Thread by @delaneykingrox

#gamedev #unity quick tip: Use the physics materials to query impact sounds, effects and footsteps. You have to assign them anyway, so let them do that duty as well.

I just saw someone using an additional script for tagging what footstep sound you should play. PER OBJECT

Not only does that mean you have to add the script to every asset, you then have to set it from an enum, which means editing the enum when you want to add more variants.

What you should do is make a bunch of physics materials, and apply these instead. You can quickly copy values between the materials, duplicate and rename etc.

It isn't just your feet that needs to know what the material is made of. X ray vision, body fall sounds, bullet hits effects... a lot of things can query the material.

You already have a physics material if you are doing a collision- why then hunt for a valid script component?

Plus if you switch materials via script, you wanna switch the physics material to match too. So it saves you a third step again of seeing if the script is attached, checking the enum and setting that. bleeeh

"There is no sounds when you run through this room"

-Did you assign the script, click on the dropbox, scroll down to the one you want and then save?

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-What?

Select an object
Scroll to the bottom of inspector
Hit 'add component'
Type "footstep"
Select script.
Find the dropbox.
Select the dropbox.
Scroll down through dropbox (dropboxes suck, avoid them pleeaaaaaase)
Select the sound you want.
Save.

DONE

OR... drag on a physics material from your list of presets.