koobas.hobune.stream
Play audio clip after timer
I want to play an audio clip after a certain amount of time, for example, after 1,800 seconds(30 min.) I want to play an audio clip of the player complaining that he is bored. Can someone help me with this please?
Here is a simple (very simple) timer script that you could use by setting it to 30 seconds. When it is over, you can call AudioSource.Play() method to play the music clip.
using UnityEngine;
public class Timer
{
public float time = 30f; //30 seconds for you
public void Update()
{
if (time > 0) {
time -= Time.deltaTime;
}
else {
Debug.Log("Play Audio Here -- Timer Over!!");
GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();
}
}
Use time.time it will give you the time since the game started . Then use something like this
Float timer;
timer = time.time;
If( timer > 30.00f)
Play();
It is actually saying I need a semicolon on line 5,14 but when I put one there it just gives me more errors
Here is what I use in my projects:
public static class MonoBehaviourExtensions
{
public static void InvokeLater(this MonoBehaviour monoBehaviour, float delay, Action action)
{
monoBehaviour.StartCoroutine(_invoke(delay, action));
}
private static IEnumerator _invoke(float delay, Action action)
{
if (delay > 0f)
{
yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
}
action();
yield return null;
}
}
You can then use this in any monobehavior like this:
this.InvokeLater(30, MethodNameHere)
or
this.InvokeLater(30, ()=>MethodNameHere())
or
this.InvokeLater(30, ()=>{MethodNameHere();}
where MethodNameHere does whatever you want it to do in 30 seconds.
EDIT: I just wanted to point out this is just a refactoring-friendly version of MonoBehavior.invoke: http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.Invoke.html . You can use that but it requires the method name as a string which always irked me.
Dunno what language you need or prefer, but I use JavaScript (UnityScript)...so...yeah. The first method uses StartCoroutine: this is a good/great? workaround if you need to use a parameter(s).
public var m_complainTime : float;
public var m_complainClip : AudioClip;
private var _audio : AudioSource;
function Start ()
{
_audio = GetComponent(AudioSource);
StartCoroutine(PlayDelayedClip(m_complainTime, m_complainClip));
}
public function PlayDelayedClip(time : float, clip : AudioClip)
{
yield WaitForSeconds(time);
_audio.PlayOneShot(clip);
}
However, when using JavaScript it's not necessary to use StartCoroutine, so you can call the function as so:
function Start ()
{
_audio = GetComponent(AudioSource);
PlayDelayedClip(m_complainTime, m_complainClip);
}
Or you could do it this way, though using Update() is not preferred since it runs every frame:
public var m_complainTime : float;
public var m_complainClip : AudioClip;
private var _hasPlayedClip : boolean;
private var _timer : float;
private var _audio : AudioSource;
function Start ()
{
_audio = GetComponent(AudioSource);
_hasPlayedClip = false;
_timer = 0;
}
function Update ()
{
if (!_hasPlayedClip)
{
PlayDelayedClip(m_complainTime, m_complainClip);
}
}
public function PlayDelayedClip(time : float, clip : AudioClip)
{
if (_timer < time)
{
_timer += Time.deltaTime;
Debug.Log(_timer);
}
else
{
_timer = 0;
_hasPlayedClip = true;
_audio.PlayOneShot(m_complainClip);
}
}
Hope this helps. This can easily be translated into C# as well...
Try like this:
// Schedule function call after 30 secs
Invoke("PlayAudioClip", 30.0f);
// Method that plays sound
void PlayAudioClip()
{
myAudioSource.Play();
}
// If you want to cancel this function call you can try like:
CancelInvoke("PlayAudioClip");
Hope it helps!
