Why is my Choicer Voicer pack not showing up in the game?

Almost always one of four things: the folder is double-nested (a pack folder inside another pack folder), the pack is in the wrong folder (dub packs must go in the dub folder, voice packs in packs_voice), the ZIP was never extracted, or the game wasn't restarted — it scans its pack folders on launch. All eight fixes are on this page.

Do I need to restart The Choicer Voicer after adding packs?

Yes. The game reads its pack folders when it launches, so packs added while the game is running usually won't appear until you fully restart it. A few menu/player packs also need to be selected in-game after they appear.

My dub pack shows up but has no audio or video. What went wrong?

That usually means a corrupted or incomplete download — re-download the ZIP from the pack's GameBanana page and extract it again. If the file is blocked by antivirus, add an exception and extract once more.

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Choicer Voicer packs not showing up? 8 fixes that work

You downloaded a pack, dropped it somewhere, launched The Choicer Voicer… and nothing. The game loads silently — no error message, no "pack not found", the pack just isn't there. The good news: this is the single most common question in the community, and it's almost always one of eight simple causes. Go through them in order.

Fix 1: Un-nest the folder (the #1 cause)

Most pack ZIPs contain a folder, and inside it another folder — creators zip the folder that holds their files. If you extract the ZIP and move it as-is, you get packs_voice/pack-name/pack-name/files, and the game only looks one level deep. The game's folder structure must be:

packs_voice/
  pack-name/
    audio files…

not packs_voice/pack-name/pack-name/. Move the inner folder up one level, or extract the ZIP and move the single folder it contains.

Fix 2: Check the destination folder

Voice packs (judges, hosts, players, menus) go in packs_voice. Dub Mode packs go in the game's dub folder. Swap them and the game silently ignores the pack. Not sure which type you have? Look inside the ZIP: a dub pack contains a video file (usually .ogv), a voice pack is audio only. If you downloaded the pack from our directory, the category badge on the card tells you — "Dub Mode" means the dub folder, everything else goes in packs_voice.

Fix 3: Extract the ZIP first

The game reads folders, not ZIP archives. If you dropped the .zip file itself into packs_voice or the dub folder, nothing will appear. Right-click → Extract All (Windows) or unzip with your file manager (Linux), then move the extracted folder.

Fix 4: Update the game (dub packs need 0.5+)

Dub Mode only exists in version 0.5 and newer. If you're on 0.4.x, every dub pack you install will be invisible. Check the version number on the official itch.io page and download the latest build — your packs folder is kept, so updating won't remove anything.

Fix 5: Restart the game completely

The Choicer Voicer scans its pack folders on launch. Adding a pack while the game is running — or only closing the window without quitting — can leave the pack unseen. Quit fully (check the taskbar/tray) and relaunch.

Fix 6: Select the pack in-game

For voice packs, pick your judges and host as usual — the new pack appears in the selection lists. For Dub Mode, enter the mode and choose the scene from its list. A pack that's installed correctly but never selected isn't "missing"; it's just waiting. If you're not sure what a pack adds, open its GameBanana page and read the description.

Fix 7: Linux — check case and hidden characters

Linux filenames are case-sensitive. If the ZIP was created on Windows or macOS, the folder inside may have an odd name (trailing spaces, doubled dots) that Windows would have ignored. Rename the folder to something plain like my-pack, and make sure you extracted with your file manager rather than a browser's built-in unzip. If the game scans a custom packs path, verify that path is right too.

Fix 8: Re-download — corrupted or quarantined files

A truncated download or a file your antivirus quarantined can produce a pack that shows up broken or not at all. Re-download the ZIP from the pack's GameBanana page, extract to a scratch folder first, and if your antivirus flags the audio files, add an exception — audio in packs is just OGG/OGV media, and false positives are common with packed archives.

Still missing? Verify it's not your microphone

If the pack loads but the game won't record you, that's the known Godot microphone bug, not a pack problem — test your hardware with the browser mic test and work through the microphone fix guide. If a specific pack plays but another doesn't, compare the two folders side by side for fixes 1–3.

Prevention: the 30-second habit

Install like this and you'll never hit any of the above: download from GameBanana → extract → move the single folder into the right destination (packs_voice for voice, dub for Dub Mode) → relaunch the game → select in-game. The full walkthrough with folder screenshots is in our installation guide.