Community Plug-in Development Workflow

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Wwise SDK 2023.1.6

This topic lists the main recommendations, requirements, and best practices for developers who are building Community plug-ins for Wwise. Review the list and refer to the linked documentation to ensure that your plug-in satisfies Audiokinetic's requirements.

Key Technical Requirements. Review the Community plug-in technical requirements (that is, what your plug-in must and must not do).
Audio Plug-ins. This section and all of its subtopics are relevant to developers who are creating Audio plug-ins. The following topics and subsections are especially helpful:
- Using the Development Tools. This section explains how to use wp.py (a tool written in Python) to create plug-ins, which you can then build upon as desired.
- Writing the Authoring Part of an Audio Plug-in. This section explains how to write the Authoring part of an Audio plug-in.
- Writing the Sound Engine Part of an Audio Plug-in. This section explains how to write the Sound Engine part of an Audio plug-in.
- Example: Developing a Lowpass Filter Plug-in. This topic provides an example of how to code an Audio plug-in, in this case a lowpass filter.
- Testing Audio Plug-ins. This topic lists a series of guidelines and tests that developers can run to ensure that their plug-in is compatible with Wwise.
- Wwise Source and Effect Plug-in Troubleshooting Guide. This topic provides solutions to common problems that plug-in developers encounter.
Source Control Plug-ins. This section and its subtopics explain how to create plug-ins that integrate Wwise with source control systems such as Perforce or Subversion.
Plug-in Packaging Format for the Audiokinetic Launcher. This topic describes the packaging format required for plug-in distribution through the Audiokinetic Launcher as well as the plug-in store.

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