After nearly 7 years of being up on NexusMods, kcat has finally provided an official DSOAL release page on GitHub: https://github.com/kcat/dsoal/releases
As such, this old mirror has been completely outdated. I will not be updating this mod anymore and the thread will be locked. However, I will be keeping this mod up both as an archive and to raise awareness of this excellent 3D audio wrapper.
Thank you all for supporting kcat's work over the years. You can find more 3D gaming audio content uploaded regularly on 3DJ's Youtube channel, as well as my own channel once in a blue moon. For continuing 3D game audio discussion, help, and support, join 3DJ's Discord server.
This mod can be installed through Vortex for those who want to for installation/uninstalling: 1. Download the mod and add it Vortex manually (drag and drop the .zip file to your mod section) 2. Enable the mod (if you don't the next option wont show) 3. Double click the mod to show the information side panel 4. Click the drop down box under 'Mod Type' and select 'Engine Injector' (This will install all the files from the zip to the New Vegas root folder rather than the New Vegas/Data folder). 5. Redeploy your mods (Vortex will notify you this needs doing anyway) 6. Follow the other steps on the main page i.e. Disabling sound enhancements and Application exclusive control. 7. Enjoy!
I have installed the mod this way, played for a while then uninstalled through Vortex like you would any other mod (to check it removes it properly), all the files are removed from the New Vegas root folder (easy uninstall) and the game works just fine like it was never installed.
Great mod btw, didn't expect it to make such a difference like it does to the directional audio.
THANK you! I do have a couple of questions before installing this:
1. In Win-10, where does one find the 'disable sound enhancement'? I found the "Allow applications to take exclusive control" tick box, but for the sound effects is this under 'Signal enhancement' that says 'disable audio enhancements'?
2. Do I need to mess around with the DSOAL Updated Configs mod? Because that requires me to download Open AL from Github.
I noticed that the effect provided doesn't differentiate between localized sound effects and stereo music. The opening music, for example, sounds harsh, with reduced stereo spatiality.
Any possibility there's a way to force music to play neutrally?
It's a known issue with OpenAL Soft. All sounds get spatialized, even when they're not meant to be. Only way to handle this is through the API, manually defining certain UI and music elements with a special flag. Since Fallout: New Vegas is DirectSound3D, this is not possible.
The IRC_1055 HRTF, at least for me, is the HRTF that least affected the sound quality. Gave me the perfect 3D effect too. I tried all HRTFs on HeSuVi in music (not the right thing to do, crossfeed is THE right option) and the 1055 was the best for sound quality with the spatial effect. Of course, it has some treble boost and mid and bass loss (sadly) but it's not dramatical like all the others HRTFs, it's very bearable.
I installed this mod and got the muffled audio issue, so I went into Windows 10's audio device properties to fix it. I then ran into another issue: I use a Corsair headset. You're meant to configure it in Corsair's iCUE program, so only the Exclusive Mode settings are present for it in Windows's settings. There's no option to disable audio enhancements. I don't see any such option in iCUE either, which I need to run; otherwise my ears get blown out by my headphones' default volume. (I'm very sensitive to noise.) Any solutions that don't involve throwing a $100 headset in the garbage?
This is a left field question/request but can you make a veroof this that'll work in Win98se? I'm using dosbox emulator and trying to use EAX for Diablo 2.
For anyone trying to get this to work with Special K+DXVK, just open your on screen display, scroll down to plugins, add dsound.dll to the list of plugins to use, then hit the load button right next to it.
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As such, this old mirror has been completely outdated. I will not be updating this mod anymore and the thread will be locked. However, I will be keeping this mod up both as an archive and to raise awareness of this excellent 3D audio wrapper.
Thank you all for supporting kcat's work over the years. You can find more 3D gaming audio content uploaded regularly on 3DJ's Youtube channel, as well as my own channel once in a blue moon. For continuing 3D game audio discussion, help, and support, join 3DJ's Discord server.
you can make it a MO2 compatible mod by placing relevant files in a "root" folder and using the MO2 root builder plugin
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31720
I tried but i failed until now.
Lostintime, thank you too!
1. Download the mod and add it Vortex manually (drag and drop the .zip file to your mod section)
2. Enable the mod (if you don't the next option wont show)
3. Double click the mod to show the information side panel
4. Click the drop down box under 'Mod Type' and select 'Engine Injector' (This will install all the files from the zip to the New Vegas root folder rather than the New Vegas/Data folder).
5. Redeploy your mods (Vortex will notify you this needs doing anyway)
6. Follow the other steps on the main page i.e. Disabling sound enhancements and Application exclusive control.
7. Enjoy!
I have installed the mod this way, played for a while then uninstalled through Vortex like you would any other mod (to check it removes it properly), all the files are removed from the New Vegas root folder (easy uninstall) and the game works just fine like it was never installed.
Great mod btw, didn't expect it to make such a difference like it does to the directional audio.
1. In Win-10, where does one find the 'disable sound enhancement'? I found the "Allow applications to take exclusive control" tick box, but for the sound effects is this under 'Signal enhancement' that says 'disable audio enhancements'?
2. Do I need to mess around with the DSOAL Updated Configs mod? Because that requires me to download Open AL from Github.
Any possibility there's a way to force music to play neutrally?
I don't see any such option in iCUE either, which I need to run; otherwise my ears get blown out by my headphones' default volume. (I'm very sensitive to noise.) Any solutions that don't involve throwing a $100 headset in the garbage?