Fix: Dread Hunger Voice Chat or Mic Not Working
Down below are some tried and tested methods that ultimately fix the problem with both voice chat and mic issues. But before following the below methods, we recommend you to check if your mic and speaker hardware is sound and working. If you are facing a hardware issue, then you might need to get a new mic or speaker.
Check the basics
Sometimes it happens that the headphone we are using has gone malfunctioning due to overstretching of the audio cable. It is also possible that you mistakenly have pressed the mute button, and now the game is on mute so you get the perception that something is wrong with the same sound.
Such things are very common, so please check the Windows Sound Settings, choose the correct output device (if you have more than one), or use the Troubleshoot button to let the system find a solution for you.
The sound mixer on your PC shows all the sources and applications from which the sound is currently coming. Sometimes we mistakenly mute the sound coming from the game itself. And as a result, we can’t hear anything in the game.
Right-click on the sound icon present at the bottom right of your taskbar and click on the Open Volume Mixer option.
Find Dread Hunger check the volume level settings. If it is mute, kindly unmute it.
Reset Dread Hunger Sound settings
If the above two methods did not help you much, then you have to reset the sound settings of the game. It is possible that the current sound settings you have set are creating a technical glitch, and that’s the reason why so you are facing issues like voice chat or the mic not working. If you cannot find the reset sound settings option, you can simply re-install the game.
Update/Reinstall the Sound/ Graphics Card Driver
The driver status is the next fix we ignore or do not check in our system. Drivers are playing a vital role in recognizing the hardware in our system, and most of the time, we won’t check or update the driver version.
- Right-click on the Windows icon and choose the Device Manager from the menu, or you can also search the Device Manager in the start menu.
- Then navigate and select the Sound, driver, and Controller options from the list.
- After that, double-click on the selected option and then right-click on the sound drivers available in the system.
- Next, select the Update driver from the pop-up menu to update the sound driver.
- Now on the next window, the system will ask you how to update the driver select the Search automatically for drivers.
- Now, wait till it automatically finds and updates the latest version on the sound driver.
- You can also download and install the driver manually by visiting the manufacturer’s official site and downloading the setup file.
- Repeat the above step for the graphic card driver, and after the update, the driver restarts the system.
However, if the issue is not resolved yet, uninstall the driver by right-clicking on the driver, selecting Uninstall, and clicking on the scan hardware icon. The system will automatically detect the hardware and install the latest version of the driver.
Modify Custom Sound Settings
One of the working fixes is to change the quality of Sound from the system setting. Sometimes the sound quality is not in sync with the game, and the output may be disturbing or no sound output from the speakers. You can easily fix this problem by re-adjusting the frequency. Here’s how:
Open Sound Setting and navigate to Sound Control Panel.
Highlight the Default Device and double-click on it.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Select 24 bit, 44100 Hz (Studio Quality).
Save the settings and see if it helps.
Consider re-installing the game the final way of fixing any sound-related issues with the game. Once you re-install the game and log in with your steam account, all game progress will be back. We recommend users to install the game from the Steam client only.
Conclusion
Dread Hunger is still very far from being a perfect and error-free game. So issues like such will keep appearing. But the above troubleshooting methods will help you to fix Dread Hunger Voice Chat or Mic Not Working very easily. To avoid any issues in future, we recommend you keep updating the game and your device drivers at regular intervals. For more info, you can check out more articles about Dread Hunger.
