:Play() and :Stop() for sounds not working?

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#1

This is supposed to play a power outage sound but it doesn’t work.
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I’ve noticed this in some of my games and I don’t really know what’s happening.

#2

Is there anything in the output? This could be caused by many different factors:

  1. Sound was moderated
  2. You aren’t playing the sound object but instead something else
  3. Volume, TimePosition, etc
  4. ROBLOX’s audio update ([Update] Changes to Asset Privacy for Audio)
  5. A previous part of the script errored, thus stopping the script
  6. Some other reason?
#3

Can I see the full code? I might not be able to help if you dont give me the full code.

#4

All the audios I used were from the toolbox and should work properly.

#5

Is there anything erroring in the output?

#6 
local plrs = game:GetService("Players")
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local ss = game:GetService("SoundService")
local svs = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

plrs.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
		hum.Died:Connect(function()
			print(plr.Name.."died")
		end)
	end)
end)

rs.RemoteEvents.Server.ActivateEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, event)
	if event == "lights" then
		if svs.GameValues.EventActive.Value == false then
			svs.GameValues.EventActive.Value = true
			ss.Sounds.Effects.PowerOutage:Play()
			ss.Sounds.MainAmbience.Backrooms:Stop()
			ss.Sounds.MainAmbience.Blackout:Play()
			for i,v in pairs(workspace.MAP.LIGHTS:GetChildren()) do
				v.Material = Enum.Material.Glass
				v.PointLight.Enabled = false
			end
		else
			svs.GameValues.EventActive.Value = false
			ss.Sounds.Effects.PowerOn.Playing = true
			ss.Sounds.MainAmbience.Backrooms.Playing = true
			ss.Sounds.MainAmbience.Blackout.Playing = false
			for i,v in pairs(workspace.MAP.LIGHTS:GetChildren()) do
				v.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
				v.PointLight.Enabled = true
			end
		end
	end
end)
#7

No, not at all. The rest of the code runs fine it’s just the sounds not working.

#8

Try printing something when you play the audio. If it returns nothing, then it’s a matter of the code not running.

But if everything else is actually running alright except for the sound, then it’s a problem of the sound or property.

#9

It’s probably because you didnt set the Parent of the object?

#10

Something is weird here, so it IS running, however I cannot hear it for some reason.

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#11

They’re located in SoundService, does it not work there?

#12

I put them in Workspace and now they work, so I guess that was the problem.

#13

I would probably try putting it in Lighting service and try that.

From my experience, sounds will play universally in Lighting.

#14

Repliacted storage also works. Including in folders.