Hood Warfare 2 Controls: Voice Chat, T Key & Controllers

What key do you press to talk?

T is the default push-to-talk key. The developer confirmed it when patch 1.0.10 added voice chat. The same announcement describes team or whole-lobby voice and an open-mic option in settings.

Check your current binding before relying on the default. Another player or an earlier configuration may have changed it. Confirm the audience too: talking to your team and broadcasting to the lobby are different choices.

Official Steam screenshot / Trapstar Games. Set the intended voice audience before joining a team session.

Set up voice before the match

Open the game’s settings and review the available voice options. Choose push to talk or open mic deliberately, then check who can hear you. If you are testing with friends, agree that it is a microphone check before beginning the conversation.

Separate microphone input from game-audio output. A voice problem and missing game sound do not automatically have the same cause. In the 1.0.1.4 announcement, the developer tells players with no audio to go to settings and select an audio output device. That is the documented missing-sound check; it does not establish a universal fix for every microphone problem.

If you are still stuck, record whether you can hear the game, hear other players and be heard yourself. That gives a useful issue report instead of the ambiguous description “audio is broken.” The fixes and update guide covers the developer’s other launch changes.

Official Steam screenshot / Trapstar Games. Gameplay illustration; the documented voice controls come from the linked developer announcement.

Can you play with a controller?

The Steam listing includes full controller support for the PC version. Confirm that the game recognizes your connected device before joining a public session, then read the current in-game bindings.

Controller support does not prove an Xbox or PlayStation release; see platforms and crossplay. It also does not establish a verified aim-assist specification, sensitivity conversion or universal best preset. Those details require separate evidence or testing.

How should you tune sensitivity?

Use one input device and keep a starting value you can return to. In a bot practice session, choose a repeatable aiming task, change one setting and try the same task again. This is editorial comparison advice, not a game-specific numerical preset.

A setting that feels comfortable for another player’s mouse, display or controller may not solve your problem. Keep the weapon and route stable while comparing inputs; changing everything at once hides which change helped.

Official trailer / Trapstar Games, 1:18, via the Steam store. Use a repeatable scene when comparing your own input settings.

Before your next session, check three things: you can move and aim comfortably, your voice goes to the intended audience and game audio uses the intended output. Then follow the first-match routine so the rest of the session is spent learning the game rather than discovering an avoidable setup problem.