Hi, I have a specific case that I can’t really figure out how to solve. I’m assuming I’m coming at it the wrong way. Imagine I have a multiplayer spaceship fighting game, with a bunch of different ship engines, and there are 8 players in a match. What I want is a powerup that, when triggered, kick…

You say “I only want this to be audible for the player who triggers the powerup.” Does this mean your players are playing on different machines, and hearing the game through different speakers? If so, then each machine would normally have its own copy of the FMOD Studio system running locally, rathe…

Hi Joseph, My problem is that say I’m playing a game with 3 other AI spaceships, who are all using the same Engine event. I have a snapshot set up with the send like you said. When I kick off that snapshot though, the snapshot applies the effect to all audible Engines, not just “mine.” So that mean…

My apologies for being unclear: There is no way for a snapshot to control only specific instances of an event. You will have to use local parameters, and set the values of those parameters only for the specific event instances you want to affect. I described a method of doing this without unnecessar…

How to apply a snapshot to only certain event instances

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NPaladino June 24, 2020, 12:41am 5

Thanks for clarifying Joseph, I get what you’re talking about now. Thanks, I’ll give that a shot!

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