How to set up Simple Voice Chat on a server

Simple Voice Chat allows you to talk to other players in-game using your voice in close proximity. This article covers both the mod and plugin versions of Simple Voice Chat.

Installing Simple Voice Chat

Install Simple Voice Chat on your server using one of the below guides. Make sure you install the same version on both your server and client. 

• Installing a Plugin using Multicraft Control Panel
• Adding Additional Mods to your Minecraft Modded Server

Now that Simple Voice Chat is installed on your server, let's get it working.

Method 1: Same Port

1. In the control panel, stop the server and then select Configs from the left hand menu
2. Search for voicechat-server.properties using the File filter box
3. Click on the config file to edit its contents:
   
   1. Plugin config file: plugins/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties
   2. Mods : voicechat-server.properties
4. Find the port setting and change it to -1, the line should look like this

port=-1

5. Click Save

This port is also used by Minecraft as a query port. Using it for voice chat may cause errors/crashes. However, we do not use the query port for interacting with the server so we have never seen any conflict arise from using it for voice chat.

Method 2: Additional Port

1. In the control panel, stop the server and then select Additional Ports from the left hand menu
2. Click Add Port at the top of the left hand menu
   This will assign a port value for use with your server, make a note of it
3. Select Configs from the left hand menu
4. Search for voicechat-server.properties using the File filter box
5. Click on the config file to edit its contents:
   
   1. Plugin config file: plugins/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties
   2. Mods : voicechat-server.properties
6. Find the port setting and change it to the port value that was assigned, the line should look something like this, just replace 8999 with your assigned port value

port=8999

5. Click Save