How do I trigger a sound according to the main camera's position?

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1

Hi, I'm new to Unity so I've got no idea how to do this but basically I'm building an FPS (using the tutorials) and I need to know how to trigger an audio clip when the player enters a certain area of the map. I should think it's probably a fairly simple task of creating an invisible area and adding a script to say to play the clip but I don't know what to make and what script to add (both fairly important pieces of info in this operation). Like I say I'm new to Unity so any support would be greatly appreciated, Will.

2

create a empty gameobject and add a box or sphere collider to it. check the box "is trigger" in inspector of that gameobject. adjust the size of the collider and set it's position. then add a script to that gameobject.

void OnTriggerEnter (collider other)
{
if (other.name == "main camera")
{
//play the sound here
}
}

the script is C# code and in javascript you should replace "void" with "function". the code is not tested and i just wrote it as an example to get you the idea of the process.

4

You will also need a rigidbody component on either the player or the trigger (you'll probably want to set the rigidbody's isKinematic flag in either case). Also, if the player is implemented with a CharacterController, you must use the Move or SimpleMove functions to control it if you need to register collisions.

3

Thanks loads for your input Ashkan, I've done as you suggested with the changes for my sound clip made but I get nothing. If my player is called Main Camera and my sound clip is for example called clip1 how would the script look? I know that this might seem a bit simplistic and something that I could probably work out myself given time but I have a fast approaching deadline and time seems like a foreign concept to me. Again many thanks for your input, Will.