Call of Duty Warzone may be regarded as one of the most successful launches from Infinity War and Activision. But the game is filled with a number of errors, and the issues are never-ending. From dev errors to facing lag issues, a majority of players have reported some kind of error while playing the game.
COD Warzone voice chat and mic not working
There have been multiple users who complained about the Warzone Voice Chat not working, which is something you clearly don’t want to encounter in order to maintain in-game communication. The actual problem is that you can hear people, but for some reason, they have difficulty hearing you.
Some people on Reddit are saying that this is caused due to strict NAT but can’t be true as you are still able to hear the others. The issue seems to be on all platforms; however, it can be solved. It is also likely that there are multiple output devices, or an incorrect input device has been enabled.
How to fix chat not working error in Call of Duty Warzone?
The first thing that you need to do is to check the input and output settings and ensure that everything has been configured correctly. Also, note that the input device will be what you use to speak while the output device will be used to hear the sounds of the game.
Users who are facing issues with the game chat not working likely have multiple output devices, or the wrong input device enabled. You can fix the issue using the following steps:
How to fix microphone not working issue in Call of Duty MW?
• First, let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. This fixes the problem most of the time. If it doesn’t, I added a more in-depth solution, but it will require a bit of tinkering.
• On your taskbar right-click the speaker icon and select “Open sound settings.” It should bring up a window that says Sound on top.
• On the far right there is a menu called “Related Settings” select the option that says “Sound Control Panel. “ It will bring up the old school sound control panel displaying all of your devices.
• Select “playback” and find the headset in the list.
• Right-click your headset and select “Set as default device“ after you do this, it should have a green check-mark on the corner. Right-click it again but this time click “Set as Default Communication Device.”
• Select “Recording” at the top of the list and find your primary microphone.
• Follow the same steps as step 4. Find your microphone and make it the default device and default communication device.
Now that you have that done, Open Call of Duty and test your microphone. This method fixes the problem most of the time. If this does not fix your problem, there are just a few more steps that will more likely fix your voice chat issue for good.
You need to delete your player files and change an option in your .ini file for Call of Duty. It is really simple and takes less than 3 minutes. Be advised though, doing this might reset your campaign progress.
• In your computer, go to “documents” This should be in your C: Drive ( This PC > Windows C: > Users > your user account > Documents) and not in the game files themselves. The folder we will be looking for was created by the game and stored in your computers Document folder.
• Locate the folder named “Call of Duty Modern Warfare” again; this folder is not in your game files; it is in your Documents folder.
• Open the folder named “Players.”
• Delete everything inside this folder except for “adv_options.”
• Right-click on the “adv_options” file and select “open with” you need to open this with notepad.
• Once the file is opened with notepad change the following line “ConfigCloudStorageEnabled = 1” You need to change the 1 into a 0. It should look like this ConfigCloudStorageEnabled = 0
• Save the notepad and close it. (Optional – Open it once more with notepad to confirm the file saved.)
• Start the game and set your game settings back up. Go ahead and adjust the controls and other game settings back to how you had them. You should be able to test your microphone in the audio menu to see that it works after everything is set close the game completely.
• Go back to your notepad with adv_options open and change ”ConfigCloudStorageEnabled = 0” back to ConfigCloudStorageEnabled = 1
• Save the notepad once more and close it out. Then reopen the notepad to ensure the file saved correctly.
• Open the game again, and everything should be working as it should be.
Hopefully, this will fix your problem for good, and you can get back to enjoying Call of Duty like I have. The game is great, but it is unfortunate that so many players were left without being able to hear their teammates after the recent update.
Call of duty modern warfare mic not working for PS4 and Xbox One:
For users on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, the sound settings can be located under ‘Settings’ or ‘Audio devices’ depending on the platform.
Once you’re here, you will need to disable the additional input devices. You will also want to turn down the mic threshold to zero and turn up the mic volume in the Call of Duty audio settings.
