Changelog

The timeline of changes in Sonity

1.1.1 - 2D/3D Info & Fixes (2025 September)

Please remove the whole Sonity folder before upgrading. New Feature: Added 3D/2D sound info for the SoundContainer and SoundEvents for better overview. New Feature: Added SoundContainer Distance Scale info and batch replace when multiple objects are selected. New Feature: Added SoundContainer preset "UI" and and fixed so all Presets set Reverb Zone Mix. Legacy: Support for renamed music & 2D functions with "Tools/Sonity 🔊/Legacy/Add Scripting Define Symbol for Legacy Functions Music and 2D" Fix: If materials are pink, select all "ExampleMaterial" and upgrade to URP with Edit -> Rendering -> Materials -> Convert Selected Built-in Materials to URP. Fix: Fixed so Log SoundEvents Owner will show the proper owner when Polyphony Mode Limited Globally is used. Fix: Fixed bug where steam audio sources werent force-updated, which made occlussion not work. Fix: Fixed SoundEvent mute, solo and disable color transparency. Fix: SoundPreset when creating assets added SetDirty. Fix: Editor Sound Preview AudioListener fixed HideFlags. Fix: Added nullchecks to SoundManager Log and changed the default values. Fix: Changed so all asmdefs use GUIDs. Documentation: Added info about legacy support in documentation.

1.1.0 - Steam Audio & PlayMaker Integration (2025 June)

Please remove the whole Sonity folder before upgrading. Rename: Renamed Play2D() to UIPlay() and PlayMusic() to MusicPlay() with the same pattern for all all other Music & 2D/UI functions. New Feature: Added integration for Steam Audio, enabling features like occlussion, reflection and propagation. New Feature: Added integration for PlayMaker, adding actions to implement sounds using visual scripting. New Feature: Added async startup, enabling quicker load times when using the addressable AudioMixer. New Feature: Added Example scene for AudioListenerDistance Override. Fix: Renamed "Adressable" to "Addressable" for eg SONITY_ENABLE_ADDRESSABLE_AUDIOMIXER. Fix: Fixed bug where Music/UI Stop, Pause, Unpause wouldn't work if Limited Globally polyphony was used. Fix: Fixed bug where WebGL build could give the error "An invalid seek position was passed to this function". Fix: Fixed so when SoundContainers are added, removed or changed in the SoundEvent at runtime it will update live in the editor. Fix: Fixed bug where StopEverything, StopAllAtOwner, StopAtPosition might give an error. Fix: Fixed bug where virtualized loops random start position wouldn't be randomized. Fix: Fixed bug where volume increase settings mismatch would make the sound preview not work properly. Fix: Fixed bug where play on Trigger On Stop in combination with StopAllAtOwner might cause errors. Fix: Fixed bug where SoundEventCopy would copy the wrong volumeRatio value. Fix: Fixed so Enable Volume Increase volume is set on awake. Fix: Fixed so SoundTrigger initialises when it is triggered. Fix: Polished the TemplateSoundVolumeManager. Fix: Fixed the SoundPreset default settings. Fix: Fixed bug where GetAngleToAudioListener would throw warnings. Fix: Fixed so that the AudioListener is reset in edit mode when previewing sounds. Fix: Changed so GetLastPlayedClipLength returns Mathf.Infinity when its null (returning 0 caused problems when TriggerOnTail and delay was combined).

1.0.6 - The Big Volume & Debug Update (2024 November)

