====== Soldier of Fortune 2 (SoF2) ======

===== My Story =====

Sometime back in 2004/2005 I used to play SoF2MP-Test (my name was usually DarkDevil). It was insane how many people played a MP Demo with just one map.
At some point people started to build maps, I remember having 15GB of maps and mods inside my ~50MB gamefolder.
I started playing just for fun and eventually joined some clans like -CriMeZ-. 

Things I remember from back in the days...

  * I joined CriMeZ after tryouts with StyLeZz and some other people
  * When CriMeZ died down someone created #Planet (iirc) ("GxK Markus" and "Transworld" aka Kai ?)
  * There was a clan called "Soap" and their member "Bash" was accused of wallhacking, I also remember seeing a screenshot of him looking up the offices from the conferenceroom with his weapon being "glitched", it wasnt round which usually happens when wh'ed
  * I used to play the map "Swimminpool" with someone named "Oskar" and we created another clan but I forgot its name
  * People used to chat via MSN Messenger and ICQ back in the day...
  * in clanwars I used to host the matches because I had the fasted internet (DSL 2k and later 6k)
  * To this day I still know most of the console commands and map glitches

===== Links =====

Here are some links I found in my search of getting the game to run on Win10

  * [[https://1fxmod.org/master/|1fxmod - New Masterserver]]
  * [[https://www.gametracker.com/search/sof2/?sort=3&order=DESC|Gametracker - another Serverlist]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040713110327/http://www.crimez.de.ms:80/|CriMeZ.de.ms - Webarchive]]
  * [[https://evil-incarnate.freeforums.net/page/download-sof2-maps|Evil-Incarnate - SoF2 Maps]]
  * [[https://www.gamefront.com/games/soldier-of-fortune-2|Gamefront (aka SoF2Files.net) - SoF2 Maps, Mods, etc]]
  * [[http://www.sofplayers.co.uk/downloads.shtml|SoF2Players - SoF2 Clanlinks, Maps, Mods, etc]]
  * [[https://www.lonebullet.com/games/soldier-of-fortune-2-6711.htm|LoneBullet - SoF2 Maps, Mods, etc]]
  * [[http://www.fairplay.ac|Fairplay - Fairplay Client]]

===== Troubleshooting=====

==== The game loads and then crashes ====

Rename your .exe to mohaa.exe

==== The game is zoomed to the top right ====

  - rightclick on the .exe
  - click on Properties > Compatibility
  - click on the "Change high DPI settings" button.
  - in the Window that opens, tick the box next to "override high DPI scaling behavior".

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==== Corrupted pak0.pk3: 107780178 ====

You use mods with the default .exe, you need the modified .exe

Click the link to download [[https://lunetikk.de/downloads/djminifix.exe|djminifix]]

===== Images =====

Probably the last existing "screenshot" of CriMeZ

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I also found my name in the memberlist of the CriMeZ website (Webarchive 2004), 1985 was a total lie btw 

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