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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

To Install Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD

General Gameplay Tips

The Main Menu Single Player

Controlling the Action

Playing the Game

Characters and Enemies

Main Menu Multiplayer

Updates and Future Releases

Credits

Customer Support

Software License Agreement

Foreword

Thank you for purchasing Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD for your PC. This

manual will provide you with everything you need to know to install the game and fully

enjoy the Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD action experience.

It should be noted that Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD is a realistic depiction

of modern combat and warfare. As a result, this game contains scenes that may not be

suitable for all audiences. If you do not wish elements of a violent or graphic nature to be

displayed while playing Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD, we have providedcontrols with which you can adjust the level of violence in the game. In addition, you

have the ability to enter a violence lockout password that prevents the changing of these

options without the permission of the games owner. Use of these tools is explained in

this manual.

Raven Software and Activision are constantly striving to provide you, the gamer, with the

best gaming experience possible. We hope you enjoy playing Soldier of Fortune II:

Double Helix GOLD as much as we enjoyed making it. Visit us on the web at

www.ravensoft.comand www.activision.com and let us know what you think. We look

forward to hearing from you. Have fun!

Sincerely,

The Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD Development Team

Raven Software

Introduction

You are John Mullins, a professional consultant with a long combat record and a

reputation for getting the job done when the worlds governments cant. After a long and
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distinguished career in the Armys Special Forces, youre now in business for yourself,

taking most of your contracts from a secret organization known only as The Shop.

Together with your old friend Sam Gladstone and your partner, Madeline Taylor, you

combat terrorism around the globe.

Youve learned that a bloodthirsty worldwide terrorist organization has developed

a deadly genetic virus and is threatening to unleash it on the world unless their demandsare met. Your mission: root out the terrorist organization, uncover their secret plans, put a

stop to their operation and bring their leader to justice.

Failure is not an option.

To Install Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD

Insert the Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD CD into your CD-ROM

drive. If your CD-ROM drive has AutoPlay enabled, click the Install button and follow

the on-screen instructions. If AutoPlay is not enabled, double-click on the My Computer

icon on your desktop. Double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon. Follow the installation

instructions. If Soldier of Fortune does not begin installing immediately, double click on

setup.exe.

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD installs single player and multiplayer as

separate executables. The install process will put shortcuts to both single player and

multiplayer on your desktop and in your start menu.

For updates to Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD, please refer to

http://www.activision.com/support

Note: You must have the Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD CD (CD

number 1) in your CD-ROM drive in order to play the game.

General Gameplay TipsThe best way to learn the basics of Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD is to play

through the tutorial level. Thats what its there for!

Shooting innocent civilians is a bad idea.

Your weapon crosshair turns represents your health. When it becomes yellow, you have

taken damage. When it is red, you are close to dying.

To get innocents out of a potentially deadly combat situation, Use them by pressing

the spacebar. This lets them know it is safe to run!

Check your ammo levels and learn to reload your weapon before and after firefights.

Stopping to reload in the middle of combat could cost you your life.

Certain weapons do more damage to some enemies and less against others. The shotgun,

for example, works very well against unarmored opponents and does minimal damage to

armored foes. Experiment to find the best weapon for the job.

Get used to the Best Safe and Best Unsafe weapon functions. Your Best Unsafe weapon

is the strongest weapon you carry but it can hurt you if youre not careful. Your Best Safe

weapon may not be as powerful as the Best Unsafe weapon, but it cant damage you.
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You can use the pistol whip and other alternate attacks to shatter panes of glass in

order to move through them. If a pane of glass has taken any damage, you can run and

jump through it.

If you have trouble jumping/crouching, turn on Always Jump/Crouch in

the menus.

Use the "Extra Weapon Effect 1 and 2" keys to wield dual weapons when holding apistol or the Uzi. Keep in mind if you are using dual weapons, you can't use accessories

(flashlight, laser sight, etc.).

If you turn more than 90 degrees in either direction on a ladder, you will fall off. Be

careful!

Stealth Gameplay Tips

Remember that louder weapons will allow enemies to find you more easily! When in

doubt, try stealth-based attacks with the knife, the pistol (pistol whip) or the bayonet.

Pressing the Use key when standing over and looking at a dead or unconscious enemy

will allow you to pick him up. Pressing Use again will allow you to drop the enemy.

Getting bodies out of sight is useful for stealth operations.

Combat is deadly, so use cover wisely. Learn to use the Lean commands to look and fire

around corners and to use the Prone and Crawl commands to stay low and out of sight.

The Main Menu Single Player

Double clicking on your desktops Double Helix GOLD single player icon will

launch the main single player menu. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLDs main

menu can be accessed at any time during a game by pressing the Esc key. Use the mouse

or the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight options inside the Main menu. Hit

the Esc key at any time to go to the previous screen.

