No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way

Developers
	Monolith Productions
macOS (OS X)	MacPlay
Publishers
	Fox Interactive
OS X	MacPlay
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2002
OS X	October 1, 2003

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 official master server for multiplayer was shut down on November 3, 2008

General information

UnityHQ - A fansite for the series

UnityHQ Forums

Availability

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

Demos

• Single Player
  • A Taste of Ohio Teaser
• Multiplayer

Essential improvements

Patches

The official No One Lives Forever website has been shut down so you have to download the patches from a 3rd party. The fansite UnityHQ still host all the files needed to play online.

Official

The latest official patch is v1.3. The patch is available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. It can be downloaded from the Files section.

Map Packs

• Map Pack 1 - Official map pack.
• Map Pack 2 - Official map pack 2.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed] Navigate to the game's install folder. Locate folder Movies and remove or rename it.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Files are autoexec.cfg and display.cfg

Save game data location

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

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor			Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD			Resolutions above 1920x1200 results in crash.
Field of view (FOV)		Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Level can be forced in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Windowed

Use a command-line parameter[citation needed] Start the game's launcher and click on Options. In Command-Line field type in: +windowed 1 Make sure Always pass command line arguments to the game is checked. Click on "OK" and launch the game.

Input settings

Keyboard settings.

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Sticks, triggers and D-pads can only be mapped to predefined functions (turn, strafe, etc.)
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

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 fixed

Stuttering when guards are alerted

The game has problem with music overlapping when guards enter search mode.

Disable music[citation needed] Enter Options in Launcher. Check Disable Music.

Too high mouse sensivity

The ingame mouse sensivity is too high.

Activate VSync[citation needed] Add Lithtech.exe (root dir of game) to graphic-card-control-center and activate VSync. Activate VSync in ingame-options.

Uncontrollable mouse movement

Mouse moves in wavelike pattern when attempting y-axis movement.

Decrease mouse polling rate[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
64-bit executable

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB 256 MB (XP)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB	1.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.2.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G4 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB 512 MB (iMacs)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM

Supported Nvidia chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 4, Nvidia GeForce 3, Nvidia GeForce 2, Nvidia GeForce 256

Supported ATI chipsets: ATI Radeon 9700, ATI Radeon 9000, ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 7500, ATI Radeon 7200, ATI Radeon

Other supported chipsets: Matrox Parhelia 512