Gore: Ultimate Soldier

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

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

Gore: Ultimate Soldier is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, shooter and TPS game.

In 2008, the developer 4D Rulers re-released the game for free as Gore: Special Edition.

General information

Official website (4D Rulers)

Official website (DreamCatcher Interactive, archived)

Gore fansite (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		US release has SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
Retail		EU release.

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

Demo

A demo is available here (Alt-link.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.48 with bonus-pack containing extra maps.

Patch 1.50 is the latest game's patch.

Gorespy patch is a fix to replace not working Gamespy's master with fan created Gorespy.com master server.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\gorerules\save^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert-, increase FOV to compensate.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		90° by default, see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FSAA 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 16x.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Extremely high FPS (in the high hundreds) significantly reduces jumping height and may make certain sections (such as climbing the rope net in the first level) impossible to progress past. Turning on Vsync should prevent this.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Image is Vert- and FOV should be increased to compensate.

Set custom resolution

Go to <path-to-game>\settings\.
Open client_system.cfg.
Change res 1024x768 to your desired resolution.

Notes

To change resolution on Windows 10, set Gore compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2.

In game you can also change resolution by entering command res 1024x768 and apply command reset_renderer.

Field of view (FOV)

The game supports from 80 to 90 FOV natively through the autoclient.cfg file and the console.

Hex edit Gore.exe and change the field of view

Open Gore.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
Press Ctrl+F, change the data type to hex values, search for 00 00 B4 42 and change it to 00 00 F0 42.
Now do either of the following:
- Start the game, press ~ to open the console and type fov up to 120.
- Go to <path-to-game>\settings\, open autoclient.cfg, change fov up to 120, save the file and launch the game.

Notes

For other values, consult the Floating Point to Hex Converter (Make sure to tick the box Swap to use big-endian at the top before converting the float value to hexadecimal).

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - 1
French
German
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Russian				Game was released in Russia under name "Gore: Первая кровь".

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Co-op, Versus
Online play		16	Co-op, Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Game crashing when enabling any of the anti-aliasing options in the settings menu

Workaround: Force anti-aliasing in the GPU control panel^{[citation needed]}

Issues fixed

Can't change the resolution in the settings menu

Change Windows compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}
Right-click `Gore.exe` and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Make sure Run this program in compatibility mode for is checked and set to Windows XP (Service Pack 2).

Game zoomed in at high resolutions (DPI issues)

Change high DPI settings^{[citation needed]}
Right-click `Gore.exe` and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Near the bottom of the window, select Change high DPI settings. Make sure Override high DPI scaling behaviour is set to Application in the drop down list. Click on Apply and launch the game.

Rocket Bug (Jumping bug)

When player have more than ~495 FPS, he might me unavailable to perform jumps (also, jump boosts from ladders) and firing with Rocket Launcher might fire unexpected all the loaded rockets. To fix this the game needs to be FPS limited due to monitor's refresh rate or it can be less than ~495 FPS.

Change Windows compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}
Force FPS Limit in the GPU control panel. (Second way) Use Vsync option in game's Video options.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000, NT4, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM
Other	4x CD-ROM Drive

Notes

↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^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).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[3] This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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Developers

	4D Rulers
	Eyecon
Publishers
	DreamCatcher Interactive
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	AMP
Release dates
Windows	June 5, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	58
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi