Wwise SDK 2023.1.3

In games, it is common for a game object to be either partially blocked (obstructed) by another object such as a wall or beam, or completely blocked (occluded) in a room where the listener can only hear a few sounds that pass through the walls. You can use auxiliary sends to represent the reflections of the signal.

Wwise does not compute obstruction and occlusion levels by itself. The game must perform the physics calculations and pass the results to the sound engine with AK::SoundEngine::SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion().

The Wwise sound engine maps the obstruction and occlusion levels to a set of volume, low-pass filter, and high-pass filter curves that you define in Wwise. By default, these curves are project-wide, but you can use Attenuation ShareSets to customize them for different sounds. These curves are then applied to sound objects as they are influenced by obstruction and occlusion during gameplay. The values you define are relative, and are added to any volume and LPF/HPF values already applied to the game object.

In the implementation of these conditions, the sound engine calculates percentage values and assigns them to both obstruction and occlusion to enhance realism. These percentages are based on real-time positioning information from the game engine and can reflect a game object's movement in and out of a blocked area. For example, a spy character might move through an art gallery full of large sculptures. The percentage of obstruction could change depending on where the spy is as they pass behind each sculpture. Similarly, the percentage of occlusion could shift as the spy slowly sneaks out of a completely occluded broom closet.

It is possible to use obstruction and occlusion in combination with Spatial Audio, or independently. For more information about Spatial Audio, see Spatial Audio (공간 음향).

다음은 사운드 엔진 내 방해/차단 처리 파이프라인의 다이어그램입니다.

방해/차단 처리 파이프라인

Understanding Obstruction

Obstruction occurs when an object in the game, such as a wall or pillar, partially blocks the space between a sound source and a listener. For example, in a spy game, player characters hiding behind a pillar could still hear gunshots in front of them.

방해의 예시

Obstruction can be modeled by applying a volume control, Low Pass Filter (LPF), High Pass Filter (HPF), or a combination of the three to the direct path of the signal. 보조 전송 반사는 영향을 받지 않습니다.

Understanding Occlusion

Occlusion occurs when an object in the game geometry completely blocks the space between a sound source and its listener. For example, in a spy game, a player character might hear gunshots in the next room, even though there is a wall between the character and the discharged firearm.

차단의 예시

Occlusion can be modeled by applying a volume control, Low Pass Filter (LPF), High Pass Filter (HPF), or a combination of the three that affects both the direct path and the auxiliary send reflections of the signal. Obstruction and occlusion can happen simultaneously. The direct path is affected by both the obstruction and occlusion values. 그러나 반사 경로는 차단 값에 의해서만 영향을 받습니다.

방해와 차단 설정

The game engine determines the obstruction and occlusion values from the position of the objects and listeners in the game's geometry.

Sound designers can set curves in Wwise Authoring to determine how the volume, LPF, and HPF react to calculated obstruction and occlusion values. They can also enable or disable any curve to best suit their performance and realism needs.

By default, all sounds use the curves specified in the Wwise project. For more information, see Defining Obstruction and Occlusion Curves for Your Project.

In the following example, an obstruction value of 1.0f (100%) produces a volume change of -50 dB on the source object. Obstruction and Occlusion levels must always be a value between 0.0f and 1.0f.

Wwise에서 프로젝트 방해와 차단 곡선의 커스터마이징

You can also use Attenuation ShareSets to enable, disable, and set obstruction and occlusion for separate sounds. For more information, see Applying Attenuation.

Game designers must calculate the obstruction and occlusion for each game object that affects each listener and pass the values to the sound engine with the AK::SoundEngine::SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion() call.

When multiple listeners are enabled for a game object, the sound engine determines the minimum LPF value and maximum volume value that all listeners can hear. It then uses those values to compute the resulting obstruction/occlusion.

예제: 방해와 차단 설정

#define MAIN_LISTENER        0 
 
// 게임 루프
while( TRUE )
{
    (...) 
 
    for( int iGameObject = 0; iGameObject < nbObjects; iGameObject++ )
    {
        AkReal32 fCalculatedObs, fCalculatedOcc;
        pGeometryModule->GetObsAndOccForGameObject( iGameObject, MAIN_LISTENER, &fCalculatedObs, &fCalculatedOcc );
        AK::SoundEngine::SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion( iGameObject, MAIN_LISTENER, fCalculatedObs, fCalculatedOcc );
    }
    
    (...)
} 

Additional Resources

For instructions on how to set obstruction and occlusion curves in Wwise Authoring, see Defining Obstruction and Occlusion Curves for Your Project.
For information on obstruction and occlusion in the Unity integration, see Obstruction and Occlusion.
For information on obstruction and occlusion in the Unreal integration in the context of Spatial Audio, see Unreal Spatial Audio Tutorials.
For WAAPI and SDK functions, see the following pages:

참고

AkReal32

float AkReal32

32-bit floating point

Definition: AkNumeralTypes.h:46

AK::SoundEngine::SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion

AKSOUNDENGINE_API AKRESULT SetObjectObstructionAndOcclusion(AkGameObjectID in_EmitterID, AkGameObjectID in_ListenerID, AkReal32 in_fObstructionLevel, AkReal32 in_fOcclusionLevel)

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