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How to fix losing sound, e.g: alt tab, steam overlay (mute on focus loss)

By Leon

This guide will help you fix the issue where the game is muted when you use steam overlay, alt tab, or whenever the game is not the focus.

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Category: Co-op, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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25 Sep, 2019 @ 1:53am

25 Sep, 2019 @ 2:01am

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Steps:

Navigate to KFGame.ini file Located as shown belo

w in the picture:

After that open the file and search for the word " mute " Ctrl + F then type mute :

Change the line from True to false.

Done!

A video showing how it looks like now when you use steam overlay for example:
https://streamable.com/4ekyq

7 Comments

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Fastie 6 Apr, 2020 @ 10:15am

This could easily be implemented as an ingame setting by the devs. Sad that it isnt.

Leon [author] 11 Oct, 2019 @ 2:38pm

Alot of people asked even in discord, but none got an answer, i woke up one day, my brain felt like tying this thing to fix it, within 5mins it became a guide to help the helpless

BlackBlood 11 Oct, 2019 @ 2:12pm

i feel like its meant by the developers and you dont nescessary need to fix anything xD.

Leon [author] 5 Oct, 2019 @ 1:17pm

Glad it helped ^^ Sharing is caring XD

Extremist,The true Defiant 5 Oct, 2019 @ 12:55pm

nice,now i can enjoy the menu music while talking to my friends in steam tab,thanks bro

Leon [author] 29 Sep, 2019 @ 11:56am

You are welcome :) spread the info as it's been an annoying thing all of a sudden and people had no idea how to fix it. The more people know how to fix it, the more people going to be happy :)

FrostMarine 29 Sep, 2019 @ 11:54am

Thanks man. I was looking for a solution for ever.

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