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We do not offer the Linux binaries for download. If you would like to play this title under Linux, you will need to purchase a copy of the game for Linux.

The dedicated server is not available for free download. If you would like to serve this title under Linux, you will need to purchase a copy of the game for Linux.

The Soldier of Fortune demo is available through our Demo Launcher (http://www.lokigames.com/products/demos.php3).

The 1.06a patch is available through loki_update (http://updates.lokigames.com/).

Launch Soldier of Fortune with the following command-line:

    sof +set gl_driver /path/to/your/preferred/libGL.so

(specifying the correct path in place of the placeholder, of course)

You are probably running the game using software GL rendering. You must have your 3D card configured for hardware accelerated rendering. Updated information on supported 3D cards and drivers is available at: 3ddriverandopenglassistfaq.html

This is a known issue with certain versions of Mesa and certain hardware.

For 3Dfx-based boards, this is fixed in Mesa 3.3 and Mesa 3.2.1, which can be fetched from the Mesa CVS repository.

For Utah-GLX boards, this may be fixed in the current CVS tree.

If you do not want to or can not compile Mesa, we have provided an unsupported libGL.so for download. You can find it at http://www.lokigames.com/~yoda/libGL.so.1.2.030300. Please note that this is provided "as is" and is not supported in any way.

If you do not want to or can not compile Mesa and Utah-GLX for your XFree86 3.3.x configuration, we have provided an unsupported glx.so and libGL.so for download. You can find the files at http://www.lokigames.com/~heimdall/glx/. These files are provided "as is" and are not supported in any way.

Starting with the 1.05 patch (available from http://www.lokigames.com/products/sof/updates.php3), you can add "+set gl_ext_multitexture 0" to the command-line to disable the multi-texture extension:

    sof +set gl_ext_multitexture 0

You can also set the environment variable FX_DONT_FAKE_MULTITEX, e.g.

    export FX_DONT_FAKE_MULTITEX=1
    sof

By default, Mesa will advertise the functionality and provide it in software, which causes a noticable slowdown.

The libopenal.so included in the 1.05 patch has optimizations for some CPUs, and it can cause this error. Please download a new version from http://lokigames.com/~briareos/libopenal.so.

This problem will be corrected in the next patch.

We will be fixing this in a future patch to SoF. In the meantime, you can download a new libopenal-0.0.so to work around the problem. The file is available from http://lokigames.com/~briareos/libopenal-0.0.so

First, check to make sure that you are looking in the right place. The CD-Key should be printed on the CD jewel case insert, in the section entitled "This is your product serial number".

However, printing errors can occur during production, and this field could have been accidentally left blank. So, we make the following recourse available: If you mail us the CD insert with the blank serial number, we will mail you a replacement.

Our mailing address is:

    Loki Entertainment Software
    attn: Technical Support
    250 El Camino Real, Suite 100
    Tustin, CA  92780

If you include a note with your e-mail address with the CD Insert, we will e-mail you the S/N as we mail it so your downtime is kept to a minimum.

The console is disabled by default. Start Soldier of Fortune with "+set console 1" to enable the console, e.g.:

    sof +set console 1

The console is only available in-game (i.e., not in the menu system). You can access it by pressing the '~' key during play.

Demo files are written to ~/.loki/sof/demos/. If you would like to play a demo it should be there. You can play demos by running Soldier of Fortune like so:

sof +set console 1 +demomap <demoname>

The MD5 sums for pak0.pak and pak1.pak are in the README. They are provided here as a convenience:

17c96b05bbfb1f3d7358eee97a908a7f  /usr/local/games/sof/base/pak0.pak
f3e346b36a66b7a78ea842172f7c4728  /usr/local/games/sof/base/pak1.pak

The MD5 sum for pak2.pak (included with the v1.05 patch) is:

295c0c6665ee59f5f7caeb0d5b325c60  /usr/local/games/sof/base/pak2.pak

Yes. Use the retail product, and run the game with:

    sof +set dedicated 1

There are a number of guides to the dedicated server commands, including http://planetsoldier.com/

No. There is not a separate Soldier of Fortune dedicated server. If you would like to run a Linux dedicated server, you will need to have Soldier of Fortune for Linux (which can be run as a dedicated server).

Please visit our publicly accessible bug database (http://fenris.lokigames.com/) and post a bug report. Be sure to first check the list of known bugs and fixes/patches.

We support our products by e-mail (preferred) and phone. Phone support is available by calling (714) 508-2140 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) Monday through Friday, except holidays.