Difference between revisions of "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way"

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Developers

	Monolith Productions
macOS (OS X)	MacPlay
Publishers
	Fox Interactive
	Sierra Entertainment
OS X	MacPlay
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2002
macOS (OS X)	October 8, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	91

Contents 1 Availability 1.1 Demos 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 2.1.1 Official 2.2 Map Packs 2.3 NOLF 2 Modernizer 2.4 Skip intro videos 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 4 Video 4.1 Windowed 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 7.2 Connection types 7.3 Ports 8 VR support 9 Issues fixed 9.1 Crash on 64-bit operating systems 9.2 Stuttering when guards are alerted 9.3 Too high mouse sensivity 9.4 Uncontrollable mouse movement 9.5 Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows10 10 Other information 10.1 API 11 System requirements 12 Notes 13 References

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

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

No One Lives Forever
The Operative: No One Lives Forever	2000
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way	2002
Contract J.A.C.K.	2003

Key points

The official master server for multiplayer was shut down on November 3, 2008.

General information

UnityHQ - A fansite for the series

UnityHQ Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 4 DRM.

Demos

Essential improvements

Patches

The official No One Lives Forever website has been shut down so you have to download the patches from a 3rd party. The fansite UnityHQ still host all the files needed to play online.

Official

The latest official patch is v1.3. The patch is available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. It can be downloaded from the Files section.

Map Packs

Map Pack 1 - Official map pack.
Map Pack 2 - Official map pack 2.

NOLF 2 Modernizer

Fixes some long standing bugs and updates some more outdated features of the game.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename the `Movies` folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.cfg^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)

Files are autoexec.cfg and display.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\Player\SinglePlayer^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor		Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.^[1]
Ultra-widescreen		Set resolution with 21:9 aspect ratio results in crash
4K Ultra HD		Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
Field of view (FOV)	Use No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen Fix.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Level can be forced in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Movement speed and some animations are tied to frame rate.Use (d3d8to9 Only Windows10) and set monitor on 60hz to fix

Windowed

Use a command-line parameter^{[citation needed]}
Start the game's launcher and click on Options. In Command-Line field type in: `+windowed 1` Make sure Always pass command line arguments to the game is checked. Click on "OK" and launch the game.

Input

Keyboard settings.

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Sticks, triggers and D-pads can only be mapped to predefined functions (turn, strafe, etc.)
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 with Creative ALchemy
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish				Requires download for some retail versions
Polish				Fan translation download

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400, 7000-10000
UDP	27888

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		Use the R.E.A.L. mod.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Use the R.E.A.L. mod.
Windows Mixed Reality		Use the R.E.A.L. mod.
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Crash on 64-bit operating systems

Instructions^[3]
Go to `%WINDIR%\system32\`. Copy `dmusic.dll` to `<path-to-game>`.

Stuttering when guards are alerted

The game has problem with music overlapping when guards enter search mode on framerates higher than 60fps.

Disable music^{[citation needed]}

Use DX8 to DX9 Convertor to lock your framerate^{[citation needed]}
Download DX8 to DX9 convertor v0.0036 from http://enbdev.com/download_convertor_dx8todx9.htm Uncompress file contents and put them in the game's root folder (works at least for NOLF2 Revival version)

Too high mouse sensivity

The ingame mouse sensivity is too high.


Download [1] dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory. Set monitor on 60hz and run the game

Uncontrollable mouse movement

Mouse moves in wavelike pattern when attempting y-axis movement.

Decrease mouse polling rate^{[citation needed]}

Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows10


Download [2] dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB 256 MB (XP)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB	1.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.2.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G4 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB 512 MB (iMacs)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM

Supported Nvidia chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 4, Nvidia GeForce 3, Nvidia GeForce 2, Nvidia GeForce 256

Supported ATI chipsets: ATI Radeon 9700, ATI Radeon 9000, ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 7500, ATI Radeon 7200, ATI Radeon

Other supported chipsets: Matrox Parhelia 512

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

↑ View topic - No One Lives Forever 2 Widescreen fix WIP | WSGF
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ Verified by User:CrazyBaldhead on 2018-02-13

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