New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on October 02, 2021) follows:
New World players can join factions, form groups, take over settlements, craft items, quest, fight monsters or other players, explore the open world, and more. However, an issue appears to be spoiling the user experience for many.
As per multiple reports, the proximity voice chat or VOIP feature in New World is not working properly for many players. It seems players are unable to properly hear other players in their proximity and vice versa, apart from their teammates.
Reports clearly indicate that the issue is widespread but it is unclear what the exact cause of the problem is. Some players say that they can barely hear other players when they are in close proximity, however, other players cannot hear each other at all.
Players have been pointing out that the proximity voice chat feature is not working properly in New World even with all related settings enabled which is further adding to their dilemma.
It must be noted that the proximity voice chat feature has been around since New World was in the beta phase. Also, players have been saying that the feature worked perfectly during the beta stage but is not working properly after the stable release.
While affected New World players may be able to get the feature to work for them by with a simple workaround, there is no guarantee whether it will indeed fix proximity voice chat or not as it is just a matter of tweaking a few settings.
One of the many affected users has pointed out that setting the Receive Volume, Microphone Volume, and Microphone Sensitivity levels to 100% in the Communications settings might help to address the issue.
While the default values of the aforementioned settings are set to 50%, there are no reports indicating that increasing these values to 100% fixes the proximity voice chat feature.
So, be sure to give this workaround a go and let us know whether it fixes the proximity voice chat feature for you or not by dropping a comment below.
That said, we will report back with more stories related to New World and other games as and when we get new information to share so stay tuned.
Update 1 (October 04)
IST 12:35 pm: According to a user on the community forum, the voice chat feature seems to be working fine.
Another player claims that a character needs to be at least 3 hours old to use the voice chat feature.
Update 2 (October 19)
IST 04:51 pm: One individual took to the community forums to explain the situation. The comment was officially marked as a ‘solution’ for the problem. Here’s what they have to say:
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