The sound breath.ogg found in the random folder in sounds cannot be played with /playsound. This would be a great sound for custom maps and the like.
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There's no event for it, which is the problem. It's a file present in the game's directory but can't be used by the community to better it.
I can't even find the file you mean, play like this:
map.sound
or even
map.map.sound
Sorry for reviving this ticket, I had to because I tried to use the said sound via resource pack but the game can't play it.
This is what I have in my 1.7.10 and 1.8 json files in \.minecraft\assets\indexes:
"minecraft/sounds/random/breath.ogg": {
"hash": "dd2f7209c2a58b0886beb34d49b0512b49adbb7e",
"size": 14331
},
Then I added this piece of "code" in sounds.json of my resource pack:
"random.breath": {
"category": "neutral",
"sounds": [
"random/breath"
]
}
It didn't work. Then I added the breath.ogg (which I found in an ancient directory in minecraft) in my resource pack's minecraft\assets. Still didn't work.
@unknown: Please create a new ticket for this.
There is no sound event
breath.ogg
, compare http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Sounds.json