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re: Ventrilo - A Raiding Must Have

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VENTRILLO

Ventrilo is the preferred software used by many gamers (including Rare Breed) for communicating in game as the built in LOTRO system is poor.

You can download Ventrilo for free here: http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php

Once you have downloaded and installed Ventrilo you will need to configure a few settings.

Open up Ventrilo, it should look like this:

Click on the -> (arrow) to the right of the User Name box:

Click on the NEW button. Enter the name you want people to see you as (Mine is Dadi). Click OK. Click OK again. This will bring you back to the first screen.

Now click on the -> (arrrow) beside the Server box.

Now click on the NEW button. Fill in the following info:

Server Name: Anything you want

Hostname/IP: ametrine.typefrag.com (if this does not work try 54.84.179.106)
Port number: 8495
Password: RB2014

Click OK.

Now click on the Setup icon (looks like gears):

A new screen opens:

The main things you need to do on this screen;

- Where it says Hotkey there is a big empty box. Click in the box and then push the key that you want to use to talk. This will now be your hotkey. It is advised to choose a different key than the one that you use for the In Game Lotro System or else you will get a nasty echo if using both IG and Ventrilo at the same time.

- Check that Output Device is set to your speakers.

- Check that Input Device is set to your microphone.

- Amplifiers (you can leave this for now, but if peopel say you are too quiet, come here to boost your volume a bit).

Click OK.

Now click on the Connect Icon (green plug):

You should now be connected and in the main lobby. To enter a different room, simply double-click on it. To talk, push your Hotkey (that you set in the above steps).

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Here is a way to 'normalize' or compress voices in Ventrilo. This does 2 things: it will make soft voices more understandable, and it will make very loud voices less likely to blow the cones out of your speakers or headphones. These settings are in Vent themselves, and here's how to adjust them:

Sign on to Vent, just like you normally would.
Go to Setup
Enable Direct Sound (this only works if Direct Sound is supported by your soundcard/chip, but most of them are now-days)
Select the SFX Button
Select Compressor and click Add.
Under Compressor Properties use the following settings:
Gain = Adjust for how loud you want people to be. (I use 15)
Attack = 0.01
Release = Around 500
Threshold = Around -30
Ratio = 100 (I use about 75 normally to avoid hearing Derp's dog snoring....)
Pre delay = 4.0
Done!

This only works with Ventrilo, not in-game voice chat, but it makes a real difference in a run when hearing voice communications is critical for group success.

 

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