I’m new to coding Discord bots with discord.py and I’ve been following a tutorial to set up a music bot. The bot joins the voice channel when I issue the command, but it doesn’t seem to store the channel connection properly.
The issue appears to be with the line self.vc[id] = await channel.connect(), which isn’t behaving as expected. I’ve compared my code against the tutorial and found no discrepancies, nor are any errors displayed when running the code.
I’m executing this on a Raspberry Pi 5, if that matters. When testing, I see that the print statement before calling join_VC executes, but subsequent prints within join_VC and the post-call ctx.send do not output anything.
I suspect that because self.vc[id] remains None, the bot is unable to track its connection, causing issues with leaving the channel when requested.
Here’s a simplified snippet of what I’m trying to achieve:
class MusicBot(commands.Cog):
def __init__(self, bot):
self.bot = bot
self.voice_channels = {}
async def connect_to_voice(self, ctx, channel):
guild_id = ctx.guild.id
if not self.voice_channels.get(guild_id):
self.voice_channels[guild_id] = await channel.connect()
print(f'Connected to {channel.name}')
else:
await self.voice_channels[guild_id].move_to(channel)
print(f'Moved to {channel.name}')
@commands.command()
async def join(self, ctx):
if ctx.author.voice:
await self.connect_to_voice(ctx, ctx.author.voice.channel)
else:
await ctx.send('You need to be in a voice channel first!')
Any thoughts on what could be causing this?
Hey there! I’ve been through the ringer with Discord bots myself, and I think I might have a suggestion for you. Have you checked if your bot has the proper intents enabled? I once spent hours debugging a similar issue, only to realize I forgot to enable the voice state intent.
In your bot initialization, try adding:
intents = discord.Intents.default()
intents.voice_states = True
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix=‘!’, intents=intents)
This ensures your bot can track voice state changes. Also, double-check your Discord Developer Portal to make sure you’ve enabled the necessary intents there too.
If that doesn’t do the trick, you might want to look into using discord.py’s built-in VoiceProtocol. It’s a bit more complex, but it handles a lot of edge cases that can trip up custom implementations.
Let me know if this helps or if you need more info!
I’ve encountered a similar issue when working with Discord bots. It sounds like the problem might be related to asynchronous execution. Have you tried wrapping your connection logic in a try-except block to catch any potential errors? Sometimes, network latency or Discord API hiccups can cause connection attempts to fail silently.
Another thing to check is your bot’s permissions. Ensure it has the necessary permissions to join and speak in voice channels. You might want to regenerate your bot token and update it in your code, just in case.
If those don’t help, consider using the voice_client attribute of the Context object instead of maintaining your own dictionary. It’s generally more reliable:
if ctx.voice_client is None:
await ctx.author.voice.channel.connect()
else:
await ctx.voice_client.move_to(ctx.author.voice.channel)
This approach might simplify your code and resolve the tracking issues you’re experiencing.
yo sophia, sounds like u might be havin trouble with async stuff. have u tried usin await ctx.voice_client.connect() instead? that worked for me when i had similar probs. also, make sure ur bot has the right perms in the server settings. if that dont work, try printin some debug info in ur connect_to_voice func to see whats goin on