Skyping and Playing Morrowind

Post » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:21 pm

I'm new to these forums, and everyone seems to be very helpful and mature so I've decided to post because i have an urgent problem that needs to be taken care of. Recently, my friend and I got Morrowind GOTY, and it's our first times playing. We like to go on skype while playing these games, to talk, help each other, and overall just experience the game with one another (kind of like a party system on xbox live). However, when im on skype and i open up morrowind, it automatically makes this high-pitched buzzing noise in my mic. I can't hear the noise, but my friend can, and its so loud that we cannot play and communicate on Skype. I believe it has something to do with Morrowind itself, because other games we've tried (Broodwar for example) worked perfectly fine, and my friend did not hear a mic buzz come from me. Like i said, i would like to believe its a technological error on my mic or skype's part, but everything works fine UNTIL i get on morrowind.

So please, i really want to play haha, I'd appreciate any help i can get! :clap:
p.s awesome smileys you guys have! lol
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Manuel rivera
 
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Post » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:10 pm

Welcome to the forums, Encizion! :wavey: <-- another smiley for your enjoyment (speaking of which, we really need a fishy stick emoticon)

The game is extremely sensitive when running over other programs, but having mentioned that caveat I would like to know what your setup is. Skype looks for default system audio input, and if you're on a laptop with a built in mic you may have to use a plugin that's not so close to your speakers and reconfigure Skype (a possible source of feedback for whatever reasons). It may be just an issue with audio drivers or codecs, but who the hell knows? :shrug:

Morrowind is an old game being pushed around by a technically unfriendly future.

Post a DxDiag and let's get this moved to the H&S forum.
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Robyn Lena
 
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Post » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:20 pm

Hey, and im really really not technologically savvy :( so the best i can get to tell you is my OS is windows XP home edition, I run skype off of my PC, with a USB mic and an audio and talking cords that replace my speakers on the back of my computer. My soundcard is a Santa Cruz, but that's not really the matter, since Morrowind was the only one with the issues. Thanks for replying!
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Carlos Rojas
 
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