Quick and Dirty Micspam Guide


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                                                This guide uses Windows.

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                                                Install the following:

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                                                Foobar: https://www.foobar2000.org/download

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                                                Foobar's Youtube Source component: https://fy.3dyd.com/download/ (Preferences -> Components -> Install)

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                                                VB-Cable: https://vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm

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                                                IF WINDOWS 10:

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                                                Settings -> Privacy -> Microphone -> Allow access to the microphone on this device = On & Allow apps to access your microphone = On

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                                                Microphone (if any) as the default recording device (disconnect when micspamming).

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                                                VB-Cable (CABLE INPUT) as the secondary recording device (takes priority when microphone is disconnected).

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                                                Foobar output into CABLE INPUT.

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                                                Steam overlay audio settings to take and output to the default audio devices.

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                                                Autoexec micspam command on the 5 keypad key.

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                                                Identical command on the mouse3 key to open mic without voice loopback (to voice chat instead of micspam). (This will mess up Mouse3 use for stuff like medshield on MvM).

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                                                To play music just open foobar, play music and press the 5 key to activate the micspam command. Press it again to disable the micspam.

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                                                To voicechat enable mic, press the mouse3 and speak. Press it again to disable the voicechat.

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                                                (Optional) Change the hotkeys to whatever suits you better.

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                                                (Optional) Tweak autoexec configs to suit your tastes.

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                                                (Optional) Remove the default microphone button (default on 'M')

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                                                Only issue with this setup is that you can't micspam and speak/sing simultaneously, but you can fix that by patching both your mic and foobar into Voicemeeter Banana then patching VB into CABLE INPUT. For more details check this guide: https://gamebanana.com/tuts/14382 (Windows) or this guide https://web.archive.org/web/20220723134636/https://gamebanana.com/tuts/14757 (Linux)

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                                                Paste the following onto your autoexec.cfg file, located on SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\cfg\overrides if you are using Mastercomfig and SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\cfg if you aren't (you should).

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                                                //This one is for micspam

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                                                alias vtoggle "von"

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                                                alias von "+voicerecord; voice_loopback 1; alias vtoggle voff"

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                                                alias voff "-voicerecord; voice_loopback 0; alias vtoggle von"

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                                                bind KP_5 "vtoggle"

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                                                //This one is for voice chat

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                                                alias vtogglea "vonalt"

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                                                alias vonalt "+voicerecord; alias vtogglea voffalt"

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                                                alias voffalt "-voicerecord; alias vtogglea vonalt"

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                                                bind MOUSE3 "vtogglea"

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                                                //This is max volume

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                                                voice_maxgain 3

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                                                //Higher scale is louder but less quality

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                                                voice_scale "1"

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                                                //How loud is the music compared to the sound effects

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                                                voice_overdrive 5