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Continue playing Audio Track in next scene started from Timeline

Discussion in 'Timeline' started by jnbbender, May 14, 2020.

  1. jnbbender

    jnbbender

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    I have created an intro cutscene which at the end of the scene will trail off with my intense background music. Instead, I would like that music to continue to loop into my next loaded menu scene until the game is finally started. Is there a way to place the looped music into DontDestroyOnLoad to continue on? Any other solution?

    Thanks
     
    jnbbender, May 14, 2020
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  2. seant_unity

    seant_unity

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    If you are using timeline, then one solution might be to move the timeline (or a separate timeline with just the audio) into a separate scene that you don't unload. If you start two timelines on the same frame, they will play in sync if they use the same clock (DSP, GameTime, etc...).

    You might be able to make a copy of the playable director object through script and have that persist as well, but I don't recall if/how to make it survive the scene unload. You might also have to duplicate all the bindings.

    The trick is you need to keep the PlayableDirector alive otherwise the PlayableGraph playing the timeline will be destroyed (which will cause the audio to stop), and the timeline asset and everything it references could be unloaded because it will no longer be referenced.
     
    seant_unity, May 14, 2020
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  3. jnbbender

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    jnbbender, May 14, 2020
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