stop all audiostreamplayers

DJM

when switching weapons in my project and a reload sound is playing it doesnt stop the previous weapons' reload sound. how do i stop all audiostreamplayers when lets say, calling a function "hideweapon()"

heres the code that creates the audiostreamplayer in a reload func

var asp = AudioStreamPlayer.new()
	self.add_child(asp)
	asp.stream = reloadOncesound
	
	asp.play()
	if !asp.is_playing():
			asp.queue_free()

Megalomaniak

asp.stop()? Stopping all audiostreamplayers would also stop bgm and ambient sounds and such I'd think so that's probably not what you want.

You could have a function specific to switch weapon state that in turn would call both asp.stop() and hideweapon() perhaps before calling whatever brings up the other weapon.

DJM

@Megalomaniak said: asp.stop()? Stopping all audiostreamplayers would also stop bgm and ambient sounds and such I'd think so that's probably not what you want.

You could have a function specific to switch weapon state that in turn would call both asp.stop() and hideweapon() perhaps before calling whatever brings up the other weapon.

asp is created in a reload func not in a ready func so im not sure if i can call asp.stop() as its a local variable

cybereality

You can reuse the same AudioStreamPlayer for all similar sounds (e.g. one for music, one for gun shots, one for foot steps, etc.). You can play any number of sounds simultaneously on the same player, controlled by max_polyphony. So if you set that number to 3, it will only play the last 3 gun shots (when you play another, it will stop the oldest sound by itself). Or set it to 1 and it will replace the current sound.

DJM

didnt know i could use polyphony so ill add 1 audiostreamplayer as export var and disable that one when hiding. tnx!

cybereality

Polyphony is new in Godot 4.0 so not many people know about it.

DJM

yes! my idea works fine. now i can call myaudio.stop() when hiding.

edit max polyphony doesnt seem to work. fire sounds stop when entering reload sound. even if i set polyphony to 3 do i need to call something else then audio.play()?

cybereality

Oh, I see. You can play multiple sounds at once, but only from a single stream (audio sample). This is useful for footsteps or gun shots if it is the same sound repeated over and over. If you need different audio samples, then you need a separate player for each different effect.