Arx Fatalis w/ 3D spatial sound in Arx Libertatis 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
Channel: I Drink Lava - 3D Game Audio
Date: 2018-08-25

Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effect at 21:36.

http://arx-libertatis.org/files/snapshots/arx-libertatis-1.2-dev-2018-08-13/
This is a demonstration of Arx Fatalis with spatialized sound using OpenAL Soft's HRTF (IRC_1037 tables). The original game used DirectSound3D, but the modern source port Arx Libertatis upgrades to OpenAL Soft with native support for HRTF and EFX. The quality of the 3D positional audio is just fantastic. It's even more accurate and immersive than the NewDark engine's implementation. Some of the tunnels get a bit silent, but this footage takes place entirely in populated areas. Unfortunately, only one neutral EAX preset gets defined for the entire game world. Arkane Studios most likely ran out of time before they could make full use of EAX effects.


HRTF grade:
A

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
fps_limit=120
fov=83.58 (causes some clipping issues with player model, but it's worth it)
antialiasing=true
max_anisotropic_filtering=9001
eax=true
hrtf=-1
IRC_1037 HRTF tables placed in %APPDATA%/OpenAL/HRTF
(in alsoft.ini located in %APPDATA%)
channels=stereo
frequency=44100
stereo-mode=headphones
cf_level=0
sample-type=float32
periods=3
period_size=128
default-hrtf=irc_1037_44100
hrtf=true
resampler=linear

Links:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
(HRTF tables in HARD_MODE_INSTALLATION.zip)
http://recherche.ircam.fr/equipes/salles/listen/
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html

Credits:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OXF4b9RID84/T4OCgKlyHSI/AAAAAAAADYk/cngfQuAbQd0/s1600/arx+fatalis+logo.png
(Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)

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