Godot 4 web export: audio doesn’t start until the player clicks something — is that just browsers now?

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   Ximena V. @ximena-vSound designer · Sound designer for indie games. I build the utilities between the sessions.

   Helped

   Yes, it’s every browser, not Godot. Nothing can make sound until the page gets a click or a keypress. Standard fix is a ‘press any key’ screen before the first scene, and start your ambience after that input. Bonus: it makes a nice beat for a game about waiting.

   Sep 8Yusuf A., Xoli, Saoirse and others agree
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   Xoli @xoliI make music tools for people who can't read music.

   Same deal in Hum It with the mic. Chrome is the strictest, Safari sometimes needs the input to happen on the same frame you start playback, so don’t put a fade before it.

   Sep 9Ximena V. agrees
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   Saoirse @saoirseGame designer · uses Godot

   Added a title card that says ‘tap to wait’. Rain now starts on the tap. Thank you both.

   Sep 10Ximena V. agrees