Fix Sound Attenuation in Studio

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#1

I read this article in the docs about how Sounds work - Sound | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

After reading it, my understanding is that if I:

  1. Have a Sound parented to a Part
  2. Set RollOff to Linear
  3. Set MaxDistance to 100

Then when I move the camera more than 100 studs away from the sound and press “Preview”, I should hear nothing.

Instead I hear the same volume sound no matter where my camera is. Makes it really hard to figure out the audio design of my environments. I don’t want every sound playing in the level to be heard by everyone.

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#2

I’m pretty sure the Properties window play/preview button doesn’t take into account roll off. I think to get an accurate example is to play it via the Command bar.

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#3

This is exactly right. Preview plays the sound as 2D. To hear 3D effects such as rolloff and positional panning you need to use Play,Play Here,Run or Test/Start

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#4

Idea: 3D preview.

That would save me a fair amount of time doing Play → Walk Character to be Near Sound → See if its right → Adjust → Repeat.

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There’s a fair number of properties on Sound that are only self-documenting if you can twiddle them and test really quick. I read the docs for Sound, and I couldn’t really tell you want Emitter Size does. Or how Inverse RollOffMode plays off against MaxDistance (the docs say it doesn’t work like one might think, so I have to test it).

Also, for 3D sounds, can we get some sort of 2d adornment so I can see where they are in 3d in Studio?

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