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Revision as of 10:05, 8 December 2016

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix cover
Developers
Raven Software
Publishers
Activision
OS X MacPlay
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows May 20, 2002
macOS (OS X) September 2002
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune 2000
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix 2002
Soldier of Fortune: Payback 2007

General information

Soldier of Fortune 2 Multiplayer Community - patches, mods and forum.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available for both Windows and OS X.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

myconfig.cfg contains single player settings.
mp\sof2mp.cfg contains multiplayer settings.

Save game data location

Video settings

Basic video settings.
Basic video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Both Mouse Acceleration and Mouse Filtering are disabled by default. There is an option to enable Mouse Filtering under "Misc Settings". Mouse Acceleration can be activated using console command cl_mouseAccel 1.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64
Online play
64 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Dedicated servers can be made in-game or with Linux dedicated server.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Weird Shadow Glitch

Instructions

FPS drops on modern systems

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium III 450MHz or Athlon
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compatible
16 MB of VRAM

References