Setup Voice Chat on a Hytale Server

Hytale comes with built-in voice chat proximity, allowing for more direct communication on a server without the use of text chat. To set up voice chat, a few commands will need to be run to allow any player to use voice chat, and players will need to enable voice chat on their client.

Turn on Voice Chat on the client

Before anyone can use voice chat, the client will need the Voice Chat setting enabled.

1. From the Main Menu or Pause Menu, click on Settings.
2. Click on the Audio tab
3. Scroll down to the Voice section and click on the arrow on Voice Chat until it says "On"
4. Check that the settings such as Input Device are on the correct device, the Input Mode is select to the desired mode (Push to Talk, Push to Talk (Toggle), or Voice Input), and that Voice Input is enabled.
5. You should now be able to chat with other fellow players!

Turn on Voice Chat for the server

From the Console

1. Login to Command Center.
2. Find the server you wish to edit and click on Manage.
3. The page will open to the Console. If not, click on the Console tab.
4. Type /voice enabled true to turn on voice chat.

In the game

If you have Op permissions, you can also run this command in-game

1. Press Enter or / to open the text chat.
2. Type /voice enabled true to turn on voice chat.

Adjust voice chat proximity

There are two settings for voice chat: the maxdistance and the fullvolumedistance. This affects how far away players have to be in order to hear each other over voice chat.

maxdistance

This controls how far a player has to be before they are no longer audible. This setting is measured in block radius.

/voice maxdistance 64

fullvolumedistance

This setting is for how far away players can be in order to hear them at maximum volume. The higher this setting is, the louder they are when they are far away. Conversely, the lower this setting is, the quieter they are when they are close. This is measured in block radius.

/voice fullvolumedistance 48

Mute or unmute a player

Voice input of a player can also be controlled through a command. This can be handy for server admins that wish to mute a specific player's voice input.

/voice mute PlayerName876

Players can also be unmuted if they have been server muted using unmute.

/voice unmute Playername876

View muted players

To check what players have been muted, run /voice muted. This will display a list of every player that has been muted. In case someone is unable to use voice chat, running this can help check if they have been muted.

View Voice Chat status

To check if voice chat is enabled and the proximity settings, run /voice status. This will display if voice chat is on, the maximum distance, and the full volume distance.

Turn off Voice Chat

If voice chat is no longer suited for your Hytale server, voice chat can be disabled by running /voice enabled false.