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Better-CrewLink OhMyGuus
winget install --id=BetterCrewLink.BetterCrewLink -e Free, open, Among Us proximity voice chat
README
Notes
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This is an unofficial fork of CrewLink, for any problem, question, issue or suggestion you have with BetterCrewLink talk to us on our Discord, or GitHub or message me on Discord (ThaGuus#2140) do not report any problems to the official Discord or GitHub of CrewLink as they will not support you.
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To get the most of BetterCrewLink use the Voice Server:
https://bettercrewl.ink
Table of Contents
- About the Project
- Extra features/bug fixes in this fork
- Supported Plataforms
- Installation
- Development
- Contributing
- Translating
- Credits & Resources
- Donate
- Bugs/Suggestions/Questions
- License
About The Project
This project implements proximity voice chat in Among Us. Everyone in an Among Us lobby with this program running will be able to communicate over voice in-game, with no third-party programs required. Spatial audio ensures that you can only hear people close to you.
Extra features/bug fixes in this fork
- OBS Browsersource Overlay.
- Hear People in Vision Only.
- Walls Block Audio.
- Volume Sliders.
- It doesn't break when someone leaves/disconnects.
- It works on any network even with UPnP disabled. (Strict NAT)
- More fun settings like hearing through cameras, impostor radio.
- You can actually disable the overlay.
- 32bit support, Windows 7 support.
- You can change the volume of alive players after you died.
- You can set BetterCrewLink to topmost.
- Settings actually sync between players and not half.
- CPU usage is lower than original CrewLink.
- You can actually press the mute key/deafen key while clicked on BetterCrewLink.
- Your mouse doesn't start to lag because of the buggy input hook.
- Changing the speaker setting does actually something unlike original CrewLink where it is always using the default output.
- Compatible with CrewLink 2.0
- Microphone Echo Cancellation.
- Microphone Eoise Suppression.
- More overlay positions and you can set the overlay to the top/bottom and you can set it so it shows everyone even when they aren't talking.
- You can set the lobby up so only death people can talk. (normal lobbies but then with death talk)
- Support for new versions of Among Us. (v2021.3.31.3 and v2021.4.1)
- Support for Custom Colors. (mods that add more colors)
- Support for Linux.
- Support for Mobile.
If I missed something you can join in Discord server, or in GitHub or DM me on Discord (ThaGuus#2140) it so I can add it
Supported Plataforms
| Plataform | Supported | | ------- | ------------------ | | Steam | ✅ | | itch.io | ✅ | | Microsoft Store | ✅ | | Play Store | ✅ | | App Store | ✅ | | Beta | ✅ |
Installation
Windows
Download the latest version from releases and run the BetterCrewLink-Setup-X.X.X.exe file. You may get antivirus warnings, because this program hooks into the Among Us process to read game data.
Linux
To install & run it on Linux run the following commands:
wget "https://mirror.bettercrewl.ink/pc/latest/BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage"
chmod +x BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage
echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
./BetterCrewlink-Linux.AppImage
The Linux version is thanks to the following contributors:
- TheGreatMcPain -> CrewLink fork, Keyboard watcher fork, Memoryjs fork
- zbanks -> Memoryjs fork
- Donokami -> Testing and helping
Android & Chromebook
Go to category Installation in BetterCrewlink-mobile to see how to install the Android/Chromebook version. (requires a PC player)
iOS & macOS
Go to category Installation in BetterCrewlink-mobile to see how to install the iOS/macOS version. (requires a PC player)
Development
You only need to follow the below instructions if you are trying to modify this software. Otherwise, please download the latest version from the GitHub releases.
Server code is located at OhMyGuus/BetterCrewLink-server. Please use a local server for development purposes.
Prerequisites
This is an example of how to list things you need to use the software and how to install them.
npm install yarn -g
Setup
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/OhMyGuus/BetterCrewLink.git
cd BetterCrewLink
- Install NPM packages
yarn install
- Run the project
yarn dev
Contributing
Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
Needed Git for Contributing.
- Fork the Project.
- Create your Feature Branch. (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes. (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch. (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request.