Your Single Player Main Menu choices include:Game

Random Mission Generator

Options

Violence Lock

Exit Game

Game

This menu screen offers a variety of game options regarding save games, loading games,

starting games, difficulty levels, game credits and your customizable login name.

Game - Starts the game with all of the current settings.

Load from Start of a Level - Allows you to return to the action of a previously savedgame.

Load a Saved Game - Allows you to load from a saved point of your current game onyour hard disk.


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Save Game - This option lets you save a game while a game is in progress.

Difficulty Level - The difficulty levels in Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD areset up to provide an ever-increasing level of challenge for beginners to expert players. As

your skills improve, you can increase the difficulty level to make the game more

challenging. Difficulty levels affect the number of enemies that appear, the number ofweapon and item pickups, the health level of the enemies and a number of other factors

including saved games and weapon and item carrying capacity.

Below is a listing of the difficulty levels. Select the difficulty level to highlight it, then

click the START GAME button to start the game.

Amateur - Truly for beginners. Easy difficulty and unlimited save games.

Gun For Hire - For average gamers who may not play a lot of first-person shooter games

Consultant - A challenging difficulty level. If Gun For Hire is too easy, give Consultant a

try.

Soldier of Fortune - Nightmare mode. For experts only!

Custom - Use the custom difficulty menu options to alter your number of save games,your weapon accuracy, and your weapon and item carrying capacity if you don't like the

pre-set numbers in the standard difficulty settings.

Play Tutorial - The tutorial level is a tactical training course that covers all of the basicgame elements of Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD, including movement,

weapons training, mission objectives and an explanation of items, equipment, stealth

options and your tactical heads up display. Playing through the tutorial level is highlyrecommended.

Random Mission Generator

The Random Scenario Generator allows you to play random, single-player missions with

just a few clicks of your mouse. Simply adjust the settings to your liking and launch the

mission. Your mission choices include:

Mission Type - Choose from escape, assassination, infiltration and demolition.

Location - Choose from desert, hills, jungle, plains or snow.

Time of Day - Choose the settings night or day.

Difficulty - Allows you to select from four difficulty levels.

Time Limit Enabled - Choose yes or no to enable or disable the mission time limit.

Seed - Allows you to enter any string of text or numbers to randomly generate the map.


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Generate New Seed This will randomly generate a seed for the map.

Options

This menu screen brings up menus that customize all aspects of the games configuration.

Screens regarding controls, video, sound, and scalability options can all be found here.

Control Settings

Control Settings: This sub screen, represented by the four keyboard keys, allows you to

adjust weapon, movement and item keys. Unbound keys are represented with a "???"

icon. Press the "Reset To Defaults" button at any time to reestablish the default

configuration. Please see the Controlling The Action section of the manual for moreinformation about Key Bindings.

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD offers a pre-defined key configuration so

you can jump straight into the action. Since not all playing styles are the same, there areseveral different configurations. Left-click on the name of the key configuration currently

displayed to cycle through all of the available key options. You can also set your own keybindings and save your own configuration.

Alter Video Settings

This sub screen, represented by the monitor icon, allows you to adjust the Dynamic

Video Settings and Video System Settings as well as your Gamma.

Dynamic Video Settings

These settings can be adjusted based on the speed of your PC and the quality of your 3D

Accelerator card. If you have a low-end video card, these options should be turned down

or off to increase the frame rate. If you have a high-end video card, you can take fulladvantage of these features.

Gamma - Adjusts your video card's gamma settings.

Texture Mode - Increases and decreases the overall texture quality of the game.

Video System Settings

Resolution - Selects a screen resolution for the game. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

GOLD supports resolutions from 640 x 480 up to 1600 x 1200.

Fullscreen - Allows you to choose between running the game full screen or in a window.

Texture Quality - The lower this option is set, the blurrier the world textures will appear,

thus consuming less texture memory from your video card. Low texture quality isrecommended for low-end video cards.

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Dynamic Video Settings

Texture Filter Choices for this are Trilinear or Bilinear.

Quincunx Multisampling The user can turn the Multisampling On or Off.

Anisotropic Filtering Level - Adjusts the mip quality of the game. The higher this is set,the more system resources are used.

Video System Settings

UI Texture Quality Options selectable are High or Low. The Low option are only for

older video cards which may have problems with the User Interface (UI) graphics.

Colors - Allows you to choose the Color Depth. If you select Auto, it will set your Color

Depth to the setting of your operating systems desktop.

FSAA The Anti-Alias sample rate can be selected here. Possible choices are: None,

2 Sample or 4 Sample.

Advanced Texturing This option enables extra passes on textures, giving them abetter appearance.

