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Wwise SDK 2023.1.8

Asynchronously post an Event to the sound engine (by event ID). See AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
event *	any of:	Either the ID (GUID), name, or Short ID of the Event.
	string	The name of the object.
	string	An object GUID of the form: {aabbcc00-1122-3344-5566-77889900aabb}.
	integer	The Short ID of a Wwise Object. Unsigned Integer 32-bit. Range: [0,4294967295]
gameObject *	integer	The unique ID of the game object. A game object ID, unsigned integer 64-bit. Range: [0,18446744073709551615]

(Required *)

Arguments Schema

Result

Name	Type	Description
return *	integer	The playing ID of the Event launched, or `AK_INVALID_PLAYING_ID` if posting the event failed. Unsigned Integer 32-bit. Range: [0,4294967295]

(Required *)

Result Schema

Examples

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