I was just wondering if there was some way to access or attach a user parameter to a timestamp in FMOD Studio, similar to adding a marker to the timeline. I’m looking to be able to trigger an effect/animation/etc in-game when certain points are reached in the audio, and having a callback or trigger with this functionality built into FMOD would be a big timesaver.
Yep, in Studio, right-click in the blank space just below the timeline of your event and select “Add Marker”. Double-click on the marker’s name to change it to whatever you want.
In your code, use Studio::EventDescription::setCallback to set a FMOD_STUDIO_EVENT_CALLBACK_TIMELINE_MARKER callback. In your callback you can find the name of the marker by accessing the FMOD_STUDIO_TIMELINE_MARKER_PROPERTIES struct that’s passed in.
Is that what you’re after?
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That is exactly what I’m after, thank you so much!
Follow up question. I did what you suggested and it works great! I am wondering however, if it’s possible to access markers in a nested event the same way. If I had a multi-sound of events and wanted to use markers for callbacks, how would I go about accessing the nested events?
Hi Pat, apologies for the delay. Currently it’s not possible to hook timeline marker callbacks triggered from nested events in that way.
For people searching for a confirmation about marker in nested events :
This should now work (since 2.00.02)
( Listening to markers from events placed in a parent event's timeline )