Widescreen, FOV and HUD fix for Soldier Of Fortune 2 Double Helix.
Original instructions can be found on Widescreen Gaming Forums:
Wsgf.org
When I posted this the download link there didn't work anymore, so I edited the files myself, uploaded them here and added some more info. I used the files from the GOLD edition.
0. Start the game
Make sure that you have run singleplayer at least once, so the game creates the sof2sp.cfg file. You may need to run the game in administrator mode.
1. Change resolution:
Go to (game install directory)\base and edit sof2sp.cfg using notepad or something.
Find these lines (they probably won't be together):
seta r_customwidth "xxxx"
seta r_customheight "xxxx"
Change them to set your resolution.
Now find this line:
seta r_mode "x"
Change it to -1.
IMPORTANT - When you change the resolution Activision and Raven Software intro videos might not render anymore, just press a key to skip those.
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2. FOV fix
Go to (game install directory) and copy and overwrite the cgamex86.dll with the one provided in this fix.
The original FOV was 80, and in the edited file it is set to 95 which the original author recommended for 16:9 resolutions. If you want 90(recommended for 16:10 resolutions) use cgamex86_FOV90.dll instead, just rename it to cgamex86.dll.
IMPORTANT - When you launch the game for the first time after this change, it might happen that it still uses the old FOV. Just press quick load(default F8) and it will change. You only need to do this the first time, later it will use the correct FOV even after restarting the game.
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3. HUD fix
Go to (game install directory)\base and copy and overwrite the therest.pk3 with the one provided in this fix.
The only change I made compared to the original fix is that the HUD "16" value is not changed to "0", but "12", so now the HUD is lower and more centered, which is closer to the original look.
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used to play this a LOT during most parts of the first Y2k decade incl tons of MP, is it still having any players??
I honestly don't know, I only play games for the single player campaigns. Plus the devs/publisher abandoned it, you can't buy the game online anywhere.
It makes little sense why they don't release the source code. Also you can probably still find a second hand copy on ebay or amazon.
I know im abit late to reply lol, but there are still alot of people that play this game online. SOF1 1.00 is still alive. SOF2 Gold, has only a couple of servers that are active atm. If you want to download the game you can go to caserun.com
yes there are still people playing it, most of them play in the evening/night, i'm part of a SOFII Gold clan myself and own a server, server name's is m8 (click here) if you're still interested in playing it ! it's a European server. We also have a website & a forum. The clan name is the same as the server's. Hope to see you in-game :) - m8 (Lucifer)
true, the Sof2 sp is quite big and varied, has a huge replay-factor :)
sof2sp.cfg is not present in my base folder. I've run the game plenty of times. It has still not been created. It is not a hidden file either...
Yeah same man.
run game as admin then it will create the file
Run SP game in Administrator mode. This will create file.
did all the setttings but it didnt make a difference. help
This file Can Make EDITOR MAPS NV
Don't work. :-( It creates no sof2sp.cfg-file. I use the version from gog. I tried it out to start the game in admin-mode but no sof2sp.cfg-file.
I had no "sof2sp.cfg" file either but i did have a "myconfig.cfg" file, and editing that worked.
Game crashes when i start sp
create mohaa and run from it
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