Fixes voice messages not displaying in chat when Chat Animation [Smooth Chat] has removeMessageIndicator enabled. Without this fix, Voice Messages show only the player's name instead of the playback widget.
How it works: ChatAnimation nulls the GuiMessageTag on every chat line, which VoiceMessages relies on to identify and render voice messages. This mod intercepts GuiMessage.Line.tag() and preserves VoiceMessage tags, allowing the playback UI to render correctly.
Requirements:
- Fabric API
- VoiceMessages
- Chat Animation [Smooth Chat]
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.1.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as CompatibilityLayerForVoiceMessagesAndChatAnimation-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 6 KB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.