Sample Game

A sample game containing the Wwise UE4 Integration is available to download in the Wwise Launcher. Please refer to the Launcher.

The game's map provides several demonstration stations.

Generation of the SoundBanks

Note: Generate SoundBanks for this project from the WwiseDemoGame Unreal Editor.

1. Open the WwiseDemoGame in the Unreal Editor.
2. From the toolbar, click the arrow next to Build and select Generate SoundBanks... from the Audiokinetic category.
3. Select all the SoundBanks and the desired platforms and click OK.

On completion, the resulting content is visible in .../WwiseDemoGame/Content/WwiseAudio.

Map Contents

AkEvent Animation Notify

An Animation Notify can be used to post AkEvents to the SoundEngine. A demonstration of its use can be seen in the FPP_Fire animation.

Ambient Demo

This area of the map demonstrates the use of the AkAmbientSound actor. The AmbientNoise_Spatialized ambient emitter in the level is started by a Start All Ambient Sounds node in the Level Blueprint. To help locate the actor, its attenuation sphere is drawn in yellow when playing the game.

The Event used by this emitter is part of the AmbientBank SoundBank, which is automatically loaded thanks to the Auto Load flag set on its AkAudioBank asset.

This area also helps to demonstrate the occlusion feature. By navigating the player pawn behind the wall situated close to the ambient sound (making sure to stay within the yellow zone), or behind the big box in the sphere, the effects of occlusion on the sound can be heard. Occlusion is enabled on the sound by setting it in the in the "Ambient Sound handling" (red) section of the Blueprint level.

Sequencer Demo

This section of the map demonstrates the use of Event and RTPC tracks in the WwiseDemoSequence asset. Opening the level sequence in the Sequencer editor shows that the Event track plays a drum beat targeting the moving cube, while the DrumKitModulation game parameter is driven by the RTPC track.

RTPC Demo

This section of the map demonstrates use of the Set RTPCValue node targeting an actor, in the Level Blueprint (in the green comment sections). The mouse scroll wheel (the up and down D-pad buttons on a gamepad, and a two-finger swipe on a touch screen) is tied to a variable that is fed as the "Velocity" Game Parameter, which controls the pitch of the VelocityLoop sound in the Wwise project.

The "Create RTPC button Event dispatchers" section of the level Blueprint also shows how to manually load and unload the VelocityBank (whose Auto-Load is unselected), using the Load Bank and Unload Bank Blueprint nodes. It also demonstrates how to post an Event that targets an actor, using the Post Event node.

Reverb Demo

This section of the map demonstrates use of AkReverbVolume. Inside the spherical cave, an AkReverbVolume is used to add a Reverb Effect to the weapon sound. Note that the actor emitting the sound can be set to ignore the reverb volumes feature. This is done in the "Variable initializations" section of the Blueprint level.

Switch Demo

This section of the map demonstrates how to set a Switch using blueprints (in the "Switch Logic" section of the Blueprint level). Using the button (see instructions on the wall in front of the button) posts the Event to the SoundEngine. Pressing L or H on the keyboard (D-Pad left and right on a gamepad, three and four finger taps on a touch screen) changes the switch value.

WAAPI Widgets Demo

This section of the map demonstrates how to use the WAAPI UMG Widgets to control Wwise directly from your game.

The demo on the left wall illustrates how to use Unreal Engine's built-in widgets along with Blueprint scripting to control Wwise. The keyboard in step 1 changes the text in the Editable Text Box. When that text is changed, a WAAPI Call is made using WAAPI Blueprint Functions to search for items in Wwise matching the entered text (as can be seen in step 2), as is shown in the "Search for an item" section in the Widget's Graph. WAAPI returns the list of matching items in a JSON objects, which is then parsed to populate the combo box found in step 3. Once an item is selected, it is possible to play or stop it using the buttons. The Blueprint script to control this behaviour is found in the "Play/Stop" the selected item section of the Widget's Graph.

Note: Due to an Unreal Engine known issue on the Mac platform, updating ComboBox values in a 3D widget does not work. You can still experience the demo using the 2D version of these widgets, available by pressing "P" in game.

The demo on the back wall demonstrates how the Ak Wwise Tree and Ak Item Bool Properties widgets can be used to control a Ak Check Box. The tree can be used to find a Wwise object to control. That item can be dragged & dropped onto the UE Checkbox or the Ak Checkbox to set the item the checkbox controls. The same has to be done with the Bool Properties picker. Once the item and the property have been set on the checkboxes, you may use them to enable or disable the property directly in Wwise. Changing the property in Wwise will also be reflected on both checkboxes. The UE Checkbox showcases how you can use the built-in Checkbox widget and Blueprint scripting to accomplish this. The Ak Checkbox shows that the exact same behaviour can be accomplished without any Blueprint scripting.

The demo on the right wall is very similar to the previous Checkbox demo, but shows how to use a Ak Wwise Tree and a Ak Item Properties to control a Ak Slider.

Note that all three demos are also available in normal 2d UMG widgets by pressing the "P" key on your keyboard during gameplay.