Heartbeat Tutorial Step 1

Getting Started

• Launch Unity and start a new scene.
• Open Playmaker.
• Add an FSM to the Main Camera.

Rename the Start State

• Left click on State 1 to select it.
• Rename the state to "Heartbeat".

Add a Play Sound Action

• Open the Action Browser.
• Open the Audio Category and select PlaySound.
• Check Preview to preview the Play Sound editor.
• Click Add Action to add the Play Sound action to the Heartbeat state.

Play a Sound

• Set the Clip to a short Audio Clip (ideally heartbeat.wav from the sample project).
• Press Play and the state should activate and play the audio clip once.

Add a "repeat" Event

• Open the Event Manager.
• Type "repeat" in the New Event edit field and hit enter.
• The "repeat" event appears in the event table.

Add a Transition to the Heartbeat State

• Right click on the Heartbeat state and select Add Transition.
• Right click on the event box (...), and select the repeat event.
• Drag an arrow out of the event box and back onto the state.

Add a Send Event Action to Trigger the Transition

• Open the Action Browser.
• Open the StateMachine Category and select SendEvent.
• Click Add Action to add it to the state.
• Click the Send Event pupup and select the repeat event.
• Set the delay to 1 second.

Press Play and the heartbeat should repeat once a second.

While the game is running you can play with Volume and Delay to see the effect.

Step 2 - Using variables to control Volume and Delay.