S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl w/ 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

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Published on July 12, 2019 10:00:15 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5n6kxwkV50

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)

Duration: 25:13

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Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effects at 0:35 and 20:37. I'm playing this with v1.0005 downgrade, Zone Reclamation Project 1.09 XR3a (_ZRP.cfg), the optional ZRP sound fix, Shaders MAX, and the 90FOV patch for vanilla+ gameplay.

This is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl with OpenAL Soft's HRTF (IRC_1037). The fact that this engine natively supports 3D audio is only further proof that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is one of the greatest game franchises ever made. According to pre-release materials, HRTF was always meant to be a feature along with many other audio features like "partial wave tracing" that never came to fruition.
https://web.archive.org/web/20021205113530/http://www.stalker-game.com/index_eng.html
While the positional accuracy isn't the greatest, the sound designers made up for it with some of the best ambient soundscapes you'll ever hear in a video game. Elements such as thunderstorms, distant gunfire, screams, and mutant cries are all positioned throughout the maps. In other games, these would just be "world" ambience that play in the mono channel. This attention to detail is why the Pripyat map in SoC is one of the best binaural experiences you will ever have in a video game.

Note that despite having an option for EAX effects, vanilla S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games have no reverb whatsoever. You would need to download one of the total overhaul mods that add in EFX like OGSE.


HRTF grade:
A-

Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
32-bit soft_oal.dll renamed to "OpenAL32.dll" and placed inside game directory, replacing stock .dll
$game_data$ = true| true| $fs_root$| gamedata
cam_inert: 0
EAX: on

Links:
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl#Use_OpenAL_Soft.27s_HRTF
https://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html
https://mega.nz/#!OTpDkQhY!i6NIUTAwopa2pilAiEL-pBxPOzrPLD_vHQMcCRdFLLs
(download personalized HRTF presets here)
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/209-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-patch/
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/35-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-fov-switcher/
http://www.metacognix.com/files/stlkrsoc/index.html
http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-shaders-max
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl#Toggle_aim_down_sights


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