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Soldier of Fortune

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Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune cover
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 on Wikipedia

Warnings

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

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).
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Simple disc check. Regular, Gold Edition Or Platinum Edition.
Windows
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Platinum Edition
Windows

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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\user\config.cfg[Note 1]
Linux ~/.loki/sof/config.cfg
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\user\save[Note 1]
Linux ~/.loki/sof/save

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Mouse and Controller Options
Mouse and Controller Options

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio Settings
Audio Settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 28910
UDP 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]
  1. Download the ref_gl.dll file from SoF Things website.
  2. 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]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Base\.
  2. Create or edit autoexec.cfg.
  3. Add gl_dynamic 0 and save.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Interface SDL SDL is Linux only
Multiplayer GameSpy [1]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Linux Kernel 2.2.x and glibc-2.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) 640x480 resolution; XFree86 version 3.3.5 or newer; 16-bit color

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).

References