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Wwise2011.
1ReleaseNotesCONTENTSiContents1NewFeatures11.
1NewPlatformsSupported11.
2NewVoiceLimitationSystem11.
3SoloMuteforMonitoring11.
4ListView21.
5Multi-Editorimprovements21.
6Perforcedifftoolisnowcongurable21.
7CongurableSoundbankLogSeverities21.
8NewEventAction:SetGameParameter21.
9ConvolutionReverbEQ31.
10RuntimeAuthoring32ImportantMigrationNotes(2011.
1)33RequirementsandOtherImportantInformation33.
1General33.
2MotionDevices43.
3ProjectMigration43.
4SoundBanks44KnownIssuesandLimitations44.
1WwiseKnownLimitations44.
2WwiseKnownIssues75CompleteChangelist105.
1Newplatformssupported105.
2PlatformSDKupdates115.
3APIChanges115.
4NewFeatures115.
5BehaviorandPerformanceChanges125.
6MiscellaneousChanges135.
7BugFixes136NeedHelp146.
1UsingHelp146.
2ContactingSupport146.
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1ReleaseNotesbyDoxygen1NewFeatures11NewFeatures1.
1NewPlatformsSupportedWwise2011.
1addssupportforthefollowingplatforms:AppleiOSNintendo3DS1.
2NewVoiceLimitationSystemTheWwisevoicelimitationsystemisgreatlyimprovedin2011.
1:Nowpossibletohaveasoundbeingovertheplaybacklimittogovirtualinsteadofsimplybekilled.
Nowpossibletooptionallyaddaglobalplaybacklimitattheactor-mixerlimiterlevel,insteadofthepergameobjectlimit.
AProjectplaybacklimitwasaddedasaProjectsetting(canalsobemodiedatruntimeusingtheSDKfunctionAK::SoundEngine::SetMaxNumVoicesLimit())Virtualvoicesarenotpartofthecountforthesoundinstancelimitanymore,solvingtheknownissuewhereaudiblesoundswereoccasionallykickedbyinaudiblesounds.
1.
3SoloMuteforMonitoringSoloandMutebuttonswereaddedformonitoringpurposesinthefollowingviews:MixingDeskMasterMixerConsoleAdvancedProler(Voicestab)PropertyEditorSchematicViewMusicSegmentEditorSoundcasterQueryViewReferenceViewListView(newin2011.
1)TheSoloandMutebuttonsalsoserveasindicatorswhenanancestorordescendantobjectismutedorsoloed.
TheWwiseToolbaralsohasaResetMutebuttonandaResetSolobutton.
Thosecanbeusedtoresetallthemutesandthesolosdoneinthecurrentsession.
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4ListView21.
4ListViewThenewListViewallowsyoutosearch,consultandeditobjectsinWwise.
TheListViewcanbepopulatedinmultiplesways:UsingthesearcheldatthetopofthelistBydraggingobjectsfromotherlistsinWwise:holdShiftwhendraggingtoaddobjectsinsteadofreplacingByusingtheShowinListViewcontextmenuitemwhenright-clickinganobjectFromtheOpenResultsinListViewbuttoninthetoolbaroatingsearchresultsdialogTheListViewalsoallowseditingofthepropertiesoftheobjectsinthelist.
Youcanchoosewhichpropertyorcolumntoshowby:Right-clickingthelistheaderandselectingCongureColumnsORClickingtheViewSettingsbuttoninthetitlebaroftheviewDouble-clickinganentryintheListViewopensthecorrespondingobjectforediting.
Youcanalsose-lectoneormoreentriesintheresultslistandthenright-clicktodisplayaseriesofcommoncommands,includingmulti-edit,convert,andshowinSchematicView.
1.
5Multi-EditorimprovementsTheMulti-Editornowallowsyoutoedit:NotesforeveryobjecttypeAttenuationShareSetassignationPositioningpropertiesSeveralnewobjecttypes1.
6PerforcedifftoolisnowcongurableInthePerforceplug-in,itisnowpossibletoselectathird-partydiffapplicationotherthanp4merge.
1.
7CongurableSoundbankLogSeveritiesTheseverityofthedifferentmessagesinthesoundbanklogcannowbechangedintheProjectSettings>Logstab.
ChangingtheseverityofthemessagesallowsmorecontroloverthereturncodewhenusingtheWwisecommandlineapplication(WwiseCLI.
exe).
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8NewEventAction:SetGameParameterItisnowpossibletocreateeventactionsthatsettheGameParametervalue,foragameobjectorglobally.
