DSOAL - True 3D Sound for Headphones (HRTF mod) v1.4

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It's a little-known fact that Fallout: New Vegas was one of the very last games to support DirectSound3D which was killed off in Vista onwards. SoundBlaster X-Fi soundcard owners can restore this functionality with ALchemy, which creates a dummy "dsound.dll" in the directory that wraps DS3D calls to OpenAL. The included DSOAL dsound.dll in this mod works under the same principle, only it wraps DS3D calls to the OpenAL Soft API instead so you can get HRTF, 7. 0 surround, or up to 3rd order Ambisonics without the need for a dedicated soundcard.

Read this article if you're unfamiliar with how HRTF works.

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Complete list of compatible DirectSound3D games here!

Installation

YOU MUST INSTALL THIS MOD MANUALLY, NOT WITH A MOD MANAGER! Before installing the latest 1. 4 version, make sure you delete the older dsound.dll and OpenAL32.dll/dsoal_aldrv.dll files or your game won't launch.

• []Extract the files to the \Fallout New Vegas installation directory.

  []This package defaults to 48000Hz by default, so change the relevant values in alsoft.ini from 48000 to 44100 if you want to use this mod with 44100Hz sample rate.

  []Go into your speaker's properties and untick "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device", then tick "Disable all sound

  effects" or some variation of that line.

  []Launch the game; you should immediately notice the spatialized sound.

• If you do NOT hear spatialized sound, follow the instructions listed here.

  OpenAL Soft will configure itself to match your speaker settings automatically. Make sure you disable any virtual surround sound programs (Windows Sonic, Dolby Atmos, SBX Pro Studio etc.) in order for this mod to work.

  PERSONALIZED HRTF INSTALLATION (NOT FOR BEGINNERS!)

  The built-in MIT KEMAR HRTF tables in OpenAL Soft are optimized for an "average head" which means it's likely you won't even hear the HRTF that well. The included "HARD_MODE_INSTALLATION.zip" folder contains 52 extra HRTF tables that are personalized for different heads in both 44100Hz and 48000Hz.

  1. Watch this video here to determine the correct HRTF tables for you:

  Personalized HRTF Binaural Audio demo (OpenAL Soft 3D