What the mod does
Presence Footsteps changes how walking sounds in your game. Sollace maintains this project as a continuation of the original mod by Huricaaan (Ha3). It assigns acoustic properties to materials across the game world so surfaces react to your movement.
You hear different audio cues depending on what you walk across. The goal is simple. Running across wooden planks won't sound like sprinting over loose gravel.
Block and entity sounds
The mod assigns specific audio profiles to individual blocks based on their physical makeup. Stone surfaces sound rough and dusty underfoot. Wooden chests creak when you tread on them. Piston assemblies split their acoustic feedback, playing wood sounds on the head and stone sounds on the body. Stepping on cake triggers its own distinct audio. Walking through tall grass and bristles creates dry rustling sounds, while magma blocks produce sizzling contact audio.
Non-block entities also produce step sounds. Here's the thing, walking on boats yields wood sounds. Stepping on an armor stand triggers creaks along with stone footsteps from its base slab. Shulkers make box-like noises when you walk on them.
Sound packs and customization
The mod includes its own built-in pack containing acoustic definitions and material mappings for standard vanilla blocks. You can reconfigure this system through resource packs.
If you want alternative audio files, you can install community sound packs to override the default files. You can also turn off the built-in pack or run community packs alongside it. The mod requires at least one sound pack enabled to function properly.
Mod support and compatibility
Presence Footsteps includes automated support for blocks added by other mods. It inspects the vanilla material and sound types assigned to custom blocks to pick matching audio. Mod creators who want custom mappings can also define direct acoustic links by following the guide on the project wiki.
This is a client-side mod. It's required on the client and unsupported on dedicated servers. It runs on the Fabric and Quilt loaders. Supported Minecraft versions include 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.1-rc-1, 26.1.2, 26.1.2-rc-1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.3-rc-3, and snapshot 26w14a.
