Is the MetaSounds Quick Start tutorial outdated?

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Hi, I’m completely new to UE but just trying to learn audio implementation using metasound.

For learning material I chose this tutorial MetaSounds Quick Start and it uses First Person Template.

HOWEVER, I’m lost because it says

Click the Wave Asset dropdown and select the Fire_Sparks01 Sound Wave.

at 1B - 2 section

and I realized there’s no such audio file (Fire_Sparks01) included in this project template. So I couldn’t select the designated sound in metasound as instrusted. At this point I had a doubt that the tutorial is outdated. Because in other person’s tutorial overview video there’s some sounds included and even the project itself looks very different from mine. I can’t shoot anything or have anything to start with.

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UE5 First Person Template - A Guided Tour

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It says

On the Wave Player (Mono) node:

1 - Click the Wave Asset dropdown and select the Fire_Sparks01 Sound Wave.

So select the file from the wave player

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If no sound appears to select, check if the files are being shown (“All folders”, “Engine Content”, etc)

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also, check if you opened the 1P template. For thatm on the main folder go to “Add Feature or Content Pack” and select it.

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Also there you can download free assets by going into the “Content” tab.

Hope that helps :+1:

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No, there’s no sounds named Fire_Sparks01, Explosion01 or Explosion02 anywhere in the project folders

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This action causes this error message in Output Log

LogFeaturePack: Warning: No objects imported installing pack /Game

Before I created this project, I selected First Person template and selected

Target Platform > Desktop

Quality > Maximum

Variant > All

Am I doing something wrong?

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That template in the engine is pretty new. It’s likely the wav doesn’t exist in the newer templates and the tutorial hasn’t been updated.

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I knew it! But why is Epic leaving the tutorial as is like they don’t care at all?

It’s the only official reliable learning source tho

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You’re right that it’s an issue to not have the tut updated or at least post a warning. I don’t think it’s that they don’t care, it’s more likely a problem with not enough manpower to catch and fix all these things… The new templates are an improvement over the old ones for sure but unfortunately a LOT of tutorials are based on the old templates.

If you want to help improve the docs, you can report the issue here:

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while this is not the solution, but I really appreciate you for taking time to let me know that the tut is actually outdated. Many thanks and I’ll report this issue to epic