Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport

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Bet on Soldier
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport	2005
Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara	2006
Bet on Soldier: Black-out Saigon	2007

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.5.10.01 DRM^{[Note 1]}
GamersGate
Steam		v1.2, see Essential improvements.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Demos are available for single player and multiplayer.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.3 updates the game to the latest version.

Although the Steam version says v1.2 in the main menu, it is different from the retail v1.2 patch and has proper widescreen resolution support and some other changes compared to v1.3, updating the Steam version from its default v1.2 to v1.3 is not recommended.^{[citation needed]}^[3]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Mods\Bos\Settings\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335320/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Mods\Bos\Saves\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/335320/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Steam version supports modern resolutions, and stretches inward on 4:3/5:4. Widescreen output is stretched in 1.3; Aspect ratio is correct only on 4:3 resolutions in 1.3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Maximum resolution is 1920x1080. See 4K Ultra HD.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	`Alt`+`↵ Enter` toggles fullscreen. Can also be changed in the config.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Has to be enabled through graphics control panel
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Has to be enabled through graphics control panel
Vertical sync (Vsync)	On and off. Sometimes resets after exiting and starting the game. This can be fixed through enabling and disabling Vsync in options.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate cap even at ultra-high resolutions.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

4K Ultra HD

Edit Video.cfg^[4]

Go to <path-to-game>\Mods\Bos\Settings and open Video.cfg with a notepad.

In Video.cfg, change:

Height_Release = XXXX.000000;
Width_Release = XXXX.000000;

To the desired resolution. Example:

Height_Release = 2160.000000;
Width_Release = 3840.000000;

After changing the resolution, exit and save the config. Right-click the config and click "properties" and change the file to "read-only" so the game doesn't change the resolution while playing.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit GamePlay.cfg^[5]

Go to <path-to-game>\Mods\Bos\Tuning and open GamePlay.cfg with a notepad.

Define FOV in the following lines:

GameFovView1				=  XX.X
GameFovView2				=	 XX.X
GameFovShieldOn			=	 XX.X
ExoFovFirstPerson		= XX.X

Change XX.X to the desired FOV.
After changing the FOV, exit and save the config. Right-click the config and click "properties" and change the file to "read-only" so the game doesn't change the FOV while playing.

Notes

GameFovView1 controls standard field of view. GameFovView2 controls zoom/aim FOV. GameFovShieldOn controls zoom/aim FOV when using a shield. ExoFovFirstPerson controls the field of view when controlling a exo/mech suit.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The vaguely termed "switch view" is the aim-down-sights command.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Marked as "Mouse sensibility". Sometimes resets after exiting and starting the game. This can be fixed through enabling and disabling Vsync in options.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Only for specific dialogue. You can play with different voice dialogue and subtitles by replacing the voice audio files with ones of a different language.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Steam game has english audio only.
Italian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.Note: Starforce protected versions do not work on WIN7 and above

Expansion Packs

Blood of Sahara

First expansion pack for Bet on Soldier.

Black Out Saigon (Blackout On Saigon)

Second expansion pack for Bet on Soldier.

Issues fixed

Crash on level start/completion

The game will crash at the start/end of a level with "R6025 -Pure Function Call"

Use Windows Vista compatability mode and select an entirely different set of weapons for that mission.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz (or above)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9700 Pixel & Vertex Shader 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/335320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (335320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[3] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[1]^[2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/335320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (335320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] "It's not the same as retail. Retail 1.2 has the same resolution issues as 1.3. Apart from resolution, I don't know what differences there are between 1.3 and 1.2 aside from "new guns" (They are in the files, they don't get used), PhysX support (Doesn't work anymore), and some new vfx (The blood stains were made comically large, and the concrete fx are now brown like dirt)." - Steam Community

[7] How to change resolution for unsupported resolutions + FOV Fix - last accessed on 2024-3-24

[8] How to change resolution for unsupported resolutions + FOV Fix - last accessed on 2024-3-24

[9] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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Developers

	Kylotonn
Publishers
	Microids
Engines
	Kt Engine
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	56
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Bet on Soldier