you have selected an unusable voice capture device

[Notenoughtrebs]

I think I know what is happening with this message, and it has nothing to do with Civ.

It happened to me when I got a new microphone for my pc. I still haven't been able to figure out how to use it (e.g. with skype). With Vista there are just so many craxy boxes and options that pop up to do with sound and mikes. And I am no techie.

So basically I think it could be a hardware problem. Try plugging in the sound plugs into different holes.

Then again I could be completely wrong. But I get the same message, and only after I started fooling around with microphones and earphones.

[guspasho]

Originally Posted by Notenoughtrebs

I think I know what is happening with this message, and it has nothing to do with Civ.

It happened to me when I got a new microphone for my pc. I still haven't been able to figure out how to use it (e.g. with skype). With Vista there are just so many craxy boxes and options that pop up to do with sound and mikes. And I am no techie.

So basically I think it could be a hardware problem. Try plugging in the sound plugs into different holes.

Then again I could be completely wrong. But I get the same message, and only after I started fooling around with microphones and earphones.

I have nothing plugged in and I still have the problem so I don't think that's it.

[alexnadolny]

I am having the exact same problem. I have read all the way down the page and have tried everything. I am so mad! This pop up every time i get on is so annoying! please will some one help us????

[PieceOfMind]

I recently started getting this problem.

It seemed to be related to the fact my microphone was not plugged in. When I plugged it into my soundcard (in the correct hole), the error messages no longer happened, and when I unplugged it again they returned.

[Muncho]

I found the solution! After you change the settings on the civilzationiv.ini file, you have to go to the one that's not .ini, and just says "civilizationiv." The type is "configuration settings." It's located in C:\Users\User\My Games\ and then whatever game it is you're playing. There should be 2 files that aren't in folders, and the one that was already mentioned was the .ini one. There should be another option in THIS file that says, "Enable voice over ip and playback." Change the 1 to 0. At least this fixed it for me...

[MarkJohnson]

Just wanted to say thanks.

Got tired of the that message box appearing all the time, and getting three messages at a time.

The simple right click the ini file in my documents folder and selecting edit did the trick.

Thanks again
-=Mark=-

[Yamato]

When I first got Civ 4 I got that same message, I did the changes and then it went away. Since then I have downloaded a few mods Dune Wars, and the Canada one and the message came back. I checked my .ini file and voice capture is at 0, yet I get the message every time I go on Civ 4. Weird, no idea how to fix it.