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No
Brief description of the issue:
When using the “Communications Output” settings for ATC voice, this directs the ATC voices to only play through the Xbox controller output, while leaving all other “sounds” to go through your main audio speakers. This is the expected behavior of this feature, and works great for simulating the realism of having comms only in your headphone and all other aircraft/environment ,etc generated through your main speakers/subs/etc.
However, this functionality is broken when simultaneously connected to an Xbox Party for voice chat with other players for multi-player flight using the same Xbox Controller and headset to listen to ATC comms. When joining an Xbox party with other flyers, none of the ATC voices go through the controller anymore. This eliminates the ability to properly simulate having both ATC comms AND “radio” comms with others in your flight party strictly through your headset (connected to the Xbox controller).
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Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:
- Connect a headphone/headset to an assigned Xbox controller
- Click the main “Xbox” button to bring up the Xbox OS menu
- Create a new Xbox Party and invite another player
- Verify that you have comms with the other player
- Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Goto general options > sounds
- Select “communications output” for the “communications selection” >option and save the setting
- Launch a new flight (anywhere, with any plane, etc)
- Once avionics and radio systems are online, attempt to communicate with ATC
- You’ll notice that no ATC voices can be heard over the headset connected to the Xbox controller
PC specs and/or peripheral set up if relevant:
Xbox X with latest Xbox OS and Xbox Elite Edition Controller with Xbox wired Headphone / Headset
Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:
SU10 and SU11 (GA releases)
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