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37 /// AkDiffractionFlags determine if diffraction values for sound passing through portals will be calculated, and how to apply those calculations to Wwise parameters.
40 DiffractionFlags_UseBuiltInParam = 1 << 0, ///< Set the Wwise built-in game parameter value for diffraction angle. This is a flexible approach that can be mapped to any Wwise parameter. Can also be used simply to monitor diffraction using the game object profiler in Wwise.
41 DiffractionFlags_UseObstruction = 1 << 1, ///< Use Wwise obstruction for dry-path diffraction. Dry-path diffraction is related to the angle off of a straight line of sight to a sound emitter.
42 DiffractionFlags_CalcEmitterVirtualPosition = 1 << 3, ///< An emitter that is not in the same room as the listener will have its apparent or virtual position calculated by Wwise spatial audio and passed on to the sound engine.
44 DefaultDiffractionFlags = DiffractionFlags_UseBuiltInParam | DiffractionFlags_UseObstruction | DiffractionFlags_CalcEmitterVirtualPosition
60 AkUInt32 uPoolSize; ///< Desired memory pool size if a new pool should be created. A pool will be created if uPoolID is not set (AK_INVALID_POOL_ID).
61 AkUInt32 uMaxSoundPropagationDepth; ///< Maximum number of portals that sound can propagate through; must be less than or equal to AK_MAX_SOUND_PROPAGATION_DEPTH.
62 AkUInt32 uDiffractionFlags; ///< Enable or disable specific diffraction features. See AkDiffractionFlags.
63 AkReal32 fDiffractionShadowAttenFactor; ///< Multiplier that is applied to the distance attenuation of diffracted sounds (sounds that are in the 'shadow region') to simulate the phenomenon where by diffracted sound waves decay faster than incident sound waves.
64 AkReal32 fDiffractionShadowDegrees; ///< Interpolation angle, in degrees, over which the fDiffractionShadowAttenFactor is applied.
65 ///< At a diffraction of 0, a multiplier of 1 (ie. none) is applied, and at an angle of fDiffractionShadowDegrees or greater, fDiffractionShadowAttenFactor is applied.
66 ///< A linear interpolation between 1 and fDiffractionShadowAttenFactor is applied when the angle is between 0 and fDiffractionShadowDegrees.
68 AkReal32 fMovementThreshold; ///< Amount that an emitter or listener has to move to trigger a recalculation of reflections/diffraction. Larger values can reduce the CPU load at the cost of reduced accuracy.
76 AkImageSourceSettings(AkVector in_sourcePosition, AkReal32 in_fDistanceScalingFactor, AkReal32 in_fLevel)
116 /// Name given to image source, can be used to identify the image source in the AK Reflect plugin UI.
140 /// Aux bus with the AkReflect plug-in that is used by the geometric reflections API. Set to AK_INVALID_UNIQUE_ID to disable geometric reflections.
141 /// \aknote For proper operation with AkReflect and the SpatialAudio API, any aux bus using AkReflect should have 'Listener Relative Routing' checked and the 3D Spatialization set to None in the Wwise authoring tool. See \ref spatial_audio_wwiseprojectsetup_businstances for more details. \endaknote
144 /// A heuristic to stop the computation of reflections, and reduce the search space for reflective surfaces. Should be no longer (and possibly shorter for less CPU usage) than the maximum attenuation of
146 /// Setting \c reflectionMaxPathLength is critical for performance. This value should be set as small as possible to reduce the number of possible surfaces to consider for reflections.
147 /// Setting \c reflectionMaxPathLength to 0.f effectively disables reflection processing for this sound emitter.
150 /// Send gain (0.f-1.f) that is applied when sending to the bus that has the AkReflect plug-in. (reflectAuxBusID)
153 /// Maximum number of reflections that will be processed when computing indirect paths via the geometric reflections API. Reflection processing grows
154 /// exponentially with the order of reflections, so this number should be kept low. Valid range: 1-4.
