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

~INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN DESCRIPTION~
Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off.

—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:WindowsSysWOW64.
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.)

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