r/MarathonTheGame • u/MuseSingular • 2d ago
Tech TroubleShooting The game absolutely refuses to receive audio from my microphone
Long story short:
Am using bluetooth earbuds as the output device and my laptop's integrated mic for the input device. The mic works perfectly fine in discord as well as other multiplayer games with voice chat such as the whole borderlands series, vermintide, darktide, titanfall 2, etc. etc. etc.
I've already done everything I've seen people recommend in reddit posts & other such threads.
- Made sure my antivirus permits Marathon to use the mic.
- Set the correct output and input devices in game settings.
- Set the correct output and input devices as system default device and system communications default device under Windows' sound settings thingamajig.
- Disabled handsfree telephony for my bluetooth earbuds so it absolutely cannot default / takeover as the input device (leaving the integrated mic as the only input device).
- Disabled allowing applications to take exclusive control of the microphone.
- Re-enabled allowing applications to take exclusive control of the microphone. (No difference.)
- Set the squad voice chat setting to open mic.
- Set the squad voice chat setting to push-to-talk and pushed my push-to-talk key.
- Checked that I was not muted.
I can always hear my teammates and they can never hear me. Obviously when I play rook or solo this is not a problem but typing in the middle of team fights nearly impossible.