Will FMOD fail to initialize if Unity Audio is enabled on Xbox Series X/S?

[li_fmod]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the information.

@RyanBuckEejit

I’ve read it’s possible to use unity audio for proximity chat and FMOD for everything else on PC/PS5, though is it still an issue with Xbox series X/S in which FMOD will fail to initialize if Unity Audio is enabled?

Yes, this can still be an issue with Xbox series X/S.

There is a related workaround discussed in this thread, which you may find useful:

Unity Sound not working with Xbox Build

Yes, this was implemented in 2.02.11 Core API - GameCore - Added in FMOD_GameCore_XMAConfigure. This can be used to control whether to allocate XMA codec hardware resources inside FMOD::System_Create. If not called before FMOD::System_Create the resources will be allocated on first codec use. You will need to call this function before the FMOD.System is created, which is easiest to achieve by adding a PreSystemCreate implementation to the FMOD Unity GameCore platform: //Assets/Plugins/FMOD…