Half Life: Opposing Force WON w/ EAX & 3D spatial sound (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
Channel: I Drink Lava - 3D Game Audio
Date: 2018-09-28

Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effect at 5:28.

You might want to stick around for this video, because it's a much better binaural audio demonstration than the main Half-Life DSOAL video. Gearbox had a bad habit of forgetting EAX effects in important places, but it does make for much clearer resampled 22kHz gunshots.

Sorry about the massive framerate spikes in the nightvision goggles segments. Modern systems don't seem to like that effect even with priority set to High in Task Manager. The Steam version probably runs better, but...you know.


HRTF grade:
A- (no vertical HRTF)

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
-32bpp launch parameter
Enable EAX: on
High-Quality Sounds: on
default_fov 115.63

Links:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
http://satsun.org/audio/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/70/discussions/0/828934913113943429
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/half-life-non-steam (if you own the retail version and want 1080P resolution)

Credits:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Half-Life_Opposing_Force_box.jpg
(Credit to Swix. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)
(Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)



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