SoundController - A Sound Management Module

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SoundController

An easy to use controller I use for all my Sound needs. It automatically creates three sound instances (localsound, SFX, MainMusic) and two soundgroups (BackgroundGroup, SFXGroup) with the option to add/remove sounds/groups. This module can be ran using the server or the client.

THE SET UP:

  1. Create a folder in workspace named “Sounds”.
  2. Move the SoundLibrary module to ReplicatedStorage.
  3. Move the SoundController module to ReplicatedStorage.
  4. In a server script require the SoundController module and run the function :SetUp() (do this once).

HOW TO USE:

The SoundLibrary is where you put all your sounds. If the sound isn’t in the SoundLibrary, it can not be used with this module. Below is an example of how to add a new sound.

return {
  ["Audios"] = {
    ["ExampleName"] = { SoundId = "rbxassetid://000000000", Volume = 1, Looped = true },
  }
}

You have a few options for playing sounds.

  • SoundController:PlaySFX1(name) for playing a SFX sound like a button being clicked. Name will always be the name of the sound you give it in SoundLibrary.
  • SoundController:PlayLocalSound(name, instance) for playing a sound that needs to be on an instance.
  • SoundController:PlayMainSound(name) for playing a sound that’s used for main music or something like that.
  • SoundController:CustomSound(name, SoundName, SoundGroup) is for creating a new sound instance in a soundgroup. SoundName is the name of the new Sound Instance you will create if it doesn’t exist in the SoundGroup you gave it. SoundGroup is just the name (string) of the Sound group in the Sounds folder.
  • SoundController:CustomSoundGroup(properties) is for creating a new soundgroup if the pre-existing ones don’t fit your needs. Properties need to be in a table: { Name = "ExampleName", Volume = 1 }.
  • SoundController:RemoveCustom(name, parent) is for removing a custom soundgroup or sound that you no longer have the need for. If it is a sound you are removing then it should be SoundController:RemoveCustom("ExampleName", "NameOfSoundGroup") and vice versa for a soundgroup SoundController:RemoveCustom("ExampleName", "Sounds") (the parent must be Sounds if you are removing a soundgroup).
  • SoundController:SetUp() must be ran one time on the server. Running it another time or on the client may cause issues.

Github:

Someday I will create a plugin that will make this module better to use.

Please leave any suggestions that will help with making the code cleaner.

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#2

what’s the point of this? you can do all this without the module

Series | Time tracking & staff management for groups
#3

its for controlling sounds duh!

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#6

Jesus Christ all I ever see you do is crap on other people’s work on this forum. Many professionally made games have proprietary modules just like this one for organization and performance, so yeah its definitely useful.

Anyway I recommend revamping this module to create abstract SFX Objects with methods like :PlayAtPosition() or :PlayAtPositionList({Vector3}) where you can pass a table of positions for the SFX to play at.

I only took a brief look at the source code and I just want to make sure you clear sound Instances after use right? Because otherwise it can cause a serious memory leak.

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#7

didn’t expected anyone to finally say it.

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#8

Thank you for the suggestion, I will try adding that at some point. I do not clear the sound main sound instances, such as the localsound, mainsound, and sfx1, because those are the ones that are most used. I added the :RemoveCustom() as an option to remove the Custom sound/groups if they no longer have use for them. Is it better if I just destroyed the sound instances after each use?