155 /// Setting \c reflectionsOrder to 0 effectively disables reflection processing for this sound emitter.
156 /// A good starting point is 1 (1st order reflections). \c reflectionsOrder can be increased to 2 or more if geometry is sufficiently simple, and there are a low number of sound emitters that need reflection processing at a given time.
159 /// Bit field that allows for filtering of reflector surfaces (triangles) for this sound emitter. Setting/or clearing bits that correspond to the same bits set in
160 /// the \c reflectorChannelMask of each \c AkTriangle can be used to filter out specific geometry for specific emitters. An example usage is to disable reflections
161 /// off the floor for sounds positioned at the camera. When processing the reflections, this bit mask is ANDed with each potential triangle's reflectorChannelMask to determine if the reflector/emitter pair can produce a valid hit.
164 /// Send gain (0.f-1.f) that is applied when sending to the bus that is associated with the room that the emitter is in (assigned via ReverbAuxBus field of AkRoomParams).
165 /// This value is multiplied with the room-specific gain (ReverbLevel of AkRoomParams). Note that this value is not applied to aux sends that are set via SetEmitterAuxSendValues(),
166 /// and therefore may be used to scale and/or disable room reverb, either temporarily or permanently, for a specific emitter.
172 /// The maximum number of edges that the sound can diffract around between the emitter and the listener, or the emitter and a single portal. Applies only to geometric diffraction, and not to sound propagation through rooms and portals.
173 /// Setting \c diffractionMaxEdges to 0 effectively disables geometric diffraction for this sound emitter.
177 /// The maximum number of paths to the listener that the sound can take around obstacles between the emitter and the listener, or the emitter and a single portal. Applies only to geometric diffraction, and not sound propagation through rooms and portals.
178 /// Diffraction paths map directly to virtual sound positions. Setting \c diffractionMaxPaths limits the number sound positions that are rendered for the game object.
179 /// Setting \c diffractionMaxPaths to 0 effectively disables geometric diffraction for this sound emitter.
183 /// The maximum length of a geometric diffraction path between the emitter and the listener, in the case that they are in the same room. When the emitter and listener are in different rooms, this value represents
184 /// the maximum possible diffracted path-segment length between the emitter and a portal (in the same room as the emitter). When the listener and emitter are in different rooms, calculated paths
185 /// between the listener and portals, and/or those between two portals, are shared between all emitters requiring them, and so are not subject to \c diffractionMaxPathLength. The final path from the emitter to the listener may
186 /// end up being longer than \c diffractionMaxPathLength, when the total path traverses a number of rooms and portals.
187 /// Should generally be no longer (and possibly shorter for less CPU usage) than the maximum attenuation used on the sound emitter.
188 /// Setting \c diffractionMaxPathLength to 0 effectively disables geometric diffraction for this sound emitter.
189 /// When using geometric diffraction, a good starting point is the maximum possible distance that the sound should travel.
192 /// Enable reflections from image sources that have been added via the \c AK::SpatialAudio::SetImageSource() API. (Does not apply to geometric reflections.)
228 /// Index into the vertex table passed into \c AkGeometryParams that describes the first vertex of the triangle. Triangles are double-sided, so vertex order in not important.
231 /// Index into the vertex table passed into \c AkGeometryParams that describes the second vertex of the triangle. Triangles are double-sided, so vertex order in not important.
234 /// Index into the vertex table passed into \c AkGeometryParams that describes the third vertex of the triangle. Triangles are double-sided, so vertex order in not important.
237 /// Index into the surface table passed into \c AkGeometryParams that describes the surface properties of the triangle.
238 /// If this field is left as \c AK_INVALID_SURFACE, then a default-constructed \c AkAcousticSurface is used.
243 /// An single acoustic surface may describe any number of triangles, depending on the granularity desired. For example, if desired for debugging, one could create a unique
244 /// \c AkAcousticSurface struct for each triangle, and define a unique name for each. Alternatively, a single \c AkAcousticSurface could be used to describe all triangles.
