Cannot load MSA plugin

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Cannot load MSA plugin.

Unity Editor version:
2022.2.0b8
ML2 OS version:
Build: B3E.220721.07-R.027
SDK Version 29
MLSDK version:
0.53.3
Host OS: (Windows/MacOS)
Windows

Error messages from logs (syntax-highlighting is supported via Markdown):

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System.DllNotFoundException: AudioPluginMSASpatializer assembly:<unknown assembly> type:<unknown type> member:(null)
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) MagicLeap.Soundfield.Importer.IsInitialized()
  at MagicLeap.Soundfield.Importer.Startup (System.Boolean isEditor) [0x00000] in <7726eb48ba4945b8bdf5e708419699e7>:0
  at MagicLeap.Soundfield.MLListener.Startup (System.Boolean isEditor) [0x00000] in <7726eb48ba4945b8bdf5e708419699e7>:0
  at MagicLeap.Soundfield.MLEditorImporterStartup..cctor () [0x00000] in <3a061d95bd9a42d1bf4ec0299ae73902>:0
UnityEditor.EditorAssemblies:ProcessInitializeOnLoadAttributes (System.Type[])

Plugins: Failed to load 'C:/Users/[Name]/MagicLeap/tools/unity/msa/v3.2.0-220906_0.53.3/Plugins/x86_64/AudioPluginMSASpatializer.dll' because one or more of its dependencies could not be loaded.

Weirdly enough, the developer who added the package to our project has everything working fine. But everyone else gets the following errors, and can't select MSA as spatializer plugin even tho we all are in the exact same project state using git (included MSA as a submodule).

What we've tried;

  • Adding the package manually from the hub
  • Checked that all files are actually in the project and correctly imported under packages (no git LFS issues - they are not just pointers)
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@TheMunk , I'll ask internally if we can figure out what's happening. I may request more information.

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Hi @TheMunk can you show me what your Project Setting/Audio window looks like?

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This is the working one;

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and this is one of the broken ones;
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@TheMunk Our audio team is suggesting that you need the VS C++ runtime installed (which likely wasn't installed by default for any number of reasons). You can do this by opening the Visual Studio Installer and selecting all the C++ runtime related things from the modules page.

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We can confirm this is the solution! Thanks for quick response!

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Is there a way around Visual Studio?

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In Windows you need to at least have the C/C++ runtime installed, no need for full blown visual studio. On Mac there is nothing needed, no dependencies.

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To download without Visual Studio:

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It works after having installed all the C++ modules from Visual Studio Installer.
While I had the issue I had the following installed on the PC (and no VS):

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mmm, it uses 2019 runtime, so it should be on that 2015-2022 package, maybe it was unselected in the installer?

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What installer do you mean?
I have this in ML2 Hub:

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We are talking about VS runtime installer provided by Microsoft not ML Hub, see post from sengelman

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Yes, okay. I wanted to make it work without VS (as previously mentioned possible --> here), as I am not using it otherwise. The modules are available only when installing one of the IDEs.

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You don't need Visual Studio, just the runtime for C/C++ as mentioned above in Windows

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