Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

Developers
	Raven Software
Linux	Loki Software
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	March 27, 2000
Linux	July 7, 2000

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune	2000
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix	2002
Soldier of Fortune: Payback	2007

Key points

Natively has compatibility issues with modern systems and lacks widescreen support (see SoFplus).

Greatly reduced visibility on some levels.

General information

SoF Things - A user created fan site for SoF Singleplayer and Multiplayer, as well as working bug fixes and patches.

liflg.org - SoF game installer for Linux (includes the 1.06a patch).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com

Essential improvements

Patches

For the Windows version, install the Gold Patch (if using the original retail release) followed by the v1.07f Beta patch.

For the Linux version, install Patch 1.06a to get the Gold content and other updates.

SoFplus

SoFplus is a fan mod for Soldier of Fortune 1.07f, which adds new features and solves problems with modern systems.

Installing SoFplus Go to SoFplus website and download the latest version of the mod (SoFplus client). Extract contents of zip into the installation folder, replacing existing files when prompted.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\user\config.cfg
Linux	~/.loki/sof/config.cfg

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\user\save
Linux	~/.loki/sof/save

Video settings

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See SoFplus.
Multi-monitor			See SoFplus.
Field of view (FOV)		See SoFplus.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See SoFplus.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force in graphics driver control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default, can be forced off.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings

Mouse and Controller Options

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Forced on by default
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
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		Music, SFX
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Under miscellaneous settings
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 3.0 & EAX 2

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32	More than 18 players may crash the server.[citation needed]
Online play		32	More than 18 players may crash the server.[citation needed]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Use the SoFplus dedicated server.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	28910
UDP (outbound)	28911

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Crashes on graphics drivers with long GL_EXTENSIONS string

Fixing crashes for graphics drivers that return a long GL_EXTENSIONS string[citation needed] Download the ref_gl.dll file from SoF Things website. Extract the ref_gl.dll file inside ref_gl_fixed.zip file into the installation folder, replacing existing files if prompted.

Low frame rate

Fix low FPS[citation needed] Go to <path-to-game>\Base\. Create or edit autoexec.cfg. Add gl_dynamic 0 and save.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 233MHz	Pentium II 400Mhz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA	Graphics card with OpenGL support

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Linux Kernel 2.2.x and glibc-2.1
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	Video card capable of 640x480 resolution; XFree86 version 3.3.5 or newer; 16-bit color