Epic CANCELED this 3D platformer when it sounded THIS GOOD?! π§
12USE HEADPHONES ONLY with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 0:37, 1:06, 2:56, 8:41, 12:39, 16:21, and 18:24.
This is the cancelled Jazz Jackrabbit 3D demo with EAX & OpenAL Soft's HRTF [IRC_1037 tables] through the DSOAL wrapper. I've never been familiar with this series, but when I saw Civvie 11 cover this prototype recently, I knew it had to have 3D sound support. The audio is...not that great compared to Unreal. In fact, a lot of sounds seem to be misplaced in the world. I'm just going to chalk that up to it being early in development. I dig the Alexander Brandon soundtrack, though.
By the way, please do appreciate this recording...it took TWO full wasted attempts before I lucked out and got this footage. I should also point out that I could NOT get the 1.3c fan patch to work whatsoever. It would just crash when trying to start the campaign.
HRTF grade:
A
Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
FullscreenViewportX=1920
FullscreenViewportY=1080
UseSpatial=True
UseReverb=True
Use3dHardware=True
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=3
period_size=1024
output-limiter=off
default-hrtf=irc_1037_48000
hrtf=true
resampler=cubic
hrtf-mode=full
hrtf-size=0
drivers="-dsound,"
Links:
https://github.com/kcat/dsoal/releases
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
(Personalized HRTF presets are included in HARD_MODE_INSTALLATION.zip)
Credits:
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