Most games, especially MMORPGs, require teamwork. This can be achieved only if the players are well informed about the game process, possess them basic skills and abilities, as well as with good coordination of joint actions. In order not to be distracted by the discussion of the next steps in the game chat, many gamers install a variety of utilities with which you can exchange voice messages online. The most popular among gamers is the RaidCall program. How to use this utility, how much will it cost and what system requirements exist for it? We will try to tell about all this in the article.
What is RK? Program features
RaidCall (the utility also works in Russian) rightfully occupies one of the first places among all programs for voice communication in online mode. It is especially popular among MMORPG fans, as mentioned above. Its main advantage is the minimum delay in sound, as well as low weight. In addition, installing the RaidCall program on a computer and using it is not at all difficult. In addition, for constant communication during the game you do not have to rent various servers and even more so install them.
The latest version of RaidCall has the following features:
- integration of the software interface allows you to use the utility while even a very powerful game program is running, which does not affect the speed of data transfer from the user's computer to the game server and vice versa;
- sound quality remains at a high level thanks to the Speex engine;
- the speed of sending audio messages to the cloud server and from there to other players is very high, so the sound delays in the channel do not exceed thousandths of a second.
All this makes the program indispensable for gamers involved in a process that requires quick decision-making. Further we will consider what system requirements the RaidCall utility has, how to use all the features offered by this service.
System requirements
As stated at the beginning of this article, RaidCall is one of the few programs that does not have special requirements for a gamer's computer. It can work on almost any version of Windows: Vista, XP, 7, 8, and even 10. Bit depth also does not matter much, since the utility is compatible with both 32 and 64-bit systems. The program is absolutely free, so anyone can install it at any time convenient for him.
Installing Raidcall on a computer, registration
Installing the latest version of RaidCall is quite simple. To do this, just visit the official website of the creator of the program and download it to your computer. After all the files are downloaded, you can run the utility. But in order to start using it, you will have to go through a simple registration procedure: enter an email address, come up with a username and password.
After these manipulations, the player finds himself in the main menu of the program, where he can start setting up, find the clan channel, guilds or create his own group for communication in RaidCall. How to use all these functions, we learn further.
Program features, settings
The first thing that the user of this utility sees is a window with hints made in the form of simple drawings with arrow pointers. If you want to join an existing channel, you will need to find out its address, consisting of a set of numbers. By entering this kind of code into the search bar (upper left corner of the window), you will enter the search channel. To become a member, you will need to send a request to the room administrator. To do this, in the upper right part of the window, find the image of a man with a pencil. By filling out the form and obtaining the consent of the administrator, you become a full member of the group in RaidCall.
After that, you can configure the voice messaging mode. To do this, find the button in the lower right corner of the window and set the microphone settings: turn it on when you start talking, or do it using certain buttons. In addition, at the bottom of the window there are volume controls for your microphone and overall volume in the RaidCall channel.
In addition to voice communication, the utility leaves participants the opportunity to send text messages. It is very convenient for sharing a variety of links. Using the system settings button located in the upper right corner of the window, you can set parameters such as "RaidCall Startup at Computer Startup" or "Duplicate Chat Messages with an Audio Signal".
Raidcall: how to use the program in game mode?
So, let's move on to the main thing. How to use RaidCall in Warface or any other MMORPG? Since the program is very "light", there should not be any problems with the joint launch of the games and the utility. In order to communicate, it is enough for the gamer to have headphones with a microphone and a program installed on the computer. Especially advanced users make small changes to the XML file. In this case, gamers will have the opportunity to track the number of players in the channel, as well as see which of them is currently speaking, without minimizing the game and without interrupting the gameplay.