Please remove the whole Sonity folder before upgrading because scripts were moved. Support: Added support for Unity 6 (velocity replaced with linearVelocity). New Feature: Added support to increase the volume of SoundEvents and SoundContainers by +24 dB each and SoundVolumeGroups by +12 dB. New Feature: Added SoundEvent Base Volume & Polyphony settings (convert old to new with "Tools/Sonity 🔊/Convert SoundEvent Modifier Volume and Polyphony to Base"). New Feature: Added SoundVolumeGroup objects for linked SoundEvent volume control. New Feature: Added SoundManager Debug Log SoundEvents to console. New Feature: Added debug settings per SoundEvent for e.g. hiding or changing color of debug drawing and logging. New Feature: Added new editor tools "Selection History", "Reference Finder" and "Select Same Type". New Feature: Added SoundContainer setting "HRTF Spatialize" for external spatializer plugin support. New Feature: Added fields for the AudioListener and the AudioListenerDistance for easy debugging. New Feature: Added support for having the AudioMixer as an addressable asset in the SoundManager. New Feature: Added "Note" fields for all scripable objects. New Feature: Added addressable support for scriptable object asset comparison by adding custom GUIDs to all scriptable objects. New Feature: Added SoundEvent.GetContainsLoop(). New Feature: Added SoundEvent.GetLastPlayedAudioSource(). New Feature: Added SoundManager Debug Draw SoundEvents added "Hide Closer Than" in game view setting. Documentation: Added links in the documentation changelog. Fix: Removed AudioMixerGroup from the SoundContainer. Convert with: "Tools/Sonity 🔊/Legacy/Apply SoundContainer AudioMixerGroup to SoundEvent if None". Fix: Fixed so preview uses Global Volume. Fix: Fixed bug where SoundPreset SoundEvent creation would return null SoundTag. Fix: Removed ducking limiter from AudioMixer example because it sometimes seemed to make audio silent when lots of things were playing. Fix: Better find AudioListener & AudioListenerDistance where disabled objects doesnt count. Fix: Fixed problem where sound would be stopped when RunInBackground is disabled and not restart when Unity regains focus. Fix: Removed debug of missing SoundManager when application is quitting. Fix: Added checks and info that the SoundPicker is not nestable in an array or custom class because it is built upon CustomPropertyDrawer. Fix: Cleaned up SoundMix functions. Fix: Fixed the icons for the scriptable object with new higher resolution versions and better import settings. Fix: Replaced deprecated FindObjectOfType and FindObjectsOfType with newer versions when supported. Fix: Fixed example scenes Unity downgrade bug where BoxCollider sizes were set to size 2. Documentation: Fixed info about SoundMix and AudioMixerGroup. Change: Made Advanced subcategory for Settings in SoundContainers, SoundEvents and the SoundManager. Change: Removed the create SoundPolyGroup for SE shortcuts. Change: Fixed the default SoundManager Instance Statistics settings. Change: Increased the SoundContainer "ReverbZoneMix Distance Increase" from 0.1 to 0.5.

1.0.5.1 - Fixes (2024 May)

Fix: Fixed bug where AudioListener wasn't checked if it was disabled properly. Fix: Fixed bug where SoundPreset copied SoundEvent modifiers and SoundEvent SoundTag settings by reference instead of by value.

1.0.5 - SoundPhysics Update (2023 December)

New Tutorial: SoundPhysics & Intensity Tutorial New Feature: Support for addressables (deleting SoundEvents in runtime). New Feature: SoundPhysics is expanded with support for Is Trigger and exit sounds. New Feature: New SoundPhysicsConditions object for advanced reusable conditions and terrain layer support. New Feature: Added a SoundPreset object enabling custom presets for SoundEvents and SoundContainers. New Feature: Added Pause/Unpause functions e.g. Pause/Unpause AllAtOwner, Everywhere, Everything, 2D, All2D, Music, AllMusic. New Feature: Added SoundManager functions and settings Global Pause and Global Volume. New Feature: Added SoundManager setting for Sound Time Scale and default is changed from RealtimeSinceStartup to UnscaledTime. New Feature: Added SoundEvent settings Ignore Local Pause and Ignore Global Pause. New Feature: Added GetMusic and Get2D functions like e.g. GetMusicSoundEventState(). New Feature: Better UnityEvent support by adding SoundEvent functions with less parameters like StopAllowFadeOut and StopImmediate etc. Deprication: SoundPhysics is reworked with arrays of SoundEvents, automatic conversion system is added in the editor. Deprication: SoundPhysics is reworked to use object references so old tags must be remade. Documentation how to: Added How To - Optimize AudioClip Settings. Documentation how to: Added How To - Rename A Lot of Assets. Documentation how to: Added How To - Debug Sounds and Performance. Documentation: Documented SoundTrigger and SoundPicker functions. Documentation: Updated info on AudioMixerGroup performance tips. Documentation: Added video tutorial links. Change: SoundPhysics is split for performance reasons into SoundPhysics, SoundPhysics2D, SoundPhysicsNoFriction, SoundPhysics2DNoFriciton. Change: Renamed SoundTrigger enum StopNoFadeOut to StopImmediate. Change: Renamed StopAllAt2D() to StopAll2D(). Change: Renamed tools and create assets to "Sonity 🔊". Change: Renamed GetLastPlayedClipTime() to GetLastPlayedClipTimeSeconds. Addition: Added GetLastPlayedClipTimeRatio(). Addition: Added SoundTrigger Actions: Pause, Pause Forced, Unpause. Addition: Added SoundEventState.Paused. Addition: Added SoundPhysics example scenes including friction, exit, Trigger On etc. Addition: Added Intensity Scale Add and Scale Multiplier and Scale Max to 1 button. Addition: Added Intensity Debug Zoom for easier visual debugging. Addition: Added Tools "Set Selected Assets as Dirty (Force Reserialize for Resave)". Addition: Expanded Example_AudioMixerWithLimiter with AMB, MUS, SFX, UI, VO. Fix: SoundContainer distance scale is hidden when distance is disabled. Fix: Increased the contrast of the SoundEvent and SoundContainer icons. Fix: Fixed so automatic crossfades work with sound names ending with "loop". Fix: Fixed SoundParameterIntensity continuous threshold stopping sounds and restarting loops. Fix: Fixed problem where SoundPhysics friction didnt work as expected. Fix: Fixed bug where SoundParameters weren't nullchecked. Fix: Fixed so SoundContainer volume can be increased when multiple objects are selected and volume is at -0 dB. Fix: Optimized SoundEvent recorded intensity drawing. Fix: Replaced all ToLower with ToLowerInvariant for greater language support. Fix: Fixed bug with create assets filename extension. Fix: Fixed nullcheck in SoundPicker for SoundManager.Instance. Legacy support: Fixed Unity 2018 compability by fixing: asmdef to non guid mode, SubsystemRegistration, GetContact.impulse, editor enum and header names.

