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Soldier Of Fortune FAQ
Last Updated on: 2000-09-20 09:50:17
This is where you will find useful information about Soldier of Fortune. The following are answers to some frequently asked questions about this game. Please read these before e-mailing Loki Technical Support - Chances are your question is answered here too!
This FAQ is modelled on the Linux HOWTO documents for consistency and ease of navigation.
loki_update
(http://updates.lokigames.com/).sof +set gl_driver /path/to/your/preferred/libGL.so(specifying the correct path in place of the placeholder, of course)
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.
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.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.+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.
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.
libopenal-0.0.so
to work around the problem.
The file is available from http://lokigames.com/~briareos/libopenal-0.0.soHowever, 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 92780If 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.
+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.
sof +set console 1 +demomap <demoname>
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
sof +set dedicated 1There are a number of guides to the dedicated server commands, including http://planetsoldier.com/