Question Random Zombie sounds

I have a Zombie GameObject (character) and have attached an Audio Source to the inspector and its working fine.

In my Zombie Audio Script Im using a CoRoutine to randomly play the sound (all good so far).

What Im stuck on is that I would like the zombie to play one of a number of sounds.

I am currently using the below to play the sound

this.GetComponent<AudioSource>().Play();

Am I able to add a second Audio Source component and switch between the two?

Im only just started with Unity so please go gentle.

Thanks.

 

Hi!

You can add multiple audio sources but, if your sounds are one-shot sounds, you'll probably be better off keeping one audio source and holding an array of random clips instead.

Then when you want to play a random sound, use Play One Shot and pass in a new clip instead.

Like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. public class PlayAudio : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.   AudioSource audioSource;
4.   public AudioClip[] audioClipArray;
5.  
6.   void Awake()
7.   {
8.     audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
9.   }
10.  
11.   void PlayRandomClip()
12.   {
13.  
14.     AudioClip nextClip = audioClipArray[Random.Range(0, audioClipArray.Length)];
15.     audioSource.PlayOneShot(nextClip);
16.   }
17. }

For more on this, such as how to play a random clip with no repeats, I wrote an article about the basics of playing audio in Unity here: https://gamedevbeginner.com/how-to-play-audio-in-unity-with-examples

Hope that helps!