245 /// In fact it is not necessary to define any acoustic surfaces at all. If the \c AkTriangle::surface field is left as \c AK_INVALID_SURFACE, then a default-constructed \c AkAcousticSurface is used.
254 /// Acoustic texture ShareSet ID for the surface. The acoustic texture is authored in Wwise, and the shareset ID may be obtained by calling \c AK::SoundEngine::GetIDFromString
258 /// Bitfield of channels that this surface belongs to. When processing the reflections, this bit mask is ANDed with each of the emitter's <tt>reflectorFilterMask</tt>s to determine if the reflector/emitter pair can produce a valid hit.
265 /// Structure for retrieving information about the indirect paths of a sound that have been calculated via the geometric reflections API. Useful for debug draw applications.
272 /// pathPoint[0] is closest to the emitter, pathPoint[numPathPoints-1] is closest to the listener.
276 /// surfaces[0] is closest to the emitter, surfaces[numPathPoints-1] is closest to the listener.
282 /// Number of reflections in the \c pathPoint[] array. Shadow zone diffraction does not count as a reflection. If there is no shadow zone diffraction, \c numReflections is equal to \c numPathPoints.
291 /// True if the sound path was occluded. Note that the spatial audio library must be recompiled with \c \#define AK_DEBUG_OCCLUSION to enable generation of occluded paths.
296 /// The diffraction paths represent indirect sound paths from the emitter to the listener, whether they go through portals
297 /// (via the rooms and portals API) or are diffracted around edges (via the geometric diffraction API).
300 /// Defines the maximum number of nodes that a user can retrieve information about. Longer paths will be truncated.
303 /// Diffraction points along the path. nodes[0] is the point closest to the listener; nodes[numNodes-1] is the point closest to the emitter.
310 /// ID of the portals that the path passes through. For a given node at position i (in the nodes array), if the path diffracts on a geometric edge, then portals[i] will be an invalid portal ID (ie. portals[i].IsValid() will return false).
311 /// Otherwise, if the path diffracts through a portal at position i, then portals[i] will be the ID of that portal.
312 /// portal[0] represents the node closest to the listener; portal[numNodes-1] represents the node closest to the emitter.
315 /// ID's of the rooms that the path passes through. For a given node at position i, room[i] is the room on the listener's side of the node. If node i diffracts through a portal,
316 /// then rooms[i] is on the listener's side of the portal, and rooms[i+1] is on the emitters side of the portal.
317 /// There is always one extra slot for a room so that the emitters room is always returned in slot room[numNodes] (assuming the path has not been truncated).
320 /// Virtual emitter position. This is the position that is passed to the sound engine to render the audio using multi-positioning, for this particular path.
323 /// Total number of nodes in the path. Defines the number of valid entries in the \c nodes, \c angles, and \c portals arrays. The \c rooms array has one extra slot to fit the emitter's room.
327 /// The diffraction amount is calculated from the sum of the deviation angles from a straight line, of all angles at each nodePoint.
328 // Can be thought of as how far into the 'shadow region' the sound has to 'bend' to reach the listener.
329 /// Depending on the spatial audio initialization settings, this value is applied internally, by spatial audio, to the obstruction or built-in parameter of the emitter game object.
336 /// Represents the sum of the length of the individual segments between nodes, with a correction factor applied for diffraction.
337 /// The correction factor simulates the phenomenon where by diffracted sound waves decay faster than incident sound waves and can be customized in the spatial audio init settings.
343 /// This value includes the accumulated portal obstruction for all portals along the path. In the case that no valid diffraction paths are found, this value is set to 1.0.
344 /// The obstruction value sent to the sound engine is normally calculated from the result of the \c diffraction calculation, and then max'ed with the portal obstruciton value.
345 /// If no path is found between the emitter and listener or if the maximum path length for a given sound is exceeded, the sound engine is sent 1.0 for obstruction.
