How to compile dylib plugin on macOS

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I’m stuck on the first basic step of writing a plugin on macOS - compiling code as a dylib that FMOD will load. There isn’t much documentation on this specifically.

What I’ve tried:

  1. Downloaded the FMOD engine, extracted it
  2. cd into the api/core/examples/plugins directory
  3. gcc -dynamiclib fmod_gain.cpp -I ../../../core/inc -o fmod_gain.dylib
  4. cp fmod_gain.cpp <project’s plugin directory>

When I open up the project the gain isn’t available as a plugin, and I see a message in the console:

15:17:21 Error loading plugin /Users/…/Plugins/fmod_gain.dylib: File not found.

I’ve also tried putting it in ~/Library/Application\ Support/FMOD\ Studio/Plugins instead, but same “file not found” message.

This is an M2 (arm) laptop on Sonoma and I’m using FMOD 2.02.23 for everything. I also tried 2.03 but same issue. I see a couple of other questions about this like Plugin errors on mac 10.14 without responses, but I do need to get this working ideally without switching to Windows.

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Hi,

Thank you for the detailed reproduction steps. I have been able to reproduce the issue and will pass it onto our development team to investigate further.

I have a workaround but it does require solving the issue in Xcode.

  1. Open the Xcode examples project: FMOD Programmers API/api/core/examples/xcode32/examples.xcworkspace
  2. Open the fmod_gain example
  • Open the Build Settings and expand All
  • Under Architectures remove the default value
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    and replace it with x86_64
  1. The build target should now say My Mac (Rossetta)
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    You can now build the plugin and place it in the plugins folder.

Please let me know if you encoutner any issues!