Can't Get Music to be Client Side Only

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#6

Alright so an update:

They implemented the suggestion, working around the other nonsense that’s in the scripts, and now the menu music doesn’t switch over to the game music.

They put this bit at the top of the initialization script:

MenuMusic.Volume = 0.5
MenuMusic:Play()

And for this bit they added:

.LocalPlayer

Everywhere Players was used

Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
    MenuMusic:Stop()
    GameMusic:Play()
end)

Excuse both of us if this is a little incoherent they have been trying to sort the previous coders mess all day (for some reason trying to fix just the music broke what should have been unrelated parts of the game) and it is very late for both of us now lol

#7

Hey just for the record, sounds directly under the player replicate to everyone. To fix this, you’d wanna place the sound somewhere like in the PlayerGui.

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#8

now the menu music doesn’t switch over to the game music.

can you tell me what exactly do you have now

#9

this is not a problem if you’re playing the sounds via a LocalScript

#10

Since it’s like really late where we are, we’ll have to send an update on “the disaster that is both scripts” tomorrow. Thank you so much for helping us get this far on fixing it we both appreciate it a lot!

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#11

i wouldn’t be surpised if the previous scripter set the volume of GameMusic to 0 via the properties

#12

They didn’t use what you said at all, where do you see that in their code?

#13

I think the issue is that this isn’t the case…

#14

They’ve just said they’re using Localscripts

#15

I made an assumption which was proven false already

#16

To be clear, the one and only problem is that the menu music plays for all players when a new player joins, when it’s only supposed to play for the player that just joined? Also then meaning the game sound works just fine^

It looks like this problem comes from the fact the Sound instance has Playing = true and gets replicated to all players. @thom463s did mention a fix about it replicating to all players instead of just the new player which I think could fix it. Probably easier and better would be to turn Playing = false and then also make the song play in the local script right away (not inside character added unless you want to wait for the character before playing the sound).

You explain that the initialization script is the one playing the sound. However, since there is no print in there to verify that it actually does just that, and the fact it checks that the sound isn’t already playing, then personally I’d have to guess this is a backup that makes sure the sound is playing, and if you make it the only thing making the sound play (like setting playing to false), then this should fix the problem since everything would then be handled client sided.
Since you don’t show full scripts this is my best bet on where that issue comes from

#17

We checked the volume on the properties just in case and they are set to 0.3 or 0.5:

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#18

Playing = false is infact on both sounds

#19

is there any server script interfering with the sounds?

#20

(Relaying for the scripter again)

Alright so It’s probably a good idea to provide the full spaghetti code. At this point I’m thinking it may be easier to separate out the music into its own script but I’d have to figure out how to link it up with the player spawning in.
We paid a competent programmer a lot of Robux to clean up this code for another game, so if it would be helpful to see the un-spaghettified but still broken version that I haven’t messed with then we can send that also.

MiscScript:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local MenuMusic = game.ReplicatedStorage.Music:WaitForChild("MusicGroup"):WaitForChild("MenuMusic")
local debounce = false
local SaveModelEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Events:WaitForChild("SaveModelEvent")
local ChangeStateEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events:WaitForChild("ChangeStateEvent")
local KillPlayerEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.KillPlayerEvent
local ToEditorEvent = player:WaitForChild("ToEditorEvent", 30)
local KillEvent = player:WaitForChild("KillEvent", 30)
MenuMusic.Volume = 0.5
MenuMusic:Play()
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)

    char:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
        game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.KillPlayerEvent:FireServer()
    end)
    
    --death by void
    char.ChildRemoved:Connect(function()
        if not char:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") and not debounce then
            debounce = true
            char.Humanoid.Health = 0
            wait(1)
            debounce = false
        end
    end)
end)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
        if char:WaitForChild("Head"):WaitForChild("OverheadDisplay", 20) then
            if player:FindFirstChild("HideBiosValue") and player.HideBiosValue.Value == true then
                char.Head.OverheadDisplay.Content.DescLabel.Visible = false
                char.Head.OverheadDisplay.Content.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0.4, 0)
            end
            if player:FindFirstChild("HidePanelsValue") and player.HidePanelsValue.Value == true then
                char.Head.OverheadDisplay.Enabled = false
            end
        end
    end)
end)
--Add and prepare ClickDetectors when getting in the editor + various stuff
ToEditorEvent.Event:Connect(function()
    local playerModel = workspace.Util.PlayerModels:WaitForChild(player.Name.."'s model")
    local SelectedPart = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("ScreenGui"):WaitForChild("CustomizationFrame"):WaitForChild("LeftPanel"):WaitForChild("SelectedPart")
    local ColoringMode = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.CustomizationFrame.LeftPanel:WaitForChild("ColoringMode")
    
    workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame = workspace.Util.EditorCameraPart.CFrame
    workspace.CurrentCamera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Follow
    workspace.CurrentCamera.CameraSubject = playerModel:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
    game:GetService("Lighting").Blur.Size = 0
    player.CameraMaxZoomDistance = 35
    player.CameraMinZoomDistance = 20
    player.CameraMinZoomDistance = 5
    
