Hi All, lately there has been a trend of submissions with sfx and video files being played over the game screen and game audio. This is a fair warning that any future submissions with sfx and video files covering the game play will be rejected. My advise, if you want to keep these for your stream then start local recording and submit via that way. The odd handful of sfx is fine but some of them are just absurd at present and it needs to calm down. I would hate to reject runs over this so please do what you need to do to remedy this.
Thanks
Completely get this. Absolutely understand. But why now? Why not put this in place a while ago? I’ve been doing runs like this for way over 6 months and it’s never been questioned. Not got a clue how to set my stream up so I can abide by these rules but I’ll find out. I’m just a little perplexed as to why this has been briefed now and not sooner?
If you use OBS there’s an add-on that easily allows you to split your audio. It’s adds a second desktop audio source that you can apply to a specific audio channel; you then send game audio (or whatever you actually want on the vod) to that channel, and have twitch and/or OBS record audio from just that channel.
If you don’t use OBS then you probably need to use a virtual cable, or voicemeeter which is slightly more involved.
As to why now, my guess would be that it’s multiple submissions and not only yours, so the mods have had to say something. They have to be able to see and hear the game.
I don't really know anyway to explain it more than I already have sorry Dave. We have always had sfx submissions but it's been a handful, like I have stated there seems to be a trend at the moment where it's 30 mins of chat sfx and meme videos popping up all the time throughout the run which is louder than the game or is covering gameplay etc. The rules have always said to not have anything displayed on your game or music that over shadows the audio. The odd handful is fine but what is going on at the moment is ridiculous. This is just a gentle reminder regarding the rules before we have to reject runs. Hope this has cleared it up for you
Sorted my stream out now. Sent a submission for Claire B today. Seems very quiet on the recording 😂
