Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

Developers
	Raven Software
Publishers
	Activision
OS X	MacPlay
Engines
	id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows	May 20, 2002
OS X	September 2002

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

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available for both Windows and OS X.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

myconfig.cfg contains single player settings.

mp\sof2mp.cfg contains multiplayer settings.

Save game data location

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

Video settings

Basic video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is 80°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Slider, maximum is 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FSAA, up to 4 samples.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Can be altered with console command com_maxfps.

Widescreen resolution

Running the game in widescreen resolution[citation needed] Start the game. Open the console (⇧ Shift+~). Type in: r_customwidth X, where X is width of your desired resolution (for example, for 1680x1050 resolution, replace X with 1680). Now, type in: r_customheight Y, where Y is height of your desired resolution (for example, for 1680x1050 resolution, replace Y with 1050). Type in: r_mode -1 to make the game use custom resolutions. Type in vid_restart to restart the renderer and apply new resolution settings. Notes See the WSGF entry to fix the HUD in widescreen. This method doesn't work for multiplayer.

Field of view (FOV)

Changing FOV using hex editor Go to the installation folder. Open cgamex86.dll with a hex editor and go to the address AEB00 (game ver. 1.00) or AEA54 (game ver. 1.3 / Gold Update). You'll see that it is set to 38 30, which is 80. Change it according to your preference (recommended 39 30 (90) for 16:10 monitors and 39 35 (95) for 16:9). Save the file and run the game. To check FOV while in game, type in cg_fov (without the attribute behind it). Notes Be sure to backup cgamex86.dll before editing.

Changing FOV using console in singleplayer[citation needed] Start the game. Load a saved game or start a new game. Open the console (⇧ Shift+~). Type in: setrandom sv_cheats 1 to enable cheats. Now type in: cg_fov X where X is a value of horizontal FOV between (default is 80, maximum is 160). Notes Every time a cutscene is being played, your FOV is going to switch back to 80. See the above hex edit for a permanent solution.

Changing FOV using console in Multiplayer[citation needed] Changing FOV in multiplayer is easier, because command cg_fov X isn't cheat protected. Start SOF2 Multiplayer. Join a server (or host it) Open the console (⇧ Shift+~). Type in: cg_fov X, where X is a value of horizontal FOV between 80 (min) and 100 (max).

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

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

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		64
Online play		64

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

Weird Shadow Glitch[citation needed] Running the game with the projection shadows on causes this glitch to happen. Go to the options menu. Select scalability settings. The 2nd result you should see the shadow quality settings. Change it to blob.

FPS drops on modern systems

FPS drops on modern systems[citation needed] Go to the options menu. Select Video Options. Just below the Gamma slider, you'll find the Light Flares setting. Change it to 'Simple' or 'Off'.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 450MHz or Athlon	Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM	OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM