"Cannot Implicitly convert type System.Collections.Generic.List<UnityEngine.AudioClip> to UnityEngine.AudioClip"

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This error doesn't make sense to me. I've gone back through the video and checked each line of code and it matches up with the teachers code. I keep getting the error "Cannot Implicitly convert type System.Collections.Generic.List<UnityEngine.AudioClip> to UnityEngine.AudioClip" down on the bottom variable "randomSound" The squiggly lines appear underneath "soundClips" Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic;

public class RandomSoundPlayer : MonoBehaviour { private AudioSource audioSource;

[SerializeField]
private List<AudioClip> soundClips = new List<AudioClip>();

[SerializeField]
private float soundTimerDelay = 3f;
private float soundTimer;

// Use this for initialization
void Start ()
{
    audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update ()
{
    // Increment a timer to count up to restarting
    soundTimer = soundTimer + Time.deltaTime;

    // If the timer reaches the delay...
    if(soundTimer >= soundTimerDelay)
    {
        // ...reset the timer
        soundTimer = 0f;
        // ...choose a random sound
        AudioClip randomSound = soundClips;
    }
}

}

Answer 1 · 2016-11-21T21:41:18Z

November 21, 2016 9:41pm

randomSound is a single AudioClip but soundClips is a collection of AudioClips, plural. To select one clip from the list, you need to reference it with the [] notation:

AudioClip randomSound = soundClips[index];  // it's up to you to pick the appropriate index.

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