MattScott 15242 Posted April 20, 2021 Hi all, I know many of you have been asking about Vivox voice chat. It has been down for a while, which has been a concern for our console players in particular. We have been reaching out to Vivox to try and resolve the issue, but the long and short of it is that the code in the APB client that interfaces with Vivox is quite old. Vivox has been doing us a favor by supporting us with specialized servers for some time now, but they are unable to continue doing so moving forward. We are looking at solutions, but unfortunately this means that voice chat will be down until we are able to update the client with the Engine Upgrade. You can follow my regular updates on the subject here. In the meantime, I encourage those who wish to chat with their APB friends to make use of 3rd party solutions until we can get the in-game chat running once more. Thank you for your patience and understanding, Matt 10 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkittyM 287 Posted April 20, 2021 Wait, does 2.0 (console) not use an updated version of vivox? Or did you guys update it once 2.1 started? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagletz 218 Posted April 20, 2021 Was it even working? I tried to use it with my friend, but none of us could hear each other. So I suppose that's ok. Discord is better anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vsb 6171 Posted April 20, 2021 shame, i do hope this doesn't cross vivox off the list for when/if 2.1 goes live, modern versions of vivox voip are fantastic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nijavid 44 Posted April 20, 2021 i never knew there was voice chat in game 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zyswen 15 Posted April 21, 2021 Social district musicians are starving, do it fast please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aeronaut 647 Posted April 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Zyswen said: Social district musicians that's why they're starving 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TzickyT 212 Posted April 21, 2021 tbf i have only used vivox once and than i vinked it off from my settings. i feel like using teamspeak or discord is easyer than using vivox but im a pc user and not a console user ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cuve 244 Posted April 21, 2021 Only things I heard the past year or so in that chat was some angry Russians. Don't really get why people want to use voice chat in apb. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevenDeckard 280 Posted April 21, 2021 Thanks for the update. I personally really dislike voice chat for all the obvious reasons, but I get why the average console user might want it as an option. One thing I would really like to see in regards to text chat is an ability to save and then use short "customized" text snippets. For example for an enforcer to say something like "Freeze!" or "Need assistance at my location!" in the normal text chat window when pressing the assigned button (though I would recommend a cool-down so it can not be spammed repeatedly to soften the big abuse potential). That way people could for example quickly tell the group/clan/team something in the heat of a gunfight or pursuit without dying due to being busy typing (can not even count all the times I died while typing something). Besides this it would also be a tremendous help in roleplay (RP) and semi-RP situations. Not sure if the implementation of something like that would be possible though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PizzaTimee 0 Posted April 21, 2021 I’ve been having social withdrawals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattskoii 67 Posted April 21, 2021 I'm enjoying the peice n quiet without vivox, But there's always discord. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlienTM 138 Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) Remove it from the client till the engine upgrade then.Whats the point of something that will brake in every couple of days and havin processes running in the background edit: nm i think is not running in background anymore Edited April 21, 2021 by AlienTM 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genobee 143 Posted April 21, 2021 7 hours ago, mattskoii said: I'm enjoying the peice n quiet without vivox, But there's always discord. Was thinking the same. Doesn't really matter that much with how prevalent discord is. Let alone the fact it is typically preferred to in-game options by a mile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hexerin 1140 Posted April 22, 2021 Can Vivox be stripped from the game install now? Since it's confirmed no longer supported, it would make sense. One less thing the game would launch and run in the background... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TackoGirl 130 Posted April 22, 2021 voice chat in apb was the coolest thing. I remember i run with a high pitch voice through the Asylum fight club and had a lot of fun. many wrote to me and thought it was funny. but at some point the voice chat no longer worked 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PANTHER74 2 Posted April 23, 2021 Everyone communicates on the discord, few people will use the game chat 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nocolor 21 Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 9:04 PM, MattScott said: Hi all, I know many of you have been asking about Vivox voice chat. It has been down for a while, which has been a concern for our console players in particular. We have been reaching out to Vivox to try and resolve the issue, but the long and short of it is that the code in the APB client that interfaces with Vivox is quite old. Vivox has been doing us a favor by supporting us with specialized servers for some time now, but they are unable to continue doing so moving forward. We are looking at solutions, but unfortunately this means that voice chat will be down until we are able to update the client with the Engine Upgrade. You can follow my regular updates on the subject here. In the meantime, I encourage those who wish to chat with their APB friends to make use of 3rd party solutions until we can get the in-game chat running once more. Thank you for your patience and understanding, Matt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOUBLEY 8 Posted April 25, 2021 This needs to be addressed before the tutorial issue after you guys get the engine updated. Us vets can speak to noobs and help them along way but without VIVOX its totally gone and u have a dead game that will have next to zero retention. Comms in combat is priority #1 next to guns and ammo. And dont tell me well u have TS and Discord i know that but when your trying to help noobs in pub groups along the way its a mute point. Thanks for the update though this has been bugging the fuck outta me for some time:P xoxo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chinook 144 Posted May 2, 2021 Has someone tried to use it for something else than griefing? My experience with it has always been someone just blasting everyone around him/her with massive audio overload with like 200%+ volume and bad taste in music. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattScott 15242 Posted May 3, 2021 Sorry for the delayed response. On 4/20/2021 at 12:09 PM, SkittyM said: Wait, does 2.0 (console) not use an updated version of vivox? Or did you guys update it once 2.1 started? 2.0 has the old version. We upgraded it once we started 2.1. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiMMY13 19 Posted July 4, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 7:43 AM, Nijavid said: i never knew there was voice chat in game It's literally the game's best feature! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mozie 54 Posted January 4, 2022 Just remove it, I always shut it down when I start the game. Is what I wanna say but it was a cool feature for social district tbh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotZombieBiscuit 3146 Posted January 29, 2022 Reminder to delete the vivox files unless you want the chinese government to track you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
