Describe the bug

We have a small 5 player Bisect Hosting server and we have been testing companions recently. Our players have found several companions and they usually have several out at a time.

The server has crashed several times while testing our modpack. Chat GPT Analysis of the crash report suggests that Player Companions is related to the crash.

This is what GPT 4 with "code interpreter" said about two server crash reports I had it analyze:

The crash is attributed to a "Ticking entity."

Description: Ticking entity
The crash originated from a NullPointerException when trying to invoke a method related to sound events.
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "net.minecraft.sounds.SoundEvent.m_215668_(float)" because the return value of "net.minecraft.core.Holder.m_203334_()" is null

The stack trace also references PlayerCompanionEntityWalkControl from the player_companions mod.

Given this recap, the two crash logs you've shared seem to have the same root cause: an issue with the player_companions mod when entities associated with this mod attempt to play a sound.

Since both crash logs point to the same mod and similar behavior, I would recommend focusing on the player_companions mod to address the issues. This could include updating the mod, checking its configurations, or temporarily removing it for diagnostic purposes.

We have grown fond of our companions and we would rather not remove the mod.

To Reproduce

Running with companions on our 1.19.3 server till it happens.

Debugging
Before reporting a issue please check if there is anything relevant in the crash-reports, debug.log and latest.log file.

Is the issue happening in combination with other mods? (If yes, please provide a full list)

It is a large modpack with 90 mods. Other than this, I have not seen any evidence of conflicts in various logs I have had analyzed. The mods are listed in the attached crash report.

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

This has happened several times now with similar crash reports.
Please let me know if you need anything else.

crash-2023-08-08_12.45.49-server.txt

Adding the latest log and debug log:
latest (2).log
debug (1).log

I also want to add that the log is showing a warning that it detects a modified version of Player companions and not the official curseforge version. I only ever used the Curseforge version of this mod: player_companions_1.19.3-6.0.0.jar

Thanks for the report. According the crash log the wait sound is missing which is used by the Rooster Player Companion and causes this crash.

I just released a quick fix 6.0.1 to ignore empty sounds, please let me know if this fixed the issue for you. Thanks.

Looks like that did the trick. We updated and played for a couple of hours with no problems. Thanks for being so fast!