Soldier of fortune 1 vista

Howdy, it seemed like the best place to post this. I need advice on getting Soldier of Fortune Gold working on Vista 64 if possible. The first problem was when the autorun setup wouldn't work, it suggested that I check with the manufacturer if there was a 64 bit version available. I got around that by opening the CD folder and running the setup. It installed, but when I attempt to run the game it crashes after clicking on the. I've attempted changing the compatibility setting from Windows 3.

I've allowed DEP on it, still no luck. Has anyone here been able to run the original Soldier of Fortune on a Vista 64 system, if so I would appreciate any help. The only advice I could find via google were dead forums, or advice to turn on administrator privileges and change compatibility mode, which haven't worked. Advice would be appreciated, aside from installing XP onto an older computer, which would be my next choice. Judging by the lack of replies I doubt anyone cares, but I'll post this.

I finally got it working, it seems to have been a driver issue with my Radeon card. After uninstalling all the current drivers and many annoying nights of reinstalling and uninstalling drivers, I finally got it to play with the Catalyst 9. Doesn't seem like it was an issue with vista, but the drivers. To install I still had to 'explore' the disc and go to the setup folder and manually run it, otherwise it would crash because apparently the 32bit. Still, manually selecting the setup. The rollback of drivers to 9.

Yeah, I'm glad that my advice regarding a game using an id tech engine which other people have had problems with using Vista or an ATI card helped. I figured since it was a Raven game it would have a tacit connection to doom in the Everything Else forum. And the 'cool story bro' meme is really worn out. I liked the original Soldier of fortune. Never played any of the others. Glad you got it working. I would have solved the issue differently from how you ended up solving it.

Has never let me down yet. Failing that, I would have resorted to posting a thread here. Thanks for posting that solution. I might try it on my new Windows 7 rig, since I've been having similar problems with SoF2 on that system. Jam is a Vietnam vet, a firearms expert, an experienced mercenary, and easily the most laughable prick ever to have stepped foot inside a computer game since the eponymous star of the execrable Leisure Suit Larry games reared his wormy little head before a disinterested world.

Jarn 'Soldier of Fortune' Mullins is an absolute dingleberry. A tool of the highest order. He looks just like celebrity chef and Sunday morning Godslot presenter Kevin Woodford, so it's hard to take him seriously and even harder to resist the urge to somehow twist the gun round and watch him blow his own head off. He's also totally lacking a sense of humour. This man takes himself more seriously than Goebbels, as do his mates at 'The Shop' the shadowy organisation of mercenaries for which he 'works'.

In fact, every single person in the game stomps around pulling expressions of utter, steely-eyed seriousness, delivering duff lines with such grim self-importance, you keep hoping - praying- that one of them'll blow off in their combats or something, just to break the ice a bit and make them smile. If you had to sit next to one of them at a dinner party, you'd probably end up taking your own life with a cheese knife before the main course hit the table.

He's easily the most ludicrously over-the-top villain you'll have seen in your life -- even if you've spent your entire life watching Sky Movies. Fortunately for Jarn, who's clearly unhinged himself, tracking down Dekker and, er, his stolen nuclear warheads involves visiting a host of glamorous around-the-world locations and shooting a frankly jaw-dropping number of people.

It's like watching an edition of Holiday hosted by those Columbine High School maniacs. At which point, it's worth pointing out just how gruesomely violent SoFis. You can, quite feasibly, shoot the gun from a man's hand, then take his leg clean off while he begs for mercy - and then blow his head to jelly as he slumps, screaming, to the floor.

And once he's down, you can stab him in the face, you can circle around picking off the remaining limbs with a shotgun, or you can pump round upon round of machine-gun fire into his lifeless body and watch it jerk about.

This is not a nice game. Playing this game must be bad for you. It feels bad for you. There are. There are machine guns and rocket launchers.

There's an excellent sniper rifle and a downright hideous flamethrower. There is screaming and bloodshed. At the end of each mission, you're given a tally listing the number of head shots, neck shots, groin shots You'll want a bath afterwards.

And then you'll go back to finish off the next level. It's undeniably fun to play. The levels aren't particularly taxing, but they are on the whole imaginatively designed. The real-world setting adds to the thrill, as does - and we're almost ashamed to admit this - the outrageous level of violence. The graphics are exemplary throughout, as is the use of sound the music's a bit sucky, but it is 'dynamic' - ie it reacts to the action.

The weird and slightly frightening thing is, if SoF was set in the spaceports of Mars, or the fictional netherland of Etemia, or wherever, it's doubtful whether it would have held our attention for so long. Fact is, the nigh-on pornographic buzz of spraying a modern-day office with gunfire, taking limbs off be-suited, screaming enemies left, right, and centre, while a standard neon strip-light buzzes overhead, keeps you glued.

That may be wrong, but it's the honest truth. The ultra-violence is eye-poppingly hideous - but it's also whisper it quietly perversely satisfying, in a please-God-don't-let-this-corrupt-me kinda way.

But it would mean nothing were the game itself not so damn playable. Soldier Of Fortune is a balls-out, whisky-swilling, flag-waving, carbine-smoking, xenophobic, fascistic, cathartic arcade game that you'll end up playing more than you should. It probably deserves to be banned - but while it's here, let's enjoy it quietly.

