0004907: Make OpenAL settings more configurable inside TDM

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004907	The Dark Mod	Sound System	public	08.12.2018 17:32	21.04.2021 02:35

Reporter	stgatilov	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	confirmed	Resolution	open
Product Version	TDM 2.07

Summary	0004907: Make OpenAL settings more configurable inside TDM
Description	Right now most of the options are hard to enable/disable: 1) Enabling/disabling EFX requires restarting game. This is quite weird: I guess it is easy to allow enabling/disabling it on the fly, especially given that reloadSounds already reloads EFX file in-game. 2) Enabling/disabling HRTF is only possible from outside of TDM (in alsoft.ini). However, it can be configured when creating OpenAL device using OpenAL-Soft extensions. See this one: https://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-extensions/SOFT_HRTF.txt 3) Allow choosing HRTF dataset in-game. This probably needs a specialized GUI screen and recommendations. Also it is necessary to know if it is OK for TDM to distribute IRCAM datasets. 4) Allow choosing sound device in-game. Right now the default device is used, and the only option to get away from default is to set a cvar before starting TDM. I have Windows in Russian, and device names are all in UTF-8, so they are very hard to specify in TDM console. 5) Make sure s_restart reinitializes everything, so that if you plug in headphones they get used afterwards (now restarting TDM is necessary). More likely some other options can be tweaked in-game too.
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stgatilov 15.12.2018 03:19 administrator ~0010921	About HRTF datasets license: http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/19767-hrtf-datasets-for-3d-audio-with-headphones/

stgatilov 28.03.2020 17:34 administrator ~0012319	Point 2 about HRTF done in trunk in: svn rev 8651 & svn revs 15887, 15889.

nbohr1more 15.03.2021 17:23 developer ~0013792	We should add an EFX "Reverb Volume" slider that controls the "room" parameter. If you don't get to this, I can look into it.

nbohr1more 12.04.2021 20:44 developer ~0013841	Dhewm has implemented this feature: https://github.com/DanielGibson/dhewm3/commit/55fc1023373b4c7dd50bdbbd70d87febfc0a65dc

nbohr1more 13.04.2021 04:08 developer ~0013842 Last edited: 13.04.2021 04:08	Dhewm's change doesn't appear to work in TDM ( Linux ).

nbohr1more 14.04.2021 03:28 developer ~0013843	I have created new issue 0005587 Dhewm has improved the initial implementation so I will try that now.

kingsal 20.04.2021 19:41 reporter ~0013882	We should not mess with the "room" parameters in EAX- thats part of what gives the illusion of standing in the room.

stgatilov 21.04.2021 02:35 administrator ~0013888	I don't think it is normal to control EFX settings at all. The master slider is OK, but all the rest is not welcome. The issue was original about more player-related things, like HRTF datasets, on/off switches, sound devices, ...

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
08.12.2018 17:32	stgatilov	New Issue
08.12.2018 17:32	stgatilov	Status	new => assigned
08.12.2018 17:32	stgatilov	Assigned To	=> stgatilov
09.12.2018 09:10	stgatilov	Description Updated
09.12.2018 09:10	stgatilov	Severity	normal => feature
09.12.2018 09:12	stgatilov	Relationship added	related to 0004690
09.12.2018 09:13	stgatilov	Relationship added	related to 0004898
15.12.2018 03:19	stgatilov	Note Added: 0010921
16.12.2018 06:12	stgatilov	Description Updated
20.01.2019 07:19	stgatilov	Assigned To	stgatilov => STiFU
21.03.2020 08:50	STiFU	Assigned To	STiFU =>
21.03.2020 08:50	STiFU	Status	assigned => confirmed
21.03.2020 08:50	STiFU	Target Version	TDM 2.08 => TDM 2.09
28.03.2020 17:34	stgatilov	Note Added: 0012319
17.12.2020 02:30	nbohr1more	Target Version	TDM 2.09 => TDM 2.10
15.03.2021 15:47	stgatilov	Target Version	TDM 2.10 =>
15.03.2021 17:23	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0013792
12.04.2021 20:44	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0013841
13.04.2021 04:08	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0013842
13.04.2021 04:08	nbohr1more	Note Edited: 0013842
14.04.2021 03:27	nbohr1more	Relationship added	parent of 0005587
14.04.2021 03:28	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0013843
20.04.2021 19:41	kingsal	Note Added: 0013882
21.04.2021 02:35	stgatilov	Note Added: 0013888

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related to	0004690	resolved	stgatilov	Make a command to reload EFX file quickly
related to	0004898	resolved	stgatilov	Problem with "opposite ear" volume
parent of	0005587	resolved	nbohr1more	Add setting to control EFX Reverb Strength