Types of Event Actions

Wwise comes with a variety of actions that you can use to drive the sound, music, and motion in game. The actions are grouped by category and each category contains a series of actions that you can choose from.

Each action also has a set of properties, such as delays and fades, that you can use to better manage the incoming and outgoing objects. The following table describes each of the event actions.

	Note
	The following descriptions are general descriptions and do not take into account the scope setting for each action. The scope, which is either Game Object or Global, specifies the extent to which the action is applied to objects within the game.

Event Action	Description
Play	Plays back the associated object.
Post Event	Triggers an event from within another event.
Break	Stops playback of a looped sound or continuous container while allowing the current object or objects to finish playing.
Stop	Stops playback of the associated object.
Stop All	Stops playback of all objects.
Stop All Except	Stops playback of all objects except those specified.
Pause	Pauses playback of the associated object.
Pause All	Pauses playback of all objects.
Pause All Except	Pauses playback of all objects except those specified.
Resume	Resumes playback of the associated object that had previously been paused.
Resume All	Resumes playback of all paused objects.
Resume All Except	Resumes playback of all paused objects, except those specified.
Mute	Silences the associated object.
Unmute	Returns the associated object to its original “pre-silenced” volume level.
Unmute All	Returns all objects to their original “pre-silenced” volume levels.
Unmute All Except	Returns all objects, except those specified, to their original “pre-silenced” volume levels.
Set Volume	Changes the volume level of the associated object.
Reset Volume	Returns the volume of the associated object to its original level.
Reset Volume All	Returns the volume of all objects to their original levels.
Reset Volume All Except	Returns the volume of all objects, except those specified, to their original levels.
Set Pitch	Changes the pitch for the associated object.
Reset Pitch	Returns the pitch of the associated object to its original value.
Reset Pitch All	Returns the pitch of all objects to their original values.
Reset Pitch All Except	Returns the pitch of all objects, except those specified, to their original values.
Set Low-pass Filter	Changes the amount of low pass filter applied to the associated Wwise object. Low-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset Low-pass Filter	Returns the amount of low pass filter applied to the associated Wwise object to its original value. Low-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset Low-pass Filter All	Returns the amount of low pass filter applied to all Wwise objects to their original values. Low-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset Low-pass Filter All Except	Returns the amount of low pass filter applied to all Wwise objects, except the ones that you specified, to their original values. Low-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Set High-pass Filter	Changes the amount of high-pass filter applied to the associated Wwise object. High-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset High-pass Filter	Returns the amount of high-pass filter applied to the associated Wwise object to its original value. High-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset High-pass Filter All	Returns the amount of high-pass filter applied to all Wwise objects to their original values. High-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Reset High-pass Filter All Except	Returns the amount of high-pass filter applied to all Wwise objects, except the ones that you specified, to their original values. High-pass Filter does not affect motion objects.
Set State	Activates a specific State.
State > Enable State	Re-enables the State or States applicable to the associated Wwise object after having applied a Disable State Action.
State > Disable State	Disables the State or States for the associated Wwise object.
Set Switch	Activates a specific Switch.
Enable Bypass	Bypasses the effect(s) applied to the associated Wwise object.
Disable Bypass	Removes the effect bypass which re-applies the effect(s) to the associated Wwise object.
Reset Bypass Effect	Returns the bypass effect option of the associated object to its original setting.
Reset Bypass Effect All	Returns the bypass effect option of all Wwise objects to their original settings.
Reset Bypass Effect All Except	Returns the bypass effect option of all Wwise objects, except the ones that you specified, to their original settings.
Trigger	Calls a trigger that, in turn, launches a stinger.
Seek	Changes the playback position of the associated Wwise object. It has no effect on objects that are not currently playing.
SeekAll	Changes the playback position of all Wwise objects. It has no effect on objects that are not currently playing.
Release Envelope	Releases envelopes associated to the Wwise object.
Reset Playlist	Reset playlist of the specified random/sequence container to the initial state. This has no impact on the continuous mode playback nor on currently playing sounds.

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Types of Event Actions

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