Curve Subdivisions This setting determines the visual quality of curved surfaces.

Image Format This option will automatically set when detecting your video card.

Settings can be altered to 16, 32, S3, DXT1, or DXT5. If your video card cannot

support the choice you have set it to, it will default to a safe setting.

Alpha Image Format - This option will automatically set when detecting your video

card. Settings can be altered to 16, 32, S3, DXT1, or DXT5. If you video card cannot

support the choice you have set it to, it will default to a safe setting.

OpenGL Extentions

Generic The options here are Yes or No. Most cards should keep this value set to

Yes. No should only be selected if several video problems are being encountered.

Nvidia specific This option should be turned On if you wish to take advantage of

specific functions to Nvidia based video cards.

ATI Specific - This option should be turned On if you wish to take advantage of

specific functions to ATI based video cards.

Alter Sound Settings

This sub screen allows you to configure the sound setup for the game. The Audio Settings

menu consists of the following options:

Dynamic Sound Settings

Effects Volume Slider - Adjusts the volume of the game's sound effects.


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Music Volume Slider - Adjusts the volume of the game's music.

Sound System Settings

Sound Driver - Selects the appropriate driver for your sound hardware configuration.

Sample Quality Selects Low or High quality for the music samples.

Music - Allows you to toggle the game's music between Dynamic or Single Track.

Dynamic music will play increased tempo music during high intensity battles, while

Singe Track will play only the one music track for the level.

Adjust Graphical Scalability

Graphical Scalability

Model Detail Selectable options for Model Detail are High, Medium, Low, and Very

Low.

Shadow Quality Shadow types are Projection, Blob, or Off. Shadows are recommended

for high-end systems.

Fog Selectable choices are: All, Cull Fog, and Off.

CPU Scalability

Shell Casings - Toggles shell casing ejections from the in-view weapons to improve

performance

Number of Decals - Adjusts the amount of scorch marks, bullet hole decals etc. in view at

one time.

Memory Scalability

The following options allow game to keep certain assets in memory. The longer thelongevity of the assets, the faster the performance will be for the game. If problems start

occurring after several map loads with High Longevity, it is recommended to reduce the

longevity.

Image Longevity Selectable options are Short, Long, None.

Sound Longevity - Selectable options are Short, Long, None.

Model Longevity - Selectable options are Short, Long, None.

ADVANCED SETTINGS

Graphical Scalability


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Curve Detail Selectable options are High, Medium and Low.

Effects Overdraw Slider - Controls the amount of particles spawned by in-game effects.

CPU Scalability

Low End Machine True or False are the settings selectable. The program willautomatically adjust these settings when it is first run to determine which setting will be

enabled.

CPU Model Detail This can be set to adjust the Model detail at Higher or Lower

settings set by the program for your detected machine specifications.

Gore Quantity - Adjusts the amount of damage modeling in the game

Memory Scalability

Maximum Image Quality Selectable options are Very Low, Low, Medium, High, and

Very High. The program will set this option to what it feels your system will be able tohandle the best.

Miscellaneous Options

Crosshair - Allows you to toggle the crosshair on and off and choose a crosshair style.

Always Run - If selected, character movement is constantly run speed.

Always Jump/Crouch - Turning this option on will allow you to jump/crouch with just the

jump key

Confirmations - Toggles menu confirmation messages such as "are you sure?" on and off

Subtitles - Turn dialogue subtitles on or off.

Disable Fullscreen Toggle - Disables the ability to alternate between full screen and

windowed mode

Mouse

Mouse Force Feedback - Enables and disables force feedback for force feedback enabled

mice.

Mouse Sensitivity Slider - Adjusts your mouse movement sensitivity up or down.

Invert Horizontal - Inverts mouse control for left/right mouse movements.

Invert Vertical - Inverts mouse control for up/down mouse movements.

Mouse Wheel Sensitivity Slider - Adjusts sensitivity of mouse wheels on wheel mice.


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Mouse Look - Toggles mouse camera movement in the game on and off.

Mouse Filtering - Filters mouse movements to smooth out jittery mouse movement

Mouse Emulation Top Speed Slider - Speed adjustment for keyboard mouse emulation

keys

Mouse Emulation Acceleration Slider - Acceleration adjustment for keyboard mouse

emulation keys

Credits

An homage to all of the people at Raven Software, Activision and others who workedtogether to bring you Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix GOLD.

