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Question by mrsamdawes · Sep 13, 2011 at 12:06 PM · audiovariableaudiosourceaudioclip

Play audio clip without a variable

Hey, Is there a way of calling a sound file straight from the code instead of setting a variable first (var theSound : AudioClip;)? I'm working on a game with people remotely so trying to make things easier to intergrate together. Thanks a lot.

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Answer by aldonaletto · Sep 13, 2011 at 02:02 PM

You can load files using Resources.Load - but all files must be inside the Assets/Resources folder (or subfolders):

function PlayFile(file: String){ // file name without extension
    var clip: AudioClip = Resources.Load(file);
    // example 1: play with PlayOneShot
    audio.PlayOneShot(clip);
    // example 2: play without an AudioSource component
    AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(clip, transform.position);
    // example 3: play with Play
    audio.clip = clip;
    audio.Play();
}
...
  PlayFile("Explosion"); // play sound file Explosion.wav or Explosion.mp3 etc.
...
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Whoops, I forgot about this. Removed my answer and +1'd yours. :)

@mrsamdawes, If centralizing your AudioClip variables is something you feel would help your collaboration, consider using an Audio$$anonymous$$anager as a single point for creating most (if not all) of your SFX. There's a simple implementation of one here: http://www.blog.silentkraken.com/2010/04/06/audiomanager/, you could create public variables in this class, and have everyone reference this class for SFX.

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Thanks, @zapdot - but you actually didn't need to remove your question - it has additional information, and maybe useful to the OP or to others as well.

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