    ChangeStateEvent:FireServer("Editing")
    
    mouse.TargetFilter = playerModel.HumanoidRootPart
    mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
        if ColoringMode.Value == "Advanced" and mouse.Target.Parent == playerModel then
            SelectedPart.Value = mouse.Target
        end
    end)
end)

KillEvent.Event:Connect(function()
    KillPlayerEvent:FireServer()
end)

CharacterAddedScript:

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local playerGUI = player.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local Blur = game:GetService("Lighting").Blur
Blur.Size = 16
local TopBarBGF = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst"):WaitForChild("TopBarBackgroundFrame")
local MenuMusic = game.ReplicatedStorage.Music:WaitForChild("MusicGroup"):WaitForChild("MenuMusic")
local GameMusic = game.ReplicatedStorage.Music:WaitForChild("MusicGroup"):WaitForChild("GameMusic")
local dens = workspace.Dens:GetChildren()
local ChangeStateEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events:WaitForChild("ChangeStateEvent")
local KillEvent = player.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("KillEvent", 30)
local CurrentState = player.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("CurrentStateValue", 30)

local function ToggleCore(CoreElement, state)
    local success = false
    while not success do
        success = pcall(function()
            game:GetService("StarterGui"):SetCore(CoreElement, state)
        end)
        if success then
            break
        else
            print("CoreGUI being slow for ", CoreElement)
            wait(.1)
        end
    end
end
player.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
    TopBarBGF:Clone().Parent = playerGUI:WaitForChild("ScreenGui") --a frame to make the top bar with the menus green
    local IsSpawningValue = player.LocalPlayer:FindFirstChild("IsSpawningValue") --a boolean saying if the player is going to spawn as the model (true) or goint to the main menu (false)
    char:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.FallingDown, false)
    char.Humanoid:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Ragdoll, false) --2 lines to prevent tripping and falling
    if IsSpawningValue and IsSpawningValue.Value == true then
        IsSpawningValue.Value = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.GameInterfaceFrame.Visible = true
        Blur.Size = 0
        
        ChangeStateEvent:FireServer("Playing")
        
        repeat wait()
            camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
        until camera.CameraType == Enum.CameraType.Custom
        
        for i = 1, #dens do
            if dens[i].OwnerName.Value == player.LocalPlayer.Name then
                playerGUI.ScreenGui.GameInterfaceFrame.DenCommandFrame.DoorButton.Active = true
                playerGUI.ScreenGui.GameInterfaceFrame.DenCommandFrame.LeaveButton.Active = true
                playerGUI.ScreenGui.GameInterfaceFrame.DenCommandFrame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(1, -203, 1, -103), "Out", "Quad", 1, true)
                break
            end
        end
        
        --stop music, keep at the end
        local T = tick()
        local t = 0
        while t < 2 do
            MenuMusic.Volume = (1 - t/2)*0.3
            t = tick() - T
            wait()
        end
        MenuMusic:Stop()
        GameMusic.Volume = 0.3
        GameMusic:Play()
    else
        Blur.Size = 16
        repeat wait()
            camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
        until camera.CameraType == Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
        camera.CFrame = workspace.Util:WaitForChild("MenuCameraPart").CFrame
        
        ChangeStateEvent:FireServer("Main menu")
        
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.CustomizationFrame.Visible = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.GameInterfaceFrame.Visible = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.AgeSelectFrame.AgeSelectScript.Disabled = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.AgeSelectFrame.BackButton.BackScript.Disabled = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.SpeciesSelectFrame.SpeciesSelectScript.Disabled = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.SpeciesSelectFrame.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.SpeciesSelectFrame.Visible = true
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.LoadFrame.Visible = false
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.AgeSelectFrame.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 1, 0)
        playerGUI.ScreenGui.ModelSelectFrame.Visible = true
        
        ToggleCore("ResetButtonCallback", false)
        ToggleCore("TopbarEnabled", false)
        
        if GameMusic.IsPlaying then
            local T = tick()
            local t = 0
            while t < 2 do
                GameMusic.Volume = (1 - t/2)*0.3
                t = tick() - T
                wait()
            end
            GameMusic:Stop()
        end
    end
end)

--support for player deep freeze
local IsFrozen = player.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("IsFrozenValue", 30)
IsFrozen.Changed:Connect(function(newVal)
    if newVal == true then
        ToggleCore("ResetButtonCallback", false)
    else
        ToggleCore("ResetButtonCallback", KillEvent)
    end
end)
#21

It’s only referenced in local scripts:

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#22

i’m honestly getting very confused on why theres code to control the music spread out in several scripts, along with a complicated way to interpolate the volume

you guys might as well rip out the entire thing and rebuild it from scratch, the code is straight up unperformant and i fear this extends to pretty much the entire game

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#23

SoundService has a property called RespectFIlteringEnabled, which if disabled all client sounds are replicated server side.
Enabling it should fix your issue, if its already enabled then it is a code issue.

Hope this helps

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#24

Turns out this was the issue! Though our engine is infact a complete confusing mess due to the previous programmer so we may still try to separate scripts out.

All the advice given on this thread has been useful, and the new scripter has learned a lot of things about local versus server with roblox’s programming thank you guys!

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#25

holy smokes, this is such an obscure property, i’d never figure that anyone would’ve disabled it, or i even