Violence Lock

This sub screen allows you to enter a password to gain access to the Violence Lock

options. After you have entered your password, you will need to re-enter it each time you

use this menu option to alter the content settings of the game. Write down your passwordand keep it in a safe place, out of reach of children. If you entered a password during

install, enter it now. If you did not enter a password during install then leave the

password field blank. Pressing the Enter key at the password prompt will take you to the

full violence lock menu, which consists of the following options:

Blood - Enables and disables the appearance of blood in the game.

Death Animations - Enables and disables the realistic, motion-captured death sequences.

Dismembered Limbs - Enables and disables the dismemberment of enemy models.

Set New Password - This feature allows you to set a new password for the parental lock

feature. Simply type in your new password and click on Set New Password. The next

time you try to enter the Violence Lock sub screen you will need to enter the newpassword.

Quit

Clicking the Quit icon will prompt you to continue or end your current game.

Selecting No will return you to the previous menu screen. Selecting Yes will end the

game and return you to your desktop environment.

Controlling The Action

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helixs default configuration is set up to use the

keyboard and mouse together or the keyboard only.


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Customizing Your Settings

You can customize your keyboard and mouse configuration through the game

menu by clicking on the Options icon.

The Default Controls

Move Forward Up Arrow or WTurn Left or Right Mouse (move left or right)

Keyboard (left or right arrow keys)

Move Left (strafe) A or ,

Move Right (strafe) D or .

Lean Left Q

Lean Right E

Jump / or X

Crouch C or M

Prone V

Crawl V + Move Forward (W or Up Arrow)

Use/Open/Toolkit/Move Bodies Spacebar

Look Up PAGE DOWN or A

Look Down Mouse (move mouse backward)

Keyboard (DELETE Key)

Center View End

Attack/Primary Fire Mouse (left mouse button)

Keyboard (left CTRL or right CTRL)

Alternate Fire Mouse3 (SP) or Mouse2 (MP)

Keyboard (ALT)

Reload Weapon R

Best Safe Weapon Select OBest Unsafe Weapon Select P

Extra Weapon Effect 1 -

Extra Weapon Effect 2 =

Extra Weapon Effect 3 [

Extra Weapon Effect 4 ]

Select Weapon Group 1 - 10 1 Thru 0 (not on NumPad)

Navigate Weapon Group Menus Arrow Keys

Select Weapon In Group Menus Enter

Previous Weapon Mouse (Mouse Wheel Up)

Next Weapon Mouse (Mouse Wheel Down)

Drop Weapon TCheck Objectives TAB

Run Left SHIFT or right SHIFT key

Pause Game PAUSE


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Playing The Game

Once you have installed the game and have set up your configuration in the game

menus, youre ready to enter the field of combat and take on the role of John Mullins.

The BasicsYou will receive a briefing at the beginning of each mission and then youll be

dropped into a real-world hotspot and asked to complete a series of mission objectives.

Press the TAB key at any time during the game to view key points from your mission

briefing and your mission objectives.

On-Screen Information

Weapons And Combat Items

Throughout the course of playing Soldier of Fortune, you will find a variety of in-

view weapons and combat items. These include pistols, shotguns, assault rifles and heavy

weapons. All in all, there are 14 in-view weapons, 8 grenades and 4 combat items at yourdisposal, scattered throughout the game. Since finding them and discovering their ability

is half the fun, heres a description of the basic weaponry you begin the game with.

Finding out the rest is up to you...

Weapons

High-tensile Steel Commando Knife

Game Name: Commando Knife

Fire Mode: N/A

Muzzle Velocity: N/A

Weight: .46 kg

Feed: N/A

Description: The high-tensile steel Commando Knife contains the functionality of several

tools while providing its owner with a precision weapon. Although primarily used as a

thrusting weapon, the Commando Knife is also finely balanced to allow the weapon to be

thrown with great accuracy.

Fire Primary Mode 1: Stab

Alternate action Mode 2: Throw

M1911A1

Game Name: M1911A1

Cartridge: 0.45 ACPOperation: Short recoil, semi-automatic

Feed: detachable 7-round box magazine

Weight: empty, 1.13 kg

Length: 219 mm

Barrel: 127 mm

Rifling: 6 grooves, lh, 1 turn in 406 mm

Sights: fore, blade; rear, U-notch, adjustable for windage


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Sight Radius: 164.6 mm

Muzzle Velocity: 253 m/s

Description: Original development of the M1911A1 pistol began in 1896 by John

Browning and by 1908 the M1911A1 was standard issue for the United States Army. The

M1911A1 successfully served the military through both World Wars and various police

actions but was replaced by the smaller caliber M9 pistol in 1990. In testament to itsdurability, some M1911A1s can still be found in use.

Melee: Pistol Whip

Primary fire: Semi-automatic single shot

Two Pistols are possible with Weapon Special Selection.

