WAAPI: changing color not working - OverrideColor property?

Question

I am trying to change the color of some work units via Waapi but i dont succed. I realized when you use the authoring tool a line is added to the wu xlm which sets overridecolor to True. I tried doing it via Waapi like this:

client.call('ak.wwise.core.object.setProperty', {"object": dirty_wus_ids[i],
                                                 "property": "OverrideColor",
                                                "value": True})

 But then i get a message "Property cannot be set". I see that OverrideColor has True in "Read only" here: https://www.audiokinetic.com/library/edge/?source=SDK&id=wwiseobject_workunit.html

Is this just impossible to do with Waapi? Any workaround?

Thx!

 

 

Answer 1

You can change WObjects.xml and replace the IsVisible for OverrideColor:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Audiokinetic\Wwise 20??.?.?.????\Authoring\Data\WObjects\WObjects.xml

<Property Name="OverrideColor" Type="bool" IsVisible="true" DisplayName="Override Color">

Restart Wwise for the changes to take effect.

Answer 2

First you have to overrride and then apply color. I used this code in my python script and it works everytime:

 

def set_object_color_override(object_path):
    """
    Active ou désactive l'override de couleur pour un objet spécifié par son chemin.
    """
    args = {
        "object": object_path,
        "property": "OverrideColor",
        "value": True
    }
    client.call("ak.wwise.core.object.setProperty", args)

def set_object_color(object_path, color_index):
    """
    Définit la couleur d'un objet spécifié par son chemin.
    """
    args = {
        "object": object_path,
        "property": "Color",
        "value": 4 #Red color - Wwise colors from 1 to 26
    }
    client.call("ak.wwise.core.object.setProperty", args)