Additionally,theGameParametercanbesettoanabsolutevalueorrelativelytothecurrentvalue,withorwithoutatransitiontime.
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9ConvolutionReverbEQ31.
9ConvolutionReverbEQTheConvolutionReverbhasanewEQtaballowingyoutolter-outorboostcertainfrequenciesoftheImpulseResponse,providingaveryprecisecontroloverthetoneorcolorationofthereverb.
1.
10RuntimeAuthoringItisnowpossibletomodifyeventactionpropertiesandinstancelimitsonobjectswhileconnectedtothegame.
2ImportantMigrationNotes(2011.
1)PleaserefertotheInstallationandMigrationGuideforgeneraladviceaboutmigratingprojectstoanewversionofWwise.
3RequirementsandOtherImportantInformationWehavecompiledalistofspecicrequirementsandotherimportantinformationthatyoushouldknowbeforeworkingwithWwise.
3.
1GeneralExternalcomponentsrequiredforinstallation.
ThefollowingexternalcomponentsarerequiredtorunWwise:Microsoft.
NetFrameworkVersion2.
0,whichisincludedintheinstallationpackage.
XMLLiteforWindowsXPServicePack2.
TodownloadacopyofXMLLite,visittheMicrosoftwebsite.
Note:XMLLiteisautomaticallyinstalledwithWindowsXPServicePack3andWindowsVista.
DirectXFebruary2010orlater,whichisrequiredtoruntheGameObject3DViewerinWwiseandtheXbox360controlleronWindows.
ToupdateyourversionofDirectX,visittheMicrosoftwebsite(http://www.
microsoft.
com/directx).
Note:IfyouhaveanolderversionofDirectX,Wwisewillrunnormally,buttheGameObject3DViewerwillnotbeavailableandyouwillnotbeabletotestmotioninWwise.
VisualStudioDLLDependencies.
ThefollowingversionsofMicrosoftVisualStudioareusedtobuildtheWwiselibraries:VC2008version:9.
0.
30729.
1WwiselibrarieshaveadependencyonaspecicversionoftheCRTDLL.
IfyouareusingadifferentversionofVisualStudio,orifyoudonotwantyourgametodependonthatversionoftheCRTDLL,youcanlinktothelibrariesfromtheDebug(StaticCRT),Prole(StaticCRT)andRelease(StaticCRT)foldersinstead.
FormoreinformationontheVisualStudioDLLdependencies,refertothe"PlatformRequirements"sectionoftheSDKdocumentation.
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2MotionDevices43.
2MotionDevicesConnectgamecontrollerstohighpowerUSBports.
MotiondevicesneedtobeconnectedtoahighpowerUSBport.
IftheUSBportdoesnothavesufcientpowertorunthemotiondevice,thesystemwillunmountthedevicetoprotectboththeoperatingsystemandthedeviceitself.
TheUSBportsinthefrontofacomputeraregenerallynotpowerfulenoughtorunamotiondevice,soyoushouldconnectthemtotheUSBportsatthebackofthecomputer.
3.
3ProjectMigrationWwiseInstallationandMigrationGuide.
WhenyouarereadytoupgradetoanewerversionofWwise,youneedtofollowacoordinatedprotocoltoensurethatyourprojectscreatedinthepreviousversionaremigratedsmoothlytothenewerversion.
Formoreinformation,itisstronglyrecommendedthatyourefertotheWwiseInstallationandMigrationGuide,beforeyouupgrade.
3.
4SoundBanksSoundBanksversionhasbeenupdated.
TheversionoftheSoundBankshasbeenupdatedsincethepreviousWwiseversions.
ThismeansthatyouwillneedtoregenerateallyourSoundBankssothattheyarecompatiblewiththecurrentversionofWwise.
4KnownIssuesandLimitationsAudiokineticisconstantlyworkingtoprovideyouwiththehighestqualitysoftware;however,youshouldbeawareofthelimitationsandissuesinthisversionofWwise.
4.
1WwiseKnownLimitationsThefollowinglistdescribesthelimitationsinthisversionofWwise.
AudioBusses–Ifyouareduckingabusthatisplayingaseriesofshortsoundswithinaloopedsequencecon-tainersettoContinuous,youmayexperiencealossinduckingbetweentheshortsoundsoratthelooppointofthecontainer.
Toavoidthisbehavior,youcaneitheraddsampleaccuratetran-sitionsbetweenthesoundswithinthecontainer,orsettheduckingrecoverytimetoanythingbutzero.