Oh, and we'd recommend taking short breaks to read some Enid Blyton or a Mr Men book or something. Returning the game because it's too sick? That's got to be a first for one of our readers. All in all, the general consensus is that most of you find the extremely explicit violence fascinating, while being aware that it is wrong.

Want to take part in a quick experiment? All you have to do is read the following words and monitor your reactions carefully. Here we go: Guns. Muzzle flare. Zapruder footage. Heavy recoil action. Trigger finger. Empty casings rattling round your feet like hollow cockroach shells. Charlton Heston. Dirty Harry. Guns, guns and more guns. Experiment over. Did you find yourself getting sexually aroused? If the answer's yes, then congratulations - you're probably just the sort of person who reads Soldier Of Fortune magazine, the right-to-bear-arms bible of gung-ho gun nuts everywhere.

Even if you haven't seen Soldier Of Fortune magazine itself, you know the kind of thing: you sometimes see gun porn mags lurking guiltily on newsagents' shelves in the UK, where they're imported from the US. A typical issue has a cover peppered with 'product shots' of phallic-looking semi-automatics, a feature on the National Rifle Association, some survivalist tips, and a wipe-clean centrefold of some trailer park jailbait deep-throating a muzzle.

Soldier Of Fortune is one of the most established ones. And now it's been turned into a game. A first-person shoot 'em up game. And, surprisingly, it looks like it might just turn out to be really really, good. Soldier Of Fortune the game is being developed by Raven Software, the people responsible for politically neutral actioneers such as Hexen 2 and Mageslayer.

The company's track record is a befuddling mixture of peaks and troughs in which robust and imaginative 3D shooters such as the aforementioned Hexen 2 feature prominently. Soldier Of Fortune is the latest addition to the fold. Soldier Of Fortune utilises the Quake II engine, and as you can see from the screenshots here the game looks disturbingly realistic. This provides more believable object physics in the game, for both wounded victims and pieces of architecture.

Furthermore, as you'd expect from a game based on a magazine for gun fetishists, the weapons are designed to look and behave just like the real thing - nail-biting reload times and all. It should be enough to have regular Soldier Of Fortune readers breaking into a sweat before the end of the first level. To this end, we're promised plenty of 'over the top violence' coupled with authentic strategic elements, support for all leading 3D cards, and thrill-a-minute multiplayer support bunged in for good measure.

The licence is neither here nor there - this game should turn heads on its own merit. We'll be reviewing SOF in a forthcoming issue. Now shut up, put the magazine down, and back away slowly. Or I'll shoot your forehead off.

On a normal day just like any other, a call goes out to a man of action. A man named John Mullins wakes up to an ordinary life filled with dilemmas, the same as any other man.

However, this man may just save your life. Yes, John Mullins is a combat specialist meant to handle any possible terrorist scenario imaginable. He occasionally works as a freelance operative for a U. His current objective is to deal with a secret terrorist organization that is bent on murder and destruction. Generally, John hates to stick his neck out, but the paycheck is outstanding and he gets all the free ammo he can carry. You may never hear me say this again, but before you start shooting it up with a terrorist you should go through the tutorial.

Luckily the tutorial is actually interesting since it allows you to shoot all the guns you start with, including the sniper rifle. Of course you could just fake it, but it may not be to your advantage later in the game. If you own the Keyboard for the Dreamcast, it may be useful to those of you who are veterans of games like Quake.

Another useful tip: you can adjust the controls to fit your playing style. Another setting option is the difficulty rating. You may choose either easy, medium or challenging; whatever you feel comfortable with. As a note, the only things that these difficulty levels determine is how many additional saves you have in the beginning of the game. Not to worry -- if you last until the end of the mission it will save automatically without using the additional saves.

Once you start the game there are a number of icons that you should be familiar with. The first one is the health meter, located at the bottom of your screen. If you want to know the amount of armor you are wearing, it is the gray line above the health meter. Oh boy!

Another feature in the game is the meter that determines how much noise your character is making. Usually I would say to run in guns a-blazing, but there is an advantage to sneaking up behind enemy lines and then taking no prisoners. One of the most important things in the game is learning how to shoot your target. I know you just have to aim and shoot, but there are features that will aid you in doing it.

As usual you have an icon that helps you aim, but if you move it over certain things it will change color. If the icon is over a hostage it will appear green to let you know not to shoot. If it runs over an enemy it will appear red, giving you free rein to eliminate your opponent.

Depending on where you shoot your opponent, you may kill your enemy or merely wound him. There are over twenty-six different locations on an enemy that can be hit. If you want a good laugh you can watch your enemy hop around after you shoot him in the foot. I had loads of fun trying to find all the possible hit locations.

The overall score you receive determines how much money you get to purchase more equipment in the next mission. You are scored by how many people you kill and how many hostages are saved. You also get a better score by hitting various hit locations like the head or the groin. Since things seem so real, especially when the hostages are executed right in front of you, it is hard not to get into the feel of the game.

What else could you possibly want? I could barely put this game down! It has basically the same qualities that you would expect from a first-person shooter game, but with personality. The ability to shoot your opponent in numerous locations, making the combat seem more realistic, brings a sort of flair to the game. However, those of you with weak stomachs may wish to pass on this particular choice. On the other hand, for those of you up to the challenge, Soldier of Fortune will keep you on the edge of your seat and ready for anything the enemy can throw at you.

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