In this guide, we will be detailing how to install Voice Chat into your Minecraft server. But as a preface, this will be a generalized installation guide for Forge, Fabric and Paper.

Different variations of Voice Chat mods/plugins exist, so consult their documentation for any specific questions or config options. Our mod/plugin of choice for this guide will be Simple Voice Chat by henkelmax.

Forge/Fabric

  1. If you have just installed Forge and haven't booted your server up yet, do so before continuing with this guide. You will need the files it generates. For our Forge installation guide, see HERE.
After your server boots up for the first time and generates your world, your File Management should look like this.

2. Open your mods folder in your File Management tab, and click the orange Upload button. It will open a window which will allow you to select local files on your computer to upload. Find the .jar file of the Voice Chat mod, click it, and hit open. After it finishes uploading, reboot your server.

After your upload completes, your mods folder should look like this.
MAKE SURE THE FILE YOU UPLOADED IS CORRESPONDING TO YOUR MINECRAFT VERSION! IF YOU UPLOADED AN OLDER/NEWER VERSION THEN YOU HAVE INSTALLED, THE MOD WILL CAUSE THE SERVER TO CRASH.

3. Once Voice Chat has been installed, it is time to configure it. Voice Chat will automatically launch on port 24454, but since that port isn't opened, we will open a new one for Voice Chat to listen to.

If your console looks like this after installing Voice Chat, you have correctly done the above steps up until this point.

4. Open your File Management and find your /config folder. Within it, open your voicechat folder, and finally the voicechat-server.properties file.

Not to be confused with /defaultconfigs. They are not interchangeable and do not have the same files.
Sometimes there will also be clientside settings. We are targeting the server only in this case.

5. After opening the properties file, you are looking for the port option to edit.

If you aren't sure what the rest of the options do, do not change them, as they are not relevant for this installation guide.

6. Since port 24454 is not open, we will need to open a new one. Leave this page open, and head to your Network Settings tab of your Raw Power Panel.

This pop-up box varies by browser, but essentially open a new tab for easy switching between the two required windows.

7. Once you have the Network Settings page open, on the right side of your screen, there will be an Add Additional Port orange button. Go ahead and click it, and copy the port that it opens.

Do not edit any port settings if you do not fully understand what each of them do. Only the actual port is needed, and you can copy it by clicking on it!

8. Navigate back to your properties file you previously opened, and paste the new port and replace 24454.

Do not touch any other settings except the port, and make sure when you're copying you maintain the format the setting was in. If you delete too much or mess up where you copy, you might break the config.

9. Head back to your console, and hit "Restart". If you've done all the steps correctly, your newly opened port should be displayed after the boot cycle completes.

10. Done! You have installed Voice Chat for Forge!