Issue with Voice Chat OW2
I am having a peculiar issue with OW2 [Overwatch 2] (Steam install version) where the voice communiication channels aren't working. The rest of the audio works absolutely fine, but my mic isn't going through (neither in push to talk nor open mic), and I can see people talking as the icons in the top left but can't hear them. As stated earlier, all other audio works fine.
This bug happens on windows when an app doesn't have microphone permissions, so I'm guessing it's the same or similar issue in OW2 on Linux, but I am not aware of how to give a proton app through steam microphone permissions or adjust the mic it is trying to use. I have confirmed neither my webcam nor my dedicated microphone are working. I do not use bluetooth with any of my hardware so I know that can't be the issue either.
If anyone has any ideas or fixes I would greatly appreciate it. Not hearing people isn't the end of the world but I would prefer to fix this and know how to fix this should it come up in other games in the future!
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As an update I've further tried:
Lutris install of OW2 via Battle.net to confirm it isn't a steam version issue
Tried seperate microphones
Tried seperating my speakers and microphone physically from my interfact and plugging them in individually to my PC
Tried using various different input and output ports on the PC
Tried using an audio manager
Tried plugging headphones into my HDMI feedback and my microphone being the sole thing on my interface
Various possible configurations using the KDE audio manager.
Nothing has worked so far, and only OW2 seems to give me this issue. I am beginning to wonder if it is simply an OW2 issue with linux at the moment, rather than an issue specific to me. I have been unable to find any information relative to this issue or with a proper fix throughout several forums and servers.