James Bond 007: Nightfire

James Bond 007
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill	1985
James Bond 007: Goldfinger	1986
007: Licence to Kill	1989
James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair	1990
The Spy Who Loved Me	1990
James Bond 007: Nightfire	2002
007: Quantum of Solace	2008
GoldenEye: Source (unofficial mod)	2009
James Bond 007: Blood Stone	2010
007 Legends	2012

Warnings

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

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).

Key points

The PC version lacks certain features or content originally present in the console version, due to a difference in engine and developer.

The GameSpy online server browser stopped working on June 30, 2014, due to GameSpy services being shut down. However, updating to the latest unofficial patch will keep the server browser working after this date.^[1]

General information

Official site (archived)

James Bond Wiki

Nightfire Nostalgics Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.

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

This game is not available digitally

A demo is available

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 - this patch fixes few crashes and minor bugs present in singleplayer portion of the game. It also adds 2 new maps to multiplayer mode.
Patch 5.91(unofficial patch) - adds many new options (such as windowed mode and mouse acceleration), fixes bugs, improves netcode etc.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch v5.91. Run the game and click the wrench icon in the launcher. Tick the Skip Intro Movies setting. Press `Esc` at the console window to get to the main menu.

Delete or rename movie files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\bond\movies`. Delete or rename `EA_logo.avi`, `MGM_logo.avi`, and `NF_Intro.avi`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Nightfire\bond\config.cfg
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Nightfire\bond\SAVE\
macOS (OS X)

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use unofficial patch v5.91 to fix FOV. Menus and some HUD elements are stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use unofficial patch v5.91.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 76° (horizontal). See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Use unofficial patch v5.91.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use unofficial patch v5.91.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS. See High frame rate.

Field of view (FOV)

unofficial patch v5.91 automatically calculates the ideal FOV based on the resolution.

Set a custom FOV in config.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch v5.91 and run the game once. Go to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Nightfire\bond\` Open `config.cfg` with a text editor. Find `r_fieldofview` and change its value to the desired FOV. Save the file and run the game using `bond2.exe` (using `bond.exe` resets the value).

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Vsync doesn't work if the game is running in windowed mode.

Set in Patch 5.8 settings^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch v5.91. Run the game and click the wrench icon in the launcher. Use the Vsync (Lock FPS) setting.

High frame rate

Frame rates higher than 110 may cause sudden death of the player character on some moving platforms. This bug should be fixed on Patch version 5.90

Set fps_max value in config.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch v5.91. Go to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Gearbox Software\Nightfire\bond\` Open `config.cfg` with a text editor. Find `fps_max 100` and change `100` to the desired frame rate cap (up to 150). Save the file and run the game.

Input

Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See Controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Enable Controller support and tick Invert Mouse Y in-game.

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

Mouse acceleration

By default, running the game will enable the Enhance Pointer Precision setting in Windows.

Set in Patch 5.8 settings^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch v5.91. Run the game and click the wrench icon in the launcher. Tick the Disable Mouse Acceleration setting. Raw Mouse Input setting also exists.

Controller support

This enables XInput controller support for 360 controllers and other devices.

Set in Patch 5.8 settings^{[citation needed]}

Install unofficial patch v5.91.
Run the game and click the wrench icon in the launcher.
Tick the Enable Controller Support setting.

Notes

This disables WASD movement keys and may alter the mouse sensitivity slider.

Toggle crouch

Use script^[4]

Go to <path-to-game>\bond\.
Create and/or open autoexec.cfg.
Add the following script and save.

alias duck_t "duckon"
alias duckon "alias duck_t duckoff; +duck"
alias duckoff "alias duck_t duckon; -duck"
bind "ctrl" "duck_t"

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music slider.
Surround sound		Auto-detects speaker configuration
Subtitles		Console version only
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable it.
EAX support		Supports EAX 2.0 using DirectSound3D (Requires passthrough on Vista and later).
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[5] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Use `bond_ded.exe` (added in the v1.1 Patch).
Self-hosting
Direct IP		"Add IP Address in the browser, or use the connect <ip> command"

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	[Server] 6550 (query), 26015 (host)

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

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, requires DGVoodoo2, see here how to get the game to work. Note: Certain wrapper versions do not work with VorpX, always try the latest one first, then go back stepwise .

Other information

Enable developer console

unofficial patch v5.91 automatically enables the console.

Use +console 1 parameter^{[citation needed]}
Add the `+console 1` command line argument. Run the game and open the console with `~`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 (2000 for Patch 5.8)	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 500 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB (256 MB for Patch 5.8)	256 MB (1 GB for Patch 5.8)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	675 MB	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Direct3D compatible 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.3
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 74xx PowerPC G4
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	3D accelerator 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] 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.^[3]

References

↑ EA Service Updates
↑ 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
↑ Crouch Toggle Script - GAMEBANANA
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] 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.^[3]

[1] EA Service Updates

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

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

[5] Crouch Toggle Script - GAMEBANANA

[6] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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Developers

	Gearbox Software
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows	November 28, 2002
macOS (OS X)	June 21, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	59
Taxonomy
Series	James Bond 007