PlayLocalSound not working when onTouched event is triggered

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#1

Here’s the error I get in the output: SoundService:PlayLocalSound only works on a client. Does anyone know a solution to this?

Script located in ServerScriptService:

 local SoundService = game:GetService("SoundService")

function onTouch(part)
	part.Parent:MoveTo(game.Workspace.ToS2.Position)
	wait(0.5)

	local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
	sound.SoundId = "rbxassetid://143562367"
	
	SoundService:PlayLocalSound(sound)
end

game.Workspace.Portals.Portal1.ToS1.Touched:Connect(onTouch)
#2

The error is self explanatory. Move it to a local script and it will work.

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#3

nope, tried that 30 charsssssss

#4

You need a local script to execute this function. Local scripts do not work in ServerScriptService.

#5

The only way you can have any sound played locally is to have the physical sound be played on the client, no question about it. I think you would be better off to just use :Play() on the sound or have a local script play the sound when you want to and then handle everything else on the server.

#6

The sound needs to be parented somewhere so it can emit sound depending on its parent. For instance in workspace it will play globally. But on a part it will emit sound from that part.

local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.SoundId = "rbxassetid://143562367"
sound.Parent = workspace

local debounce = false

local function onTouch(part)
	if debounce then
		return
	end
	
	debounce = true
	sound:Play()
	sound.Ended:Wait()
	debounce = false
end

game.Workspace.Portals.Portal1.ToS1.Touched:Connect(onTouch)

(as a localscript)

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#7

still won’t work, unfortunately.

#8

How does it not work? The only reason it wouldn’t work is if you changed something up.

Here is a place that demonstrates that it in fact works: it_does_work.rbxl (18,5 KB)

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#9

forgot to put it in StarterPlayerScripts, sorry ab that.