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Revision as of 02:08, 16 January 2017

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The Operative: No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever cover
Developers
Monolith Productions
Publishers
Fox Interactive
Sierra Entertainment
OS X MacPlay
Engines
LithTech 2.2|LithTech|LithTech 2.2
Release dates
Windows November 9, 2000
macOS (OS X) November 21, 2002
The Operative: No One Lives Forever on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever 2000
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way 2002
Contract J.A.C.K. 2003

Key points

The source code was made available in 2001.
Exceeding 60 FPS causes timing-related issues.[1][2]
Lacks an option to toggle crouch mode.[3]
Certain Intel graphics cards cannot display water properly, rendering some missions unplayable.
G-Sync Incompatible: Old Lithtech engine games will crash giving "MFC application has stopped working" if you try to use g-sync with this game. Disable it for "lithtech.exe" in the nVidia Control Panel.[citation needed]

General information

UnityHQ - A fansite for the series
UnityHQ Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SafeDisc v2 disc check
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is not available digitally.
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

The official No One Lives Forever website has been shut down so you have to download the patches from a third party. The fansite UnityHQ still host all the files needed to play online.

  • 1.003 - Official Patch (required to update to latest version)
  • 1.003 - 1.004 update - Official Patch updates the game to GOTY edition (requires 1.003 to install)

Map Packs

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Skip launcher and intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Remapping

There is an issue with saving custom keyboard binds on localized Windows version. Manual keys mapping is required.
Mouse buttons and scrolling wheel is not assigned to any action.
Instructions
Key ## Key ## Key ##
A 30 Caps Lock 58 [ 26
B 48 Backspace 14 ] 27
C 46 TAB 15 ; 39
D 32 left SHIFT 42 '' 40
E 18 right SHIFT 54 , 51
F 33 ENTER 28 . 52
G 34 left CTRL 29 / 53
H 35 right CTRL 59 ~ 1
I 23 left ALT 56 - 12
J 36 right ALT 58 = 13
K 37 SPACE 57
L 38 1 2
M 50 F1 59 2 3
N 49 F2 60 3 4
O 24 F3 61 4 5
P 25 F4 62 5 6
Q 16 F5 63 6 7
R 19 F6 64 7 8
S 31 F7 65 8 9
T 20 F8 66 9 10
U 22 F9 67 0 11
V 47 F10 68
W 17 F11 69
X 45 F12 70
Y 44
Z 21

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Blood and death cries censored, "MoreBloodOption" cheat useless
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16 GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2300-2400, 7000-10000
UDP 27888
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Pickup messages lower frame rate

The frame rate can drop from 60 FPS to as low as 35 FPS whenever multiple inventory pickup messages are displayed.
Instructions

Issues fixed

Cutscenes and dialogue play too fast

Instructions

Camera movement is laggy or uneven

Instructions
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Low frame rate on Windows 8 and higher

Instructions
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Graphics are glitched and game is practically unplayable

Instructions

Black screen when underwater

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

References