No One Lives Forever

No One Lives Forever
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[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SafeDisc v2 disc check

This game is not available digitally.

A demo is available.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

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[edit]

Map Pack 1 - Official map pack.
Map Pack 2 - Official map pack 2.
GOTY Map Pack - Game of the Year edition extra maps.
MP Super Map Pack - Fan made collection of all the non-laggy/buggy multiplayer maps available.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename Movies folder^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Delete or rename the Movies folder.

Skip launcher and intro videos[edit]

Use a custom shortcut^{[citation needed]}

Create a shortcut to <path-to-game>\lithtech.exe
In shortcut properties add these parameters in the "Target" line. Leave a single space after "<path-to-game>\lithtech.exe"

-rez NOLF.rez -rez NOLF2.rez -rez nolfu003.rez -rez NOLFCRES003.rez -rez NOLFGOTY.rez +DisableMovies 1

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\
macOS (OS X)

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use jackfuste's fix or Wobak's widescreen patch
Multi-monitor		Use jackfuste's fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use jackfuste's fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use jackfuste's fix. The UI and menu may be too small.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Enable Windowed mode and use a third-party application.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Force in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Force in the graphics card control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Exceeding 60 FPS causes timing-related issues. Cap the frame rate.
Color blind mode

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Use a command-line parameter^{[citation needed]}

Start the game's launcher and click on Advanced.
In Command-Line field type in: +FovX "value" to set the horizontal FOV to another value.
Make sure Always specify these command line parameters is checked.
Click on "OK" and launch the game.

Windowed[edit]

Use a command-line parameter^{[citation needed]}

Start the game's launcher and click on Advanced.
In Command-Line field type in: +windowed 1
Make sure Always specify these command line parameters is checked.
Click on "OK" and launch the game.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration		Doesn't use acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Doesn't work well with Xbox 360 Controller.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Remapping[edit]

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.

Custom remapping^{[citation needed]}

Keyboard

Navigate to the game install folder.
Locate file autoexec.cfg and open it with text editor.
Locate section starting with line enabledevice "##keyboard".
In this section keyboard keys are represented as a number: ##xx, change them for your binds. For references which number is which key, see table under this fixbox.
Check for duplicities, multiple actions on one key can cause problems.

Mouse

1. Launch the game, navigate to the controls menu and assign any action to any mouse button. Mark the name of mouse button.

2. Open file autoexec.cfg in game install folder.

3. Locate section enabledevice "##mouse" and insert these lines:

rangebind "##mouse" "Button 0" 0.000000 0.000000 "Fire"
rangebind "##mouse" "Button 1" 0.000000 0.000000 "Activate"
rangebind "##mouse" "Button 2" 0.000000 0.000000 "Reload"

4. Change Button x to the button name, you've marked in step 1.

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[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Option is located under Game settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	2300-2400, 7000-10000
UDP (outbound)	27888

Issues unresolved[edit]

Pickup messages lower frame rate[edit]

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

Disable pickup messages^{[citation needed]}

Go to Options, then Game.
Decrease the Pickup message duration slider completely.

Issues fixed[edit]

Cutscenes and dialogue play too fast[edit]

Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Camera movement is laggy or uneven[edit]