A small and hopefully simple suggestion/request

[thesmokindeist]

How about adding a audio mute key or button? This would be great--for example--if I'm alt-tabbing to a browser to check out a YouTube video tutorial or other site where I may need to listen to what the individual is saying before returning and un-muting the game. That could also be great if you need to take a moment to listen to your significant other, parent, ... is saying to you while you have the game running.

[pandaman]

That would be useful to have.

And I see you only have a few posts, so welcome to the forum.

[mattinoz]

Simple idea but highly effective.

[thesmokindeist]

Thanks! It just occurred to me after trying to follow along with Scott Manley's Career Mode tutorial.

[Snark]

Or for that matter, what about just automatically muting the sound when the game's not in the foreground?

[klgraham1013]

Why they haven't integrated a YouTube player into the game yet, I'll never know.

[thesmokindeist]

Muting the game when it's not in the foreground is another good idea, but a mute would still be useful for other reasons.

[Wcmille]

Leaving game audio on in background can be useful, if you have sound turned on for Kerbal alarm clock.

[r4pt0r]

I always pause and shift+tab to the steam browser, works just fine for me.