Audio clip is not playing on collision

Questions & Answers
1

I have this script attached to an object in the scene and I have my problem somewhat figured out, but I’m not sure exactly what to do about it.

I have a collider attached to this object as well as this script:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour 
{	
	public SceneManager sm;
	public AudioClip clip;
	
	void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
	{
		audio.clip = clip;
		audio.Play();
		
		Destroy(this.gameObject);
	}
}

I’ve figured out that if I remove the Destroy call that it does play the audio, however I need to remove this gameObject from the scene and play the audio, but with this code it doesn’t seem like I can achieve this. Does anyone have any ideas?

2

You’re destroying the object and its AudioSource, thus the sound can’t be played anymore. You could use [PlayClipAtPoint][1] - this function creates a temporary AudioSource and plays the sound at the position specified, thus the object can rest in peace without stopping the sound:

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
       AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(clip, transform.position);
       Destroy(this.gameObject);
    }

  [1]: http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.html
3

What I would do is add a coroutine(because I love them so much). Kinda like this:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
     StartCoroutine("PlayAudioAndDie");
}

public IEnumerator PlayAudioAndDie() {
     audio.Play();             //assuming it is selected on the audio
     renderer.enabled = false;
     yield return new WaitForSeconds(audioclip.length);        //not sure if this is called right but you get the point
     Destroy(this.gameObject);
}

This should work. If it doesn’t I will try to assist you further. Hope I helped out.