Before addressing the problem directly : I have searched around, and it seems to me that the problem lies on the downloads server, not permitting download, or perhaps the file that was supposed to be downloaded was non-existent.

Hi, i'm trying to play in minecraft 1.5.2, this issue came up when i used Technic Launcher to launch minecraft in 1.5.2 . I have absolutely no sounds whatsoever from the vanilla minecraft, only modded sounds work, such as custom sounds for custom mod blocks added in by said mods. I run tests with all available alternatives of launching VANILLA 1.5.2 in Windows (The Native launcher, the Java Launcher, and even did some digging up on the super-old original launcher, before the current java one.) All 1.5.2 versions have no sounds. no clicking sounds, no ambient, sounds nothing.

I have not done any tests with older / newer versions, but this issue seems to be unrelated to the 1.6.x problem of the launcher incorrectly placing sound files. I checked the resources\sound3(FOLDERS GOES HERE), and all the folders are EMPTY. So again, problem seems to be that the launcher fails to download sound files for whatever reason whose answer i am trying to get here.

Yes, this issue persists with the NEW AND OLD template minecraft, the one with a "versions" folder inside the .minecraft directory, and the one with a "bin" folder. Both did not have sounds in 1.5.2