1.0.4 - Free Trial Release (2023 June)

New Feature: Free trial version released. Fix: Fixed bug where audio positions were based on the previous frame. Fix: Fixed bug where disabled SoundEvents played in builds. Fix: Fixed scripts for free trial version.

1.0.3 - Support for Disabling Domain Reloading (2023 June)

New Feature: Support for disabling domain reloading in the “enter play mode options”. New Feature: Override Listener Distance with the AudioListenerDistance component. Fix: Parented all Sonity scene objects created in runtime under the SoundManager. Fix: Improved documentation on how to bind shortcuts. Fix: Fixed SoundTriggerCustomEditor example code. Fix: Fixed preview TriggerOnTail tail length 0 bug.

1.0.2.1 - Hotfix (2023 May)

Hotfix: Fixed error in SoundContainer settings editor.

1.0.2 - Mixed Fixes (2023 May)

New Feature: Pass Parameter setting in the SoundEvent for passing SoundParameters to sub SoundEvents. New Feature: Added GetSpectrumData() to get the spectrum data from AudioSources. Support: Added support for using multiple disabled AudioListeners. Support: Added support for SoundTrigger Custom Override and added examples in the documentation. Support: Fixed support in examples and the timeline for the new Input System Package. Fix: Fixed bug where SoundEvents with global polyphony couldn't be stopped. Fix: Fixed nullcheck in SoundPicker for SoundManager.Instance. Fix: The SoundManager and sub objects are now moved to Vector3.zero at start. Fix: SoundPhysics removed collider requirement warning. Fix: Preparing code for trial .dll version. Fix: Fixed Find Assets OrderBy bug. Example: Added example scene showcasing SoundPicker. Documentation: Added tips and info about "Unity Native Audio Support" in documentation. Documentation: SoundPhysics added info about rigidbody requirements. Documentation: Updated asmdef info in documentation. Documentation: Fixed documentation SoundParameter incorrect example code. Documentation: Fixed DontDestroyOnLoad tooltip. Documentation: Fixed Modifier tooltips. Documentation: Fixed SoundParameterIntensity summary. Documentation: Fixed Play2D summary.

1.0.1 - Gun Tutorial (2022 November)

New Feature: Automatic asset creator finds common denominator name. New Feature: SoundContainer presets added set automatic looping and automatic crossfades. Example: Added new examples used in the new gun tutorials. Documentation: Updated documentation. Documentation: Minor spelling corrections of tooltips and documentation. Change: Changed so timeline zooms when holding down control and scrolling with mousewheel. Change: Changed so SoundEvent SoundTag always use modifiers. Change: Trigger On Tail default length changed to 0. Change: Trigger On Tail added warning if length is less than shortest AudioClip. Fix: Fixed bug with serialized cache bools. Fix: Fixed bug with SoundTag position. Fix: Fixed bug with preview SoundEvent distance scale. Fix: Fixed so debug logs only print in developent builds and the editor. Fix: Fixed nullcheck for camera in "Draw SoundEvents in Game View". Fix: SoundEvent and SoundManager GetMaxLength removed forceUpdate. Fix: All helpboxes now respect GUI Warnings setting. Fix: Optimized SoundManager update. Fix: Cleared SoundEventInstanceDictionaryValue.cs Fix: Changed template scripts to useDontDestroyOnLoad to public.

1.0.0 - First Release (2022 October)

Release.