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As the title says, really. Since the latest update to GHub and my headset, friends have been commenting on how my mic is substantially quieter when in some games that have VOIP, even if the VOIP is disabled and not being used.
This doesn't have an effect in games without that feature, nor any other application on my PC. Also, weirdly, some games that use VOIP don't make it happen at all - Abiotic Factor works fine for example, but V Rising makes it happen.
Anyone else notice this, or know of a fix for it?
Edit: The quality is also noticeably worse, and with further testing, turning on AGC in the windows sound settings for my mic boosts the volume but doesn't fix the quality. I can't tell if it's an issue relating to the driver or to Windows. My mic sounds absolutely fine everywhere else quality-wise.
Also, the volume fades when the app is in focus and when it is not. When the game is in focus the mic volume and quality will drop, but when I minimise it and go to discord, my browser, or any other app it returns to normal. That, plus the fading, tells me that it is an intentional feature somewhere but I can't track down where exactly it's happening. Is there a feature in the G-Hub app that handles that? All of the Windows and discord settings relating to attenuation are all turned off completely.

I have been really enjoying the hell out of abiotic factor and there are somethings I would love to add to the melee combat.

1. Right now, it feels like melee combat is majorly - swing big stick and hope it hits. Think it would be fun if we could add directional swings to it. For example: when a creature jumps to hug your face, then swinging downwards makes more sense instead of an arc.
   
2. When equipping a shield instead of just a block would be great to add a shield bash which would add a stagger to the monster giving more combat choice. Could be a skill that you gain as you use the shield more.
   
3. Breaking things off enemies or making them limp would be interesting both as a way to escape from enemies and a visual indicator of the enemies health
   
4. If your arm health is low the way you swing your weapon changes (this sounds annoying as hell but I think it adds a little more depth to dealing with limb damage)
   

What else do you think would help with more interesting combat? And also if you have any thoughts about why some of these might not work would love to understand that point of view as well.

Schönen Sonntag euch,
sagt mal, ist bekannt wann die nächste Folge Abiotic Factor erscheinen wird? Wurde ja als neues Coop Projekt betitelt und die letzte Folge ist nun schon ne gute Woche her..

Looking for some duos or groups to play your standard run of Co-op games. In particular I'd love to play through Abiotic Factor but I have most of the other games, Content Warning, Helldivers, Lethal Company etc, and I'm open to new games.
Outside of games I'm a bit of a gym rat and big into anime/manga and film/tv and it would be cool if we can chat about shared interests!

Quick question , did someone found a way to play co-op on caracked version of the game. Would be grateful for any info on that matter.

Seriously, I won't be touching this game. I'm glad others can be happy with it, but yeah. My two cents.

The alt-media promotes the narrative that the current fiat dollar system is on the verge of collapse due to massive debts which are exponentially increasing. The system collapsed in 2008 and was temporarily revived with QE (massive money printing) until it began to collapse again in 2019- hence the COVID scam-demic and WW3 (even more money printing) to keep the system alive until Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) can be rolled out as a replacement. This is supposedly the motive for the WEF's "Great Reset by 2030".
I think this narrative is a Limited Hangout. First of all, the debts wouldn’t matter if the economy was growing. Also, the debts were created out of thin air and debt default therefore should be an option. (Banks charge compound interest on debt that was created out of nothing i.e. banks do NOT “lend” money from deposit funds as is commonly believed! Even worse, governments have the right to issue debt-free currency but instead they borrow it with interest from Central Banks per the hidden PTB!) I don’t mean to suggest the debt isn’t a problem- my point is it’s a manufactured crisis- so it’s NOT the motive for the Great Reset. The big question then is what’s keeping the economy from growing, which brings us to Peak Oil (PO), another possible motive for the Great Reset.
After researching Peak Oil, my conclusion is PO is real and we’re finally seeing it after all of the false predictions. Our entire economy is based on cheap oil and wind/solanuclear only produce electricity, which can't replace transportation fuel. Naysayers counter that oil is abiotic (which may be the case) but they don’t factor in the low replenishment rate. Also, PO has nothing to do with running out of oil- the earth has centuries of oil left- the issue is getting it out of the ground and still having surplus energy left. (Fracking and off-shore drilling have LOW net energy and are no panacea.) Naysayers also claim the Elite are suppressing “free energy” in order to maintain oil profits, which could indeed be the case, but that doesn't help us unless the PTB share it with us. (My guess is the PTB DO have free-energy and use it to power their Deep Underground Military Bases.)
Note: Most conspiracy theorists HATE PO because they fear it justifies massive depopulation after all.
At this point, my family increased our prepping i.e. stockpiling food and water. And I also became severely depressed about the inevitable collapse to SHTF in a post-PO world.
Early last year, I learned of a theory that the "Great Reset by 2030" is really just a distraction from an imminent cyclic cataclysm (likely a pole-shift), which also explains why the PTB don't care about the debts and PO. (A 0H commenter even believes a pole-shift would replenish cheap oil.) It also explains the PTB's obsession with the Phoenix and a "New World Order". I was open to this theory because the WEF feels fake and cartoonish and I came to believe in it because there's overwhelming evidence of a cataclysm about 12,000 years ago. Mainstream science claims that civilization started 8,000 years ago but they also claim humanity has been around for 200,000 years. That makes no sense when there are ancient ruins like the Great Pyramid and Sphinx that clearly predate our civilization. And ruins of lost cities have been found off the coast of the UK, Japan and India, etc.
This cataclysm is linked with the precession of the Equinoxes and early signs of it include the Earth's waning magnetic field and solar changes such as the recent pink auroras. Global warming is a PSYOP meant to provide political cover for these "earth changes", which are also likely being suppressed by chemtrails.
https://www.reddit.com/conspiracy/comments/1bxoi0m/why_the_precession_of_the_equinoxes_matte
After coming to this conclusion, I then learned of a 2016 reddit thread, which also predicts a cataclysm after a "life-altering" event in 2020:
https://www.reddit.com/conspiracy/comments/1b115ke/2016_post_about_an_underground_town_that_also/
Accepting this theory got me over my PO depression. But it quickly led to some harsh realizations: Prepping is great for a short-term disaster but for anything long-term, you really do have to be one of the Elite so you can gain access to a DUMB. The only other option is to live in a close-knit community that is completely self-sufficient. Good luck finding that! And for a world-ending event like a pole-shift, only those in DUMBs or primitive people who live in remote areas will survive.
From my POV, the worse-case scenario is a solar flare/EMP that takes down the global power grid. That would be a horrific Mad Max scenario where billions suffer agonizing deaths over the span of months. So I actually "hope" for a massive solar flare/CME/tsunami which takes us out quickly and painlessly so we won't even know what hit us. Given the choice between starvation or being killed by looters, then I guess a near instantaneous death from a massive solar flare/tsunami isn't so bad. I've made peace with this scenario as long as my family and I go together without suffering.
To get over my fear and worry, here's a mantra I tell myself: "Don’t worry, be happy. Don’t be your own worst enemy. YOU have 100% control over how you respond. Whatever will happen is outside of your control and will happen unexpectedly anyway- none of the alt-media predictions are correct- by design. The PTB want us wallowing in fear porn. Do some basic (short-term) prepping but otherwise don’t worry about it. Billions of people are in the same boat as you. If our time is up, then so be it."
Although a cliché, it's true we should be grateful for the many blessings in our lives -especially our loved ones- and not take them for granted- and appreciate them as much as possible while we still have time.