Vocalizations

Vocalizations

Hear the sounds people type in chat.
Say meow, woof or moo and the matching animal sound plays.

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What is Vocalizations?

Vocalizations turns chat into a little more of a zoo. Whenever a player (or anything else) sends a message containing a vocalization like meow, purr or woof, the mod plays the matching vanilla Minecraft sound, with optional particles and action bar messages.

• Works anywhere: on your own server, on a vanilla server, or in singleplayer.
• Server-only or client-only: install it on the server so everyone hears the sounds without the mod, or install it on your client to hear them on servers that don't have it. Nobody gets kicked for missing it.
• No extra downloads: every sound is a vanilla Minecraft sound. No libraries, no config files, no setup.
• Sounds stack: a message like meow purr plays both sounds.
• Works with formatted chat: prefixes, ranks and other chat formatting from other mods or plugins don't get in the way.

Quick start

1. Install Forge or NeoForge for your Minecraft version.
2. Drop the matching jar into your mods folder.
3. Join a world or server and type meow.

That's it.

Supported versions

Minecraft · Loader · Loader version · Java
1.21.10 · NeoForge · 21.10.64 · 21
1.21.1 · NeoForge · 21.1.265 · 21
1.21.1 · Forge · 52.1.21 · 21
1.20.1 · Forge · 47.3.0 · 17

Newer builds of the same Minecraft version should work too. Grab the jar that matches your Minecraft version and loader.

[!NOTE]

Maintenance status: Vocalizations works fine right now, so it won't be updated unless necessary. If you run into a problem, let me know on the Discord.

Sounds

Triggers are matched anywhere in the message and ignore capitalization, so you don't have to send only the trigger word.

Animal · Trigger · Sound played
Cat · meow · Cat meow
Cat · purr · Cat purring
Cat · hiss · Cat hiss
Wolf · woof, bark · Wolf bark
Wolf · grr, growl · Wolf growl
Wolf · howl · Wolf howl*
Fox · yip · Fox yip
Cow · moo · Cow moo
Pig · oink · Pig oink
Sheep · baa · Sheep baaaah
Parrot · chirp · Parrot chirp
Bee · buzz · Bee buzz
Ender Dragon · rawr · Ender Dragon growl

\*1.21.10 no longer includes the original wolf howl sound, and 1.20.1 predates it, so howl uses the closest remaining wolf vocalization on those versions.

How it works

You can run the mod on the server, on the client, or on both. It decides who plays the sound automatically:

Setup · What happens
Server has the mod · The server plays the sounds for everyone and tells clients it's already handling it. Clients with the mod stop listening on their own, so you never hear a sound twice.
Server doesn't have the mod · Clients that have the mod watch chat locally and play the sounds themselves.
Singleplayer · The integrated server handles it.

Server-only

Put the jar on the server and leave your clients vanilla. The server plays the sounds to everyone, and the gamerules below apply.

Client-only

Put the jar in your client mods folder and join any server, even a vanilla one. Your client watches chat locally and plays the sounds.

Both sides

Install it on both if you like. The client will notice that the server is handling things and stay quiet.

Server configuration

Vocalizations is configured with gamerules, just like vanilla settings:

Gamerule · Default · What it does
vocalizations:local_sound · false · Plays sounds in 3D space, so players far away won't hear them.
vocalizations:show_player_particles · true · Shows a ring of particles around the player who made the sound.
vocalizations:announce_sounds · false · Announces in the action bar when a player makes a sound.

/gamerule vocalizations:local_sound true

If the server doesn't have the mod, these gamerules won't exist at all.

Particles and announcements

• With show_player_particles on, a ring of particles appears around the player who made the sound. Purring gets hearts, and everything else gets happy villager particles.
• With announce_sounds on, the action bar shows a message like Steve meowed and purred. If local_sound is also on, only players close enough to hear the sound see the announcement.

FAQ

Do I need the mod on both the server and the client?
No. One side is enough, and installing it on both is safe.

Will I hear sounds twice if both sides have it?
No. If the server has the mod, it tells your client to stay quiet.

Will I get kicked from a server that doesn't have the mod?
No. The mod is designed to work without being required on the server.

Do I need to download extra sounds or a resource pack?
No. Everything uses vanilla Minecraft sounds.

Does it work with chat plugins and other chat mods?
Yes. The server reads the chat packets it sends, so prefixes, ranks and other formatting don't stop sounds from playing. It also keeps track of who sent what, so particles and announcements point at the right player.

License

All Rights Reserved.

Questions or bugs?

Join the Discord: discord.gg/m26fvq75QV