Stop fighting FMOD overhead in ECS 1.0! 🚀
This guide shows you how to install Audio Dispatcher and integrate native FMOD C++ libraries WITHOUT polluting your DOTS project with heavy MonoBehaviours.
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⚠️ CRITICAL STEP:
Do NOT import the entire FMOD Unity package. To keep your project pure and lightweight, import ONLY the "Plugins" folder containing native binaries (.dll, .so, .a). Audio Dispatcher handles the rest via Burst-compiled C-API calls.
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro: Pure ECS Audio Architecture
0:08 - Importing ONLY the Plugins folder (Crucial Step!)
0:34 - Installing Audio Dispatcher Package
0:40 - Syncing FMOD Banks & Auto-generating C# IDs
0:53 - Setting up a DOTS-ready scene
1:20 - Using a Proxy MonoBehaviour for background music
1:44 - Creating an ISystem to dispatch sounds (Burst-friendly)
2:52 - Testing Runtime Performance (Zero GC)
3:10 - Outro
About Audio Dispatcher:
Built for AA/AAA performance, this is a thread-safe, zero-GC bridge between Unity DOTS and FMOD Studio C-API. Features 96-byte cache-line aligned structs, async raycast occlusion, and "Shadow Entities" for automatic memory management.
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