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I created a custom mob Bee using Techne. I've got the custom model in the game, with the correct texture. First, I want the wings to be animated CONSTANTLY. Currently, they only move when the Bee moves.

Second, I want to have custom sounds for this mob. I have the sounds, in the correct folder, but I've been unable to find code that shows how to load the random sounds.

Also, so far, he's not dropping anything but XP when I kill him - I have a .json file that should create the loot, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any help is appreciated.

Yes, I'd like random sounds for the hurt sound and "say" (or "meow" or "moo") sounds, and one for the ambient and one for the death. The code I currently have is:

    protected SoundEvent getAmbientSound()
      {
        return Custom_Sounds.ENTITY_BEE_AMBIENT;
      }
    protected SoundEvent getHurtSound(DamageSource p_184601_1_)
      {
        return Custom_Sounds.ENTITY_BEE_HURT;
      }
    protected SoundEvent getDeathSound()
      {
        return Custom_Sounds.ENTITY_BEE_DEATH;
      }
    protected SoundEvent getStepSound()
      {
        return Custom_Sounds.ENTITY_BEE_STEP;
      }
    protected void playStepSound(BlockPos pos, Block blockIn)
      {
        this.playSound(this.getStepSound(), 0.15F, 1.0F);
      }

... and my Custom_Sounds:

public class Custom_Sounds
  {
    public static final SoundEvent ENTITY_BEE_AMBIENT;
    public static final SoundEvent ENTITY_BEE_DEATH;
    public static final SoundEvent ENTITY_BEE_HURT;
    public static final SoundEvent ENTITY_BEE_STEP;

    private static SoundEvent getRegisteredSoundEvent(String id)
      {
        SoundEvent soundevent = SoundEvent.REGISTRY.getObject(new ResourceLocation(id));
        if (soundevent == null)
          {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid Sound requested: " + id);
          }
        else
          {
            return soundevent;
          }
      }
    static
      {
        if (!Bootstrap.isRegistered())
          {
            throw new RuntimeException("Accessed Sounds before Bootstrap!");
          }
        else
          {
            ENTITY_BEE_AMBIENT = getRegisteredSoundEvent("entity.bee.say1");
            ENTITY_BEE_DEATH = getRegisteredSoundEvent("entity.bee.death");
            ENTITY_BEE_HURT = getRegisteredSoundEvent("entity.bee.hurt1");
            ENTITY_BEE_STEP = getRegisteredSoundEvent("entity.bee.step1");
          }
      }
  }

This was based in part on what's going on with the code in the Zombie class, plus an older tutorial online. The main problem at the moment is that the game crashes (Invalid Sound requested: entity.bee.say1). I'm sure I need a .json file, but don't know the structure for it, nor where to put it, so that the game will choose the right sound for the singletons, and the random sounds for the hurt/ambient sounds. Any help is appreciated.

All the tutorials I could find were really, really old. The newest one used commands that had been replace. I was looking for .json files in the vanilla, but couldn't find where they were. I have FINALLY found the vanilla file for sounds (it wasn't called sounds.json, but rather 1.12.json. Here's what I have:

{
  "objects": {
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/step1.ogg": {
      "hash": "9680c9dcd637ddea8e10a0d73705aa155d04a132",
      "size": 13871
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/step2.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/step3.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/step4.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/step5.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/death.ogg": {
      "hash": "6e0488ab07b9539fbaebc093f194bb6a95b2caec",
      "size": 9836
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/say1.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/say2.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/say3.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/hurt1.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
    "newmod/sounds/mob/bee/hurt2.ogg": {
      "hash": "e8dcca0e494a3f479f58f581c9a8e297cc92f4e7",
      "size": 12214
    },
  }
}

The question is: Where do I put this file? Does the program automatically choose between the various hurt or say files? How do I create the hash for it? Size is self-explanatory; I'll have to change that once I have my actual sound files. I'm currently just using the sounds from the cow.

This is taken from the .minecraft/assets/indexes/1.12.json file. I've looked EVERYWHERE in the 1.12.jar, and there is NO file called sound or sounds.json. The only .json files seem to be for textures & loot.

However: The file .minecraft/assets/indexes/1.12.json contains the hashed version of the original sounds, which are located in .minecraft/assets/objects. If you rename the file to a .ogg, you get the sound file. I HAVE the sound files - and I have the above .json. I just don't know where to put MY .json, or if it's even the right format.

