Classic Doom 3 mod w/ 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

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I Drink Lava - 3D Game Audio

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Published on December 15, 2018 11:45:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5snZvj2WNc

Game:

Doom 3 (2004)

Duration: 13:38

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Actual gameplay begins at 4:15. Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effect at 7:16. Sorry about the horrendous framerate drops. This mod isn't 100% compatible with Dhewm3 and vanilla Doom 3 doesn't support multithreading.

This is the Classic Doom 3 mod with OpenAL Soft's HRTF. I wouldn't ordinarily cover a mod like this but I just had to make an exception for this one. Classic Doom 3 feels like a peek into an alternate timeline where John Romero never left id Software. This was one of the only true attempts at making a retro FPS with modern graphics until Doom 2016 came out. While I greatly dislike Doom 3's artstyle, I will say the team did a magnificent job of bringing Knee Deep in the Dead up to IDTech 4 standards. If Duke Nukem Forever took this path, it would've probably ended up playable at the very least.

Classic Doom 3 isn't perfect, however. While the graphics and remixed soundtrack (not demoed for HRTF clarity purposes) feel just right, the gameplay fails to meet id's standards. The balance is way off with Imps being pathetically easy and shotgun Z-Secs being way too strong and accurate. The team tried their best to make the guns feel good again, but the lack of visual feedback, the wonky hit detection, and unfaithful sound effects don't help. How can you ruin Doom's chaingun? It just goes to show that what id created in 1993 wasn't a simple "run-and-gun" shooter but rather a delicate balance of good gameplay mechanics. For what it's worth, though, Classic Doom 3 plays much better than the unlockable retro levels do in Doom 2016.


HRTF grade:
A-

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
seta g_fov "100"
image_anisotropy 16
seta pm_runbob "0"
seta pm_runpitch "0"
seta pm_runroll "0"
seta pm_walkbob "0"
seta pm_bobpitch "0"
seta pm_bobroll "0"
seta pm_bobup "0"
seta pm_crouchbob "0"
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:
http://openal-soft.org/
https://mega.nz/#!OTpDkQhY!i6NIUTAwopa2pilAiEL-pBxPOzrPLD_vHQMcCRdFLLs
(download personalized HRTF presets here)

Credits:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/e/eb/Doom_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140305204823
(Logo copyrighted by id Software. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws for non-profit usage.)



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