How do i play a sound UAudioComponent?

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So am having a truble getting a sound to play.
When the player overlaps the Actor it suposed to play the sound and then get destroyd.
But i can`t get it to play on demand, only when the game starts.

is the code:
In my Actor

// .h
	UPROPERTY(VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = "Audio Component")
		TSubobjectPtr <UAudioComponent> AudioComp;

// .cpp

// Constructor
AudioComp = PCIP.CreateDefaultSubobject<UAudioComponent>(this, TEXT("In-World Audio Pickup Sound"));
if (AudioComp)
{
	AudioComp->AttachParent = RootComponent;
	AudioComp->bAutoActivate = false; // with this true the sounds play at spawn (game starts)
}

void AInWorldPlayerPickUp::ReceiveActorBeginOverlap(class AActor* OtherActor)
{
	Super::ReceiveActorBeginOverlap(OtherActor);

	AMyProjectPlayerClass* TheOverlapingActor = Cast<AMyProjectPlayerClass>(OtherActor);
	if (TheOverlapingActor)
	{
		AudioComp->Activate(true); 
		AudioComp->Play(0.0f); // Sound dont play.
		if (GEngine)
		{
			FString TmpStr = "OVERLAP ! ! ! ! WITH: ";
			TmpStr += OtherActor->GetName();
			GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 5.f, FColor::Green, TmpStr);
		}
		Destroy(true);
	}
}

Thanks for any help.

2

You’re destroying the actor, and thus the audio component the moment you want to play the sound, so it will never play. To force it to play even when destroyed, use:

//in your constructor
AudioComp->bStopWhenOwnerDestroyed = false;

It seems like this should keep playing the audio after the component is destroyed, but I haven’t tested it.

3

Ok i get that but the sound should already play before its destroyed.
Ile give AudioComp->bStopWhenOwnerDestroyed = false; a try.

Or do AudioComp.Play(float StartTimer); need to be called in virtual void TickActor(float DeltaTime); ?

4

Thanks that worked great !