Deus Ex w/ 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) 20th Anniversary!

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Published on June 22, 2020 5:00:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTC5SB0deI

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Deus Ex (2000)

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN DESCRIPTION! Use headphones only with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effect at 0:47, 1:33, 2:16, 2:54, 4:41, 7:19, and 12:53.

[Step 1] -- Grab the 2.4.8 ALAudio patch here: http://www.oldunreal.com/betatest/OpenAL_v2.4.8_DeusEx.7z
[Step 2] -- Use 7zip to extract the files, then move them to Deus Ex\System directory, overwriting any files in the process.
[Step 3] -- Open DeusEx.ini and change AudioDevice= to AudioDevice=ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem.
[Step 4] -- Copy and paste the following to the bottom of your DeusEx.ini file, changing 44100 to 48000 based on your Windows speaker config:
[ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]
ALDevice=DefaultDevice
OutputRate=44100Hz
SampleRate=44100Hz
SoundVolume=64
SpeechVolume=64
MusicVolume=255
EffectsChannels=64
AmbientFactor=0.700000
DopplerFactor=0.010000
UseOriginalUnreal=True
bSoundAttenuate=True
UseDigitalMusic=True
MusicInterpolation=SPLINE
MusicDsp=DSP_ALL
MusicPanSeparation=50
MusicStereoMix=100
MusicAmplify=1
EmulateOldReverb=True
UseReverb=True
OldReverbIntensity=0.2
ProbeDevicesOnly=False
UseHRTF=Enable

It's been 20 years since the release of Deus Ex, the all-time classic FPS RPG. What better way to celebrate than with playing with Deus Ex's most underappreciated mod, the ALAudio patch? This mod lets you play the game with full 3D positional audio on headphones or up to 7.0 surround with EAX reverb and audio occlusion. It's essentially emulating what Aureal A3D soundcards would've sounded like at the time. Aside from that, I'm using Kentie's Deus Ex launcher, the Direct3D 10 renderer, and the old version maps.

The 3D positional audio is quite good in this game, but not perfect. I can't imagine Aureal A3D would've sounded that much better. You really get a nice sense of ambience with all the characteristic Unreal Engine 1 sound emitters placed in the urban environments. The ALAudio patch does have some drawbacks, though. Lip syncing is a bit off compared to GalaxyAudio. Some looping sounds have noticable clicking, as heard in the 7:19 timestamp. You also can't use a newer version of OpenAL Soft, or else you will break lip syncing altogether. That means if you want to use a custom HRTF preset (IRC_1037 heard in footage), you'll need to download an older batch of HRTF presets linked below.


HRTF grade:
A-

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
Use Custom GUI Scaling: x2
Field of view: 115
Renderer: Direct3D 10 Support
FPS limit: 60

IRC_1037 HRTF tables placed in %APPDATA%/OpenAL/HRTF
(in alsoft.ini located in %APPDATA%)
channels=stereo
frequency=48000
sources=512
stereo-mode=headphones
cf_level=0
sample-type=float32
periods=2
period_size=128
output-limiter=off
default-hrtf=irc_1037_48000
hrtf=true
resampler=cubic
hrtf-mode=full
hrtf-size=0
drivers="-dsound,"

Links:
https://www.oldunreal.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1420981956/23#23
https://mega.nz/#!SLwBBSyR!pTe5iDCMWgmkMBl60riCqTAFMai06oXR_ZK4CixfMAk
(Rename the HRTF presets you want to default-44100 and default-48000, overwriting the ones in Deus Ex\System)

Credits:
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