346 /// In this case \c obstructionValue is set to 1.0, and \c nodeCount is set to 0. The maximum path length for an emitter is defined in \c AkEmitterSettings.
362 /// OrientationFront vector must be unit-length and point along the normal of the portal, and must be orthogonal to Up. It defines the local positive-Z dimension (depth/transition axis) of the portal, used by Extent.
363 /// OrientationTop vector must be unit-length and point along the top of the portal (tangent to the wall), must be orthogonal to Front. It defines the local positive-Y direction (height) of the portal, used by Extent.
366 /// Portal extent. Defines the dimensions of the portal relative to its center; all components must be positive numbers. The local X and Y dimensions (side and top) are used in diffraction calculations,
367 /// whereas the Z dimension (front) defines a depth value which is used to implement smooth transitions between rooms. It is recommended that users experiment with different portal depths to find a value
371 /// Whether or not the portal is active/enabled. For example, this parameter may be used to simulate open/closed doors.
372 /// Portal diffraction is simulated when at least one portal exists and is active between an emitter and the listener. Otherwise, transmission is simulated.
373 /// Diffraction uses obstruction or the diffraction built-in game parameter, while transmission uses occlusion.
379 /// ID of the room to which the portal connects, in the direction of the Front vector. If a room with this ID has not been added via AK::SpatialAudio::SetRoom,
380 /// a room will be created with this ID and with default AkRoomParams. If you would later like to update the AkRoomParams, simply call AK::SpatialAudio::SetRoom again with this same ID.
386 /// ID of the room to which the portal connects, in the direction opposite to the Front vector. If a room with this ID has not been added via AK::SpatialAudio::SetRoom,
387 /// a room will be created with this ID and with default AkRoomParams. If you would later like to update the AkRoomParams, simply call AK::SpatialAudio::SetRoom again with this same ID.
414 /// Room orientation has an effect when the associated aux bus (see ReverbAuxBus) is set with 3D Spatialization in Wwise, as 3D Spatialization implements relative rotation of the emitter (room) and listener.
419 /// When Spatial Audio is told that a game object is in a particular room via SetGameObjectInRoom, a send to this aux bus will be created to model the reverb of the room.
420 /// Using a combination of Rooms and Portals, Spatial Audio manages which game object the aux bus is spawned on, and what control gain is sent to the bus.
421 /// When a game object is inside a connected portal, as defined by the portal's orientation and extent vectors, both this aux send and the aux send of the adjacent room are active.
422 /// Spatial audio modulates the control value for each send based on the game object's position, in relation to the portal's z-azis and extent, to crossfade the reverb between the two rooms.
423 /// If more advanced control of reverb is desired, SetEmitterAuxSendValues can be used to add additional sends on to a game object.
429 /// Can be used to implement multiple rooms that share the same aux bus, but have different reverb levels.
432 /// Occlusion level to set when modeling transmission through walls. Transmission is modeled only when no sound propagation paths to the listener are found, meaning that there are no active portals between the listener's
439 /// Send level for sounds that are posted on the room game object; adds reverb to ambience and room tones. Valid range: (0.f-1.f). Set to a value greater than 0 to have spatial audio create a send on the room game object,
440 /// where the room game object itself is specified as the listener and ReverbAuxBus is specified as the aux bus. A value of 0 disables the aux send. This should not be confused with ReverbLevel, which is the send level
442 /// \aknote The room game object can be accessed though the ID that is passed to \c SetRoom() and the \c AkRoomID::AsGameObjectID() method. Posting an event on the room game object leverages automatic room game object placement
443 /// by spatial audio so that when the listener is inside the room, the sound comes from all around the listener, and when the listener is outside the room, the sound comes from the portal(s). Typically, this would be used for
444 /// surround ambiance beds or room tones. Point source sounds should use separate game objects that are registered as spatial audio emitters.
450 /// If set to true, the room game object will be registered on calling \c SetRoom(), and not released untill the room is deleted or removed with \c RemoveRoom(). If set to false, spatial audio will register
451 /// the room object only when it is needed by the sound propagation system for the purposes of reverb, and will unregister the game object when all reverb tails have finished.
