[FromTheFuture]

Somebody can give me the offset of m_bLoopback?

[Jhob94]

Well, from what i looked at cssdk (and wasn't very deep because i hadn't much time), when a client uses voice cmd, it gets gamerules and banlist to know who can hear and who can not hear. I am not sure in wich of them loopback is on. I guess gamerules is only about sv_alltalk and teams. BanList is the mute list, and i guess loopback is something to mute yourself. Yet i am not sure about this. I will look deeper tonight.

[JusTGo]

Originally Posted by fysiks I'm certainly glad it's not possible. There is no good reason to have the server force a person to hear themselves talk. It would be an instant "never go back to this server" feature.

some times people talks with very low mic or bad(haveing many noise and stuff) that cvar will make people know if others can hear them or no also they can enable/disable in game as they like. i always use to test if my mic is working.

[Nextra]

Audio monitoring will always have to be client side. A server round-trip would make a voice loopback completely useless. Why you would want to force a client to use it is beyond me.

Originally Posted by JusTGo some times people talks with very low mic or bad(haveing many noise and stuff) that cvar will make people know if others can hear them or no also they can enable/disable in game as they like. i always use to test if my mic is working.

People will notice their audio setup is broken. Either by testing themselves or by other people telling them. Forcing microphone monitoring by default is a stupid idea for a problem that rarely appears. You already test your setup, why would you want any server to force loopback on you?

[Jhob94]

Well, i was wrong, loopback doesn't put yourself automatickly at ban list, this is something else.

Here is what i found at voice_status.cpp:

PHP Code:

void CVoiceStatus::UpdateSpeakerStatus( int entindex, qboolean bTalking )
{
    cvar_t *pVoiceLoopback = NULL;

    if ( !m_pParentPanel || !*m_pParentPanel )
    {
        return;
    }

    if ( gEngfuncs.pfnGetCvarFloat( "voice_clientdebug" ) )
    {
        char msg[256];
        _snprintf( msg, sizeof( msg ), "CVoiceStatus::UpdateSpeakerStatus: ent %d talking = %d\n", entindex, bTalking );
        gEngfuncs.pfnConsolePrint( msg );
    }

    int iLocalPlayerIndex = gEngfuncs.GetLocalPlayer()->index;

    // Is it the local player talking?
    if ( entindex == -1 )
    {
        m_bTalking = !!bTalking;
        if( bTalking )
        {
            // Enable voice for them automatically if they try to talk.
            gEngfuncs.pfnClientCmd( "voice_modenable 1" );
        }
        
        // now set the player index to the correct index for the local player
        // this will allow us to have the local player's icon flash in the scoreboard
        entindex = iLocalPlayerIndex;

        pVoiceLoopback = gEngfuncs.pfnGetCvarPointer( "voice_loopback" );
    }
    else if ( entindex == -2 )
    {
        m_bServerAcked = !!bTalking;
    }

    if ( entindex >= 0 && entindex <= VOICE_MAX_PLAYERS )
    {
        int iClient = entindex - 1;
        if ( iClient < 0 )
        {
            return;
        }

        CVoiceLabel *pLabel = FindVoiceLabel( iClient );
        if ( bTalking )
        {
            m_VoicePlayers[iClient] = true;
            m_VoiceEnabledPlayers[iClient] = true;

            // If we don't have a label for this guy yet, then create one.
            if ( !pLabel )
            {
                // if this isn't the local player (unless they have voice_loopback on)
                if ( ( entindex != iLocalPlayerIndex ) || ( pVoiceLoopback && pVoiceLoopback->value ) )
                {
                    if ( pLabel = GetFreeVoiceLabel() )
                    {
                        // Get the name from the engine.
                        hud_player_info_t info;
                        memset( &info, 0, sizeof( info ) );
                        gEngfuncs.pfnGetPlayerInfo( entindex, &info );

                        char paddedName[512];
                        _snprintf( paddedName, sizeof( paddedName ), "%s   ", info.name );

                        int color[3];
                        m_pHelper->GetPlayerTextColor( entindex, color );

                        if ( pLabel->m_pBackground )
                        {
                            pLabel->m_pBackground->setBgColor( color[0], color[1], color[2], 135 );
                            pLabel->m_pBackground->setParent( *m_pParentPanel );
                            pLabel->m_pBackground->setVisible( m_pHelper->CanShowSpeakerLabels() );
                        }

                        if ( pLabel->m_pLabel )
                        {
                            pLabel->m_pLabel->setFgColor( 255, 255, 255, 0 );
                            pLabel->m_pLabel->setBgColor( 0, 0, 0, 255 );
                            pLabel->m_pLabel->setText( "%s", paddedName );
                        }
                        
                        pLabel->m_clientindex = iClient;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            m_VoicePlayers[iClient] = false;

            // If we have a label for this guy, kill it.
            if ( pLabel )
            {
                pLabel->m_pBackground->setVisible( false );
                pLabel->m_clientindex = -1;
            }
        }
    }

    RepositionLabels();
} 


Well, i don't have enough knowledge to tell you if it is possible or not to do what you want since my orpheu level / moduling level is still low. Yet, let's wait someone experient with this stuff to tell us if you can do something about this or if you will have to move on.

[aron9forever]

PHP Code:

 // if this isn't the local player (unless they have voice_loopback on) 
                if ( ( entindex != iLocalPlayerIndex ) || ( pVoiceLoopback && pVoiceLoopback->value ) )