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1. mute / unmute button

   

   Topic by salimmatta · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   Hi guys, Im making a 2D game, but im not a developer but I do have a slight understanding of C#. However, any idea how to create a really simple mute / unmute button? Thanks,

2. Re: mute / unmute button

   

   Reply by MikeF · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   I'm assuming you want this for sound or music, if you're looking to mute players in a multiplayer setup its a bit more involved but here goes: -create a UI button that will toggle the audio when clicked. -create a C# script with a mute function that the ui button will reference for OnClick() (or whatever the native uGui…

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   Reply by salimmatta · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   hey man, Thanks for your help, very useful. im sorry I should have mentioned that I need to mute the sound effects not the music. I have taken care of the music part thanks to you. But since im not a developer, i think im a bit confused about how to mute all sound effects.. Thank you,

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   Reply by MikeF · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   Yeah when you create an audio mixer you can have different channels, so generally you'l have one for sound, voiceover, music, mic input/output etc.. Every sub group that you create can be drag/dropped into the audio mixer group input of the audio source 

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   Reply by salimmatta · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   I guess the mixer thing worth a try, even if im a beginner, will it work if I created another one but only for music instead of sound effects? Thank you man,

6. Re: mute / unmute button

   

   Reply by MikeF · Oct 2016 · Home› Unity

   No problem! So for the sounds since i'm assuming you've got a ton of audio sources you'l have to use the audio mixer approach. Essentially you'l create the mixer, assign a mixer group to all your audio sources that create a sound effect, then mute that mixer group. Its def. a bit more advanced but i think thats pretty much…