How to Enable Priority Loading of Resources from 'resources' instead of Downloaded 'assets'?

[SpongeCouna]

I'm currently modifying the vanilla client for Minecraft 1.20.1, working on the integration of new audio resource files. During this process, I've discovered that Minecraft seems to only read audio resources from the downloaded 'assets' directory, and not from the 'resources' directory within the game's jar file.

What I aim to achieve is to have Minecraft first try to read the audio files from the 'resources' directory, and if the desired files are not found there, only then should it fall back to reading from the 'assets' directory.

I'm looking for guidance on how this can be implemented, or if there are any existing mechanisms that might assist in achieving this priority loading order. Any insights, code snippets, or directions to relevant documentation would be highly appreciated.

 

Looking for some pro help!