Iron Tower Code Reviews
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Reviewer manual, version 0.2.2
Two PCs in one room, each with a headset and a cable to the same router, on one subnet. One microphone sits between them, plugged into the host PC. The internet sits outside the room, struck through.
The one microphone plays in both headsets: the host PC's own and the joining PC's.
Help4A
Got stuck on step 4A. Mute the host PC

Find what you see.

Please start with the FAQ questions below: most trouble is one of these. Each has the same label on every page, Q1 to Q10. Then the problems we know for this step, each with its cause and fix.

On CO-OP Comms Client Only: Press these on the host PC, which runs CO-OP Comms; a Client Only joining PC shows and hears the same.

FAQ

See all ten questions
  1. Q3

    Is a headset plugged into each PC, and the one microphone into the host PC?

    How to tell: With no microphone, the host's Microphone picker reads "No microphone found. Plug one in to host." With no headset or speakers, the Headset picker reads "No headset or speakers found. Plug one in." The host PC needs a headset too: it plays the microphone in its own headset, and without one Host stops with the red banner "Could not open the output device: … (is a headset or speakers plugged in and turned on?)" The lists are read when the app opens and again after every Leave.

    What to do: Please plug the device in, then close and reopen the app, or press Leave once. If the host links but an amber line reads "The mic is sending pure silence. In Settings › Privacy & security › Microphone, let desktop apps use the microphone.", turn that setting on. The joining PC needs no microphone. If the voice feels late, please try a wired headset: a wireless one adds its own delay.

    On CO-OP Comms Client Only: Client Only needs no microphone, only a headset or speakers. With none, its Headset picker reads "No headset or speakers found. Plug one in."

    The host PC: no microphone found
    Q3The host PC: no microphone found
    The host PC: the mic is sending pure silence
    Q3The host PC: the mic is sending pure silence
    No headset or speakers found
    Q3No headset or speakers foundCO-OP Comms Client Only
    The headset stopped
    Q3The headset stoppedCO-OP Comms Client Only

Problems we know for step 4A

  1. 4A-1

    I see If this mic is also Discord's input, the other person mutes their mic in Discord.

    A grey line at the foot of the host PC's window, always there while hosting.

    Why
    When the same microphone also feeds Discord, someone in Discord who is also in the room hears the voice twice: once through CO-OP Comms and once through Discord.
    Fix
    Nothing is wrong with CO-OP Comms. The other person in the room mutes their microphone in Discord.
  2. 4A-2

    The joining PC still reads JOINED while the host is muted.

    Why
    Mute sends silence instead of the voice; the link stays up, so nothing has to reconnect.
    Fix
    Nothing is wrong. Press Mute again on the host PC so it reads OFF.

Still stuck after all of these?

Please tell us the build and the step: CO-OP Comms 0.2.2, draft build, Step 4A. Add the labels of the FAQ questions you tried, and what the screen says, word for word. That tells us exactly where you were.

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