How to Install and Configure Simple Voice Chat

How to Install and Configure Simple Voice Chat at MCServerHost

How to Install and Configure Simple Voice Chat at MCServerHost

Playing Minecraft with your friends is a great way to spend your time, and while communicating through text chat is a decent way to connect with each other, it can never beat the convenience and fun of voice chat, allowing each player to talk with each other while playing. To make this possible, server owners can install a plugin/mod on their server known as Simple Voice Chat, which lets nearby players talk with each other in-game using proximity chat.

The plugin is also available for multiple server types (for example, PaperMC, Spigot, Purpur, and many others) and doesn't require much configuration, making it very easy to install on any plugin-based server without any experience in server configuration.

Installing Simple Voice Chat

The quickest way to install Simple Voice Chat is with the dashboard's built-in Plugin Installer, which pulls the plugin straight into your server for you, so there is no need to download or upload any files.

  1. Log in to your MCServerHost dashboard and select your server.
  2. Open the Plugin Installer tab.
  3. In the search bar, search for Simple Voice Chat.

Searching for Simple Voice Chat in the Plugin Installer

  1. Click on Simple Voice Chat in the results.
  2. Click the Install Plugin button.

Installing Simple Voice Chat with the Install Plugin button

  1. Restart your server to let the plugin load and create its configuration folder.

Allocating an Additional Port

To allow Simple Voice Chat to work on your server, you have to allocate it a separate port due to the sole reason that it operates independently from Minecraft's built-in networking system. To allocate an additional port to your server, follow the steps below:

  1. In your MCServerHost dashboard, open Advanced Settings, then select Networking.
  2. Create a new Allocation and copy the IP and Port from the created allocation (e.g., 141.95.3.159:10037).

Creating an allocation under Advanced Settings

  1. Note down the newly allocated IP and port numbers before proceeding to the next step.

Configuring Simple Voice Chat

After installing the plugin/mod into your server and allocating an additional port, you can start configuring Simple Voice Chat on your server by editing its properties in its configuration file. To do that, follow the steps given below:

  1. Go to your server's File Manager (Files) and locate voicechat-server.properties. The exact path depends on your server architecture:

    • Plugin-based server: Files -> plugins -> voicechat -> voicechat-server.properties
    • Mod-based server: Files -> mods -> voicechat -> voicechat-server.properties

  2. Inside the voicechat-server.properties file, edit the following fields:

    • Set voice-host: to your numericServerIP:secondaryServerPort (e.g., 141.95.3.159:10037)
    • Set port: to your secondaryServerPort (e.g., 10037)

Editing voicechat-server.properties configuration

  1. Save the changes, and start or restart your server in order to let the changes take place.

Conclusion

After following all the steps highlighted in this guide, you will be able to install and configure Simple Voice Chat on your Minecraft server without any type of error. Just make sure you have allocated the extra port and edited the configuration file correctly.

Similarly, if you are having any type of issue or problem with your server at MCServerHost, you can always get in touch with us by joining our Discord server or writing to us at support@MCServerHost.com.

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