Footsteps?

Questions & Answers
1

I have wrote this script hoping that it would play my footstep sound when w or s is held down but I have a lode of errors, is there any easier way to do this or am I nearly there?

var footsteps : AudioClip;
var waitTime = 0.5;

function Update () {

  if(Mathf.Abs(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")) > 0.1){
    yield WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
    audio.Play(footsteps);
    
  }
}
3

You can’t use yield inside Update or any other periodic routine (LateUpdate, FixedUpdate, OnGUI), but a very similar approach can work if started at Start (yes, Start can use yield!):

var footsteps : AudioClip;
var waitTime = 0.5;

function Start () {
  // create an infinite loop that runs every frame:
  while (true){
    if (Mathf.Abs(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")) > 0.1){
      yield WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
      audio.Play(footsteps);
    }
    yield; // let Unity free till next frame
  }
}

This implements a kind of private Update: the code inside the while infinite loop is executed every frame, then the yield instruction lets Unity free to take care of its business until next frame.

2

you can’t use WaitForSeconds in Update, because it’s called every frame, but otherwise this should work, just remove that line…

but if you really want the pause, you can create a coroutine to call from Update:

    var footsteps : AudioClip;
    var waitTime = 0.5;

    function Start(){
audio.clip = footsteps;
}

    function Update () {
    if(Mathf.Abs(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")) > 0.1)
    WaitFootsteps();
    else
    makeSound = false;
    if(makeSound)
     audio.Play();
    
    } 
    
    
    
    function WaitFootsteps(){
    if(!makeSound){
    yield WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
    makeSound=true;
    }
    
    }

this should pause before the FIRST step, I assume that’s what you wanted… If you’re just trying to pause between EVERY step, just loop the clip and make it have a half-second pause in the actual audio clip, that would make more sense…

4

This script will do the job!

    var Walk : AudioClip;

function Update () {
    if (Input.GetKey("w") || Input.GetKey("a") || Input.GetKey("s") || Input.GetKey("d"))
{
if(!audio.isPlaying) // this line may not even be necessary
audio.Play();
audio.loop = true;
}else
audio.loop = false;
}

When you press either w,a,s or d then it will play the sound you decide to play.
Hope this helped :smiley:

5

Just grab this asset: Advanced Footstep System | Audio | Unity Asset Store