- OhMyGuus for make various things for BetterCrewLink, example: NAT Fix, more overlays, support for Mobile and owner of project
- ottomated for make CrewLink
- SirBuvex for make new logo for BetterCrewLink (PC, Mobile and Server)
- vrnagy for make WebRTC reconnects automatically for BetterCrewLink
- TheGreatMcPain & Donokami for make support for Linux
- squarebracket for make support overlay for Linux
- JKohlman for make various things for BetterCrewLink, example: push to mute, visual changes, mute button and making Multi Stage builds for BetterCrewLink Server
- Diemo-zz for make the default Voice Server for BetterCrewLink:
https://bettercrewl.ink - KadenBiel for make various things for BetterCrewLink Mobile, example: Better UI, Settings page
- adofou for make new parameters for node-turn server for BetterCrewLink-Server
- Kore-Development for make support for Repl.it and gitignore changes for BetterCrewLink-Server
- cybershard & edqx for make Only hear people in vision, Walls block voice and Hear through cameras
- MatadorProBr for make this list of Contribuators, better README.md, wiki
Translating
BetterCrewLink now officially supports other languages, that is, you can use BetterCrewLink without any problem of not understanding a part in English, but with that we need help with translations because nobody is born knowing everything languages.
Any translations you make are greatly appreciated.
There are two methods.
- Go to Crowdin Page.
- Search for the name of your language you want to translate.
- Click on it and start translating.
- Fork the Project.
- Create your Translation Branch.
- Go to static -> locales -> en -> translation.json and Download this file.
- Open the translation.json with your text editor of preference.
- Edit the file but not edit this parts like: "gamehostonly", "inlobbyonly", just translate the text.
- Create a folder with the acronym of your language that you translated with translation.json inside the folder.
- Throw everything to your fork.
- Open a Pull Request.
- OhMyGuus for translate BetterCrewLink to Netherlands
- adofou for translate BetterCrewLink to French
- KadenBiel, SirBuvex and Jeddunk for translate BetterCrewLink to German
- LukehTM for translate BetterCrewLink to Spanish
- KaldonM for translate BetterCrewLink to Slovak
- MatadorProBr for translate BetterCrewLink to Portuguese (Brazil)
- vb-03 for translate BetterCrewLink to Portuguese (Portugal)
- LaneGL for translate BetterCrewLink to Indonesian
- SirBuvex & Jeddunk for translate BetterCrewLink to German
- Steby5 for translate BetterCrewLink to Slovenian and Slovak
- XRevan86 for translate BetterCrewLink to Russian and Ukrainian
- Xoyn for translate BetterCrewLink to Russian
- Ajno, Jano Miĥalako for translate BetterCrewLink to Esperanto
- Tiquis & fajnyCreeper for translate BetterCrewLink to Czech
- ElBusAlv & nyanya4444 for translate BetterCrewLink to Catalan
- Achs gaming for translate BetterCrewLink to Arabic and Arabic Egpyt
- Fixuuu for translate BetterCrewLink to Polish
- canicjusz for translate BetterCrewLink to Esperanto and Polish
- Hani Rouatbi for translate BetterCrewLink to Arabic
- NoikzGaming for translate BetterCrewLink to Swedish
- Zheng Syameimaru for translate BetterCrewLink to Chinese Simplified
- Aorin & Sakurai00 for translate BetterCrewLink to Japanese
- MrAngelos6 for translate BetterCrewLink to French and Spanish
- Amirhan-Taipovjan-Greatest-I & morewaves for translate BetterCrewLink to Tatar
A big thank you to all those people who translated and still translate this project to stay alive, thank you so much for being part of this BetterCrewLink community!
Credits & Resources
- CrewLink - The official CrewLink app.
- Electron - For make the app BetterCrewLink.
- memoryjs - For make BetterCrewLink works for Linux.
- node-keyboard-watcher - For make it easy to Push To Talk, Push To Mute and Impostor Radio.
- electron-overlay-window - For make it easier to do Overlays.
- WebRTC - For make the Voice Servers.
Donate
If you like the BetterCrewLink and want to help it to stay alive and with new features, bug fixes, support for other platforms, pay for servers, donate money for the project, of course if you want and can, this is an optional choice, we currently support PayPal and Ko-fi, choose the best donate option for you and click on the image below:
Any donations you make are greatly appreciated.
Bugs & Suggestions
If you found any bugs, have an idea for a new feature, join our Discord server or make a issue in GitHub.
Questions
If you found any question, see the Wiki, but if the answer to your question is not on the Wiki, join our Discord and ask in #✋bettercrewlink-help, do not ask your question in GitHub Issues, we want to keep GitHub Issues a place to report bugs and suggestions, without any question.
License
Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for more information.
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