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Of course you do not need to be playing to use it, you can use it as way of just chatting to friends as you can have more than two people on at once, making it ideal for a group to get together. Our TeamSpeak 3 server is not a public server. The server is provided for the use of Clan members, family and friends only. Clan members are given all the required details to join the server when they join the Clan. Unlike earlier versions of TeamSpeak you are not required to register your nickname with the server, this is due to the way the permission system works and all this will be handled by the server admin's. The first thing you need is a microphone or a headset with a microphone attached. You hear the others speaking over your normal speakers or your headset if your using one. When you talk or use the push to talk button it cuts down the output from your speakers so others can hear what you are saying. Beware though? That while you are speaking you can hear anyone else who is speaking at the same time but their volume is reduced so that if your using speakers others cannot hear what they are saying over your microphone. Getting this balence right can be a little tricky. The software you require for this is TeamSpeak 3, this can be downloaded from teamspeak.com, it is available for Windows x86 and x64, Linux x86 and x64 and Mac OS X Once you have downloaded and installed the correct version for you system, you need to make sure that your firewall knows about it and you are aware that your firewall needs to let TeamSpeak 3 access the internet and that you also have a microphone ready plugged in and set to be used correctly. To make things easier to know who talking on TeamSpeak, there is an extra program you may wish to install. This is allows the names of the people speaking on TeamSpeak to be visible on the in game screen in real time, this means you can see the name of the person talking to you and it becomes easier to recognise the voices of the people present on TeamSpeak. The program we use is called PlayClaw, PlayClaw is a fully fledged game video grabbing program and you have to pay a registration fee for full use after the 15 day trial period. This can be downloaded from PlayClaw.com. There is also a cheaper cut down version available called VoipOverlay, this version does not have all the video grabbing capability and is therefore cheaper. Full instructions for configuring TeamSpeak 3 can be found below. How to join our TeamSpeak 3 server can be found here. Full instructions for installing the PlayClaw software can be found below. You can use these instructions for joining any TeamSpeak 3 server substituting your details for the server you require. When you first run TeamSpeak 3 you will after a few seconds be presented with the welcome screen.  Click next to continue Enter the nickname you want to use TeamSpeak and click next to continue 
This is where you have to choose which type of activation you require for your microphone. You have two choices, voice activated or push to talk. The recommended option is push to talk.  If you select push to talk you will be required to select a key / button to push to assign to push to talk We recommend a mouse button if you have one available. in our example below we have select the rear side mouse button. After selecting your key / button push next.  This is where you test your microphone is working correctly for TeamSpeak. After completing the test, push next.  This is where you can assign a mute speakers key / button if you require one. Once you have assigned one or if you do not wish to assign one push next.  You have now correctly installed and ran TeamSpeak 3 ready for use. Push finish to continue.  To join our TeamSpeak 3 server.
To be join our TeamSpeak 3 server with TeamSpeak Overlay running you must first run PlayClaw and then TeamSpeak 3. Once this is running go to the menu Connections / Connect  Enter the Correct IP address, Port number, Nickname and server password if required and push connect. The port number is missing here, clan members can find the port on the forum or the email they received.  You should now have joined our TeamSpeak 3 server.  If you are successful in joining the server you can join the game server of your choice. When you have had enough of being on TeamSpeak, you can leave by going to the menu Connections / Disconnect  You can now quit TeamSpeak 3. A guide to configuring PlayClaw for TeamSpeak Overlay.
Once you have downloaded and installed PlayClaw, you need to copy the TeamSpeak 3 plugin you require. This can be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Sytexis Software\Play Claw\ts3plugins directory if you installed it in the default directory on a x64 windows system and copied in to the TeamSpeak 3\plugins directory.  Once this is done you need to run TeamSpeak 3. Using the menu at the top, go to Settings / Plugins  Once in the Plugins menu, you should tick the PlayClaw TS plugin and then close and quit TeamSpeak 3.  To configure PlayClaw you need to open PlayClaw's configuration page. Here you can enable the TeamSpeak/Ventrilo overlay.  Then select the TeamSpeak/Ventrilo overlay Setup button You should leave the colour settings as they are until you have seen them working then you can set them to any colour you choose, that you can see clearly while in game.  Finally you should push the Set overlays position button. Now you can drag and drop where you want each item to be displayed on your game screen.  once this completed you send the program to the task bar as configuration is complete. Now your ready to view who is talking to you in game while using TeamSpeak 3. Note this also works for TeamSpeak2 and will if you have both versions of TeamSpeak running show who is talking on both, but it does not separate the two. |
