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Disable Simple Voice Chat groups while keeping proximity audio

Applies to: Simple Voice Chat; match the linked maintainer documentation to your installed platform and release.
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A proximity-only community may not want persistent group conversations. Disable the group feature deliberately, then test ordinary proximity speech so the policy change does not get mistaken for a broken voice connection.

Prepare the test

Identify the client mod, server implementation and allocated voice endpoint before changing audio settings. Keep Minecraft joining and voice transport as separate tests; success on one does not prove the other.

Make the change

  1. Notify your test players that existing group behaviour is changing. Record whether the intended rule applies to everyone or only selected ranks; a global feature switch and a permission-based restriction solve different problems.
  2. Stop the server normally before editing its generated voicechat-server.properties. On Paper the file is under plugins/voicechat; mod-loader installations use a different documented location, so choose the file for the installed implementation.
  3. Set enable_groups to false for a global proximity-only policy, preserving the previous file. If you instead need a rank-specific policy, inspect the documented voicechat.groups permission through your supported permission system.
  4. Start the server, wait for voice initialisation and reconnect the two test players. Inspect the group interface, attempt the previously available group action and test proximity speech at a short distance outside a group.

Check the result

Players should no longer be able to use the disabled group feature while nearby speech remains usable. Check an ordinary rank and an operator separately, and explain the deliberate change so users do not troubleshoot their microphones unnecessarily.

If the test fails

Restore enable_groups and restart normally if you chose the wrong policy scope. If proximity audio also fails, compare startup and endpoint settings with the saved file; do not open unrelated ports to repair a group-interface change.

A server-side group policy does not change microphone permissions in the operating system. Keep the audio-device test separate from whether the interface permits joining or creating a voice group.

References and related help

Check the official Simple Voice Chat documentation against your installed release before using a command or setting from another version.

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