How to get background music to start/stop

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I want music in my game to start when the player enters areas and stop when leaving. After leaving, new music would start. How would I do this?

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If you are thinking of swapping background music, you can do either of these 2:

Audio Source Area

Dead simple, just setup a super large audioSource area, with the audio-clip set as 2D-sound. Place multiple audioSource strategically to get the effect of changing bgm in different area.

Pros

  • Easy to setup
  • If setup correctly, you will get a nice cross-fade between the bgm

Cons

  • Cannot handle overlap area (for example, a forest has 1 bgm, a house has 1 bgm, a house in a forest will use both, you can’t make it use just the house bgm)

Audio Trigger

Put a audio-source in your player, set it as 2D sound. Change the audio clip of the audio-source whenever you enter a specific area.

Pros

  • More control over the audio
  • Will not produce overlap area

Cons

  • Slightly difficult to setup