Wwise SDK 2024.1.1

Voice and Language Example

As explained in File Location Resolving, language-specific files (SoundBanks and streamed audio files) are managed by the Low-Level I/O system. The default Low-Level I/O system, CAkDefaultLowLevelIO, supports this if you set the language-specific subdirectory name with a call to AK::StreamMgr::SetCurrentLanguage().

The following code changes the current language by:

Unloading currently loaded language-specific SoundBanks
Changing the language-specific path with a call to AK::StreamMgr::SetCurrentLanguage()
Reloading language-specific SoundBanks

#define BANKNAME_HUMAN L"Human.bnk"
 
(...)
 
// Unload language-specific banks that are currently loaded
AK::SoundEngine::UnloadBank( BANKNAME_HUMAN, NULL );
 
// Change the language-specific path
AK::StreamMgr::SetCurrentLanguage( AKTEXT("French(Canada)/") );
 
// Reload the banks we've just unloaded, this time in the new language
AkBankID bankID;
AK::SoundEngine::LoadBank( BANKNAME_HUMAN, bankID );

You can experiment with this with the "Current language" dropdown list in the sample program.

Refer to Default Low-Level I/O Implementation for more information on the default Low-Level I/O module, and File Location Resolving for more details on file localization.

Refer to Identifying Banks for more information on SoundBank identification.

Note: This sample code comes from the Sound Engine Integration Sample Project available in the Samples section. Refer to Integration Demo Sample for more information.

AK::StreamMgr::SetCurrentLanguage

AKSOUNDENGINE_API AKRESULT SetCurrentLanguage(const AkOSChar *in_pszLanguageName)

AkBankID

AkUInt32 AkBankID

Run time bank ID.

Definition: AkTypes.h:75

AK::SoundEngine::LoadBank

AKSOUNDENGINE_API AKRESULT LoadBank(const char *in_pszString, AkBankID &out_bankID, AkBankType in_bankType=AkBankType_User)

NULL

#define NULL

Definition: AkTypes.h:46

AKTEXT