AK-74

Game Name: AK-74

Cartridge: 5.56 x 5.45 mm

Operation: Gas, selective fire

Feed: 30-round plastic box magazine

Weight: Unloaded, 3.3 kg; Loaded, 3.9 kg

Length: 943 mm

Barrel: 415 mm

Rifling: 4 grooves, rh, 1 turn in 196 mm

Sights: Fore, post; Rear, U-notch

Muzzle Velocity: 900 m/s

Rate of Fire: Cyclic, 600-650 rds/min

Description: Originally introduced in the early 1970s, the AK-74 used the design of the

AKM but introduced a smaller caliber round to the weapon. One of the most duplicated

and used assault rifles in the world; the AK-74 is a durable, efficient, and deadly weapon.

Note that the muzzle flash is three times that of a normal comparable rifle.Melee: Bayonet

Primary fire: Fully automatic

Combat Items

Toolkit

The toolkit can be used to cut tripwires, pick some locks, cut power cables and a

variety of other useful things. When youre near an object that can be affected by the

toolkit, the wire cutter icon will appear in the center of the screen above your health and

armor meters. To operate the toolkit, simply press and hold the USE key (default

spacebar) until the action is completed.

Weapon Loadout Menu

This sub screen allows you to select and equip weapons and combat items for

your missions. The windows at the bottom of the screen show how many weapon and

item slots you have available. The column on the left lists all of the weapons and combat

items available to choose from and a description of each.


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Left click on the weapons, grenades and items you want, highlight them and click on the

Add To Inventory button to acquire them. There are slots for hand weapons, large

weapons, grenades and vision equipment.

Certain weapons have accessories such as a flashlight attachment, laser site and

fire suppressor. These accessories can be chosen through the Outfit Menu as optional

extras when the modifiable weapons are chosen.Note: The number of weapon and item slots you have is dependent on how far

along you are in the game as well as the difficulty level setting. The harder the difficulty

level, the less equipment you will be able to carry to help you with your mission. You can

give yourself unlimited encumbrance in the custom difficulty menu.

Launch Mission Left click the launch mission icon at the bottom of the Outfit menu

after selecting all of your weapons and items. The button will start you on your next

mission.

Characters And Enemies

The Heroes:

JOHN MULLINS

Born and raised in Southwest Oklahoma, Mullins served three tours in Vietnam,

earning three Purple Hearts. He was also a member of the controversial PHOENIX group

created to assassinate high ranking Vietcong officers. Mullins retired from the military to

become a consultant, or mercenary, 12 years ago. He now takes jobs from the U.N.

anti-terrorist group called The Shop. With a medium build, Mullins boasts strength and

speed that few men possess. You are in control of John Mullins throughout the course of

the game.

MADELINE TAYLOR With the death of Johns lifelong friend and partner, Hawk, The Shop looked

long and hard for a suitable match to Mullins can-do attitude. Although a fully trained

field agent, Taylors specialty is human medical research, making her an invaluable ally

in the fight against chemical and biological weapons.

SAM GLADSTONE

Bookstore owner and part-time employee of The Shop. A Captain in Vietnam,

Gladstone excelled at recon, later spending several years with the CIA. 62 years old.

Bearded. You will meet Sam when you visit Goldbergs Used Books. Hell put you in

contact with The Shop and get you the equipment and information you need to complete

your missions.

The Bad Guys:

The terrorist organization youre going after should not be taken lightly. Their

leader is a madman with hundreds of loyal subjects at his disposal, willing to die on

command. But youll find that out soon enough. Youll encounter gang members, enemy

soldiers and numerous thugs en route to completing Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix


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GOLD. These men and women command an arsenal of weaponry and assault vehicles

and should be considered armed and dangerous. Shoot to kill and take them down before

they take you down. Civilian lives and the fate of the world are in your hands.

Get In There

Youre ready to go! Customize your control configuration and your settings, andthen choose a difficulty level. Good luck! Youre going to need it.

The Main Menu Multiplayer

Multiplayer

Double clicking on your desktop's multiplayer icon will launch the multiplayer menu.This sub screen consists of three sections that allow you to join a server, set up your own

server and customize your multiplayer options.

Configure Player

This sub screen allows you to choose a name, a team, and a model for your player to usein multiplayer games.

Join A Server

This sub screen shows available servers running Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

GOLD on the Internet. This screen also shows the name of the server (e.g. Bob's Arena of

Death), map name (e.g. hospital roof), number of players, game type (e.g. team DM) andaverage ping (speed of connection) for each displayed server. Clicking the Refresh button

will refresh the server list, removing cancelled servers and displaying new ones. Right

clicking your mouse on a server on the list will show you the server's properties and the

names of the players currently in the multiplayer game.

