BetterSounds is a datapack created for Minecraft 1.15 and above that adds a ton of atmospheric sounds to fulfill the silence that its Minecraft gameplay. It aims to improve your sound experience without causing any visible lag, being easy to install and compatible.

Desert Ambience Demonstration:

INSTALLATION

  1. Download the latest version;

  2. Drop "§8Better§2Sound§3DataPack§0.zip" inside your ".minecraft\saves\<world>\datapacks" folder; (how to open .minecraft folder)

  3. Launch Minecraft;

  4. Load the Resource Pack (how to load a resource pack)

  5. Join the world. With cheats on, type /reload to install the datapack.

SERVER INSTALLATION

1. If you want, you can also use this on your server. To do this you will have to:

2. Drop "§8Better§2Sound§3DataPack§0.zip" inside your "<server name>\world\datapacks' folder;

3. After that, you will have to type in the console /reload for the datapack to load.

4. Don't forget that you still need to load the resourcepack .

IN-GAME COMMANDS

/function thewii:immersive/fix
Quickly fix possible problems with datapack scoreboards;


/function thewii:immersive/uninstall

  Uninstall datapack. Always execute this command before uninstalling the datapack from your world. You can reenable it with /function immersive: install followed by /reload;

CREDITS

The datapack & resourcepack are based on TheWii's "Immersive Soundscapes"

I changed some sounds so it sounds a little bit more realistic than the original.

Link to TheWii's page: https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/thewii/

Link to TheWii's Immersive Soundscapes project: https://www.planetminecraft.com/data-pack/immersive-sounding/

Enjoy!