◆ LoadBank() [7/8]

AKRESULT __cdecl AK::SoundEngine::LoadBank	(	const void *	in_pInMemoryBankPtr,
		AkUInt32	in_uInMemoryBankSize,
		AkBankCallbackFunc	in_pfnBankCallback,
		void *	in_pCookie,
		AkBankID &	out_bankID
	)

Loads a bank asynchronously (from in-memory data, in-place).
IMPORTANT: Banks loaded from memory with in-place data MUST be unloaded using the UnloadBank function providing the same memory pointer. Make sure you are using the correct UnloadBank(...) overload

Use this overload when you want to manage I/O on your side. Load the bank file in a buffer and pass its address to the sound engine. In-memory loading is in-place: *** the memory must be valid until the bank is unloaded. *** A bank load request will be posted to the Bank Manager consumer thread. The function returns immediately.

Returns: AK_Success if the scheduling was successful, AK_Fail otherwise, or AK_InvalidParameter if memory alignment is not correct. Use a callback to be notified when completed, and get the status of the request. The bank ID, which is obtained by hashing the bank name (see GetIDFromString()). You may use this ID with UnloadBank().

Remarks

The initialization bank must be loaded first.
All SoundBanks subsequently loaded must come from the same Wwise project as the initialization bank. If you need to load SoundBanks from a different project, you must first unload ALL banks, including the initialization bank, then load the initialization bank from the other project, and finally load banks from that project.
Codecs and plug-ins must be registered before loading banks that use them.
Loading a bank referencing an unregistered plug-in or codec will result in a load bank success, but the plug-ins will not be used. More specifically, playing a sound that uses an unregistered effect plug-in will result in audio playback without applying the said effect. If an unregistered source plug-in is used by an event's audio objects, posting the event will fail.
The memory must be aligned on platform-specific AK_BANK_PLATFORM_DATA_ALIGNMENT bytes (see AkTypes.h).
(XboxOne only): If the bank may contain XMA in memory data, the memory must be allocated using the Physical memory allocator.
Requesting to load a bank in a different memory pool than where the bank was previously loaded must be done only after receiving confirmation by the callback that the bank was completely unloaded or by using synchronous versions of the UnloadBank function.

See also

Parameters

in_pInMemoryBankPtr	Pointer to the in-memory bank to load (pointer is stored in sound engine, memory must remain valid)
in_uInMemoryBankSize	Size of the in-memory bank to load
in_pfnBankCallback	Callback function
in_pCookie	Callback cookie
out_bankID	Returned bank ID

Wwise SDK 2018.1.11

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