StudioEventEmitter - ParamRef[] Params

Unity
1

Hello,

I’ve been working with FMOD since Unity 4.x and have improving skills with the IDE as it evolves. Currently, i’m using the new 1.08.09v and making a new integration to our game on our Studio.

I’m getting a NullReferenceException in ParamRef[] Params by creating a dynamic StudioEventEmitter as the game needs with a static function:

public static StudioEventEmitter CreateEmitter(GameObject obj, string eventToCreateFrom, bool triggerAtStart = false)
    {
        StudioEventEmitter emitter;
        emitter = obj.AddComponent<StudioEventEmitter>();
        string eventAsset = eventToCreateFrom.ToLower();
        emitter.Event = eventAsset;
        emitter.TriggerOnce = triggerOnce;

        if(triggerAtStart)
        {
            emitter.Play();
        }

        return emitter;
    }

My question is: Should i initialize the emitter.Params empty or it’s a bug? My event does not have any parameter.

Thank you.

2

Hello,

I added emitter.Params = new ParamRef[0]; to my code and even if the event has or not params, it seems to work properly now. So, use this as a recomendation if you are creating dynamic emitters in your game.

Thank you.

3

I’ve fixed this up in the next official release.

But unlike the Unity audio system and it’s requirement that you create an AudioSource component before playing a clip, in FMOD we recommend you play events directly in code (EventEmitter is still fine for placing at design time).

See the Scripting Basics example.

4

Hello Nicholas, thanks for your reply.

I saw that a couple of things changed from older versions of FMOD. Your link is really useful and I will take a note about not create emitters and track everything with event instances by code