Succeeding in Turtle Rock Studios’ Back 4 Blood requires precision communication between teammates. Though there is an in-game text chat function (even on consoles), the best way to do so is via voice comms. Annoyingly, a Back 4 Blood voice chat bug can prevent users from taking part. Is there a quick and easy solution to the B4B chat glitch, then? Here’s the latest on the communication problems in the Left 4 Dead spiritual successor.
Back 4 Blood voice chat bug fix
The Back 4 Blood voice chat bug solution is to utilize the in-game comms channel and avoid connecting the headset mic via a Mixamp.
In Back 4 Blood, private party and in-game voice chat can coexist and overlap with one another. This leads to voice chat echoing and is incredibly distracting. One solution here is to mute all in-game audio via the quick prompt in the menu, though this can cause its own problems. If there’s a party of three and a random fourth player joins, for example, that fourth player will hear those in a party but the three party members won’t hear the solo player. In this scenario, party players must manually unmute the individual user’s in-game audio via the menu.
It’s slightly bizarre that this occurs at all, as private chat parties on consoles usually exist separately from the in-game channel. Perhaps this is something to do with the game’s controversial voice chat data gathering. It’s only possible to speculate on that, of course, though solving the issue is at least simple and fast.
Sticking to in-game voice chat communication and ensuring that nobody is on mute will fix the B4B voice chat bug in most instances. Failing that, try connecting the mic directly to a controller or computer without routing through a Mixamp. According to users on Reddit, this is a solution as well.
Want more Back 4 Blood? Check out the game’s DLC roadmap (so far). Additionally, it’s important to know that there are some significant handicaps to solo play.
