Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory w/ EAX & 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

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Published on February 15, 2019 11:30:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJT9o3bHHg

Game:

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005)

Duration: 27:17

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Turn your volume way up and use headphones only with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 0:00, 3:32, 8:24, 12:06, 16:00, 19:30, and 22:31.

This is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory with OpenAL Soft's HRTF and EAX through DSOAL. SPOILER ALERT: I forget the 4th crate in this Lighthouse playthrough and decide to cut it short rather than spend an extra 5 minutes backtracking. It doesn't matter because no one watches these HRTF videos to the end, anyway.

Chaos Theory is a huge step up in audio fidelity from the previous two Splinter Cell games, though I still think the first game had the most audible footsteps. With all the ambient rain sounds and guard chatter (correctly spatialized in this entry), this level has an excellent soundstage. The EAX3 reverb effects sound really good, too, adding a lot of immersion to the caverns.

If you want to play Chaos Theory with DSOAL yourself, though, remember this important tip. **You must set "boost=-6" in the alsoft.ini.** There is a bug in DSOAL with certain EAX3 and EAX4 games that causes reverb to be doubled when HRTF is enabled. It's kind of why I've been avoiding a demonstration of this game until now.


HRTF grade:
A

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
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
sources=256
default-hrtf=irc_1037_44100
hrtf=true
resampler=linear
boost=-6

Links:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
https://mega.nz/#!OTpDkQhY!i6NIUTAwopa2pilAiEL-pBxPOzrPLD_vHQMcCRdFLLs
(download personalized HRTF presets here)

Credits:
https://www.mobygames.com/images/promo/l/327002-tom-clancy-s-splinter-cell-chaos-theory-logo.png
(Logo is copyrighted by Ubisoft. I claim no ownership of this logo. Use of this logo falls under fair use laws for non-profit usage.)

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