How can I wait for the sound to end to play it again?

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#1

So, I’m testing out horror game mechanics. I have a script that makes you sprint, and when you do, it plays a breathing sound that gets louder as you continue sprinting. The thing is, if you tap space multiple times, the sound restarts, and it doesn’t sound very good. What I want is for the sound to continue playing until it stops, then it can play again.

The script (Not mine):

local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')



local Bar = script.Parent:WaitForChild('Background'):WaitForChild('Bar')



local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer



local NormalWalkSpeed = 16

local NewWalkSpeed = 30



local power = 10



local sprinting = false

local breathe = workspace.breathing



repeat wait() until game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character



local character = player.Character



UIS.InputBegan:connect(function(key, gameProcessed)

	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift and gameProcessed == false then

		character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NewWalkSpeed

		sprinting = true
		
		breathe:Play()
		breathe.Volume = 0.1

		while power > 0 and sprinting do

			power = power - .1
			breathe.Volume = breathe.Volume + 0.01
			

			Bar:TweenSize(UDim2.new(power / 10, 0, 1, 0), 'Out', 'Quint', .1, true)

			--Bar.BackgroundColor3 = Bar.BackgroundColor3:lerp(Color3.fromRGB(255, 42, 42), 0.001)

			wait()

			if power <= 0 then

				character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = (NormalWalkSpeed)

			end

		end

	end

end)



UIS.InputEnded:connect(function(key, gameProcessed)

	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift and gameProcessed == false then

		character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NormalWalkSpeed

		sprinting = false

		while power < 10 and not sprinting do

			power = power + .03

			Bar:TweenSize(UDim2.new(power / 10, 0, 1, 0), 'Out', 'Quint', .1, true)

			--Bar.BackgroundColor3 = Bar.BackgroundColor3:lerp(Color3.fromRGB(255, 166, 11), 0.001)

			wait()

			if power <= 0 then

				character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NormalWalkSpeed

			end

		end

	end

end)

Hopefully this can get worked out.

#2

try sound.ended event

extra characters to make 30

#3

I’ve tried that, but I’m not sure why it doesn’t work.

This is what I’ve been trying:

UIS.InputBegan:connect(function(key, gameProcessed)

	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift and gameProcessed == false then

		character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = NewWalkSpeed

		sprinting = true
		
		if breathe.Ended then breathe:Play()
		breathe.Volume = 0.1

		while power > 0 and sprinting do

			power = power - .1
			breathe.Volume = breathe.Volume + 0.01
			

			Bar:TweenSize(UDim2.new(power / 10, 0, 1, 0), 'Out', 'Quint', .1, true)

			--Bar.BackgroundColor3 = Bar.BackgroundColor3:lerp(Color3.fromRGB(255, 42, 42), 0.001)

			wait()

			if power <= 0 then

				character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = (NormalWalkSpeed)

			end

		end

	end

end)
#4

breath.Ended:Connect(function())

or

breath.Ended:Wait()

#5

try this “breath.Stopped:Wait()
wait(0.5)
breath:Play()”

#6

The breathe.Ended:Connect(function()) seems to be working, but the thing is, how can I get it to start playing the first time, as the breath hasn’t even started, it can’t end.

#7

Try to add a debounce that prevents the sound from playing again while the sound is playing. This can be done by declaring a boolean variable like “local isPlaying = false”. Whenever the button is pressed, you will check - via an if statement - if isPlaying is set to false and set it to true if that’s the case. Then you can wait for the sound to finish playing (this can be done with a simple wait() function) and after that, set isPlaying back to true.

#8 
if not breathe.IsPlaying then
   breathe:Play()
end
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#9

Yeah that’s a simpler way to do it.

#10

Thanks, that worked! Now all I have to do is some minor tweaks to make the breathing keep going if the stamina bar is low. I might come back here if I can’t figure out how to make that work. Thanks again!