Quake 4 with 3D spatial sound ? (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)

~INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN DESCRIPTION~ Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off. Best HRTF effects at 1:39, 3:39, 4:52, 5:52, and 17:32. --HOW TO INSTALL-- Step 1: Install official Creative OpenAL from here. https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/10-openal/ Step 2: Download OpenAL Soft from here. http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html Step 3: Unzip folder and place 32-bit "soft_oal.dll" from \bin into c:\Windows\SysWOW64. Step 4: Boot up Quake 4 and go into "Advanced Audio Options". Step 5: Choose OpenAL as "Sound System" and OpenAL Soft as "Sound Device". While Quake 4 with an EAX 5.0 soundcard was underwhelming, Quake 4 with OpenAL Soft's HRTF is truly an experience to behold. This is one of the rare titles that uses 3D positional audio to its fullest extent. It's to a degree where you can actually "see" enemies in pitch-black darkness just because you can hear exactly where they are in relation to you. Whether you think Quake 4 is a betrayal of everything ID stood for in the '90s, an underrated classic, or just a mediocre FPS from 2005, this is one game that's truly worth playing at least once with binaural audio. The one problem with Quake 4 with OpenAL Soft seems to be that it doesn't update sound position fast enough. This is a problem I've had with a couple games, but none that sounded as great as Quake 4. Reducing the period size helps somewhat, but you can still hear it if you do a 180 turn fast enough. The lack of EAX reverb is also unfortunate, though I'm hoping someday a port like Dhewm3 comes along and reintegrates it into OpenAL Soft's EFX. HRTF grade: A+ Settings: Windows Control Panel: Stereo seta s_libOpenAL "OpenAL Soft" seta s_useopenal "1" seta s_useEAXOcclusion "1" seta s_useEAXReverb "1" g_fov "100" 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 Links: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1009-quake-4-tweaker/ Credits: https://www.dafont.com/quake.font (Use of this font falls under fair use laws.) #3dsound #spatialaudio #binaural #3daudio #360audio #8daudio #hrtf #headphones #audiophile #gameaudio #mod #quake 3D 3Д звук пространственный бинауральный 3Dサウンド バイノーラル 空間オーディオ Ilusión Auditiva Sonido 3D áudio audio espacial Som em 3D 3D zvok Son en 3D 3D geluid 3D zvuk 3d声音 双耳 เสียง 3D Âm thanh 3D Suono 3D audio spaziale 3d-ääni binauraalisen 3D lyd 3D dźwięk Suara 3D 3D 사운드 3 डी साउंड 3 डी ध्वनि صوت ثلاثي الأبعاد صدای سه بعدی Τρισδιάστατος ήχος 3D skaņa 3D garsai 3D ses צליל תלת ממדי דימוי שמע