452 /// If the game intends to post events on the room game object for the purpose of ambiance or room tones, RoomGameObj_KeepRegistered should be set to true.
453 /// \aknote The room game object can be accessed though the ID that is passed to \c SetRoom() and the \c AkRoomID::AsGameObjectID() method. Posting an event on the room game object leverages automatic room game object placement
454 /// by spatial audio so that when the listener is inside the room, the sound comes from all around the listener, and when the listener is outside the room, the sound comes from the portal(s). Typically, this would be used for
455 /// surround ambiance beds or room tones. Point source sounds should use separate game objects that are registered as spatial audio emitters.
468 AkGeometryParams() : Triangles(NULL), NumTriangles(0), Vertices(NULL), NumVertices(0), Surfaces(NULL), NumSurfaces(0), EnableDiffraction(false), EnableDiffractionOnBoundaryEdges(false) {}
471 /// This array will be copied into the spatial audio memory pool and will not be accessed after \c SetGeometry returns.
481 /// This array will be copied into the spatial audio memory pool and will not be accessed after \c SetGeometry returns.
491 /// This array will be copied into the spatial audio memory pool and will not be accessed after \c SetGeometry returns.
497 /// Number of of AkTriangleInfo structures in in_pTriangleInfo and number of AkTriIdx's in in_infoMap.
500 /// Associate this geometry set with the room \c RoomID. Associating a geometry set with a particular room will limit the scope in which the geometry is visible/accessible. \c RoomID can be left as default (-1), in which case
501 /// this geometry set will have a global scope. It is recommended to associate geometry with a room when the geometry is (1) fully contained within the room (ie. not visible to other rooms accept by portals),
502 /// and (2) the room does not share geometry with other rooms. Doing so reduces the search space for ray casting performed by reflection and diffraction calculations. Take note that once one or more geometry sets
503 /// are associated with a room, that room will no longer be able to access geometry that is in the global scope.
511 /// Switch to enable or disable geometric diffraction on boundary edges for this Geometry. Boundary edges are edges that are connected to only one triangle.
523 /// In order to use SpatialAudio, you need to initalize it using Init, and register all emitters and listeners that you plan on using with any of the services offered by SpatialAudio, using
524 /// RegisterEmitter and RegisterListener respectively, _after_ having registered their corresponding game object to the sound engine. The position of these objects and game-defined sends should be updated with
526 /// \akwarning At the moment, there can be only one Spatial Audio listener registered at any given time.
535 /// Register a game object as a sound emitter in the SpatialAudio API or update settings on a previously registered sound emitter. The game object must have already been
544 /// Unregister a game object as a sound emitter in the SpatialAudio API; clean up Spatial Audio listener data associated with in_gameObjectID.
545 /// This function is optional - emitters are automatically unregistered when their game object is deleted in the sound engine.
552 /// Assign a game object as the Spatial Audio listener. There can be only one Spatial Audio listener registered at any given time; in_gameObjectID will replace any previously set Spatial Audio listener.
553 /// The game object passed in must be registered by the client, at some point, for sound to be heard. It is not necessary to be registered at the time of calling this function.
554 /// If not listener is explicitly registered to spatial audio, then a default listener (set via \c AK::SoundEngine::SetDefaultListeners()) is selected. If the are no default listeners, or there are more than one
555 /// default listeners, then it is necessary to call RegisterListener() to specify which listener to use with Spatial Audio.
560 /// Unregister a game object as a listener in the SpatialAudio API; clean up Spatial Audio listener data associated with in_gameObjectID.
561 /// If in_gameObjectID is the current registered listener, calling this function will clear the Spatial Audio listener and
563 /// This function is optional - listener are automatically unregistered when their game object is deleted in the sound engine.
570 /// Set the position of an emitter game object that has been registered with the SpatialAudio API.
