<cat>Audio.Intro</cat> <title>Guide to Sounds</title> # A beginners guide to sounds This guide assumes you've already [created a sound](Importing_and_creating_assets#creatingassets) or [imported a sound](Importing_and_creating_assets#sounds). ## Adjustable Properties In the inspector, you can adjust values like **volume**, **pitch**, and **decibels**. If your sound is supposed to be a screen sound, you will also need to select the **UI** option. From here, you can also [upload the sound to asset.party](UploadingAssets). <upload src="aa125/8dad92f890b4dd9.png" size="26534" name="image.png" /> Saving this file via <key>CTRL</key> + <key>S</key> or clicking on Full Recompile will compile both the source sound and the sound event. <upload src="aa125/8dad92f97e60b07.png" size="11294" name="image.png" /> <upload src="aa125/8dad92dde4082e1.png" size="3896" name="image.png" /> ## Looping Sounds For looping sounds you will have to either: - Place loop markers inside your sound file - Left-click the source sound in the assets browser and select the loop checkbox in the inspector. This will only work with **.wav** and **.mp3** files. <upload src="aa125/8dad92dc9a457f6.png" size="9502" name="image.png" /> ## Playing a Sound from Code To play the sound in-game, you should use one of the static methods from the [Sound](https://asset.party/api/Sandbox.Sound) class, using the name of the **.sound** asset type without the extension: ```cs public override void Spawn() { // Plays the sound from an entity's position Sound.FromEntity("atm_card.insert", this); // Plays the sound from a position in the world Sound.FromWorld("atm_card.insert", new Vector3(0, 0, 0)); // Plays the sound from a position on your screen, useful for UI interactions // Make sure your .sound file has "2D" enabled Sound.FromScreen("atm_card.insert"); var sound = Sound.FromScreen("atm_card.insert"); ⤶ // Change the properties of the sound being played⤶ sound.SetPitch( 2f );⤶ sound.SetVolume( 0.5f );⤶ } ``` <note>Sounds can be [predicted](Prediction) - if you're playing a sound in a predicted method such as Simulate you should make sure your logic is predictable, if it isn't you should appropriately wrap it with Prediction.Off otherwise you will hear nothing.</note>