Troubleshooting
Voice chat problems
Nobody can hear you, or you cannot hear anyone — start here.
Nobody can hear me
- Check Windows permissions. Settings, Privacy and security, Microphone — make sure desktop apps are allowed.
- Check the right device is selected. Windows sound settings, Input. If you have several microphones — a headset, a webcam, a capture card — Windows often picks the wrong one.
- Check your microphone is not muted in hardware. Headset inline mutes are the single most common cause.
- Restart FiveM after changing any audio device. It reads your devices at launch.
I cannot hear anyone
- Check your output device, the same way.
- Check you are actually close enough. Voice here is proximity based — you hear people near you, and the further away someone is, the quieter they get.
- Make sure no other app has taken exclusive control of your audio device.
People say I am very quiet, or very loud
Set your microphone level in Windows sound settings rather than shouting or whispering. Around 80% with any boost turned off is a good starting point.
Still nothing
Open a support ticket with your headset make and model, whether it is USB or 3.5mm, and which of the above you have tried.