AudioFileManagement–Theaudiopipelineusesreal-timesamplerateconversionnodeswhenplayingsoundsthatdifferfromtheplatform'snativesamplerate(48kHzforWindows,Xbox360andPLAYSTATION3).
Topreventpossibleconversionratealiasingartefacts,contentthatdoesnotrequirepitch-shiftingsuchasmusicshouldbeconvertedtomatchthatofthenativeplatform.
ForWindows,itisalsopossibletohaveanativeformatof24kHzusingtheaudioqualityoptionthatisavailablefromtheSDK.
–TheVorbisencoderlibrarymayresultinpooraudioqualityforsoundsusingsampleratesbelow16kHz.
TheVorbiscodecwasspecicallytunedforhighersampleratesandperformsverywellabove16kHz.
Audioqualitybelowthe16kHzsamplingrate,however,canvaryconsiderablydependingontheencodingsettingsusedandtheaudioassetitself.
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1WwiseKnownLimitations5–MinorartefactsmayresultwhentheWwiseloopxingalgorithmspeciedinsomeformats'conversionsettingsisapplied.
Theseartefacts,whichresultfromslighttime-stretchingorpitch-shiftinginthealgorithm,arelessnoticeableforsourceswithalongduration.
–Duringtheaudioconversionprocess,loopregionsthatareshorterthanthesampleboundaries(format-specic)areremoved.
–Loopingmusicclipsmaylosetimingaccuracyeachtimethelooppointiscrossedduetoloopxing.
However,thePlayandStoppositioninthesegmentarealwayssampleaccurate.
–ItisnotrecommendedtotrytoalignthelastandtherstsamplesoftwocontiguousXMA-convertedclips.
Containers–Althoughyoumayuseaswitchcontainerasachildofarandomorsequencecontainerwithsampleaccuratetransitions,transitionswillnotbesampleaccurateiftheswitchcontainerplaysmorethanonesoundsimultaneously.
–Themaximumnumberofchildreninanytypeofcontaineris65535.
AlthoughWwiseletsyoucreatemorethan65535intheauthoringapplication,noparent-childlinkcanbemadebetweentheparentandthechildabovethislimit.
Withoutthelink,thesechildobjectscannotreceiveanynoticationupdatesduringplayback,includingchangestovolume,positioning,andsoon.
–Thereareseveralrestrictionsandlimitationsthatcurrentlyexistwhenusingthecrossfade,sam-pleaccurate,andtriggerratetransitionswithrandomandsequencecontainers.
Foracompletelist,refertotheWwiseKnowledgeBase.
–IftheplaybackinstancelimitisreachedforarandomorsequencecontainerusingTriggerRateasthetransitiontype,thecurrentlyplayingsoundaswellasthecontaineritselfwillbekilled.
–SampleaccuratetransitionsofrandomorsequencecontainersareignoredontheWiiplatformwithsourceplug-insandVorbisformats.
Effects–Sinceyoucannotapplyacrossfadewhenbypassingorun-bypassinganeffect,youmayexpe-rienceclickingwhenusingtheEnable/DisableBypasseventaction.
InteractiveMusic–Amusicswitchtransitionrulecannotuseboththeoptions"SyncTo-SameTimeasPlayingSegment"and"Usetransitionsegment".
Whenever"Usetransitionsegment"isenabled,"SyncTo-EntryCue"isusedinstead.
–TheBreakeventactionhasnoeffectonobjectsoftheInteractiveMusichierarchy.
Itsfunc-tionnalitymaybereproducedwiththehelpofamusicswitchcontainer.
–Theemptyspaceonatrackbeforeaclipwillbeconsideredastheclip'spre-entry,possiblycausingmusictransitionstooccurlater.
–Run-timesamplerateconversionmakessoundslongerbyapproximately12samplesperminute,causingslightinconsistenciesformusicobjects.
Sourcesinthefollowingsampleratesareaffected:44100Hz,22050Hz,11025Hz.
–ThewavedatadisplayedintheMusicSegmentEditorforaconvertedlerepresentstheoriginalleandnottheconvertedle.
–Thecumulativelengthofstingersplayedover"nothing"withinthesameswitchofamusicswitchcontainerislimitedto12.
4hours.
Ifachangeinswitchoccurs,thecumulativetimecounterisresettozero.
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1WwiseKnownLimitations6*Donotusestingersover"nothing".
