It has much better latency and cool features like ingame overlays (can see who is talking), create temporary channels that delete when all users log off, etc. And most importantly, it's easier to manage from an admin point of view. I believe it also has better compatibility across all platforms/OS's.

no one uses that though, everytime i want someone to come on theyre gonna need to install it.

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

April 07 2010 10:52 GMT

#27

Vent is awesome, thanks again Mango

RebirthOfLeGenD

USA5860 Posts

April 07 2010 12:53 GMT

#28

yeah thanks, I remember they announced this and said an anonymous person donated it. Good to find out who it was.

As for mumble, I don't know the benefits, but if you changed over I would go and have my friends get it too.

Thanks from RoLClub USA.

Alou

United States3748 Posts

April 07 2010 13:26 GMT

#29

I'll try and stop by from time to time.

Kare

Norway786 Posts

April 07 2010 20:55 GMT

#30

Didnt know this, cool!

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

April 07 2010 20:59 GMT

#31

AWWWESOME

Navane

Netherlands2738 Posts

April 08 2010 15:56 GMT

#32

I 2v2 a lot with an irl friend of mine, but we don't live under the same roof. We used to skype, but it was too unreliable with SC running at the same time. A few months we switched to ventrillo, thanks t you Mango, and it works so smoothly now!

Kozmic

28 Posts

April 08 2010 18:12 GMT

#33

THANK.
YOU.
SO.
MUCH. <3

intrigue

Washington, D.C9933 Posts

April 09 2010 16:36 GMT

#34

=] mango

Paladia

802 Posts

April 09 2010 16:48 GMT

#35

Ventrilo unfortunately have some major issues with Windows 7 and some soundcards, they haven't really bothered to fix it either so more and more are switching to other alternatives.

Tavu

United States22 Posts

April 09 2010 18:34 GMT

#36

I also didn't know about this. Super neat!

ldrs

United States31 Posts

April 09 2010 19:40 GMT

#37

On April 07 2010 03:55 TheMango wrote:
I've been considering moving from ventrilo to mumble for obvious reasons, but don't know of any reliable hosting companies out there that have good support. If anyone knows of any, please let me know.

Apoplexy Industries hosts mumble servers for about $1 for every 5 slots per month and apparently occasionally give 5 slots for free (the guy that runs AI gaming told me when I was playing TF2 with him).
My TF2 team rents a 40 slot and we've never had any issues with it; AI's support is notorious among FPS gamers for being great.
Just letting you know since you were interested in looking for a host.
Mumble is a great piece of software and really is better than Vent in more ways than I can mention.

TheMango

United States1967 Posts

April 09 2010 19:40 GMT

#38

On April 10 2010 01:48 Paladia wrote:
Ventrilo unfortunately have some major issues with Windows 7 and some soundcards, they haven't really bothered to fix it either so more and more are switching to other alternatives.

I am looking into alternatives like mumble and teamspeak 3, mainly due to being able to effectively admin a server with this many users. However, for its simplicity and widespread use, ventrilo seems like the best choice for now. Also, I'm sure someone will eventually release some kind of workaround or patch to resolved the windows 7 issues.

R1CH, being the wizard he is, actually solved the main issue of dealing with vent spammers, so for the near future, I don't think I'll switch. I may setup a smaller TS3 server (<50 slots) to test stuff out with sometime this month... once it's up, I'll let you guys know.

TheMango

United States1967 Posts

April 09 2010 19:44 GMT

#39

On April 10 2010 04:40 ldrs wrote:

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Super low latency alternatives like mumble is almost a must for fps teams, but I dont think its as critical to a userbase like tl.net. Need something that is both user friendly to setup/use, and easy to manage... mumble seems lacking in that respect compared to ts3 or even ventrilo.