The primary problem is that I can't find a sounds.json file to look at, and I don't know where to put it once I've found it.

I looked at that page again. It doesn't really give you "examples," per se (i.e., a complete file), nor does it really tell you where to put the file (unless you're doing a resource pack). I want to do it without the resource pack, if possible. I looked at your sounds.json, and came up with this:

{
    "ambient": {"sounds": [{"say": "ambient", "stream": false}]},
    "death": {"sounds": [{"death": "death", "stream": false}]},
    "hurt": {"sounds": [{"hurt": "hurt", "stream": false}]},
    "step": {"sounds": [{"step": "step", "stream": false}]}
}

However, I'm getting a crash: nvalid Sound requested: entity.bee.ambient. Maybe it's how I'm registering the sounds; maybe its the format of the .json. I just don't know. I'm still searching for other code examples, to see if I can get a better idea of what I'm doing wrong. I have this file located at main/resources/newmod/sounds.json ... which is where you had your sounds.json located. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong... yet.

I took another look at both the github and the wiki. The wiki didn't add much to my knowledge. I've read it four times now, but still am not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I did rewrite the sounds.json:

{
    "entity.bee.ambient": {"sounds": [{"name": "mob/bee/say1", "stream": false}]},
    "entity.bee.death": {"sounds": [{"name": "mob/bee/death", "stream": false}]},
    "entity.bee.hurt": {"sounds": [{"name": "mob/bee/hurt1", "stream": false}]},
    "entity.bee.step": {"sounds": [{"name": "mob/bee/step1", "stream": false}]}
}

the file 'say1.ogg' is located in sounds/mob/bee ... I believe this should be correct. The code still says 'Invalid Sound requested: entity.bee.ambient.' The file is located correctly, afaik. It's formatted correctly. I'm just not getting from A to B. I'm missing something simple here, but I can't see the forest for the trees.

Ok, I found a tutorial which gave an even BETTER example of the sounds.json. I've rewritten mine like this:

  {
    "Bee_Ambient":
      {
        "sounds":
          [
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/say1",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/say2",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/say3"
          ]
      },
    "Bee_Hurt":
      {
        "sounds":
          [
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/hurt1",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/hurt2"
          ]
      },
    "Bee_Death":
      {
        "sounds":
          [
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/death"
          ]
      },
    "Bee_Step":
      {
        "sounds":
          [
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/step1",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/step2",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/step3",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/step4",
            "name": "newmod:mob/bee/step5"
          ]
      }
  }

I also used your code, virtually unchanged, to register the sounds. The main question is: Where are you calling your registerSounds from? It can't be from any of the proxies, as they use FMLInitializationEvents, not Events. The game doesn't crash, but neither does it play any sounds for the mob. I'm SOOOO close!!

Quote from TheWebExpert»

I also used your code, virtually unchanged, to register the sounds. The main question is: Where are you calling your registerSounds from? It can't be from any of the proxies, as they use FMLInitializationEvents, not Events. The game doesn't crash, but neither does it play any sounds for the mob. I'm SOOOO close!!

The code Melonslise linked uses registry events. It looks like they have a separate class subscribing to the event and calling the SoundList.register(RegistryEvent.Register<SoundEvent>) method, but that's not necessary; the SoundList class could subscribe to the event itself.

Tutorial: Better, in that a). It showed the format of the sounds.json (with multiple choices for sounds, rather than singletons), and b). I understand more of what I'm doing now. I *DID* forget the {}'s in the code, which is my own fault.

I do understand registry events; I have a RegistryHandler class where I take care of most of (if not all) of that; that's where I put the registerSounds event. What I'm NOT sure of, however, is if the @SubscribeEvent makes the function call automatically, rather than having to specify it, say, in one of the proxies. The problem is this: I've been shown two different (and conflicting) ways to get things going - and haven't quite figured out which one is "right." Both methods work.

Your post to choonster about RegistryEvents was very enlightening; I'm looking at that some more. I'm sure I'll learn something more from his code. In the mean time, between adding @Mod.EventBusSubscriber to my RegistryHandler class and fixing the errors in the sounds.json, my mob now has sounds. Hurray!

So all that's left is to figure out the animation part. The creature animates while moving; it's just that I want it CONSTANTLY animating (at least one part, that is).

Thank you. I'm already searching for custom mobs on github, to see if any do constant animation.

Still needing help on this...