# Audio Engine Tweaks<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## News
\nSince **v1.2.7**, you can now adjust the volume of each sound **independently** of the vanilla sliders.<\/p>\n
\n—<\/p>\n
## Overview
\nThis mod changes how Minecraft schedules sounds to prevent the sound pool from filling up, or at least reduce the effects of a full sound pool.<\/p>\n
### TL;DR
\nIt fixes these common errors (and the related log spam):
\n“`
\n[Render thread\/WARN]: Failed to create new sound handle
\n[Sound engine\/WARN]: Maximum sound pool size 247 reached
\n“`<\/p>\n
Without this mod, a full sound pool causes all in-game audio to stop until slots free up.<\/p>\n
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## How It Works<\/p>\n
– Each tick, sounds are **collected and categorized** by type.
\n – **Lower category = higher priority**.
\n – Within categories, sounds are sorted by **distance from the player**.<\/p>\n
– Depending on the **sound pool fill level**, only certain sound types are allowed to play. Others are skipped.
\n – If the pool somehow fills completely (shouldn\u2019t happen with thresholds), new sounds are skipped entirely.<\/p>\n
– **Duplication check**:
\n – Only a limited number of identical sounds can play from the same coordinate (1 block).
\n – Extra duplicates are skipped.<\/p>\n
– **MASTER** and **MUSIC** sounds bypass the queue and duplication check (important for main menu or GUI events when the server is frozen).
\n – They still follow fill-level thresholds.
\n – Other categories, if requested to play instantly, are instead deferred to the next tick.<\/p>\n
– All values are configurable through **ModMenu** or by editing the config file directly.<\/p>\n
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## Default Settings
\n“`yaml
\nMASTER : cat 0, always allowed
\nVOICE : cat 0, always allowed
\nPLAYERS : cat 1, up to 95%
\nHOSTILE : cat 2, up to 90%
\nBLOCKS : cat 3, up to 80%
\nMUSIC : cat 4, up to 70%
\nRECORDS : cat 4, up to 70%
\nNEUTRAL : cat 5, up to 60%
\nWEATHER : cat 6, up to 50%
\nAMBIENT : cat 6, up to 50%<\/p>\n
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