How can I set up a bind that mutes voice chat and says something to my teammates?

Question

I'm trying to create a bind to mute the voice chat, but also tell in chat whether I muted them or not. The only information I can find on toggling is the toggle commands: bind <key> <command> 0 1

I tried doing bind k "toggle voice_enable;say Silent Mode: " "on" "off", but it did not work.

So I want this (bind k "toggle voice_enable;) to say one of these two messages:

"say -*- Silent Mode -*- Player(s) Muted "

and

"say -*- Silent Mode -*- Player(s) Un-Muted "

How can I do it?

Answer 1

Toggling between commands that don't involve a simple 1 and 0 is a bit tricky, but all it requires is the use of a few alias commands. Here's a working example of what you want:

bind k toggleVoice;
alias toggleVoice "disableVoice";
alias disableVoice "alias toggleVoice enableVoice; voice_enable 0; say Silent mode ON";
alias enableVoice "alias toggleVoice disableVoice; voice_enable 1; say Silent mode OFF";

Here's what this is doing:

1. Bind k to the custom command toggleVoice that is created in the next step.
2. Use alias to create a custom command named toggleVoice that runs the custom command disableVoice created in the next step.
3. Use alias to create a custom command named disableVoice that alters step 2 to make toggleVoice run the custom command enableVoice next time, disable voice transmission, and print "Silent mode ON" in chat.
4. Use alias to create a custom command named enableVoice that alters step 2 to make toggleVoice run the custom command disableVoice next time, enable voice transmission, and print "Silent mode OFF" in chat.

Basically we're binding a key to an alias that calls other aliases that alter it while also doing what you need in-game. Note that you'll need to add these to your autoexec.cfg file (or whatever file you set to auto-run when the game starts up) or else you'll have to enter these commands every time.