ICQ Phone..Anybody else using it?

[Moker Guy]

well after trying icq and not getting anything ive decided to try out ms messnger. ill keep you posted on how that works.

Moker

[War4ever]

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well after trying icq and not getting anything ive decided to try out ms messnger. ill keep you posted on how that works.

Moker
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i use messenger as well.... although i prefer icq... i hardly know anyone on messenger

[Moker Guy]

true but getting messenger and trying to find someone was the fun part i tryed it out with someone and it said they needed an update. they knew they had a half duplex sound card and msn messenger requires a full duplex. so through all logical possiblities icq needs a full duplex to run as well. but wait, before you go by a new sound card there still is hope. the help section on the ms messenger said that you can use a usb microphone. so either way you will have to buy something but plugging in a microphone is alot better than taking off your case and installing a sound card, depending on the price so try that out ming and see what happens. get it from best buy so you can take it back

Moker

[markusf]

Should work with half duplex as well...

Funny how everyone is so facinated about icq phone. I remember 4 years ago before icq there was a program called powwow that was just like icq and it had all the features icq has NOW and more(including the phone that worked with half duplex cards). Only reason i think it didn't catch on is because it wasn't on the system tray... Anyone else ever used it?

[Baron O]

my use of icq phone has been limited. i have experienced the same problems as ming has had. i am not sure what the problems were as i reloaded my soundcard and settings. now i can talk to rah and war4ever. i think the problem may lie in modem settings. as modem must have voice capabilites and they have to be actived. just the ravings of a novice!

[Hydey]

I still can't get ICQ phone to work but I have been able to talk to people using netmeeting so I know my equipment works , just not with ICQ.

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[Sparrowhawk]

Sparrowhawk offers his 2 cents to the mix...........

I have used each of MSN Messenger voice, Yahoo Messenger Voice and ICQ Voice and have mixed results, at times I have experienced the problems that Ming/Hydey speak of, and one of the problems seems to be a conflicting program running at the same time, and interferring with the voice. (i.e. Ming/Hydey running something that causes the speakers on his end to not work for voice conversations). The solution that I have found, which is not always successful, is to shut down anything else running, (no idea why some programs interfere and which do, it doesn't seem to relate to sound strangely enough) and get voice working first, then to start any other programs that are needed (in this case Civilization).

Hope this helps someone!

Sparrowhawk
(btw, of the three, MSN is by far the best, though ICQ a close second, Yahoo, while by far the worst, allows for more then 2 users simultaneously, but you must wait for the others to finish speaking before you can speak (like a two way radio, whereas the others are like a telephone).

[rah]

War4 and I used it for 6 hours during a game Saturday night.

In the past we used to connect before I fired up Civ, but this time I started civ first to see if it would cause a problem. It did not.

Ming/Hydey, use ctrl/alt/delete and post here all the programs that are running and maybe we can do a comparision with the people that we know it works for.

Rich

[SuperSneak]

I doubt they'll do that...'cause we'd see all their porno programs.

[Hydey]

I close all my porno pages when I play civ, slows the pornos down too much

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[Baron O]

checking the icq site, after i noticed war4ever is not listing icq phone on
his name. i found on the listing of contacts, they have sevices listed and that under icq phone you have launch icq client (icq phone) or preferences.
you have pc to pc call request, pc to phone request, settings, and account.
on settings is a way to check audio setting and setup wizard for checking pc to pc setup.and ways to redo setups in settings. maybe this might be some help to someone

[Baron O]

helped get ming, hydey, and get war4ever back up. not a bad nights luck
icq phone does work

[Sparrowhawk]

Ooops, in my post above I should have mentioned this, each of MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger and ICQ Voice has some sort of Audio Wizard, well done dabarano.

Sparrowhawk

(edit, spelled dabarano wrong)
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[Hydey]

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helped get ming, hydey, and get war4ever back up. not a bad nights luck
icq phone does work
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Thankyou very much it was cool to have a 4 hour phone call from the US to Australia for no cost made civ playing very interesting as well.



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[Ming]

dabarono...
Thanks! I don't have any clue what you and Rah and did, but it works like a charm now. I look forward to using it in my next game with War4ever, you, or Rah.