Configuring VOIP support with ALSA under UT2004 Linux. (2004-03-18)

Your ~/.openalrc

Hopefully needless to say, you will need a valid ~/.openalrc file.

It will need the following:

You will need a (define devices '(alsa)) line. (Yes, a single ', blame lisp.)
An alsa-out-device define, something along the lines of (define alsa-out-device "hw:0,0") or for a surround setup something like (define alsa-out-device "surround40:0,0").
An alsa-in-device define, something along the lines of (define alsa-in-device "hw:0,0") OR (define alsa-in-device "plughw:0,0").
And most likely a (define speaker-num 2) line, replacing that 2 with a 4 for a surround setup.

You may need to tweak the in and out device lines some for your specific setup, on my Live! Value with a surround setup I use (define alsa-out-device "surround40:0,0") and (define alsa-in-device "hw:0,0").

Finishing Off

Now that we have that out of the way, we are down to the minor stuff:

You will need to bind a key to voice chat in ut2004.
You will need to make sure that your mixer settings will allow you to capture from your mic.

Final Words

That's it, if you have any problems email me, user warp, host babylon.d2dc.net.

I am also currently available for contract work, see my resume for a list of qualifications.

NOTE: If you are having problems, I strongly suggest adding --enable-debug-maximus to the configure line, recompiling, and including the full output of running ut2004 and the contents of ~/.ut2004demo/System/UT2004.log in the bug report.

Copyright and credits

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