RPVoiceChat is a proximity voip mod for Vintage Story. It allows players to talk to each other in-game using their microphone. The volume of the voice depends on the distance between the players. The mod is partially inspired by the mod TFAR for Arma3 as well as the mod Simple Voice Chat for Minecraft.
Not only does the mod allow players to talk to each other in-game, but it also adds various communication-centric content to the game. But that will all be configurable.
- Download the latest version of the mod from the mod page.
- Place the downloaded file in the
Modsfolder of your Vintage Story installation. - Start the game and enjoy!
- (Optional): Double check your keybinds in the settings menu. All keybinds start with
RPVoiceand are located in the hud and interface category.
- Start your server.
- Done!
- (Optional): If you're experiencing exceptional slowdown you may wanna try the advanced setup guide. (Not currently written but if you know what you are doing see comment on this issue.)
To talk to other players you will need to set up your audio input threshold or turn on push to talk (PTT) in the config menu.
The default keybind for the config menu is P and the default keybind for PTT is CAPS LOCK. (Note as of current game version these keybinds cannot be applied to mouse buttons)
There are currently 3 different voice levels in the mod. These are whisper, normal and shout.
The default keybind to change between these is Shift + Tab. This can be changed in the settings menu.
You can configure your microphone volume and the volume of everyone else in your config menu.
The mod is highly configurable and can be configured more deeply in the modconfig file. You'll find this file in the ModConfig folder in the same directory as your Mods folder. The file is called rpvoicechat.json.
The settings relevant to users are:
ManualPortForwarding- Determines whether the mod should skip port forwarding with UPnP and assume that ports are open. Setting this to true means that you take full responsibility for opening ports and if they are not open mod will work incorrectly. The default value isfalse.
The mod is highly configurable and can be configured more deeply in the modconfig file. You'll find this file in the ModConfig folder in the same directory as your Mods folder. The file is called rpvoicechat.json.
The settings relevant to server owners are:
ManualPortForwarding- Determines whether the mod should skip port forwarding with UPnP and assume that ports are open. Setting this to true means that you take full responsibility for opening ports and if they are not open mod will work incorrectly. The default value isfalse.ServerPort- The port to use for the voice networking. The default value is52525.ServerIP- The ip for clients to connect to. Leave it as is unless you are playing through LAN, in which case set it to address of your private network(e.g."25.95.127.13"). The default value isnull.AdditionalContent- Whether additional modded content(bells, horns, etc) should be enabled. The default value istrue.UseCustomNetworkServers- Can be used to enable UDP and CustomTCP transports. As of v2.3.4 NativeTCP is unaffected by lag so there is little to no benefits from running custom servers. The default value isfalse.
You can also use /rpvc [command] to access world-specific settings:
shout- Sets the shout distance in blocks. The default value is25.talk- Sets the talk distance in blocks. The default value is15.whisper- Sets the whisper distance in blocks. The default value is5.reset- Resets the audio distances to their default settings.info- Displays current audio distances and states of toggles.forcenametags- If you use mods that hide player name tags you can disable this setting to keep them hidden. The default value istrue.encodeaudio- If you encounter distorted/out of order audio you can disable thus setting and see if it helps. Be aware that this will drastically increase bandwidth usage for everyone on the server. The default value istrue.
Currently the mod is maintained by the following people:
- Ridderrasmus - Creator and maintainer
- Dmitry221060 - Maintainer
- Faithfulshot - 3d models
- Nixie - Audio design
The mod was previously maintained by the following people:
- blakdragan7 - Maintainer
If you want to add something to the mod, feel free to make a pull request. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on discord (ridderrasmus).