Title: FMOD Studio event not playing even with correct path

FMOD Engine
1

hi

Hi, I’m having trouble with a FMOD Studio event it’s not playing, and I don’t understand why.

I’m using a LoadAudioFiles function to get the path to my bank files, and it returns the correct path. I have successfully loaded both the .bank and .strings.bank files.

Here’s the code I use to load the banks: ```c++ FMOD::Studio::Bank* masterBank = nullptr;
FMOD::Studio::Bank* stringsBank = nullptr;

m_studioSystem->loadBankFile(LoadAudioFiles(“walkingAudio/Build/Desktop/walking.bank”).c_str(),
FMOD_STUDIO_LOAD_BANK_NORMAL, &masterBank);

m_studioSystem->loadBankFile(LoadAudioFiles(“walkingAudio/Build/Desktop/walking.strings.bank”).c_str(),
FMOD_STUDIO_LOAD_BANK_NORMAL, &stringsBank);```

And here’s the code I use to get and play the event:

FMOD::Studio::EventDescription* eventDesc = nullptr;
FMOD::Studio::EventInstance* eventInstance = nullptr;

m_studioSystem->getEvent(“event:/walking”, &eventDesc);
eventDesc->createInstance(&eventInstance);
eventInstance->start();
eventInstance->release();

Even though the path "event:/walking" is correct, the event still doesn’t play.

I’m using FMOD Studio API. Does anyone know why the event might not play despite the correct path?

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Hi,

Thank you for sharing the information and code.

A few things to check:

  • Is the walking event 2D or 3D? If it is a 3D event, are you setting 3D attributes on the instance?
  • Are there any errors or warnings in your logs/output?
  • Are you checking the FMOD_RESULT returned by each call? Particularly loadBankFile,getEvent, createInstance, and start.

If you haven’t had a chance to look at our play_sound.cpp example, you can find it in the FMOD Studio API installation folder. For example, on Windows it is located at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\FMOD SoundSystem\FMOD Studio API Windows\api\core\examples

Hope this helps!