Play Audio Wait for seconds and play another clip?

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1

I’m missing something here in the way I understand this.
What I’m trying to do is have a sound play when my player picks up and object, and then a fraction of a second later play another audio clip?
Any clue why it does not seem to be executing the “Wait for seconds”?
It seems to use it for destroying my game object but not to play the 2nd audio… I found I could put any time in there like 5 seconds and it would still just play it right away and not wait??

`function OnTriggerEnter ( other : Collider ) {										// trigger events for fertilizer pellet, key, bridge, jumpPad
if ( other.tag == "jumpPad" )													// trigger object with jumpPad tag
{
	jumpingFromPad = true;														// set to true
	isJumping_1 = false;														// reset
	isJumping_2 = false;														// reset
	isJumping_3 = false;														// reset
	Message ( "JumpPad activated!" );											// print that jumpPad is active
	
	if ( other.animation != null )												// check on animation play
	{
		other.animation.Play ( "jumpPad_up" );									// play animation for jumpPad up
		yield WaitForSeconds ( .3 );											// wait, then play down animation
		other.animation.Play ( "jumpPad_down" );								// play animation for jumpPad down
	}
}
if ( other.tag == "killzone" )													// trigger for the object with killzone tag
{
	isKilled = true;										
	life -= 1;																	// enable player killed
}
if ( other.tag == "fertilizerPellet" )
{
	fertilizerPellet += 1;
	audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( fertilizerPickup, transform.position );				// Play a pick up sound for Fertilizer Pellet
	Destroy ( other.gameObject );
	Message ( "you have collected " + fertilizerPellet + " Fertilizer Pellet" );
}
if ( other.tag == "XtraLife" )
{
	life += 1;
	audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( xtraLifePickup, transform.position );				// Play a pick up sound for Extra Life
	Destroy ( other.gameObject );
	Message ( "you have collected " + life + " Extra Life" );
}

if ( other.tag == "XtraHealth" )
{
	health += 25;
	audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( xtraHealthPickupMagic, transform.position );		// Play magic sound for Extra Health pick up
	
	yield WaitForSeconds ( audio.clip.length );
	audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( xtraHealthPickup, transform.position );				// Play a pick up sound for Extra Health pick up (SweeeT!)
	Destroy ( other.gameObject );
	Message ( "you have collected " + health + " Extra Health" );
}

if ( other.tag == "key" )
{
	key += 1;
	audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( keyPickupSound, transform.position );				// Play a key Pick Up audio clip
	Destroy ( other.gameObject );
	Message ( "you have collected " + key + " keys" );
}
if ( other.tag == "level01ExitDoor" )
{
	if ( key < 2 )
	{
		Message ( "You need 2 keys to unlock the exit door" );
	}
	if ( key == 2 )
	{
		key = 0;
		audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( doorOpenSound, transform.position );			// Play a door open Up audio clip
		other.animation.Play ( "exitDoorOpen" );
		Message ( "Your keys unlocked the exit Door!" );
	}
}
if ( other.tag == "bogDeath" )													// trigger for Mud Bog Death
	{
		
		//animation.Play ( aniMudDrown.name );
		//yield WaitForSeconds (0.2);
		Instantiate ( bogDeathParticle, transform.position, Quaternion.identity );
		audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( dieSound, transform.position );					// Play a dying audio clip (blood Splat)
		yield WaitForSeconds (.1);
		isKilled = true;
		life -= 1;
	}
if ( other.tag == "level01Exit" )												// Trigger for exit to Level 02
	{
		yield WaitForSeconds (0.2);												// Waits 0.2 of a second before loading next scene
		Application.LoadLevel ("ThanksForPlaying");								// Loads scene 02 on entering trigger collider
	}
if ( other.tag == "BudsDoor" )
	{
		audio.PlayClipAtPoint (doorOpenSound, transform.position );				// plays sound of Door opening when Player hits Collider
		yield WaitForSeconds (0.2);												// Waits 0.2 of a second before loading next scene
		Application.LoadLevel ("LevelLoader001");
	}

}`

2

Try using the StartCoroutine method, something like this as specified in the co-routines documentation

yield StartCoroutine("Do");
print("Also after 2 seconds");

print ("This is after the Do coroutine has finished execution");

function Do () {
    print("Do now");

    yield WaitForSeconds (2);

    print("Do 2 seconds later");
}
3

you can wait for the sound to finish befor starting the next sound. this way you can controll over the sound file how long to wait. Maybe that gives you a bit more of controll…

audio.Play();//play your 1. Sound
yield WaitForSeconds(audio.clip.length);
audio.Play();//play your 2. Sound
4

The event fires the clip xtraHealthPickupMagic, but waits for audio.clip.length - and they are different things: PlayClipAtPoint instantiates a temporary AudioSource to play the specified clip, while audio refers to the AudioSource added to the object.

You should wait xtraHealthPickupMagic.length instead:

    ...
    audio.PlayClipAtPoint ( xtraHealthPickupMagic, transform.position );     // Play magic sound for Extra Health pick up
    yield WaitForSeconds ( xtraHealthPickupMagic.length );
    ...
5

You could use AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint() or audio.PlayOneShot() method. Don’t use play() if you want to sound to overlap because it doesn’t allow you to play sound multiple times. I mentioned that in my post while explaining issue related with using AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint() method