Non-spatialized audio

Non-spatialized audio sounds the same throughout the scene, regardless of the position of entities (such as the player camera). It's stereo and moves along a single axis (usually the X-axis). Unlike spatialized audio, the volume, pitch (frequency), and other parameters of spatialized audio don't change. This is useful, for example, for background music and menu sound effects.

Non-spatialized audio requires no or audio listeners.

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• Make sure the audio asset is a root asset. Root assets are assets that Xenko includes in the build so they can be used at runtime.

  In the Asset View, right-click the asset and select Include in build as root asset:

To play non-spatialized audio at runtime, create an instance of it and define its behavior in the code.

The SoundInstance controls audio at runtime with the following properties:

For more details, see the .

Note

If the sound is already playing, Xenko ignores all additional calls to SoundInstance.Play.The same goes for (when a sound is already paused) and SoundInstance.Stop (when a sound is already stopped).

For example, the following code:

• instantiates non-spatialized audio
• sets the audio to loop
• sets the volume
• plays the audio

Create a public variable for each audio asset you want to use. You can use the same properties listed above.

For example:

{
    private SoundInstance musicInstance;
    public bool PlayMusic;
    public override void Start()
    {
    }
    public override void Update()
    {
        // If music isn't playing but should be, play the music.
        if (PlayMusic & musicInstance.PlayState != SoundPlayState.Playing)
        {
        // If music is playing but shouldn't be, stop the music.
        else if (!PlayMusic)
        {
            musicInstance.Stop();
        }
    }
}

• In the Scene view, select the entity you want to add the script to:

• In the Property Grid, click Add component and select your script:

The script is added to the entity.

• If you added public variables to the script, you need to tie them to audio assets.

  Drag and drop an asset from the Asset View to each variable:

Alternatively, click (Select an asset):

• Global audio settings