Requiem: Avenging Angel w/ EAX & 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) 20th Anniversary!
12Use headphones only with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 2:14, 6:27, 12:16, 13:47, 16:35, and 17:34. Sorry about the framerate drops; it really does run this bad on modern PCs.
Today is the 20th anniversary of Requiem: Avenging Angel, a somewhat unique and Kingpin-esque shooter with a tiny cult following. It was considered mediocre even for its time, but the angelic powers were definitely innovative. Seriously, can you name a single other game from 1999 with bullet-time in it? Unfortunately, Requiem tends to lean more towards the "Shogo" era of gaming rather than the "Half-Life" side. It's a rather hard sell for today's DUSK-playing crowd.
The audio in Requiem is admittedly pretty bad, but DSOAL helps make it a bit more immersive. The EAX is too loud compared to hardware, so use boost=-6 in alsoft.ini. What's really weird about this game is its mixing. The sound is somehow too loud and too quiet at the same time--I had to boost the gain by 8dB in my video editor! The player's gunshots are way too quiet, but some ambient world sounds are just way too loud. OpenAL Soft's hard limiter might be partially to blame, as the gunshots weren't as quiet when I used Creative ALchemy.
HRTF grade:
A-
Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
-FOV60
Sound driver: EAX
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
boost=-6
Links:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
(Personalized HRTF presets are included in HARD_MODE_INSTALLATION.zip)
Credits:
https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/31204-requiem-avenging-angel-windows-front-cover.jpg
(Logo is copyrighted by 3DO. Credit to Roedie. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws.)
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