Ty the Tasmanian Tiger w/ 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
Channel: I Drink Lava - 3D Game Audio
Date: 2022-09-02

USE HEADPHONES ONLY with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 0:00, 0:39, 1:22, 5:07, and 7:30.

Thanks to Discord user Anton, we found out that the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger trilogy on Steam has full 3D audio with OpenAL Soft's HRTF [IRC_1037 tables in video]. The 3D audio is fairly nice, perhaps quite even the most notable thing about this doomed-to-obscurity mascot platformer. It does have that problem where sounds behind the listener get much louder, though.


You'll notice that I really don't do much in this video and half the duration is cut out. Well, besides collect-a-thon platformers not making for very exciting viewing, I have a weird issue with this game. Within 20 minutes, Ty gives me the most nauseous feeling in the pit of my stomache. I seriously feel like I have to vomit every time I play this. I think it's the overly sensitive camera plus the somewhat zoomed-in FOV.


Also of note is that up until a month ago, I was not able to play this on PC at a decent framerate at all due to Ty only being optimized for OpenGL, and poorly at that.

HRTF grade:
A-

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
HRTF: On
Resampler: Linear
EFX: On
IRC_1037 HRTF tables placed in %APPDATA%/OpenAL/HRTF
(in alsoft.ini located in %APPDATA%)
channels=stereo
frequency=48000
stereo-mode=headphones
cf_level=0
sample-type=float32
sources=1024
periods=3
default-hrtf=irc_1037_48000
hrtf=true
hrtf-mode=full
resampler=cubic
drivers="-dsound"

Links:
http://openal-soft.org/
https://mega.nz/file/lbR21RyQ#RXXx8YRpdd_JkrBc0duidYWOkJklRp-wzki_hLnq_R4
(download personalized HRTF presets here)

Credits:
https://www.kromestudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TY1-Logo-Vert.png
(Logo copyrighted by Krome Studios. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws for non-profit usage.)


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