How to change a default value when creating an object

Question

Is there a preference setting in Wwise where I can set a default setting for, in my case, the play type for the random container?

 

I find that 90% of the time, I set my random containers to shuffle. But the default setting is Standard so I hope to avoid having to manually set the play type to shuffle every time I create a random container.

Answer 1

Yes these is a way:

 

The default values are stored WObjects.xml.  There are 2 copies of this file that must remain in sync: 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Audiokinetic\Wwise v2013.? build ????\Authoring\x64\Release\bin\WObjects.xml

C:\Program Files (x86)\Audiokinetic\Wwise v2013.? build ????\Authoring\Win32\Release\bin\WObjects.xml

 

• Open the files in a a text editor.  You may need to run your text editor as administrator to write in Program Files directory.
• Search for the first instance of "NormalOrShuffle": (or any other property you want to change)

 

      <Property Name="NormalOrShuffle" Type="int16">

        <DefaultValue>1</DefaultValue>

        <Restrictions>

          <ValueRestriction>

            <Enumeration Type="int16">

              <Value>0</Value>

              <Value>1</Value>

            </Enumeration>

          </ValueRestriction>

        </Restrictions>

      </Property>

 

• Change the default value to 0
• Save Wobjects.xml
• Do again for the other instance of WObjects.xml
• Restart Wwise