Unity - "The name AKSoundEngine does not exist in the current context"

Question

Hi,

I've already had success integrating Wwise in Unity 5, however, when I try to call an event directly from a script, say the footsteps script in the FPS character controller and I try to call "AKSoundEngine.PostEvent("Footsteps", gameObject); " on every step cycle, I get an error mesage in Unity's console saying "The name AKSoundEngine does not exist in the current context". I've tried to call a gunshot event too from a weapon script and I got the same error. Other events work fine when I drag them from the wwise picker onto a game object but calling an event directly from a script is the problem. What am I missing here?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello Rob, there is a typo in your call, you need to use AkSoundEngine and not AKSoundEngine.

C# is case sensitive, explaining why in your case Unity does not recognize AKSoundEngine.

You can work around this by using the auto-complete feature of your IDE.

Hope this helps !

Comments

Thank you Fabien. Yes I actually noticed the typo and corrected it but I also finally understood what was the problem. The FPS character controller script does not recgonize Ak calls because it is one of the standard unity assets. As soon as I moved the entire FPS folder up one level it worked. Thanks for the answer!

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Have the same Problem with AkSoundEngine. It just wont find it. on the FPSControllerScript. Using autocomplete on the IDE wont help.

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You saved me Rob, thanks!!

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Hello, I am struggling with the same error, what do you mean by moving up the entire fps folder?

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Hi! I got the same error. Somebody can explain to me, what it means moving up the entire fps folder?

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Hey, this moving the entire folder fix also worked for me.
In unity project window there's a folder in Assets->Standard Assets->Characters->FirstPersonCharacter
Just grab the FirstPersonCharacter folder and drop it in the root folder called Assets, that should fix it

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That work For me Thanks a lot !