Soldier of Fortune is a classic Ravensoft FPS made with the Quake II engine in 2000. Play as US mercenary John Mullins and eliminate terrorists who have stolen nuclear weapons. Watch their tear apart as you mow them down with an arsenal of weapons.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Soldier of Fortune in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Free Community Edition of Soldier of Fortune. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 18.2 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 2.0.2
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 2.0.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 2.0.2 is installed and you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Select "New virtual drive"
Click Next
Name the virtual drive: soldieroffortune
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine: 2.0.2
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows XP
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate virtual desktop" if you have any problems with fullscreen
Click OK
PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages should automatically download and install
Downloading Soldier Of Fortune Community Edition
Go to: http://www.sof1.org/sofdownload.php
Create an account
Download the Community Edition version 6.2
Installing Soldier Of Fortune Community Edition
Click Browse
Select "Sildier_of_Fortune_Community_Edition_V6_1.exe"
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next again
Click Next again
Click Next again
Click Next again
Uncheck "Launch Soldier of Fortune - Community Edition"
Uncheck "View Readme"
Uncheck "Visit product web site"
Click Finish
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "SoF.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Soldier Of Fortune
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Soldier Of Fortune"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 2.0.2
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Select "Soldier Of Fortune"
Click Run
Note: Click "Debug" to see errors and bugs
Graphical Settings
Click the "check boxes" button
Click The screen tab
Adjust:
- Ghoul Light Method
- Specular Lighting
- Detail Texturing
- Detail Texturing Range
- Texture Mode
- Anisotrophic Filtering
- Field of View
- Video Driver
- Full Screen
- Bitdepth
- Alternate Simple Textures
- Texture Quality
- Skin Texture Quality
- Anisotropic Filtering
Select Scale Icon
Adjust scalability options
Conclusion:
Soldier Of Fortune Community Edition installed and ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 950. I was able to make any necessary graphical changes in-game and play with amazing frame rates. Its and older game which is why it runs so well. It was nice to find the Community Edition is absolutely free and includes the entire single-player campaign
Gameplay Video:
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