Powerslave EX [Exhumed] with 3D spatial sound (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
12Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effect at 3:03.
This is a demonstration of Powerslave EX with 3D sound using OpenAL Soft's HRTF. For those of you who don't know, this was one of two reverse-engineered ports that Samuel Villareal was working on before Night Dive Studios contacted him. While Turok EX got released in full form, Powerslave EX got stuck in copyright limbo and the only way to play it now is through mirrors. Fortunately, Powerslave Remastered is now being worked on by Night Dive Studios and will be released sometime after Forsaken Remastered.
It's a good thing this is finally being released, as Powerslave is the most underrated First-Person Shooter of all time. Why is that, you may ask? Well, it's because Powerslave was a fully-realized FPS Metroidvania years before Metroid Prime. The biggest shame is that due to its obscurity, no indie developers are interested in making a spiritual successor to this masterpiece. I mean really, which sounds better to you? A kickass Metroidvania FPS with great combat and character progression or a generic arena shooter with procedurally-generated dungeons and permadeath?
As for the binaural audio, it's exactly the same as in Turok's version of the Kex engine. Poor spatialization, no vertical HRTF etc. This game does have a much fuller soundscape due to the higher-quality sounds and the larger density of enemies in each level. I still had to turn on the (awesome) soundtrack a bit just to make it not boring, though. Sorry about the cutscene audio, that's also controlled by the music volume.
HRTF grade:
C
Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
r_fov 83.58
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=1024
default-hrtf=irc_1037_44100
hrtf=true
Links:
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Unreal_Tournament_2004#Use_OpenAL_Soft
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/1fzonq/psa_for_games_using_openal_including_minecraft/cagd3lb/
http://recherche.ircam.fr/equipes/salles/listen/
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html
Credits:
http://media.comicbook.com/2018/04/powerslave-1--1105500.jpeg
(Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)
#3dsound #spatialaudio #binaural #3daudio #hrtf #headphones #audiophile #gameaudio #mod #retrogaming
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