Start Server

This sub screen allows you to set up your own multiplayer game server.

Maps - Choose your multiplayer map for your server from pre-made maps or randomlygenerated maps.

Type Choose the type of game your server will start.

Deathmatch - Standard multiplayer mayhem where every player is out for himself: Take

the other players out before they take you out.

Team Deathmatch - Team up with your friends to take down other teams of players in the

deathmatch arena. Each team can choose a skin package from one of five unique teams.

Capture The Flag Help your teammates find the enemys flag and return it to your base

for points. Defend your flag at all costs from the enemy onslaught.


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Elimination This is a game type that is essentially last man standing, but team-based.

Each team tries to eliminate all of the other players on the opposing team. When a player

is eliminated, he is out for the rest of that round.

Infiltration One team is on the offensive and must infiltrate the other teams position.

The offensive team must steal a set objective and retreat back to their original insertionpoint. The defending team must stop the infiltrators from escaping with the objective

before the time limit expires. Once a player is eliminated, they will not be able to play

again until the round is completed.

Demolition One team starts with a bomb and must set that bomb to detonate in one of

two available areas on the map indicated by a large red X. The opposing team must

defend those sites and eliminate the invading team, or defuse the bomb after it has beenset.

Server Settings -

Use the Settings sub-screen to set up your server options, including passwords, hostname,

time limit and friendly fire options. Enter a hostname for your server (e.g. Bob's Arena ofDeath) and adjust the settings to your liking. You can set options like time limits, frag

(kill) limits and maximum number of clients (players) you want to be able to join your

game. You can also set up a server password so only friends can join.

Note: If you want no limits, set frag and time limits to "0". The recommended maximum

number of clients is 32 for optimum networking performance.

Options

Use the multiplayer in-game menus to adjust key bindings, video settings, audio settings

and other options similar to the options described in the single player controls section ofthis manual.

Violence Lock

This sub screen allows you to enter a password to gain access to the Violence Lock

options just as described in the single player section of this manual. Note that in order forplayers to join your server, their violence lock options must match yours exactly. As

such, it's generally easiest to start a server if you have all of the options turned on or all of

the options turned off.

Quit

Clicking the Quit icon will prompt you to continue or end your current game. SelectingNo will return you to the previous menu screen. Selecting Yes will end the game

and return you to your desktop environment.

Updates And Future Releases

Please refer to the Documentation folder on the Soldier of Fortune II: Double

Helix GOLD CD or in the Soldier of Fortune II: DOUBLE HELIX GOLD install


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directory on your hard disk for updates to this manual and for the latest support and

compatibility information. The information presented in this manual cannot be

considered 100% final at the time of printing.

Updates, tools and a level editor for Soldier of Fortune II: DOUBLE HELIX

GOLD will be available for download in the near future from

http://www.activision.com/supportand http://www.ravensoft.com/soldier2.html.

Credits

RAVEN SOFTWAREProject Lead

Jon Zuk

Creative DirectorBrian Raffel

Multiplayer Lead

Rick Johnson

Lead Artist

Joe Koberstein

Lead Programmer

Dan Kramer

Lead Level Designer

Matt Pinkston

Lead Sound Designer

Zachary Quarles

Lead Animator

Jarrod Showers

Eric BiessmanCreative Consultant

John F. Mullins
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Assistant Programming Lead

Keith Fuller

Programmers

Bryan Dube

Ben GeislerJim OKeane

Christopher Reed

John Scott

Technology Programmer

Gil Gribb

Additional Programming

Ste Cork

Jeff DischlerMichael Chang Gummelt

Patrick J. Lipo

James Monroe

Dan Vondrak

Rich Whitehouse

Marcus Whitlock

Special Thanks

Dave Blumenthal

Jake Simpson

Director of Product Development

Michael Crowns

Project Administrator

Kenn Hoekstra

Administrative Assistant

Annette Vee Bushaw

PLOT AND STORYRaven Software

Additional Maps provided:

"mp_col2" Threewave Software, Inc.

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mp_kam5 Threewave Software, Inc.


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mp_shop2 Threewave Software, Inc.

mp_jor1 Threewave Software, Inc.

Threewave Software, Inc -

Dan 'Scancode' Gold

Michael ' Casey' Goodheadwith

Michael 'SLUDGE' Labbe

Mathieu 'derean' RouleauMaciej 'Renalicious' Kowalski

ACTIVISION

Produced by:

Matt MortonGraham Fuchs

Installer Design and Creation

John Fritts

Andrew Petterson

Hector Guerrero

Production Testers

Matthew Beal

Steve Holmes

Localization Producer

Ben Smedstad

Sr. Executive Producer

Laird M. Malamed

Vice President,

North American Studios

Mark Lamia

Exec. Vice President

Larry Goldberg

Sr. Director

Business & Legal Affairs

Mike Hand


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Customer Support

Customer Support Mgr.

