How to Set Up Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat is a mod/plugin that adds proximity voice chat to your Minecraft server. Setup varies depending on your server software.

Requirements

• A secondary port allocation is required. Go to the Network section in your panel and click New Allocation to get one.
• Players must also install the Simple Voice Chat mod on their client.

Server Setup

Paper / Spigot / Purpur

1. Download the Simple Voice Chat plugin from Modrinth.
2. Go to the Files tab in your panel and upload the .jar file to the plugins/ folder.
3. Restart your server to generate the config.
4. Open plugins/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties.
5. Find the port= line and set it to your secondary port allocation.
6. Save the file and restart your server.

Fabric

1. Download the Simple Voice Chat mod from Modrinth.
2. Go to the Files tab in your panel and upload the .jar file to the mods/ folder.
3. Restart your server to generate the config.
4. Open config/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties.
5. Find the port= line and set it to your secondary port allocation.
6. Save the file and restart your server.

Forge / NeoForge

1. Download the Simple Voice Chat mod from Modrinth.
2. Go to the Files tab in your panel and upload the .jar file to the mods/ folder.
3. Restart your server to generate the config.
4. Open config/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties.
5. Find the port= line and set it to your secondary port allocation.
6. Save the file and restart your server.

Client Setup

Players who want to use voice chat must also install Simple Voice Chat on their own Minecraft client.

Fabric / Forge / NeoForge

1. Download the Simple Voice Chat mod from Modrinth. Make sure to select the correct version for your mod loader.
2. Place the .jar file in your client's mods/ folder.
3. Launch Minecraft and join the server.
4. Press V (default keybind) to open the voice chat GUI and configure your microphone.

📝 Note: The Simple Voice Chat mod is required on the client regardless of server type. Players without it will not be able to use voice chat.

Notes

• If you are also running GeyserMC, make sure Simple Voice Chat and Geyser are using different ports to avoid conflicts. See: Geyser and Simple Voice Chat Incompatibility.
• Players must connect to the voice chat using the same port you configured in voicechat-server.properties.