571 /// This function should be called instead of \c AK::SoundEngine::SetPosition(). The argument \c in_sourcePosition should represent the real position of the emitter. It is this position that is used
572 /// for all spatial audio services, such as Rooms and GeometrySets (see SpatialAudio::SetRoom and SpatialAudio::SetGeometry).
573 /// When an emitter is in a different room from the listener, its virtual positions are automatically calculated based on the relative positions of the listener and nearby portals, and it is these virtual positions
575 /// If the game object is registered with the sound engine, but not with the SpatialAudio API, then the call will be passed on to AK::SoundEngine::SetPosition().
581 /// Set the aux send values for an emitter game object that has been registered with the SpatialAudio API.
582 /// This function should be called instead of \c AK::SoundEngine::SetGameObjectAuxSendValues() because the spatial audio API adds additional sends for room's late reverb and
584 /// If the game object is registered with the sound engine, but not with the SpatialAudio API, then the call will be passed on to \c AK::SoundEngine::SetGameObjectAuxSendValues().
598 /// \aknote These functions are low-level and useful when your game engine already implements a geometrical approach to sound propagation such as an image-source or a ray tracing algorithm.
599 /// Functions of Geometry are preferred and easier to use with the Wwise Reflect plug-in. \endaknote
602 /// Add or update an individual image source for processing via the AkReflect plug-in. Use this API for detailed placement of
603 /// reflection image sources, whose positions have been determined by the client, such as from the results of a ray cast, computation or by manual placement. One possible
604 /// use case is generating reflections that originate far enough away that they can be modeled as a static point source, for example, off of a distant mountain.
605 /// The SpatialAudio API manages image sources added via SetImageSource() and sends them to the AkReflect plug-in that is on the aux bus with ID \c in_AuxBusID.
606 /// The image source will apply to all registered spatial audio emitters, if \c AK_INVALID_GAME_OBJECT is passed for \c in_gameObjectID,
607 /// or to one particular game object, if \c in_gameObjectID contains the ID of a valid registered spatial audio emitter.
608 /// SetImageSource takes a room ID to indicate which room the reflection is logically part of, even though the position of the image source may be outside of the extents of the room.
609 /// This ID is used as a filter, so that it is not possible to hear reflections for rooms that the emitter is not inside. To use this feature, the emitter and listeners rooms must be
610 /// specified using SetGameObjectInRoom. If you are not using the rooms and portals API, or the image source is not associated with a room, pass a default-constructed room ID.
611 /// \aknote The \c AkImageSourceSettings struct passed in \c in_info must contain a unique image source ID to be able to identify this image source across frames and when updating and/or removing it later.
612 /// Each instance of AkReflect has its own set of data, so you may reuse ID, if desired, as long as \c in_gameObjectID and \c in_AuxBusID are different.
613 /// If you are using the geometric reflections API on the same aux bus (as set in \c AkEmitterSettings) and game object(s), there is a small chance of ID conflict, because IDs for
614 /// geometric reflections' image sources are generated internally using a hash function. If a conflict does occur, you will only hear one of the two reflections. \endaknote
615 /// \aknote For proper operation with AkReflect and the SpatialAudio API, any aux bus using AkReflect should have 'Listener Relative Routing' checked and the 3D Spatialization set to None in the Wwise authoring tool. See \ref spatial_audio_wwiseprojectsetup_businstances for more details. \endaknote
624 AkRoomID in_roomID, ///< The ID of the room that the image source is logically a part of; pass a default-constructed ID if not in, or not using, a room.
625 AkGameObjectID in_gameObjectID = AK_INVALID_GAME_OBJECT ///< The ID of the emitter game object to which the image source applies. Pass AK_INVALID_GAME_OBJECT to apply to all emitter game objects.
628 /// Remove an individual reflection image source that was previously added via \c SetImageSource.
