#HOW TO USE VIRTUAL AUDIO CABLE IN STEAM HOW TO#

OBS (Open Broadcast Software) - The software I use for game streaming and recording, including instant replay.

Special note - Make sure you download the “January 2012 Package 圆4” in the link I provided.

SlimDX XAudio2 - This is a plugin that we need to download and add to ACT as it’ll be critical to ensuring all ACT sounds are being routed to a virtual audio cable we’ll be installing as well.

Triggernometry, which is an advanced custom triggers solution for ACT. It supports many plugins, including two rather noisy ones that I use, namely: Cactbot, which provides fight timelines, fight mechanics alerts, among other things.

ACT (Advanced Combat Tracker) - A 3rd party program I use to track DPS (damage-per-second) for FFXIV.

As mentioned, this guide could apply to any voice chat program.

I’m using streaming content while in a group voice chat and I don’t always want the chat content to be streamed as it can be inappropriate at times.

Discord - The voice chat program I use day-to-day.

Final Fantasy XIV - The game I’m focusing on for this guide.

#HOW TO USE VIRTUAL AUDIO CABLE IN STEAM HOW TO#

There are many guides on the internet on how to setup ACT and it’s various plugins, as well as OBS and VoiceMeeter. Please note that I am not focused on explaining how to setup each one. Here is a list of the software I have installed to make this all work.

How to use virtual audio cable in steam