Anystingerthatisnotscheduledtoplay"immedi-ately"isdroppedwhen"nothing"isplaying.
*Ifyouusestingersover"nothing",youshouldreplace"nothing"withamusicplaylistcontainerloopingoveranemptysegment.
–Sourcestarvationmaycausemusictrackstobedesynchronized.
Interface–SomeviewsinWwisearecroppedonJapanesesystemsandpotentiallyotherlanguagesaswell.
ThiscanalsooccurifyoumodifythefontDPIinWindows.
Toxthisissue,youcandownloadnewregistrylesfromtheWwiseKnowledgeBaseorrevertthefontsizetothestandardWindowssetting.
LiveEdition–Someoperationsarenotallowedduringplaybackorwhenconnectedtoagame,butareer-roneouslypossibletoeditusingtheListViewortheMulti-Editfeatures.
Theseoperationsinclude:*ModifyingtheOutputbusortheOverridebusoption.
*Enabling/Disablingvoicelimitationsystem.
–Editingtheseduringplaybackcouldcauseinstabilityinthegameandcouldrequirerestartingthesoundenginetorecover.
PlayStation3platform–InorderforstreamedVorbislestoplaycorrectlyonthePlayStation3,thegranularityoftheI/Omustbeamultipleof16bytes.
Positioning–ThetimebaseusedinWwisetorecordchangesinpositioningisindependentofthetimebaseusedbyyourcomputer'ssoundcard.
Asaresult,thechangesinpositioningmaynotbesyn-chronizedtothesoundthatisplayed.
–Ifyouaddorremoveapointalongthepathduringplayback,thesoundwillcontinuetoplay,buttherewillbenopropagation.
Thenexttimeyouplaybackthesound,thechangesthatyoumadewillbeapplied.
–Wwiseusesan"equalpower"schematoensurethatnoaudiosourceexceeds0dBinanyspeaker.
Asaresult,allstereosoundssetto2Dpositioningwillbeplayed3dBquieterbyWwise.
Tomaintainthesamemixingreference,boostthe2Dsoundsby3dB.
Projects–Whenaprojectissavedtoamappednetworkdrive,performancemaybeseriouslyaffected.
Ifyoudecidetosaveyourprojectstoamappednetworkdrive,Audiokineticwillnotsupporttheseprojects.
–When"UserAccountControl"(UAC)isenabledonWindowsVistamorerecentversions,Wwisesampleprojectsinstalledunder"ProgramFiles"or"ProgramFiles(x86)"can'tbeopenedwiththe64-bitversionoftheWwiseauthoringapplicationbecauseofpermissionis-sues.
Whiletheseprojectscanbeopenedwiththe32-bitversionoftheWwiseauthoringap-plicationevenwhenUACisenabled,westronglyadviseagainstitasthecache,Originals,andGeneratedSoundBanksfolderswillbe"virtualized",andwillthusbeusingthewrongfolders.
Toworkaroundthisissue,dooneofthefollowing:GeneratedonFriMar2515:20:432011forWwise2011.
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2WwiseKnownIssues7*Movetheprojecttoalocationwhereyouhavefullread/writepermissions.
NotethattheIntegrationDemoexecutablewillsearchforSoundBanksintherelativepathwheretheywouldnormallybegenerated,soyoushouldalsomovetheIntegrationDemoexecutable,ifyouplantouseit.
(Thisoptionisrecommended).
*DisableUAC.
SinceUACisasecurityfeatureintroducedinWindowsVista,wedonotsuggestdisablingitasitmayrenderyourcomputervulnerabletomalicioussoftwareandotherformsofattacks.
RemoteConnections–IftheIPaddressofacomputerchangeswhiletheRemoteConnectionsdialogboxisopen,thecomputerwillbedisplayedintheAvailablelistusingtheLANIPaddressinsteadoftheusual"LocalHost"IPaddress.
Ifyouconnecttothiscomputer,thiscomputerwillbeaddedtotheHistorylistusingtheLANIPaddressevenifthesamecomputerisalreadyinthelistusingthe"LocalHost"IPaddress.
Wwisedoesn'trecognizethatthesetwoentriesarethesameremotecomputer.
ThenexttimeyouuseWwise,bothentrieswillremainintheHistorylist.
Despitetheduplication,youcanconnecttothecomputerusingeitherentry.
–RefertothisWwiseKnowledgeBasearticleforinformationontroubleshootingtheremoteconnection:http://kb.
gowwise.
com/questions/137SDK–DebugversionsoftheWwiseSDKsampleeffectandsourceplug-inscannotbeusedwiththeWwiseauthoringtool.
