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- Backrooms: Extractions (2835530)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 5 August 2026 - 15:40:45 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
The voice chat mode setting finally does what it says. Off is really off, Push To Talk really waits for the key, and the volume slider on each player works across its whole range instead of just muting. The Suburbs got their exit gates back too, and the biggest crash of the last update is gone. Voice Chat Input Mode • Off, Open Mic and Push To Talk had no effect once the game was running. Whatever mode was loaded at startup stayed in place and the mic behaved like Open Mic no matter what you picked. The setting now applies the moment you change it. Staying Quiet Actually Works • On Off your voice was not transmitted but still made noise in the world, so a creature could track you through a sentence nobody could hear. It no longer does. Per-Player Volume • The slider had two states, muted at the bottom and full volume everywhere else. It now applies across its whole range. Helmet Voice Me...