Scripting: Check for automation on master track?

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Very specific question to the project I am working on:
With FMOD scripting, is it possible to figure out if a parameter is used for automation on any events on the master track of an event?

I basically need to check if our “Occlusion” parameter is used on the master track of events in our project

Thank you!

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Hi,

Yes, It is possible. You could try something like:

event[0].masterTrack.automationTracks[0].automator.automationCurves[0].parameter.presetOwner.dump()

This will give you information about the parameter, including its name.

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Calling .dump() on variables in the scripting console is a great way to inspect their properties and check what is available.

For your specific case, you could loop through the relevant arrays and check if any event’s master track uses a parameter whose name matches “Occlusion”.

Hope this helps, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions.

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Thank you! I am struggling a bit making this work. Will this only work if “Show Automation in Editor” is enabled for the parameter (which it is not for our events)?

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Was able to find it like this, which might be a horrible way to do it, but seems to work at least. Wasn’t able to look at effects inside effect chains though, so made a separate post about that.

        function checkEffectForOcclusionParameter(effect) {
            if (effect.automators && effect.automators.length > 0) {
                for (var i = 0; i < effect.automators.length; i++) {
                    var automator = effect.automators[i];
                    if (automator.automationCurves && automator.automationCurves.length > 0) {
                        for (var j = 0; j < automator.automationCurves.length; j++) {
                            var curve = automator.automationCurves[j];
                            if (curve.parameter && curve.parameter.presetOwner && curve.parameter.presetOwner.name === "Occlusion") {
                                return true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return false;
        }
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Thank you for sharing the solution.

I am glad to hear you got it working!

Your function is totally valid for what you’re trying to do, and it’s actually not horrible at all!

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