SoundBanks–IfasoundexistsinmorethanoneSoundBank,atransitionwillnotbeappliedbetweenthetwoinstancesofthesoundwhenoneSoundBankisunloadedandanotheroneisloaded.
Inthiscase,therstinstanceofthesoundwillstopandthesecondinstancewillstartfromthebeginning.
–Note:UsingthePrepareEventmechanismwillpreventthissortofproblemfromhappening.
Streaming–IftheharddiskontheXbox360andthePlayStation3havenotbeenreadforawhile,youmayexperiencelongerreadtimesthannormal.
Whenthisoccursduringcriticalstreamingsituations,noticationsofsourcestarvationwillbesenttotheWwiseerrorlog.
Wiiplatform–ThevaluereturnedbyAK::StreamMgr::IAkLowLevelIOHook::GetBlockSize()mustbeamul-tipleof32(bytes)inordertoplaybackADPCMles.
–OntheWiiplatform,streamedaudioleswithleandlooplengthsoflessthan20msmaynotplaycorrectly.
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2WwiseKnownIssuesThefollowinglistdescribestherelevantoutstandingissuesthatcouldnotberesolvedinthisversionofWwise.
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2WwiseKnownIssues8–WG-19165:AACencodingmaycrashorstallwhenrunfromaremotedesktop.
AudioFiles–WG-11260:Audiofromlewithtoomanymarkersfailstoplay.
Ifthemarkerdatachunkintheleheaderislargerthanthegranularityofthelestreaming,thecodefailstoreadtheheader.
BlendContainers–WG-15390:Asoundwithinablendcontainermaynotbetriggeredifitfollowsasoundthatfailedtoplay.
–WG-15729:PlaybackmayfailwhenchainingmultiplecontainersincontinuousmodeandstepmodeandnallyBlendContainerswithmultiplesounds.
ContentsEditor–WG-14785:ObjectsdisplayedintheContentsEditorarenotsortedalphabetically,whichcanmakeitdifculttondobjectsquickly.
Effects–WG-10527:Real-timeeffectislayeredontopofrenderedeffectwhenconnectedtoagame.
–WG-14931:RenderedeffectsarenotlistedintheEdittaboftheSoundBankEditor.
GameObject3DViewer–WG-15054:GameobjectswithmultiplepositionsarenotshownintheGameObject3Dviewer.
–WG-16246:TheGameSyncMonitordoesn'tupdateasexpecteduntilyouaddorremoveawatchfromtheWatcheslist.
GameSimulator–WG-16071:GameSimulatorisnotdetectinggamepadinputsonVista64bit.
General–WG-15941:WhenusingcertainUIschemesinVista,thepropertyslidersmaynotreactasexpected.
–WG-19096:PlayingnewsoundinWwisemayresetin-progressstatetransition.
IntegrityReport–WG-15569:Theintegrityreportmessage"StreamedXMAlesdonotsupportregionloops"maybedisplayedevenwhentheaudioledoesn'tcontainaregionloop.
InteractiveMusic–WG-6432:"SameTimeasPlayingSegment"optionisignoredif"UseTransitionSegment"isenabled.
–WG-14711:Two'bar','beat'or'grid'noticationsmaybesentinarowatsegmentsynchro-nizationpoints.
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2WwiseKnownIssues9–WG-15728:WhenatransitionsegmentisaddedtotheAnytoAnytransitionandthenremoved,themusicsegmentandcorrespondingmedialeisstillincludedintheSoundBank,inerror.
–WG-16261:Ifadoubleswitchreversaloccursduringtheplaybackofamusicswitchcontainerthathasmusicswitchcontainersaschildren,thewrongmusicsegmentmaybeplayed.
–WG-16269:Effecttailsaretrimmedwheneffectsareinsertedinobjectsoftheinteractivemusichierarchy.
iOS:–WG-19007:Encodingandplaying0.
1sourcesoniOSmightproducestaticnoiseorsilence.
0.
1sourceshouldbeavoided.
Motion–WG-14852:MotionFXobjectsdonotworkasexpectedwithinaDialogueEvent.
Multi-ChannelCreator–WG-16302:Sampleloopmarkerswithinasourcelearenotkeptinthemulti-channellesgeneratedbytheMulti-ChannelCreator.
