Allow changing Audio Output without restarting the game

[IRRE_LeLong]

Feature Suggestion: Allow Changing Audio Output Without Restarting the Game

 

I'd like to be able to change the audio output device while IL-2 is running. Currently, if I realize after entering the cockpit that the game is using the wrong speaker or headset, I’m forced to completely restart the game to switch to the correct audio output.

 

Problem: The game currently locks to the Windows default audio device at launch, and there’s no in-game way to change it afterward. Given how long IL-2 takes to start up these days, having to relaunch just to fix a sound output issue is particularly frustrating.

 

This would be a great Quality of Life improvement—and frankly, it's more of an industry standard in modern games.

[Aapje]

Perhaps this will be fixed for Korea. Don't expect anything for GB.

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

If I am in game and want to change from speaker/headset I go to the taskbar (alt-tab if necessary) and open Windows Speaker icon and change to the output I want, then go right back to the game in progress.  No restart of game needed.

[Aapje]

For me it never worked that way, if I forget to change the audio to the headset.