Sound stops when object is destroyed

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Hi there,

I'm currently trying to build a game that requires the character to pick up some items and I want a sound to play when an item is picked up.

below is the code that I have so far

var sound:AudioSource var CollectSound:AudioClip

function Start(){ sound = GetComponent(AudioSource); }

function OnTriggerEnter(theOther:Collider) {

  if(theOther.gameObject.name == "MainChar") {

    audio.PlayOneShot(CollectSound);
    yield new WaitForSeconds(1);
    Destroy(gameObject);

} }

@script RequireComponent(AudioSource)

now the problem that I am facing is that the sound just stops because the item is destroy and I don't really want to yield it for a second.

Is there any way that I can attach the sound to an empty gameobject and make that play instead when my character collides with the item ? or is there any way else to code this ?

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Answer by duck · May 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM

This sounds like an ideal situation to use AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.

This function does exactly what you want automatically - it creates a new audio source at the position specified, and cleans up the audio source afterwards, making it a "fire and forget" style function.

To use it in your script, you'd change the code to something like this:

var collectSound : AudioClip

function OnTriggerEnter(theOther : Collider) {

  if(theOther.gameObject.name == "MainChar") {

    AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(collectSound, transform.position);
    Destroy(gameObject);

}
}

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Fariz · May 22, 2010 at 12:24 PM 0

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thank you so much !! thats definitely what I was looking for

mkShogun96 · Oct 31, 2016 at 10:32 AM 0

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Thanks man this helped me too :)

ZaKAmiar · May 01, 2020 at 08:12 AM 0

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Thank you very much it helped me a lot

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Answer by daivuk · Apr 05, 2012 at 10:55 PM

I am having the same issue, but my problem is the camera is far from the player and I tweak my AudioSource ramp for each sounds. But with this, I have no choice to use the default setting..

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Answer by oktemre · Jul 29, 2015 at 01:36 PM

What I do is a bit different but works for me. I disable mesh renderer of the object and destroy in some seconds in order to let the audio effect to play till end.

 gameObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>().enabled = false;
 Destroy(gameObject, 5f);

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WolfeMan · Jun 01, 2016 at 11:59 PM 0

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In my opinion this is a lot simpler, thank you, sir!

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Answer by vyonox · Jun 02, 2016 at 11:22 AM

I just had the same problem the other day and use this solution. I don't know if it is efficient but it is similar to @oktemre solution: it is possible to edit the AudioSource in the editor and keep it as part of the prefab:

Create and empty GameObject child of the game object you want to destroy.
Add the AudioSource component to the empty GameObject. Edit the audio source.
In your script, create a reference to the AudioSource. I called it "effect".

Then use this code to play the audio source:

 effect.transform.parent = null;
   effect.Play();
   Destroy(effect.gameObject, 1);
   Destroy(gameObject);

That way, the empty game object is detached from the destroyed parent and can play for 1 second and then get destroyed (or more time if you need).

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Answer by Vandell · Oct 09, 2018 at 09:53 PM

The only drawback with PlayClipAtPoint, which is a really fine solution, is that you have 0 control over the audio source parameters, you might need to specify an audio mixer group for example.

You could implement your own PlayClipAtPoint which returns the AudioSource

 public void PlayDettaching() {
     var dettachedGo = transform.Find("Audio").gameObject;
     var audioSource = dettachedGo.GetComponent<AudioSource>();
     audioSource.Play();
     dettachedGo.transform.parent = null;                
     Destroy(dettachedGo, audioSource.clip.length);
 }

If you want to see a more detailed explanation I've blogged about this.

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