Obstruction/Occlusion–WG-15678:WhenupdatingtheObstruction/OcclusioncurvesinWwisewhileconnectedtoagame,thecurveinformationisnotpropagatedtothegame,asexpected.
PlaybackLimit–WG-15124:PlaybacklimitinvolvingMotionbussesmaycontinuetobeappliedeventhoughitisgreyedoutintheWwiseapplication.
Proler–WG-14176:TheRRandRLcolumnsontheListenerstaboftheAdvancedProlerareinverted.
–WG-15476:ErrormessagemissingintheprolerwhenWwisedetectstwosimilarmedialesthatdon'thavethesamesize.
–WG-15617:Whenanerroroccursintheproler,WwisedisplaystheeventID,butnottheeventname.
Projects–WG-14579:Projectsmaybecomecorruptedwhenmigratingaprojectthatcontainsamissingplug-in.
RTPCs–WG-14506:AudioglitchesmayoccurwhenusingaPeakLimiteraswellasaParametricEQthathasanoutputleveldrivenbyanRTPC.
SDK/SoundEngine–WG-15451:WwiselibrariesmaynotbecompatiblewithsomecompilersasaresultofcertainlibrariesusingtheWholeProgramOptimization.
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1ReleaseNotesbyDoxygen5CompleteChangelist10–WG-15501:Memoryaddressmaybereusedbyswitchcontainerafteragameobjectisunreg-isteredcausingWwisetoplayadifferentsoundthanisexpected.
–WG-15537:Raceconditionmayexistthatcausesthesoundenginetocrashwhenconnectedremotelytoyourgame.
–WG-15805:ThecasingoftheleAkAssert.
hisusedinconsistentlyintheSDK;eitherAKAssert.
horAkAssert.
h.
–WG-16185:Speakervolumematrixcallbackisnotcalledfor2DsoundsinIsInitiallyUn-derThreshold.
SoundBanks–WG-12087:GameparametersusedbycontrolbussesarenotincludedintheInitializationbank.
–WG-13305:SoundBankoutputtextlesbecomeinconsistentwhenaprojectcontainstwoswitches/stateswiththesamenameintwodifferentgroups.
–WG-14186:WhenSoundBanksaregenerated,WwiselosesregisteredgameobjectsregisteredbytheSoundFramepreventingsoundsfromplaying.
SourcePlug-ins–WG-16232:ClippingmayoccurwhenusingthePinkorRednoisecolorsettingwithintheSoundSeedAir-Wooshsourceplug-in.
Wii–WG-15250:GlitchesmayoccurwhenpausingmusicsegmentsontheWiiplatformduetoinconsistenciesbetweenthemusicandlowerengines.
–WG-17439:BreakingaloopingandstreamingsoundwithaverysmallloopingregionontheWiicancausethesoundtostopwiththeerror:"Fileorloopregionistoosmalltobeplayedproperly".
Workgroups–WG-15558:WhenusingthePerforceplug-in,thelehistoryscrollsunnecessarilyasthein-formationisreceived.
–WG-15559:WhenusingthePerforceplug-in,thehistoryreturnedbyP4truncatesthedescrip-tionremovingusefulinformation.
–WG-16257:Wwisemaycrashwhenloadingaworkunitthatincludesanaudiosourcewithaspaceatthebeginningofitslename.
5CompleteChangelistThefollowingsectionslistanddescribethechangesmadetoWwisebetweenversion2010.
3.
3andversion2011.
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5.
1NewplatformssupportedAppleiOSNintendo3DSGeneratedonFriMar2515:20:432011forWwise2011.
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2PlatformSDKupdates115.
2PlatformSDKupdatesXbox360:updatedtoXDK20500(February2011).
PS3:updatedtoSDK360.
001iPhone/iPadminimumDeploymentversionisiOS4.
0WG-16940PerforcePluginisnowusingPerforce2010.
1SDK5.
3APIChangesSoundEngine:WG-18768AK_MAX_ENVIRONMENTS_PER_OBJisnow3ontheWiitoreecttheplatformlimitof3busses.
WG-19024NewAPIfunctionstomanageacallbacktobecalledateveryaudioframe:AK::SoundEngine::RegisterGlobalCallbackandAK::SoundEngine::UnregisterGlobalCallback.
WG-18509Newfeature:Optiontoavoidinitializingandterminatingplatformnetworklibrary(sock-ets)insoundengine.
CheckAK::Comm::Initfunction.
WG-18753RemovedAK_USE_PLUGIN_ALLOCATORmacro,whichisnotnecessaryanymore.
