VoiceChatSDK

AsynchronousMatrix · June 9, 2022, 4:51pm

Tue, 27 - Update

VC SDK is an unmaintained project, it can still work, but there have been reports that it can break, so shouldn’t be considered stable!

For the latest voice chat features, please defer to:

VoiceChatSDK was developed to help developers have a much better handle of VoiceChat in their experience, this SDK offers control over various VoiceChat settings & things that can help make your experience a ton more enjoyable.

Now, this isn’t magic, In order for VoiceChatSDK to work, we have to somewhat manipulate the roblox engine into thinking every other player’s character is a single part, meaning the VoiceChat sound will come from that single part, and in doing so we still need to keep replication for these characters.

Components: A Model/Group of objects which sum up a player
VoiceChatSoundEmitter: The sound emitter for VoiceChat, this is what the VoiceChat sound is coming from.

Below is an example of what a character will look like from the client.

What can it do?

Straight off the bat, the SDK offers signals for simple things such as onPlayerMuted & onVoiceChatClientsUpdated allowing you to monitor who in your game has voice chat.

This module also deploys various controls over user Volume, Stereo Channel, World Position and State allowing you to control your voice chat however you like!

This module also removes the Roblox’s voice chat icon (for other players), while also keeping chat bubbles safe to have running

To really find out how much this module can do, you’ll have to visit the GitHub link below

Installation

You can choose to head on over to the Releases github page and follow the instructions on the release, or download the following package and do the steps after.

VoiceChatSDK.rbxm (10.7 KB)

Drag into roblox studio
Place the VoiceChatSDK folder inside of ServerScriptService

What this will do is install the modules into the correct places during the games runtime, once you click on play, you should see a VoiceChatSDK module under ReplicatedStorage

Demo

Not sure this is possible? Or just curious to try this module out? Head on over to the place below as i’ve set up a few things which will allow you to control some of the factors mentioned in the API documentation below.

Links

API Documentation:

github.com

4x8Matrix/VoiceChatSDK/blob/Master/README.md

# VoiceChatSDK
## About
VoiceChatSDK brings new features to the roblox VoiceChat experience, 
I built this module because as of right now the only control developers actually have over VoiceChat is validation of voice chat. 
This SDK introduces a handle over VoiceChat that the developers can manipulate, there is two sides to this SDK; 
Server & Client which both have accesss to do different things and influence VoiceChat in different ways.

## Installation
Head on over to [Releases](https://github.com/4x8Matrix/VoiceChatSDK/releases/) and follow the instructions on the release page. 

## API Documentation
### Server API
#### Signals
##### VoiceChatSDK.onPlayerMuted
```
<RBXScriptSignal> VoiceChatSDK.onPlayerMuted
```

This event will be fired when a player is muted from the server, this even will **not** fire when a client decides to mute someone.

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GitHub:

Latest VoiceChat updates:

And, that’s all! Be sure to let me know if it breaks

Foxxive · June 9, 2022, 7:02pm

this seems REALLY interesting, I’ll definitely play around with this when I’m able to.
This looks like it was really hard to make, well done

AsynchronousMatrix · June 9, 2022, 7:24pm

Sounds like a plan!

Yeah, this did take me a while of testing with multiple accounts. We persever!

TrulyChxse · June 9, 2022, 7:45pm

This is very similar to [POC]: Voice Chat Controls. Mute, Unmute & set the Volume of players voice chat!, but it’s great there is variety in the field! I was debating whether to make a post on more voice chat customization, as I was experiencing issues with in-game volume.

AsynchronousMatrix · June 9, 2022, 8:20pm

Hey, yeah that topic was only the Proof-Of-Concept meaning though the module did serve it’s purpose, however, the way it did serve it’s purpose shouldn’t be used in your game

In a way it was just proving the fact that we can create flexible voice chat, we just have to do some slightly hacky type of things to get there.

However, this module is built for the game, it’s built with things like de-initialization & optimisation in mind, also offering a broad range of Signals & a significant amount more APIs

metatablecatmaid · June 13, 2022, 4:22am

The fact we have to rely on insane hacks to implement Voice Chat Controls means…

Roblox Please Release VoiceChatService already, we know it already works because CoreScripts rely on it

AsynchronousMatrix · June 13, 2022, 9:02pm

Agreed, we shouldn’t need to deploy these not-so-light hacks to just use some essential features that VoiceChat actually has.

But, in the case that we won’t see an update for the foreseeable future, this is the only option (maybe someone’s already developed a proprietary software?) for now

Dev_Unbound · June 13, 2022, 11:52pm

Aren’t metatables fun?

Wait, did I say fun? I meant pain.

Regardless, while this is cool, having to re-parent everything in the character would break 95% of my game and I don’t want to have to re-code everything to support it. They should have either delayed voice chat until they added all the features it should have released with, or just not have added voice chat to begin with IMO.

AsynchronousMatrix · June 14, 2022, 11:04am

Yeah… that is the down side to this module, however, what I can say is that:

This is only on the client, you will only have to change your client scripts.
You’ll have to change your references to factor in the new Components model as that well, that is the character.

I’ve spent a good 7ish hours experimenting to try and find a solution, but it’s too limited.

AsynchronousMatrix · June 14, 2022, 11:06am

Ahh

Use the docs if you’re planning to use the module.
If you plan to try and replicate the module, take a note of this:

VoiceChat will emit from ANY part inside of the character. When deleted all parts, the emitter will just stay in the same position.

AsynchronousMatrix · June 18, 2022, 1:51am

Aye, that’s awesome news. I wanted to make a finalized product from the POC so it should meet all standards required.

Thanks!

R3DActual · July 3, 2022, 8:49pm

Would you say with this SDK it is possible to create a phone system?

AsynchronousMatrix · July 4, 2022, 7:37am

Completely, it’s designed to create in-game voice chat (team-based).

What you would do is mute EVERYONE in-game except for the person you want to talk to (on the client) which would allow you to have a direct line/voice chat with that person

R3DActual · July 9, 2022, 1:34am

Nice! I’ll check this out when I have time! Appreciate the response!

hghguy · July 16, 2022, 9:54am

Because this is on the client, couldn’t someone just make it so they could hear the other team?

AsynchronousMatrix · July 17, 2022, 10:13am

The biggest downside of using this module would be the exploit it also brings into the scene. Yes, you would be able to unmute a players microphone.

However i’m focusing on the now, and what roblox has given us tool wise for voice chat. When you take hacky solutions into account, the idea that the game might be exploitable doesn’t seem that bad.

TrixelBit · November 30, 2022, 8:47am

Is this broken? It doesn’t seem to work anymore.

Rick007110 · December 1, 2022, 10:04am

I was about to say the same thing. I just tried the demo and none of the buttons do anything.

Eternity_Devs · December 1, 2022, 10:59am

You should give a video of demo too without need to play/test the demo place.

TrixelBit · December 2, 2022, 6:50pm

Really disappointing since this is exactly what I was looking for in my game.