[The Solid lad]

The basic explanation that the console prints is unclear to me...

So could somebody please tell me which value to set "sm_deadtalk" to,
if I want all players on my server regardless of team or being dead/alive to be able to both voice and text chat with eachother at all times?

[ghostofmybrain]

I think it's sv_full_alltalk 1

[Maxximou5]

The variables you are looking for are:

sv_deadtalk "1" // Dead players can speak (voice, text) to the living
sv_full_alltalk "1" // Any player (including Spectator team) can speak to any other player
sv_talk_enemy_dead "1" // Dead players can hear all dead enemy communication (voice, chat)
sv_talk_enemy_living "1" // Living players can hear all living enemy communication (voice, chat)
sm_deadtalk "2" // Controls how dead communicate. 0 - Off. 1 - Dead players ignore teams. 2 - Dead players talk to living teammates

[The Solid lad]

It's a CS:S server, meaning that none of the above commands are present in the game, except for sm_deadtalk and regular sv_alltalk, which I have enabled...but that only affects voice communication.
Sorry for not stating that earlier.

Also, the pasted explanation for sm_deadtalk
"Controls how dead communicate. 0 - Off. 1 - Dead players ignore teams. 2 - Dead players talk to living teammates"
is the one that is unclear to me.
"1- Ignoring teams" means that they can talk to both teams IF they are dead?
Or does it mean they can talk to everybody regardless of being dead/alive?
Or does it mean that the dead, ignore both teams' players until they are alive?

[ghostofmybrain]

1 means dead players can talk to other dead players.