Hi there, thank you for your question! The surface reflector component doesn't work in BP. You'll need to use the AkGeometry component instead.

Hi there, thank you for your questions! The budget should be what's been spent on the game so far, and what's expected to be spent up until launch. So if a team spends $800K on a prototype, for example (so Pro tier: www.audiokinetic.com/en/wwise/pricing/), but then is seeking $4M to fund the rest of the production, the game really isn't greenlit until they get the commitment on that $4M, and they should consider themselves Premium tier. This way, they also present accurate costs to the publisher/funding partner. As for the 2nd part of your question, the revenues from the game do not contribute to the budget. However, often a game that does better than expected may get continued content development, and that additional development cost may increase the budget to a new tier. We hope that helps! Don't hesitate to ping us at [email protected] should you have any additional licensing model questions!

From the team: "Yes, Path Smoothing can be applied per-object amongst the emitters that have the 'Diffraction and Transmission' property enabled. Max reflection paths, however, is deliberately global. (This is the strength of the feature.) It is the max # of reflections between all emitters, as opposed to each emitter having a max number - you get the most prominent N reflections globally."

That’s right! If you have a budget of under 250,000 USD, you qualify for the free indie license. Just make sure to register your project on our website so that you can access all engine features & unlock the asset limit. You can find a how-to guide here: blog.audiokinetic.com/en/free-wwise-indie-license/

Oh, because this uses a speech synthesizer built into Windows, apparently.