WG-19020VisualStudioPropertySheetsarenowavailableforbuildingplug-insfortheWwiseAuthoringapplication,inSDK/source/Build/PropertySheets.
Authoring:WG-18704ThePluginXMLdenitionschemawaschangedtoincludesomeuserinterfaceele-mentsthatwerepreviouslydenedintheUserinterfaceresources.
Refertoplugin_xmlformoreinformation.
5.
4NewFeaturesWG-16008MuteandSolobuttonsarenowavailableforeveryaudioobjectinWwise.
RefertoSoloMuteforMonitoring.
WG-18586Multi-edituserinterfacehasbeenredesignedandhascoveragebeenincreased.
RefertoMulti-Editorimprovements.
WG-18315NotesarenowshownintheMulti-Editor.
ClickingthenoteseldeverywhereinWwisenowshowsapopuptexteditor.
RefertoMulti-Editorimprovements.
WG-16407Positioningparametersarenowexposedinthemulti-editor.
RefertoMulti-Editorim-provements.
WG-18476NowpossibletospecifythediffprogramtouseforthePerforcePlugin.
RefertoPerforcedifftoolisnowcongurable.
WG-18610Nowpossibletosendvoicestobevirtualwhenoverinstancelimit.
RefertoNewVoiceLimitationSystem.
WG-18611Nowpossibletosetaglobal,perplatformMaximumnumberofvoiceinstanceseitherbytheSDKortheWwiseprojectsettings.
RefertoNewVoiceLimitationSystem.
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5BehaviorandPerformanceChanges12WG-14200SoundinstanceonActorhierarchyobjectscannowbeoptionallyappliedgloballyorpergameobject.
RefertoNewVoiceLimitationSystem.
WG-2700NewSetGameParameteractionavailable.
ItisalsocapableofperformingRTPCoveraxed(butrandomizable)periodoftimeusingpredenedcurves.
RTPCoveraxedperiodoftimeisalsoavailablefromtheSDK.
RefertoNewEventAction:SetGameParameter.
WG-17239NowpossibletosettheseverityofthedifferentmessagesappearingduringtheSound-bankgeneration.
Changingthemessageseveritycanbeusetocontrolthereturncodeatofthecommandlinewhilegeneratingthesoundbanks.
RefertoCongurableSoundbankLogSeverities.
WG-17171ConvolutionReverbnowhasanewtabforequalizationusingcurvecontrolsappliedofinetotheimpulseresponse.
RefertoConvolutionReverbEQ.
WG-18519ConvolutionReverbnowhasacontroltoallowpanningtheimpulseresponsetocom-pensateforrecordingsthattendtosteertheimageofthewetpath.
Tocreateinterpolationbetween2monoimpulseresponsestoobtainahybridimpulseresponse.
WG-18656AACsupportonMacandiOS.
WG-18620NowpossibletoseefromtheVoicetabintheadvancedprolerifavoiceisvirtualbecauseitisundervolumethresholdofifitisvirtualbecauseitisoversomelimit.
WG-18195NowpossibletospecifyeffectsharesetintheSoundBankdenitionimportlestohavetheassociatedImpulseResponseincludedinSoundBanks.
WG-18593Sineplug-incannowrouteoutputtoLFEchannel,improvedperformanceandoperatesonSPUonPS3platformWG-18775TheFileManagernowallowsmoveoperationsonamultipleselectionwhenusingPer-forceorSubversionplug-ins.
WG-17592NewiteminthePerformanceviewtomonitorthenumberofphysicalvoices.
WG-16119Youmaynoweditevents/actionsintheauthoringtoolwhileitisconnectedtoyourgame.
WG-16122AdvancedSettings:Nowpossibletoeditthemaximumnumberofvoicesandpriorityinrealtime.
5.
5BehaviorandPerformanceChangesWG-18612NowpossibletoplaybacksoundsencodedwithVorbiswithnoseektableeveniftheyaresettoGoVirtualand"FromElapsedtime",theywillrestartfrombeginningiftheycomebackfromthevirtualstate.
WG-14879VirtualVoicesdonotcountanymoreasactivevoices,preventingthemtobetakenintoaccountwhencomputingvoicelimits.
WG-19033GuitarDistortionFX:Fuzzdistortionmodehandlestoneparameterchangesmorecon-sistentlyacrosstherange.
WG-17561SetMultiplePositionscalledwithnopositionswillvirtualizeallsoundsontheun-positionedgameobject.
