<function name="PlayerStartVoice" parent="GM" type="hook"> <description>Called when a player starts using voice chat. <note>Set mp_show_voice_icons to 0, if you want disable icons above player.</note>⤶ ⤶ See <page>GM:PlayerEndVoice</page> for the hook when the player stops talking.⤶ ⤶ <note>Set `mp_show_voice_icons` to 0, if you want disable voice chat icons above player heads.</note>⤶ </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="ply" type="Player">Player who started using voice chat.</arg> <arg name="plyIndex" type="number" default="nil">The player index. Only appears when non-local player speaks for the first time.</arg>⤶ <arg name="ply" type="Player">Player who started using voice chat. Can be NULL when player entity is outside of the PVS. Use the player index.</arg> <arg name="plyIndex" type="number" default="nil">The player index. Only appears when non-local player speaks for the first time.⤶ ⤶ After August 2026 - always provided.⤶ </arg>⤶ </args> <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="boolean">Set true to hide player's `CHudVoiceStatus`.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function> <example> <description>Shows the icon when the player talks.</description> <code> local icon = Material("icon32/unmuted.png") local function iconfunc() surface.SetDrawColor(255, 255, 255) surface.SetMaterial(icon) surface.DrawTexturedRect(200, 200, 200, 200) end hook.Add("PlayerStartVoice", "ImageOnVoice", function() hook.Add("HUDPaint", "ImageOnVoice", iconfunc) end) hook.Add("PlayerEndVoice", "ImageOnVoice", function() hook.Remove("HUDPaint", "ImageOnVoice") end) </code> </example>