{"id":3056,"date":"2020-08-25T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T04:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2020-08-25T13:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T04:59:16","slug":"controlling-game-volume-in-ue4-with-adx2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/25\/controlling-game-volume-in-ue4-with-adx2\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlling Game Volume in UE4 with ADX2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once we have successfully implemented and mixed the audio for our games, we will likely want to offer the player the ability to adjust their volume. For example, in a competitive shooter, the player might want their music to be quieter, or if playing an adventure game, they might wish to have the dialog a bit louder. In this blog, we will cover the different methods that ADX2 offers for applying broad-stroke changes to the volume.<\/p>\n

To test this system, we will be extending on our footstep blog<\/a>, only adding in some Music and Ambience Cues with relevant Materials.<\/p>\n

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This project was created using CRI Atom Craft Ver.3.43.09 and UE4.24.3<\/i><\/p>\n

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To allow for a few different options, we are going to implement three solutions for volume adjustments: setting by bus, Category, and AISAC. Setting by bus won\u2019t require any additional setup for our purposes since we will be using use the default MasterOut bus. However, we could design our project so that Cues of certain types (such as SFX or dialog) are sent to specified busses and only summed in our Bus Map. <\/p>\n

\nAnother approach is to use the Categories feature. Here, we can define sound types, and drag our Cues onto these Categories. If we want to define a custom attenuation curve, we can also apply AISAC to our sounds. In the Project Tree, let\u2019s:<\/p>\n