FMOD STUDIO Case Study
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Its easy
Reuse common components
Marketplace
$$$
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Industry leading audio middleware
Easy and powerful authoring tools
Free for indies ($100K or less)
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Previous UE3 Integration
◦ Deep integration with engine code
◦ Long time to development
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UE4 Integration Plan
◦ Basic version and iterate on it
 Estimate 2 weeks for first version
◦ Open questions
 Can it be done as a pure plugin?
 Content window/asset integration?
FMODStudio plugin
FMOD Studio
Editor
module
FMOD Studio
module
YourGame
module
Unreal 4 Engine
UE4
Android
module
UE4
Core
module
UE4
Slate
module
UE4
XmlParser
module
• Macro to register module
• Virtual functions when module loaded/unloaded
.xml files
.uasset files
FMOD Studio
.bank files
UE4
Cooked .pak
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Choices
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Bank with uasset and GUID references
Dummy uassets on disk
Dummy uassets in memory
Explode bank into individual files and import
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Create dummy assets on demand in memory
The good:
◦ Assets as first class citizens
◦ They appear in the content window
◦ Blueprints just work
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The bad:
◦ Not the recommended approach!
◦ Serialized by name not Guid
◦ Not read-only in content window, but they should be
Building from GitHub/P4
Downloaded UE4 binary
Code project
DLL deployment issues
Wrong static library name
Plugin version must match Epic’s
DLL deployment issues
Blueprint-only project
DLL deployment issues
Plugin won’t link
Wrong static library name
Plugin version must match Epic’s
DLL deployment issues
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Win64 plugin outputs:
◦ UE4Editor-FMODStudio.dll
◦ UE4Editor-FMODStudioEditor.dll
◦ UE4Game-FMODStudio-Static.lib
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Name is expected to be:
◦ FMODStudio-Static.lib
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Plugin version number
◦ Baked into DLL
◦ Must match exactly
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Defines
◦ BUILT_FROM_CHANGELIST
◦ MODULE_API_VERSION
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External DLLs
◦ Third party directory
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Packaging
◦ Copies third party DLLs into destination directory
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Android has additional requirements
◦ .jar file needs to be linked in
◦ .so files need to be loaded by main java Activity
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How does it work for plugins?
◦ It doesn’t
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Coming soon*!
* Not sure what soon means
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FMOD Tutorial videos (YouTube FMODTV)
FMOD Q/A (www.fmod.com/questions)
FMOD Support (support@fmod.com)
Questions?