USASOC EARPRO

USASOC COMMS OVERHAUL

Realistic headset, radio and hearing system. You need a headset to work the radio net, you choose which ear each channel plays in, and you can talk to the people around you over a short-range headset net.

KEYS (rebind in Settings > Controls > USASOC and USASOC COMMS)
F2 - Headset power on / off
Shift + F2 - Cups up / down (clip-on headsets only)
F3 / F4 - Mic sensitivity down / up (5 levels, level 1 is Silence)
H - NIB talk-around: hold to talk, double-tap to lock on, tap again to turn off

PROXIMITY CHAT
Clear, normal game voice with a 15 m range. Use NIB or radio to reach anyone farther away.

RADIO
- You can only transmit with your cups on your ears or a radio in your hand.
- The channel wheel only opens with your cups on. Without a headset, change channels on the radio itself.
- Pilots: any helmet with HGU in its name works as a headset. It can't flip up, but power and mics work as normal.
- Game Masters are exempt from these rules.
- Radio has a harsher sound, with key and unkey sounds that only you hear.
- Incoming radio shows only the frequency and that someone is talking, with no player names. Use callsigns.

BUSY CHANNELS
If someone is already talking on a channel, your transmission is not sent. You hear a series of beeps in that channel's ear instead.

RADIO WHEEL
Hover over a channel, then press:
F - Type a frequency, then press Enter to set it
U - Play that channel in both ears, left only or right only

The key and unkey sounds and roger beep play in the same ear as the channel.

CHANNEL KEYS
Six hold-to-talk keys, one for each of your first six radio channels. They're not bound by default. Set them under Settings > Controls > USASOC COMMS.

NIB TALK-AROUND
A local talk-around net built into your headset, with no radio needed.
- Hold H to talk, or double-tap H to lock it on hands-free. Tap H again to turn it off.
- It has its own headset icon on screen, so you can tell it apart from proximity chat and radio.
- Anyone nearby with a powered headset on their ears hears you. Your voice starts breaking up past 15 m and cuts out by 25 m.
- It has a radio-style sound and shows no player names.
- Your headset must be on your ears, powered on and not on Silence.

HEADSET AND HEARING
- Gunfire and explosions cause ringing and muffled hearing. Damage builds up with exposure, and the worst of it lasts until you respawn.
- Cups on with power on: quiet sounds come through and loud noises are clamped, including your own gunshots.
- Cups on with power off or on Silence: works like plain ear muffs, so nearby voices are hard to hear.
- Close gunfire adds a pressure thump you can feel.
- Headsets start powered off, so press F2 when you spawn.

SERVER OWNERS
Remove these mods when you run this one:
- Modular Voice Range
- USASOC Radio Keybinds
- 506th Enhanced Radio