back on and test it and it doesn't respond. So I quit the game and check my mic. It works just fine, so I start the game and test VoIP again and it works(sometimes). The next day when I play it is off again. So to sum it up this is what I have to go through to use VoIP:

-start game
-click options/audio
-turn on VoIP and apply settings
-exit game
-start game
-click options/audio
-check VoIP setting
to make sure it worked
-click multiplayer
-choose an unfull server
-(server is full) choose another server
-(server is full) choose another server
-join game
-use VoIP
-discover that no one is using VoIP even though
they have it turned on.
-use radial-menu instead

I have the same issue as this guy, difference being that it has never worked for me. One person in that thread posted to make sure that the mic isn't muted. Well it seems that BF2 is deciding to mute my mic everytime I join a game...more specifically when I join a squad (I'm pretty sure). I always uncheck mute in the windows audio control before starting....I have no idea why it's always re-muted when I quit BF2. Anybody with similar issues? Ideas?

...I'm beginning to think that this VOIP stuff isn't worth the effort/headache.

 

[Oakenfold]

Sounds rather similar to the problem that I have where when I start BF2 my MIC gets muted so I have to ALT+CNTRl+Delete to windows while in BF2 and un-mute my MIC then it works half the time.
What kind of sound card do you have?

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm using the onboard sound for my dell 8400.....SoundmaX ADi or something like that. The SBLive! 24-bit I have apparently isn't supported for hardware audio...so that's worthless. See this thread.

I really don't have the $$$ to fork out for a new soundcard. The Audigy2 Value is freakin' $50 for OEM @ Newegg.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Ah hell....I just alt-tabbed out and unchecked mute and it still didn't work.....fvck EA makes crap games! (i'm just getting fustrated)

 

[Gooberlx2]

I guess I'll try to just use my SBLive! in software mode. That really sucks since there's no surround sound....and hell, who knows if VOIP will work even then.

Anyone know if those hacked SBLive!-to-Audigy drivers from a long time ago would maybe help?....and where to find them?