Bob McPherson

Customer Support Leads

Rob Lim, Gary Bolduc, Mike Hill

Quality Assurance

Manager, PC Testing

Marilena Rixford

Senior QA Project Lead

Matt McClure

Project Leads

Jon Virtes 1.0

Thaddeus Sasser 1.01/1.02

Thom Denick - GOLD

Floor Leads

Jeremy G. Evangelista

Ayal Moreno

Thaddeus Sasser

Michael Sparks

Jesse Shannon

Database Manager

Ismael Garcia

Lee Casady

Testers

Eain BankinsPeter Beal

Michael Beck

Jeff Bosco

Adam CarpenterScott Carrol

Claude Conkrite

Tamer EldibPaul Goldilla

Kurt Gutierrez

David LevinMax Martin


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Michael Martinez

Matthew McPherson

Ayal MorenoFrank Mosca

Michael Muraves

Matt NelsenJason Newitt

Joe Pena

Raymond PloesserJason Reis

John Ricker

Kayvon Shahir

Jairo SilvaCharlie Staples

Danny Taylor

Niais Taylor

Adam TourkowIan Weyna

Paul WilliamsWalter Williams

Evan Wingate

Localization Project Lead

Jeffry Moxley

Localization Floor Lead

Steve Peate

Localization Testers

Scott Kiefer

Ryan Erickson

Munitaki McDowell

Rami Burpee

Mike Wale

Kop Tavornmas

Darnell Mariano

Rama Griffith

Sami Tanamly

Brad Burnham

Chris Cervantes

Matthew Mitchell

Todd Amann


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Code Release Group

Manager, Code Release Group

Tim Vanlaw

Lead

Brad Saavedra

Jason Levine

Testers

Jason Cook

Alex Epstein

Jeremiah Jones

Frankie Kang

Paul Williams

Network LabLead, QA Network Testing

Chris Keim

Compatibility Lead,

QA Compatibility Testing

Jason Kim, Neil Barizo

Testers

John Santry

Peter Beal

QA SPECIAL THANKS

Jim Summers, Jason Wong, Jeremy Gage, Jennifer Vitiello, Nadine Theuzillot, Joe

Favazza, Indra Gunawan, Todd Komesu, Marco Scataglini, Chad Siedhoff, Willie

Bolton, Sin Rodriguez y Gibson, Jay Franke, Glenn Vistante, Matt McClure, Nick

Falzon, Evan Button, James Van Meter, S. C. Virtes

Global Brand Management

Senior Director

Dusty Welch

Brand Manager

Kevin Kraff

Assoc. Brand Manager

Brad Carraway


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Sr. Publicist

Michael James Larson

Creative Services

VP, Creative Services

Denise Walsh

Mgr, Creative Services

Jill Barry

Packaging Design

IGNITED MINDS, LLC

Voice Talent

Todd Susman ------- John Mullins

Earl Boen ------ Sam Gladstone/Alexei Nachrade

Iris Bahr ------ Madeline Taylor

Mark Hamill ------- Aaron Wilson

Dee Bradley Baker ----- Lt. Alex Skip Larson

Michael Bell ----- Dr. Dimitri Sestrogor

Cam Clarke ----- Anthony Michaels

Nick Jamison ----- Domovni Nemec

Alan Oppenheimer ----- Dr. Ivanovich

Keith Szarabajka ----- Sgt. Peterson

Additional VoicesRosalind Chao, Lilyan Chauvin,

George Cheung, Seamus Dever,

Guillermo Diaz, Greg Eagles,

Jay Gordon, Michael Gough,

Anthony Korotko Hatch,

S. Marc Jordan, Boris Krutonuog,

Ken Mars, Meredith Mills, Matt Prescott Morton,

Phil Proctor, Zachary Quarles, Neil Ross,

Trey Smith, Gustavo Vargas,

Alex Veadov, Wally Wingert,

Gerald Young, Kris Zimmerman,

Voice Direction:

Kris Zimmerman

Dialogue Recorded at Salami Studios, Burbank, CA

Special Thanks:


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Dr. Kay Raymond

Sarah Esther Kauffman

Motion Capture Stunt Team:

Smashcut Action Team

www.smashcut.com(These guys are AMAZING!)

