[1.9, 1.10] How to use the new .playSound()

[rojo8399]

The new way to play a sound is confusing to me

.playSound(x, y, z, soundIn, category, volume, pitch, distanceDelay);

 

What do I put in the "soundIn" field?

It says it's of type "SoundEvent" and I've never worked with that.

[Animefan8888]

It works something like this.

 

world.playSound(x, y, z, SoundEvent.REGISTRY.getObject("block.anvil.break"), category, volume, pitch, distanceDelay);

 

[rojo8399]

I tried that but it says "game.neutral.swim" is a string, not a resource variable.

[Animefan8888]

Why not create a new ResourceLocation...

ResourceLocation resourcelocation = new ResourceLocation(soundNameIn);