# What does playoneshot mean?

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-playoneshot-mean/13654
**Category:** Unity
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-playoneshot-mean/13654 "2018-01-19T03:17:28Z")
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### Author: ![Xuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Xuan)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-playoneshot-mean/13654/1 "2018-01-19T03:17:28Z")

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What does playoneshot mean?Only play once?

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### Author: ![cameron-fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/cameron-fmod/32/261_2.png) [@cameron-fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/cameron-fmod)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/what-does-playoneshot-mean/13654/2 "2018-01-22T00:33:27Z")

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This will immediately spawn an instance the given event at a location (default to the origin). The instance will play to completion. Parameters cannot be set.

[https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-api?page=content/generated/engine\_new\_unity/scripting.html#/](https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-api?page=content/generated/engine_new_unity/scripting.html#/)