Best practices for multiple audio files?

Lethn

The most straightforward way I've found when it comes to playing multiple audio files is to simply create the AudioStreamPlayer, assign my audio file to the stream and then use onready to grab it in runtime and play it with code from there. Is this the most efficient way of doing things though? I have quite a lot of audio files and having an AudioStreamPlayer node for each of them tucked away in the hierarchy makes me wonder if I shouldn't be re-assigning the stream dependent on what audio I'm playing.

Current hierarchy is looking like this, but there will be more files.

PlayerCamera
> MiracleWoodAudio
> MiracleGrainAudio

Thinking I should have a spatial below the camera for easy access to all the audio files.

DaveTheCoder

The FPS tutorial shows a technique for managing multiple audio files:
https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.2/tutorials/3d/fps_tutorial/part_three.html#adding-sounds

Lethn

DaveTheCoder Aha! Thank you!

the_maven

If you need an audio globally, in the start or changing scenes etc, you can use a autoload script or main scene.
To a specific scene object, like coins, weapon or enemy die, you should put the audio in this specific scene to be triggered by itself in the event.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/best_practices/autoloads_versus_internal_nodes.html#the-cutting-audio-issue