634 AkGameObjectID in_gameObjectID = AK_INVALID_GAME_OBJECT ///< Game object ID that was passed to SetImageSource.
644 /// Add or update a set of geometry from the \c SpatialAudio module for geometric reflection and diffaction processing. A geometry set is a logical set of vertices, triangles, and acoustic surfaces,
645 /// which are referenced by the same \c AkGeometrySetID. The ID (\c in_GeomSetID) must be unique and is also chosen by the client in a manner similar to \c AkGameObjectID's.
661 /// Query information about the reflection paths that have been calculated via geometric reflection processing in the SpatialAudio API. This function can be used for debugging purposes.
662 /// This function must acquire the global sound engine lock and therefore, may block waiting for the lock.
667 AkVector& out_listenerPos, ///< Returns the position of the listener game object that is associated with the game object \c in_gameObjectID.
668 AkVector& out_emitterPos, ///< Returns the position of the emitter game object \c in_gameObjectID.
669 AkReflectionPathInfo* out_aPaths, ///< Pointer to an array of \c AkReflectionPathInfo's which will be filled after returning.
670 AkUInt32& io_uArraySize ///< The number of slots in \c out_aPaths, after returning the number of valid elements written.
680 /// Add or update a room. Rooms are used to connect portals and define an orientation for oriented reverbs. This function may be called multiple times with the same ID to update the parameters of the room.
681 /// The ID (\c in_RoomID) must be chosen in the same manner as \c AkGameObjectID's, as they are in the same ID-space. The spatial audio lib manages the
682 /// registration/unregistration of internal game objects for rooms that use these IDs and, therefore, must not collide.
700 /// Add or update an acoustic portal. A portal is an opening that connects two or more rooms to simulate the transmission of reverberated (indirect) sound between the rooms.
701 /// This function may be called multiple times with the same ID to update the parameters of the portal. The ID (\c in_PortalID) must be chosen in the same manner as \c AkGameObjectID's,
702 /// as they are in the same ID-space. The spatial audio lib manages the registration/unregistration of internal game objects for portals that use these IDs, and therefore must not collide.
717 AkPortalID in_PortalID ///< ID of portal to be removed, which was originally passed to SetPortal.
720 /// Set the room that the game object is currently located in - usually the result of a containment test performed by the client. The room must have been registered with \c SetRoom.
721 /// Setting the room for a game object provides the basis for the sound propagation service, and also sets which room's reverb aux bus to send to. The sound propagation service traces the path
722 /// of the sound from the emitter to the listener, and calculates the diffraction as the sound passes through each portal. The portals are used to define the spatial location of the diffracted and reverberated
732 /// Set the obstruction and occlusion values of an emitter game object that has been registered with the SpatialAudio API.
733 /// This function should be called instead of \c AK::SoundEngine::SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion(), and can be used for setting the obstruction and occlusion values on a Spatial Audio emitter.
734 /// The obstruction value passed to SetEmitterObstructionAndOcclusion() should be used to simulate obstructing objects between the emitter and the listener, if they are in the same room, or between the emitter and a portal, if the emitter
736 /// The occlusion value that is passed to SetEmitterObstructionAndOcclusion() is send to the sound engine directly, unless the emitter is unreachable via sound propagation. In this case, the occlusion value is maxed with the \c AkRoomParams::WallOcclusion value
738 /// If the listener and the emitter are in different rooms, the maximum of the obstruction value passed into SetEmitterObstructionAndOcclusion() and the the obstruction value calculated from the diffraction angle is passed to the sound engine.
739 /// If the game object is not registered as an emitter with Spatial Audio, then an error will be reported, and the call will have no effect.
740 /// \aknote The game is responsible to differentiate between obstruction between the emitter and the portal (where \c AK::SpatialAudio::SetEmitterObstructionAndOcclusion() should be used), and occlusion from room boundaries,
741 /// which is better handled by the spatial audio diffraction system. For example, games that use ray-testing for obstruction may report 100 % obstruction when an object is very close to the opening of a portal,
742 /// because the ray between the emitter and the listener hits a nearby wall. If the game then sends 100 %, this will erroneously override the diffraction calculation which is probably much less than 100% (180 degrees),
743 /// and better matches the expected audibility of the sound. To prevent this scenario, games can ray-test for obstruction objects between the emitter and the portal, passing the results with \c AK::SpatialAudio::SetEmitterObstructionAndOcclusion(),
744 /// and then test for obstructing objects between the portal and the listener, passing the results with \c AK::SpatialAudio::SetPortalObstructionAndOcclusion().
