It depends on when the program inits the microphone. I had this problem to when I upgraded to 7.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Edwards Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:26 AM To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Source pausing WMP and decreasing system volume Thanks, that was it. For future reference, the setting is in the Communications tab of the Sound control panel thingie. God knows why it picks up OB v1 but not Ep1 or OB v2... On 30/01/2010 4:20, Olly wrote: > You running windows7? - There is a bunch of stuff in 7 that says > 'reduce volume if I'm running a communication program' or something. > You can't select what actually IS a communication program, nor can you > see what it thinks is a communication program. Might be that thinking > source is a comms thing. > > Look for the option in the sound settings somewhere (forget where > exactly) > > On 30 January 2010 15:56, Tom Edwards<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Ever since I built my new system I've been having trouble with the >> Orange Box engine (the 'old' mods/Ep2/Portal/Gmod build) messing with >> sound on my system. If I connect to a server or open the options >> window of a multiplayer game, Source will: >> >> * Pause or unpause Windows Media Player. >> * Slide its own volume down (the Windows sound mixer slider, not the >> internal setting) over the course of about half a second to nearly >> zero. >> * Reduce Spotify's volume in the same way, but not pause it. >> >> When I exit it restores volumes to their original levels and >> pauses/unpauses WMP again. To reiterate, this only happens when the >> engine is in MP mode (maxplayers> 1). It doesn't happen with the >> Ep1, >> OB-TF2 or L4D branches. It also wasn't a problem on my last computer. >> >> I've got MS Intellitype installed, but since Spotify isn't paused I'm >> unconvinced that global hotkey commands are behind this. Can anyone >> make a better suggestion? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
