Specifying a greater volume value increases the audible range. Note: Attenuation by distance of the hearable sound's volume is not affected by the volume parameter given in the command.įor example, _scream sets 'min_distance': 100.0, but can only be heard from at most 16 blocks away when using /playsound with volume 1 to play it. As an expression this could be written as: final_volume = min(playsound_volume, 1) * graph_volume * sound_definition_volume. The corresponding volume axis' value is the factor for the playsound volume capped to 1, multiplied by the sound definition's volume to get the final volume of the sound you hear. The axis distance is the distance of the sound listener (player) to the sound source.

Notice how the playsound limits the sound's audible range. Shown above is the approximate sound attenuation factor by distance for playing sounds with a volume parameter greater than or equal to 1. If 'max_distance'is not given in the sound's definition, it is equivalent to playsound_volume * 16.Īpproximate sound attenuation by distance. The game will clamp the sound volume to at most 1.0 before multiplying it with the sound definition's volume.įor /playsound, the maximum hearable range of a sound is given by min(max_distance, max(volume * 16, 16)). This means that if sounds don't work, you should restart your entire MC client rather than just reloading the world. New files referenced by file path, such as sounds, DO need a complete client restart to load.

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