why is SoundService:PlayLocalSound not playing sound locally?
I am making a coin collection system, when the user runs over the coin I want a sound to play locally so only the player collecting the coin can hear that sound, however I am having some issues with this. When I use SoundService:PlayLocalSound() the sound is not played locally therefore everyone around the coin that was just collected can hear the sound. This is the script I am using to fire a RemoteEvent and also make the sound (local script):
local coin = game.Workspace.Coin
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local coinCollection = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("coinCollection")
local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")
local coinSound = Instance.new("Sound")
coinSound.SoundId = "rbxassetid://"..3302699870
local debounce = true
coin.Touched:Connect(function(player, hit)
if debounce == true then
wait()
debounce = false
coinCollection:FireServer()
SoundService:PlayLocalSound(coinSound)
wait(10)
debounce = true
end
end)
And if you need it, here is the server script for when the remote event is fired:
function debounce(func) -- debounce to run the coins event once
local isRunning = false -- debounce automatically set as not running
return function(hit) -- connecting coins event to stimulate start of debounce
if not isRunning then -- debounce starts as the coin event starts, it starts a decision
isRunning = true -- debounce starts
func(hit) -- it runs the coin event once
isRunning = false -- it ends the coin event if hit only 1 time
end
end
end
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local coin = script.Parent
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local coinCollection = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("coinCollection")
--Referancing the coin for the event to run the coins function
coinCollection.OnServerEvent:Connect(debounce(function(player, hit)
--making the part invisible
coin.Transparency = 1
--adding 1 to the players Coin Balance
local player = player
player.leaderstats.Coins.Value = player.leaderstats.Coins.Value + 1
--Waiting 10 seconds untill making object visible
wait(10)
coin.Transparency = 0
end))
2 answers
I could think of 1 Error: If you're testing in Studio then its possible to hear the game sounds of other clients while testing. Also :Play() just does fine when your doing it in a localscript
You have to check who is actually touching the coin
local coin = game.Workspace.Coin
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local coinCollection = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("coinCollection")
local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")
local coinSound = Instance.new("Sound")
coinSound.SoundId = "rbxassetid://"..3302699870
local debounce = true
coin.Touched:Connect(function(player, hit)
if debounce == true then
if player.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil and player.Parent.Name == game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name then
wait()
debounce = false
coinCollection:FireServer()
SoundService:Play(coinSound)
wait(10)
debounce = true
end
end
end)
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Don't use PlayLocalSound().
Trying to use PlayLocalSound() is about as redundant as re-inventing GetChildren() solely to recursively return children (which GetDescendants() does). I'm not certain why you aren't going to the simple solution of playing the sound on the client using Play() from a LocalScript. Doing this has the same intended functionality as PlayLocalSound(), but what is the entire point? PlayLocalSound() actually plays the sound on every client because it's run on the server.
That being said, you should use a RemoteEvent or RemoteFunction to allow the coin sound to play on the client while handling anything that should be handled on the server.
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