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.
Help4D
Got stuck on step 4D. Raise and lower the gate level

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.

  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 4D

  1. 4D-1

    + or − is greyed and does nothing.

    Why
    The level is at its end: -10 dB at the top, -80 dB at the bottom.
    Fix
    Nothing is wrong. Press the other button to move it back.

Still stuck after all of these?

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

Reply on the Steam review message thread for this build, or email benl@irontowerpress.com.

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