Serious Sam 3: BFE w/ 3D spatial sound (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

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Published on March 5, 2021 6:00:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWxncbSnpnI

Game:

Serious Sam 3: BFE (2011)

Duration: 4:11

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USE HEADPHONES ONLY with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 1:09 and 2:45.

This is Serious Sam 3: BFE with OpenAL Soft's HRTF [IRC_1037 tables]. The 3D positional audio engine is a huge step up from the HD remakes, though sadly just short of perfection like Serious Sam II was. Compare 1:34 in this video to 0:30 in the Serious Sam II video. The disappointing jetpack final boss allows for a unique opportunity to really show off OpenAL Soft's elevation HRTF to its fullest extent. I knew you folks wouldn't be willing to sit through an hour of S+M1. Luckily, I had a save right before the final boss.

Note that in order to use OpenAL Soft HRTF in Serious Sam 3, you need to place a 32-bit soft_oal.dll renamed to "OpenAL32.dll" inside c:\Windows\SysWOW64 and then set sfx_iAPI=0; in the console.


HRTF grade:
A

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
Creative Audio Panel: Headphones
plr_fFOVOverride = 100;
cld_iMaxThreads = 3; _(version="3")
d3d_bMultiThreadedDevice = 1; (doesn't fix poor framerate for me, sadly)
dsd_iSoftwareProcessing = 0;
efx_bMotionBlur = 0;
sfx_iAPI = 0;
sfx_iMaxActiveSounds = 256; (engine limit is 50 FYI)
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://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
(Personalized HRTF presets are included in HARD_MODE_INSTALLATION.zip)

Credits:
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