UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAtLocation

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Spawns a spatialized audio component at a fixed world location and begins playback immediately. The sound does not follow any actor — use SpawnSoundAttached for that.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Replication is not handled by this function; call it on both server and client yourself, or use a replicated trigger and call it on every machine.
• Passing nullptr for AttenuationSettings causes the sound to use its asset-defined attenuation, which may mean it is audible from anywhere if the asset has no falloff configured.
• Returns nullptr if the sound fails concurrency checks or the audio engine is in a disabled state; always null-check before calling methods on the returned component.

Signature

static ENGINE_API UAudioComponent* SpawnSoundAtLocation(const UObject* WorldContextObject, USoundBase* Sound, FVector Location, FRotator Rotation = FRotator::ZeroRotator, float VolumeMultiplier = 1.f, float PitchMultiplier = 1.f, float StartTime = 0.f, class USoundAttenuation* AttenuationSettings = nullptr, USoundConcurrency* ConcurrencySettings = nullptr, bool bAutoDestroy = true)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	const UObject*	Object used to obtain the world context.	—
Sound	USoundBase*	The sound asset to play.	—
Location	FVector	World-space position to play the sound at.	—
Rotation	FRotator	Orientation of the sound source (relevant for directional attenuation).	FRotator::ZeroRotator
VolumeMultiplier	float	Linear scalar applied to the volume.	1.f
PitchMultiplier	float	Linear scalar applied to the pitch.	1.f
StartTime	float	Offset in seconds into the sound to begin playback.	0.f
AttenuationSettings	class USoundAttenuation*	Optional attenuation override asset.	nullptr
ConcurrencySettings	USoundConcurrency*	Optional concurrency settings override.	nullptr
bAutoDestroy	bool	Automatically destroy the audio component when the sound finishes.	true

Return Type

UAudioComponent*

Example

Play explosion sound at hit location C++

void AMyProjectile::OnHit(const FHitResult& Hit)
{
	UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAtLocation(
		this, ExplosionSound, Hit.ImpactPoint,
		FRotator::ZeroRotator, 1.f, 1.f, 0.f, AttenuationOverride);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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