HyperHamster

Your sounds.json and registering code looks correct as they are here. My experience is that when you try to play a sound using the SoundEvent object returned from the registering method, it just doesn't work. I had to retrieve the SoundEvent directly from the registry using something like this (adapted for your mod): playSound(entityName, entityName.getPosition(), SoundEvent.soundEventRegistry.getObject(new ResourceLocation(ModReference.modid, "entity.terrakon.bark")), SoundCategory.NEUTRAL, 1.0F, 1.0F); Edit: Well nevermind then, I'm glad you got it working. I unfortunately have no clue how to implement sound subtitles as of yet.

Yes! Thank you, crackedEgg. I must have completely overlooked that part of Choonster's sounds.json . Adding the "name" tag does indeed make my sound play correctly in-game.

Well I had to look up what breakpoints were because I had never heard of them before, as I haven't ever the need for such advanced debugging. As far as I can tell my modular text editor, Atom, does not have an integrated graphical debugger, and I could not find any packages available for it that add that functionality. I suppose I could use "jdb", the JDK command line debugger, but I have no idea how to run Minecraft from within it. As for my log4j configuration; if you could tell me where my log4j config is, and what to edit in it to allow SoundManager debug messages through I would appreciate it. Be aware that I am new to java and forge in general and am not educated completely in their intricacies, although I am willing to learn.

No, sorry, I forgot to include main in that directory path. I've edited the post now to reflect the true sound file location. fml-client-latest.log : latest.log : I loaded into a singleplayer world and played the sound a few times with the "/playsound" command. Personally, I didn't spot anything relevant in the log but maybe you will.

Okay, I'm stumped. I'm almost certain that I've modified my code to reflect your example, but the sound still does not play when I attempt to play it using the "/playsound" command in-game. It's finding something because it doesn't error when I issue the command. The exact command: "/playsound something:noise_maker_noise master Player" Command Console Output: [21:08:39] [server thread/INFO]: [Player639: Played sound 'something:noise_maker_noise' to Player639] [21:08:39] [Client thread/INFO]: [CHAT] Played sound 'something:noise_maker_noise' to Player639 Updated sounds.json : { "noise_maker_noise": { "category": "master", "sounds": [ { "something:noiseMakerNoise", "stream": false } ] } } Updated Registering Code: public static SoundEvent noiseMakerNoise; public static void preInitCommon() // runs at common proxy preinit { final ResourceLocation testLocation = new ResourceLocation(Something.MODID, "noise_maker_noise"); noiseMakerNoise = GameRegistry.register(new SoundEvent(testLocation).setRegistryName(testLocation)); } Sound File Location: /src/main/resources/assets/something/sounds/noiseMakerSound.ogg

I have, to some degree, registered a sound. It tab autocompletes and does not error when I play the sound using "/playsound" in-game, but it does not actually play the sound. I think I'm pointing the SoundEvent at the wrong thing. sounds.json : { "noiseMakerNoise": {"category": "master", "sounds": [{"noiseMakerNoise", "stream": false}]}, } Registering Code: public static SoundEvent noiseMakerNoise; public static void preInitCommon() // this is run at common proxy preinit { noiseMakerNoise = new SoundEvent(new ResourceLocation("noiseMakerNoise")); GameRegistry.register(noiseMakerNoise, new ResourceLocation(Something.MODID + ":" + "noise_maker_noise")); } The sound file is located at: /src/main/resources/assets/something/sounds/noiseMakerSound.ogg

Well coolAlias's reply inspired me to go back and re-run "gradle setupDecompWorkspace" again but this time with "-d" debug flag and that showed it outputting forgeSrc into my Gradle cache exactly where your later reply Choonster said it would be. It's a shame I found it before I refreshed to see your reply, Choonster. At least it's location has been layed out elegantly for anybody else who has the same confusion I had. Thank you Choonster and coolAlias both very much for your help.

Okay, that makes a lot more sense, thank you. However I cannot locate a forgeSrc folder/library anywhere inside my mod directory. Can you please tell me where or how to either locate or acquire this? Note: I'm am not using Eclipse or IntelliJ.

After running "gradle setupDecompWorkspace" I extracted the jar located at "/build/tmp/decompileMc/forge-1.9-12.16.0.1854-1.9-srgBin.jar" to a directory of the same name at the same location. I then opened the file located at "/build/tmp/decompileMc/forge-1.9-12.16.0.1854-1.9-srgBin/net/minecraft/world/World.java" with my IDE. Here is a snippet of the contents demonstrating the arbitrary method/parameter names: public boolean func_175691_a(BlockPos p_175691_1_, Block p_175691_2_) { return false; } public boolean func_175678_i(BlockPos p_175678_1_) { return this.func_175726_f(p_175678_1_).func_177444_d(p_175678_1_); } public boolean func_175710_j(BlockPos p_175710_1_) { if(p_175710_1_.func_177956_o() >= this.func_181545_F()) { return this.func_175678_i(p_175710_1_); } else { BlockPos blockpos = new BlockPos(p_175710_1_.func_177958_n(), this.func_181545_F(), p_175710_1_.func_177952_p()); if(!this.func_175678_i(blockpos)) { return false; } else { for(blockpos = blockpos.func_177977_b(); blockpos.func_177956_o() > p_175710_1_.func_177956_o(); blockpos = blockpos.func_177977_b()) { IBlockState iblockstate = this.func_180495_p(blockpos); if(iblockstate.func_185891_c() > 0 && !iblockstate.func_185904_a().func_76224_d()) { return false; } } return true; } } } These method names are nothing like the ones I see people using from these classes when importing these classes into their mods. This is where my confusion lies.

If I knew where to look to see all of Minecraft's methods I feel I could better understand what it is I'm doing. I've looked inside the so called "deobfuscated" uncompiled Minecraft code that you get when you run "gradle setupDecompWorkspace", but all I find are arbitrary method names such as "func_123456_a" and so on. I have a specific instance where I would like to know the method to a play a sound within a world. So I went to "net/minecraft/world/World.java" but all the methods names are obfuscated. Where would I look to find the true method names within this file?