Oscillogram HUD Guide

Reading the Oscillogram Display

After each voice cast with push-to-cast held, the HUD bottom shows the spell name the game recognized and a live waveform of your microphone input. If the waveform looks like solid red boxes or clips to maximum height, your mic sensitivity is too high — turn in-game voice sensitivity to zero and relaunch per voice recognition fixes.

When the displayed spell name differs from what you intended, the recognizer heard something phonetically close — shorten custom phrases or add sharper consonants via custom voice scrolls. French and multi-syllable incantations sometimes need deliberate pauses between words: "boule. de. feu" instead of rushing "boule de feu".

Calibration and Spellbook Integration

The closed playtest added a spell selection menu with on-screen oscillogram for voice calibration — record three clean samples during blank scroll binding or Custom Voice Magic setup. Scroll pages now turn through all known spells in the spellbook; last cast always echoes on the oscillogram for quick verification mid-run.

Run calibration in Cat Academy training yard before co-op matchmaking. Use our Voice Mic Setup Checker first, then confirm oscillogram readings match expected spell names. Pair with Custom Voice Magic guide when assigning meme phrases that risk phonetic collisions.

Common Oscillogram Troubleshooting

Red clipping waveforms: lower sensitivity to zero, relaunch game. Flat waveform during speech: check Windows default input device or push-to-cast binding. Wrong spell name displayed: pick distinct custom phrases per slot. Recognition stops mid-session: relaunch — some players report ~40-minute timeouts fixed by restart.

Studio condenser mics sometimes need sensitivity at zero because the game amplifies input gain. Discord voice chat running simultaneously rarely blocks recognition if push-to-cast isolates spell windows. See proximity voice chat for balancing comms vs spell mic on single-headset setups.