Wolfenstein 2009 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
12Turn your volume way up and use headphones only with any virtual surround like Windows Sonic turned off. Best HRTF effects at 0:23, 1:15, 3:18, 7:26, and 10:00.
Next up is one of the biggest surprises I've discovered on this channel yet: Wolfenstein 2009 with OpenAL Soft's HRTF (IRC_1037) through DSOAL. Wolfenstein uses plain DirectSound for its audio output, meaning that this game only further proves my theory that DirectSound's virtual speaker placements are somehow linked to DirectSound3D. The 3D positional accuracy is rather poor and there's no elevation, but DSOAL still adds a ton of immersion to what most would consider the black sheep of the Wolfenstein franchise.
Remind me again why this game is not available for purchase on Steam or GOG?
HRTF grade:
C+
Settings:
Windows Control Panel: Stereo
seta s_outputMode "Quad" (goes up to 7.1, but it doesn't seem to have any added effect)
seta m_filter "0"
seta m_yaw "8.0"
seta m_pitch "-8.0" (this is the only IDTech game in 23 years where I've ever had issues with mouse input)
seta r_multiSamples "4"
seta hk_numThreads "6" (I have no idea if this does anything, but it's cool that a 2009 game can use more than 4 cores)
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=cubic
drivers="-dsound"
output-limiter=false
Links:
https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65094
Credits:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/wolfenstein/images/a/a1/Wolfenstein_Wiki-0.png/revision/latest?cb=20150402204356
Credit to EvilKid851212. Logo is copyrighted by ID Software. Use of this logo falls under fair use for non-profit purposes.
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