Since the servers are separate, you can connect to the game server when your internet reconnects, but you cannot connect to the voice chat servers. The voice chat not working problem has also been a bug in VALORANT for a long time, which mainly occurs after updating VALORANT to the latest version or while playing VALORANT normally. To fix this issue, go to audio settings, turn off Team Voice Chat, and turn it on back. Repeat this process 3 to 4 times. Before you follow the methods, make sure the other Game’s clients, like a League of Legends client is not running in the background because they completely break the VALORANT voice chat according to the users.
1. Check In-Game Audio Settings
The first thing you need to check is your voice chat audio settings because if the input or output device of a Voice Chat is set incorrectly, you won’t be able to hear or talk with your friends or teammates. Another thing you need to ensure is that you can hear your own voice on VALORANT. For that, you need to run the loopback test, which will ensure that your microphone is working in VALORANT. If you can hear your voice while testing your mic with the loopback test, that means it is a connection issue that is preventing your voice from reaching the server. But, if you can’t hear your voice, it means it is due to a problem with your Windows Microphone settings. In both cases, follow all of the methods to determine the cause of your problem.
2. Allow VALORANT to access Your Microphone
If you can hear your teammate’s voices or can’t talk in VALORANT, it is most probably due to not having Microphone access to Riot Games. In Windows, there is a privacy setting that allows users to give access to a desktop or particular application. If this setting is disabled, the application cannot use your microphone, which results in this issue. Therefore, try checking the privacy settings by following the instructions.
3. Reselect the input and output device from the voice settings
If your output and input devices are set correctly and still facing this issue. Then, it must be a bug. You can try selecting the wrong input and output device and then selecting the correct output and input device that you were using before changing it. This will help VALORANT to re-initialize the input and output device, which can fix this issue.
4. Change the Sample Rate of your Headphone
Audio Sample Rates refer to the samples that are taken in one second from audio to digitize for recording and playback. The high sample rate produces better sound quality. However, If you are using a high sample rate that is incompatible with VALORANT voice chat, you won’t be able to hear anyone in VALORANT. Hence, try lower your sample rate to see if the problem persists or not.
5. Configure Realtek Audio settings from the Realtek audio console
If you use the Realtek Audio Console to manage input and output devices, try separating all input jacks as independent devices because it is possible that other input jacks are interfering with your microphone jack, causing VALORANT to not listen your voice through the microphone.
6. Disable IPv6 and use Google DNS
IPv6 is an upgraded version of Internet Protocol that is used to connect devices to the internet using their IP addresses with a space of 128bit. Unfortunately, VALORANT does not support IPv6 as IPv4 is more stable. Hence, most games and applications still use IPv4 to connect users to the internet to communicate with the servers. Therefore, if IPv6 is enabled on your network settings, it can cause a connection problem with the server. DNS, or Domain Name System, converts human-readable names into IP addresses to resolve the domains to connect to the game servers. When it comes to games, Google DNS is a fast, secure, and more reliable DNS server as compared to other DNS servers. To fix the connectivity issues to the VALORANT voice chat server, try disabling IPv6 and switching to Google DNS by following the steps:
7. Port forwarding
If your router is blocking access to the VALORANT voice chat servers, you need to apply a Port Forwarding to your router. Port forwarding will allow your devices to become accessible to other devices on the network. When you open ports for a specific server, your device becomes accessible for the server to communicate with each other for sending and receiving data. Hence, if your device cannot communicate with the VALORANT voice chat server, you won’t be able to hear and talk with your teammates on VALORANT. To do a port forwarding: You can visit the article on Port Forwarding from Riot Games to learn Port Forwarding for VALORANT in more detail.
8. Allow VALORANT into Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall can block the VALORANT from communicating with the voice chat servers as it monitors the incoming and outcoming data over the network. Hence, try allowing VALORANT to Windows firewall to ensure whether it is interfering or not. To allow VALORANT to Windows Firewall:
9. Reset Network Settings
Finally, you can try resetting the network settings if the issue persists. Resetting the network settings reinstalls the network adapters and resets the proxy and DNS settings to default. Thus, if you have any bad network adapter installed or have any proxy enabled, causing this issue, resetting the network settings will help fix the VALORANT voice chat not working problem. To reset the network settings:
9. Reinstall Microphone and Audio drivers
Since we have tried all the methods, the final solution is to reinstall the Microphone and audio drivers because if they are not working properly, VALORANT cannot utilize them. Hence, reinstall the audio drivers to see if it fixes the VALORNT voice chat. To reinstall the drivers.
10. Contact Riot Games with the Log Files
Since all the methods have failed to fix your issue, you need to contact riot games with the log files of VALORANT, so they can determine the root cause of your issue. Before that, we recommend you close every background application, such as lightning software for the keyboard, mouse, headphones, and audio boosting applications. You can also perform a clean boot to start Windows without third-party applications and services. Then check if the issue persists. If it is, then follow the instructions to submit a ticket to riot games.
