Soldier of Fortune 2 question....

[dave1234]

Ok so i have a 12 inch G4 powerbook, and I like to play soldier of fortune. But I want to be able to play it with good graphic settings, and high game speed, is there any settings i can do in/out of the game ?

[couch potato]

hmm, i dont have the game, but i think most games are the same in this area. first off, check if there is an audio quality or sound quality setting somewhere in the preferences. if there is, turn it to medium or low (you can decide).

in terms of graphics, your G4 powerbook might have a bit of trouble. i have the same model as you do, and its not the best laptop out there for gaming (mac wise), but it will do.

well..which are you more worried about? graphics or performance?

[dave1234]

the graphics that im doing now, are fine with me. i just want to speed the game up, or have it perform better.

[PowermacG5]

My dual 2 Ghz G5 with 9800 ati readion cant run soldier of fortune 2 single player. Choppy and ****ting

same thing with a my 900 mhz g4

shocked? I am.....

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by PowermacG5
My dual 2 Ghz G5 with 9800 ati readion cant run soldier of fortune 2 single player. Choppy and ****ting

same thing with a my 900 mhz g4

shocked? I am.....

Hi
i also have a dual G5, but with the 9600 radion. Choppy framerate here too with all settings on high @ 1024x768.

I was expecting better...!:confused:

Maybe the game needs a patch to work better on a G5 cpu?? :rolleyes: Though i'd expect to get better fps with your card - the 9800 is supposed to be the best..

Awaiting an update!

[rhpenguin]

SoFII runs crappy in single player on pc too.. dont feel too bad...

I just picked it up for the multiplayer and im hoping it works okay on the iBook. (Wolfenstein does, so maybe ill get lucky :)) If not ill only be out $20!

Thank god for open box purchases...

Update: SoFII MP works wonderfully on my G3 iBook 800

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by rhpenguin
SoFII runs crappy in single player on pc too.. dont feel too bad...

I just picked it up for the multiplayer and im hoping it works okay on the iBook. (Wolfenstein does, so maybe ill get lucky :)) If not ill only be out $20!

Thank god for open box purchases...

Update: SoFII MP works wonderfully on my G3 iBook 800

I don't feel bad, afterall, they're pc owners so how can i - thank god i wasn't that dumb!! :D
Seriously though, i've got games that are better, graphically. Just look at MoHAA/Spearhead and their framerates are twice that of SoF2. Very odd, but a major shame as SoF2 is awesome to play.
Oh well :rolleyes:

[fazz33]

somthing must be wrong with your mac or the SOF 2 for mac must need a patch my PC runs like a champ everything set on high on 1280/1024 and i get like 60+fps on single player :) and i gotz a 9600pro, may be i should get sof 2 4 mac and see how it is on my IMAC

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by fazz33
somthing must be wrong with your mac or the SOF 2 for mac must need a patch my PC runs like a champ everything set on high on 1280/1024 and i get like 60+fps on single player :) and i gotz a 9600pro, may be i should get sof 2 4 mac and see how it is on my IMAC

wots a pc user doing here!!! ;)

i suspect it is in need of a patch of some kind, maybe cos of the new cpu?

I reckon that if this was a dual G4, rather than G5, running at 2ghz then it would perform much better.. but no such system exists :)

I know i'm not getting 60fps, but i reckon it's around 20-40. Really naff when u think about it :mad: Shame cos this is a top single-player game and (s*ds law) it performs perfect in multiplayer, aparently..

oh well... :rolleyes: Back to AvsP2 :D now this is superb!!!

[fazz33]

:( im not jus a pc user im a pc-mac user :)

[Wes]

For all of you with FPS issues, I updated to a new version of SOF2, and got around 10 fps, then I went to the network settings, put it to the max, LAN, and I get 80 fps, give that a try.

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by Wes
For all of you with FPS issues, I updated to a new version of SOF2, and got around 10 fps, then I went to the network settings, put it to the max, LAN, and I get 80 fps, give that a try.

please explain more! I don't have a max setting for the network cp. Or do u mean energy saver? :confused:

Thanks

[Wes]

Originally posted by Striderdm1
please explain more! I don't have a max setting for the network cp. Or do u mean energy saver? :confused:

Thanks

Within the SOF2 preferences, there is a section on network setting where you can put in the proxy, or connection speed.

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by Wes
Within the SOF2 preferences, there is a section on network setting where you can put in the proxy, or connection speed.

doh! sorry i thought u meant the settings within osx itself.. i'll shoot myself now :rolleyes:

btw, message to all within this thread - i've just been messing with the settings and i've found that the biggest drain on the gfx card is the Lightflares setting. With this off and everything else back on to their highest/best settings i've doubled my framerate! :D

It's still not as good as RTCW, MoH, AvP2, etc.. but it's much better and now fully playable without creating eye strain. (i'm at 1024x768 fwiw - all graphical detail set to max. No light flares!!). I'd say i get around 50/60fps now! HTH someone..

I'm off to test your theory now and hopfully get some more framerate in there! Thanks :D

[Wes]

Maybe I misread the thread, but I'm talking about multiplayer, and I presumed you guys were too.

[PowermacG5]

Its about how single player is not playable on a PowerMac G5 dual 2.0 ghz 512 ram and ati 9800 pro~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by PowermacG5
Its about how single player is not playable on a PowerMac G5 dual 2.0 ghz 512 ram and ati 9800 pro~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

Hi

did u read my earlier posting? I've doubled my framerate, but it still isn't upto any other fps out there.. but hey, it's better than nothing, right?! :rolleyes:

i've got the same mac, but with 9600 ati. So yours should be much better..

It's not our Mac's, just look at every other game out there :D It's just naff programming... imho :(

[PowermacG5]

Diablo sucks to. Dont get me started on the carbon programming thing.

[Striderdm1]

Originally posted by PowermacG5
Diablo sucks to. Dont get me started on the carbon programming thing.

Diablo 2 ?

i've only just got this and installed the latest osx patch - runs perfectly. Very smooth and no crashes. I love it :D

Seriously, performance for this is superb..

I'm using panther now, and i'll be the first to admit that Jaguar didn't really do anything for my G5. RTCW, Dungeon Siege and Myth 3 all kept on crashing! But Panther is cool and gaming performance is excellent (or average as in SoF2!!). I'm very very happy

Maybe a fresh install... ? Hope u get sorted :confused: