Soldier of Fortune
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Developers | |
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Raven Software | |
Linux | Loki Software |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
id Tech 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 27, 2000 |
Linux | July 7, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Africa, Asia, Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America |
Series | Soldier of Fortune |
Soldier of Fortune | |
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Soldier of Fortune | 2000 |
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | 2002 |
Soldier of Fortune: Payback | 2007 |
Warnings
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 |
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Retail | Simple disc check. Regular, Gold Edition Or Platinum Edition. | |||
GOG.com | Platinum Edition |
- Not available for sale on GOG in Germany.
- A Tactical Low-Violence Version was also sold in retail, with permanently disabled gore.
- Free demo versions are available from GameFront: Windows (standard), Windows (low-violence), Linux.
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
- This mod for Soldier of Fortune adds new features, solves problems with modern systems, and blocks the engine's security vulnerabilities not found within the official 1.07f Beta patch.
Installation instructions[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\user\config.cfg[Note 1] |
Linux | $HOME/.loki/sof/config.cfg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\user\save[Note 1] |
Linux | $HOME/.loki/sof/save |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use SoFplus. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use SoFplus. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use SoFplus. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use SoFplus. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use SoFplus. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use SoFplus. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | High frame rate may cause the player character to slide across the floor when moving.[citation needed] Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS, or set the monitor to 60 Hz. |
Make corpses permanent
- Even at the highest setting, corpses will still disappear rather quickly.
Instructions |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Forced on by default. See Mouse acceleration. Additional mouse deadzone and skipping issues. No known fix. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
Disable mouse acceleration |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output.[2] May require DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | Under miscellaneous settings | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 3.0 & EAX 2[3][4] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Ukrainian | Fan translation & dubbing by TSF, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 | The official GameSpy service shut down in 2014; SoFplus has an alternate master server. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use the SoFplus dedicated server. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 28910 |
UDP | 28911 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
Issues fixed
LoadLibrary("Defsnd.dll") failed
Create a copy of game's executable |
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Game does not start
Install SoFplus |
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Game refuses to boot but the process is visible in the taskbar
- Appeared to be fix in the SoFPlus 2022-04-07 release (v54919).
Rename executable[1] |
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Use Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit[5] |
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Low frame rate
Fix low FPS[citation needed] |
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Run SoF.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 7.
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Mouse skipping
Disabling Logitech mouse software can fix this issue. |
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Lowering the mouse polling rate to 250 or 125 Hz may alleviate the issue. |
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Sliding movement
- When moving, the character will slide across the floor.
Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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Set refresh rate on 60 Hz[citation needed] |
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No music or speech
Set your audio quality to 22 kHz or 44 kHz in the games audio menu |
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Small HUD at high resolutions
Force resolution with Peixoto patch[6] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound | |
Interface | SDL | SDL is Linux only |
Input | Feel Foundation Classes | 1.0.10 1.1.00 |
Multiplayer | GameSpy, World Opponent Network | .[7] The original release from 2000 used WON; the Platinum release used GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA | OpenGL support |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Linux Kernel 2.2.x and glibc-2.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 800 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution; XFree86 version 3.3.5 or newer; 16-bit color |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Installation instructions - last accessed on 2022-02-21
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Aureal A3D Central - 3D Sound Software list - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Games FAQ: Soldier of Fortune - Quantex Zone - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ gog.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Is there a way to change the size of the HUD? - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SoF1 GameSpy master server - last accessed on May 2023