Extra Special Thanks

Id Software (www.idsoftware.com)

House of Moves (www.moves.com)

Robert A. Duffy, for QERadiant (www.qeradiant.com)

Nvidia - Jim Black (www.nvidia.com)

ATI - Rex Sikora (www.ati.com)

Creative Labs (www.creativelabs.com)

Logitech - (www.logitech.com)

Customer support

You should read through the manual and the readme file on the CD before contacting

Activision Customer Support. Additionally, if you have internet access, check out our

Top Solutions and/or search our troubleshooting database at:

http://www.activision.com/support.Please ensure that your computer system meets the minimum system requirements listed

on the bottom of the box. Our Customer Support representatives will not be able to help

customers whose computers do not meet the requirements. So that we can better help

you, please have the following information ready:

Complete product title (include version number)

Exact error message reported (if any) and a brief description of

the problem

Your computers processor type and speed (e.g. Pentium 200 MHz)

Amount of RAM

Make and model of your video and sound cards (e.g. Diamond Viper V770,

Creative Sound Blaster Live Platinum)

Make and model of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (e.g. Samsung SC-140)

Operating system

NOTE: Please do not contact Customer Support for hints/codes/cheats; only technical

issues.

NOTE: Internet/e-mail support is handled in English only.
http://www.smashcut.com/http://www.idsoftware.com/http://www.moves.com/http://www.qeradiant.com/http://www.nvidia.com/http://www.ati.com/http://www.creativelabs.com/http://www.logitech.com/http://www.activision.com/supporthttp://www.activision.com/supporthttp://www.smashcut.com/http://www.idsoftware.com/http://www.moves.com/http://www.qeradiant.com/http://www.nvidia.com/http://www.ati.com/http://www.creativelabs.com/http://www.logitech.com/http://www.activision.com/support


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Internet http://www.activision.com/support

Our support section of the web has the most up-to-date information available,

including patches that can be downloaded free of charge. We update the support pages

daily, so please check here first for solutions. By going to the Find Answers section and

selecting the platform/game you are inquiring about you can view the Top Solutions for

the game to date. If you dont find your question/solution there try inputting a keywordinto the search.

E-Mail [email protected]

The best way for us to aid you is through the use of the Ask a Question Support

Form. Simply click on the Ask a Question link from our Support section of our website.

You can also e-mail us directly at the above e-mail address. Please ensure that you

include all the bulleted information requested above for the computer you are running the

program from when e-mailing the above address. A response may take anywhere from

24-72 hours, depending on the volume of messages we receive and the nature of your

problem. During the first few weeks of a game release and during holiday seasons, the

response time may take a little longer.

NOTE: The multiplayer components of Activision games are handled only through

internet/e-mail.

Phone

(310) 255-2050

You can call our 24-hour voice-mail system for answers to our most frequently

asked questions at the above number. Contact a Customer Support representative at the

same number between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm (Pacific Time), Monday through

Friday, except holidays. When calling please be in front of your computer with the power

on and have all the necessary information as listed above at hand.

Please do not send any game returns directly to Activision. It is our policy that gamereturns must be dealt with by the retailer or online site where you purchased the product.

SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO

THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. "PROGRAM"

INCLUDES ALL SOFTWARE INCLUDED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE

ASSOCIATED MEDIA, ANY PRINTED MATERIALS, AND ANY ON-LINE OR

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ACTIVISION, INC. ("ACTIVISION").

LIMITED USE LICENSE. Subject to the conditions described below, Activision grants

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specifically granted under this Agreement are reserved by Activision and, as applicable,
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Activisions licensors. This Program is licensed, not sold, for your use. Your license

confers no title or ownership in this Program and should not be construed as a sale of any

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LICENSE CONDITIONS.

You shall not:

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Make copies of this Program or any part thereof, or make copies of the materials

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the event of any violation of this Agreement.PRIVACY. Please be advised that the engine of this Program is able to collect,

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The computer information that is collected simply helps Activision to understand and

analyze broad, anonymous market information about our consumers, so that Activision


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can better serve their needs and demands. Activision will only share such information

with third parties, if at all, in the aggregate, reflecting overall computer features and

capabilities.

PROGRAM UTILITIES. This Program contains certain design, programming and

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this Program that allow you to create customized new game levels and other related gamematerials for personal use in connection with the Program ("New Game Materials"). The

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You agree that, as a condition to your using the Program Utilities, you will not

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including, without limitation, retail sales and on-line electronic distribution. You agree

not to solicit, initiate or encourage any proposal or offer from any person or entity to

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If you decide to make available the use of the New Game Materials created by

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Program as originally provided by Activision and is not applicable to normal wear and


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tear. This warranty shall not be applicable and shall be void if the defect has arisen

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PERSONAL INJURIES, EVEN IF ACTIVISION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE


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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ACTIVISIONS LIABILITY SHALL NOT

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