Below is an example of a simple XML file which defines the connections between game events (labled "simpleEvent id" and audio assets (labeled "bank" and "sound). In the "Special case" and "Secondary Fire" sections, bits of proprietary script are inserted into the XML "hook" tags. These refer to actual code elsewhere and are interpreted by another program which processes these XML files into a different format for use by the game at run-time.

----------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>

<vbank>
<!--SFX Primary Fire-->
  <simpleEvent id="foley.shoot" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Shoot" />
  <simpleEvent id="foley.fire" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Shoot_Enemy" />
  <simpleEvent id="Shoot_Reload" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Shoot_Reload" />
  <simpleEvent id="foley.shoot_empty" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Shoot_Empty" />
  
<!--SFX Special Case--> 
  <simpleEvent id="foley.IronSights_Started" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Scope_Breath" />
  <event id="foley.IronSights_Stopped">
    <hook id="init">
      stopSounds		"foley.IronSights_Started" 0   
    </hook>
  </event>

<!--SFX Secondary Fire-->  
  <simpleEvent id="foley.FrontScreen_Touched" bank="Weapons/Sniper" sound="Secondary_Aim" />
  <event id="foley.FrontScreen_Released">
    <hook id="init">
		#FIRST: STOP AIM SOUND
      stopSounds		"foley.FrontScreen_Touched" 0   
		#SECOND: PLAY LAUNCH SOUND
	  loadEventData       guid    objectGuid
	  setActiveObject     guid
	  createSoundRecord   "Weapons/Sniper/Secondary_Launch" 
	  createSound         sound       
	</hook> 
  </event>
  
</vbank>