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[SOLVED] How do I make it so when a player touches a part a sound plays only for that player?

Asked Nov 15, 2020951 views3 answers

Information:

I am using a LocalScript
I am trying to do play a sound once the player touches a part.
I want to play the sound for only the player that touched the part.
The sound is in StarterGui
The LocalScript is in StarterGui
Currently, it plays for both players.

Script:

local finishPart = game.Workspace.Levels.Level1.Checkpoints:WaitForChild("Finish")

function onTouch (hit)
	local H = hit.Parent : FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local S = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.Ding
	if H ~= nil then
		S:Play()
	end
end


finishPart.Touched:connect(onTouch)

AnonymousNov 15, 2020Edited Jun 24, 2021

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Local scripts only work in StarterPlayerScripts, StarterPack, StarterGui or StarterCharacter so you can't put it into the part itself, change all references of the part to something like workspace:WaitForChild("Part")

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

@imKirda I edited to what you told me to do. The sound plays. But, it plays for everyone in the server, not just the player that touched the part. Please help.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

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ok so i have an answer for why it would play for all players, so each player has that script running for them, meaning that when one person touches the part every other script sees that someone touched that part and plays the sound, you need to tell it to only play the sound if YOU touch it, not anyone else

local finishPart = game.Workspace.Levels.Level1.Checkpoints:WaitForChild("Finish")
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character
repeat
	char = plr.Character
until char ~= nil -- the reason why i do this is because the player's character might not be loaded in yet so it  repeats this until it is loaded in

function onTouch (hit)
    local H = hit.Parent : FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    local S = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.Ding
    if H ~= nil and game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid == H then
        S:Play()
    end
end


finishPart.Touched:connect(onTouch)

this will make it so it checks to see that the person who touched it, is the character

local finishPart = game.Workspace.Levels.Level1.Checkpoints:WaitForChild("Finish")
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character
repeat
	char = plr.Character
until char ~= nil

finishPart.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit and hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent == char then
		game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.Ding:Play()
	end
end)

^this is the way i would do it, they both should work the same way though tell me if there are any questions or this doesn't work

hope this helps!

AnonymousNov 15, 2020Permalink

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Worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

glad i could help :D

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

Try to change this:

local S = --  locate the sound inside the startergui.

When there is something inside the startergui, it only replicated for that specific user. So placing the sound inside the startergui will make the sound play only for the player who touched the brick. Make sure you are referencing the sound correctly inside the local script.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020Edited Nov 15, 2020Permalink

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I don't understand. Can you please elaborate? I am trying to play the sound for the player who touched the part, not for all players. The sound is game.StarterGui.Ding. The reason I didn't put game.StarterGui.Ding is because I want it only to play for the player that touched the part.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

If it is in the StarterGui, then you are all good. The sound should only play for the local player.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

Try to use relative paths like this: script.Parent. Not: game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

local SP = workspace:WaitForChild("What is the part name you put it here")
	
function onTouch (hit)
    local H = hit.Parent : FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    local S = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.Ding
	  if H then
	 	S:Play()
	end
end
	
	
SP.Touched:connect(onTouch)

if that doesn't work tell me

AnonymousNov 15, 2020Permalink

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The sound plays. But, it plays it for all players.

AnonymousNov 15, 2020#

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