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6MiscellaneousChanges135.
6MiscellaneousChangesWG-17945MacinstallerisnowapackageleinsteadofaDMG.
WG-18547AllWwiseSDKfunctionsarenowdeclaredusingthe__cdeclontheWindowsplatformsoprojectsusingadifferentdefaultcallingconventioncanstilllinkwiththeWwiseSDK.
5.
7BugFixesSoundEngine:WG-18671Fixed:Possiblecrashwhenplayinginteractivemusicwhenallsegmentsareexcludedfromtheplatform.
WG-18631Fixed:PossibleissuewithAkEventontheWiiwhereawaitingthreadcouldbereleasedeveniftheeventwasn'tsignaled.
WG-18616Fixed:CrashwhencallingGetPoolStatswithaninvalidpoolID.
WG-18311Fixed:Environmentaleffectscanbelostafterconnectingtoagame.
WG-18973Fixed:LeakinglehandlewhenconvertingXMAandxWMAles.
WG-17547Fixed:NotpossibletocallSetMultiplePositionswithmorethan84positions.
WG-18870Fixed:Occasionalcrashwhenaddinggameobjectwatcheswhileconnectedtogame.
WG-18578Fixed:PossiblecrashwhenusingMeterFXplug-inin5.
1congurationonPS3.
WG-17974Fixed:PotentialdeadlockwhenCancelCallbackCookieiscalleduponreceptionofaAK_EndOfEventcallback.
WG-18625Fixed:StabilityissuewithMcDSPplug-inswhenterminatingthesoundengine.
WG-18737Fixed:Spreadparameterignoredwhensoundplaysatlistenerposition.
WG-18930Fixed:TotalvoicecountinPerformanceMonitoralsocountsmixingbusses.
WG-19019Fixed:xWMAprefetchsize(Zero-Latencymode)notcomputedcorrectly.
WG-18623Fixed:RareoutofmemoryconditionnothandledproperlyinSoundSeedImpactplug-in.
WG-18847Fixed:Rarecrashwithvolumefadeswhileduckingandmixing.
WG-18860Fixed:(MacDebugonly)Raceconditionwhenterminatingsoundenginemaycausean(inoffensive)assert.
Authoring:WG-18922Fixed:PotentialcrashintheAuthoringtoolwhendisconnectingfromagame.
WG-18966Fixed:EffectRenderingontheConvolutionReverbeffectcansometimecausethecon-versiontofail.
WG-19109Fixed:AdvancedProlerdoesnotalwaysshowupdatedinformationinsometabs.
WG-18405Fixed:Duringprojectmigration,Wwiserequiresalllestobewritableevenifonlyaportionofthelesneedtobemigrated.
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1ReleaseNotesbyDoxygen6NeedHelp14WG-18659Fixed:Regeneratingtheinitbankcouldproduceabinarydifferentbutvalidbankle.
WG-18626Fixed:SoundBankEditor,Edittab:Sortisnotworkingforrstcolumn.
WG-18668Fixed:Stabilityissues(hangs)whenthePerforceserverisbusyorslow.
WG-15557Fixed:WhenusingthePerforceplug-in,themessage"loginnotnecessary,nopasswordsetforthisuser"maybedisplayedunnecessarily.
WG-18725Fixed:Repositioningtheviewsinthelayoutcancauseuserinterfacecontrolstodisap-pear.
WG-18364Fixed:PresetsforEffectsarenotloadedandsavedcorrectly.
WG-18731Fixed:Performanceproblemwithlongprolingsessions.
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1UsingHelpWwiseHelpcontainsdetailedinformationoneachinterfaceelementinWwise.
ToopenHelpfromwithinWwise,dooneofthefollowing:ClicktheHelpiconinthetitlebarofanyoftheviewsordialogboxes.
Fromthemenubar,clickHelp>WwiseHelp.
PressF1.
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2ContactingSupportAudiokinetichasestablishedacompleteonlinesupportcenterforourmaintenanceandevalua-tioncustomers.
Thefollowingresourcesareavailable:Afeedbackformtosubmitdetailsaboutbugs,crashes,and/ortosuggestafeature,ormakeanygeneralinquiries.
Accesstoallthelatestproductdownloads.
TheWwiseKnowledgeBasewithknowledgebasearticles,tips,andtricks.
Videotutorials.
Youcanalsocontactusdirectlyat:support@audiokinetic.
com.
Note:Emailsupportisonlyavailableformaintenanceandregisteredevaluationcustomers.
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