753 /// Set the obstruction and occlusion value for a portal that has been registered with Spatial Audio.
754 /// Portal obstruction is used to simulate objects between the portal and the listener that are obstructing the sound coming from the portal.
755 /// The obstruction value affects only the portals dry path, and should relate to how much of the opening
756 /// is obstructed, and must be calculated by the client. It is applied to the room's game object, as well as to all the emitters virtual positions
758 /// Portal occlusion is applied only on the room game object, and affects both the wet and dry path of the signal emitted from the room's bus.
767 /// Query information about the wet diffraction amount for the portal \c in_portal, returned as a normalized value \c out_wetDiffraction in the range [0,1].
768 /// The wet diffraction is calculated from how far into the 'shadow region' the listener is from the portal. Unlike dry diffraction, the
770 /// Depending on the spatial audio initialization settings, this value is applied by spatial audio, to the obstruction and/or built-in game parameter of the room game object that is
772 /// This function must acquire the global sound engine lock and therefore, may block waiting for the lock.
778 AkReal32& out_wetDiffraction ///< The number of slots in \c out_aPaths, after returning the number of valid elements written.
781 /// Query information about the diffraction state for a particular listener and emitter, which has been calculated using the data provided via the spatial audio emitter API. This function can be used for debugging purposes.
782 /// Returned in \c out_aPaths, this array contains the sound paths calculated from diffraction around a geometric edge and/or diffraction through portals connecting rooms.
783 /// No paths will be returned in any of the following conditions: (1) the emitter game object has a direct line of sight to the listener game object, (2) the emitter and listener are in the same room, and the listener is completely outside the radius of the emitter as
784 /// defined by <tt>AkEmitterSettings::diffractionMaxPathLength</tt>, or (3) The emitter and listener are in different rooms, but there are no paths found via portals between the emitter and the listener.
785 /// A single path with zero diffraction nodes is returned when all of the following conditions are met: (1) the emitter and listener are in the same room, (2) there is no direct line of sight, and (3) either \c AkEmitterSettings::diffractionMaxPathLength is exceeded or the accumulated diffraction coefficient exceeds 1.0.
786 /// This function must acquire the global sound engine lock and, therefore, may block waiting for the lock.
791 AkVector& out_listenerPos, ///< Returns the position of the listener game object that is associated with the game object \c in_gameObjectID.
792 AkVector& out_emitterPos, ///< Returns the position of the emitter game object \c in_gameObjectID.
793 AkDiffractionPathInfo* out_aPaths, ///< Pointer to an array of \c AkDiffractionPathInfo's which will be filled on return.
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Number of valid elements in the pathPoint[], surfaces[], and diffraction[] arrays.
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Apparent source of the reflected sound that follows this path.
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Auxiliary bus sends information per game object per given auxiliary bus.
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User-provided pool ID (see AK::MemoryMgr::CreatePool).
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Name given to image source, can be used to identify the image source in the AK Reflect plugin UI.
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Constructor.
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Initialize the SpatialAudio API.
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Access the internal pool ID passed to Init.
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Name used to identify portal (optional).
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Number of valid textures in the texture array.
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Raw diffraction angles at each point, in radians.
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Initialization settings of the spatial audio module.
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Diffraction amount, normalized to the range [0,1].
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Switch to enable or disable geometric diffraction for this Geometry.
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Acoustic texture that goes with this image source.
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Enable or disable specific diffraction features. See AkDiffractionFlags.
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Unique IDs of the Acoustics Texture ShareSets used to filter this image source.
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