Anyone have a fix for Soldier of Fortune and latest ATI Video Drivers

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  1. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #1

    Anyone have a fix for Soldier of Fortune and latest ATI Video Drivers


    My SOF will not run with any ATI Catylist or Drivers past 8.712. I have an ATI Radeon HD4850 video card.

    I'd like to upgrade the video drivers but with every version past the 8.712 drivers, when I try to run SOF it will come up with unknown error and that's it never go any further. It's not a Win 7 compatibility problem as I've tried running it in XP and Vista compatibility modes and it doesn't help.
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  2. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    Keep an eye here,

    CATALYST and OpenGL - what works and what doesn't - Rage3D Discussion Area

    Post #9 sums up fairly well why those old OGL games aren't working with the newer drivers. Until ATI manages a fix (if they can without breaking the new OpenGL support) you have basically 2 choices,

    1. Stick with the last driver that the game works with.

    2. Throw together (or acquire) a computer with slightly older specs for those old games.
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  3. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #3

    Are you running the latest patch (1.07f). Dunno if that will help, but it couldn't hurt.
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  4. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I've tried everything that they have had available and nothing past what I mentioned will work with SOF. I'm not a big gamer and SOF is on the only game I have installed (other than the built in Solitare, etc).

    Looking over that link there are a lot of games that do not work with the newer drivers. I can appreciate that nothing is compatible "forever" in some areas.

    I'll just keep the old drivers, with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" adage. There is nothing I'm doing with this PC that needs newer video drivers. Primarily this system is used as my recording DAW, anyway.
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  5. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    I've been thinking of reverse engineering SOF/JK2/etc to fix the ATI OGL bugs. I have a hunch its the extension enumeration causing issues, hence why it works for Nvidia cards, but not sure.
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  6. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    If you come up with something. Let me know. It will be appreciated.
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  7. Posts : 94
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #7

    hmm this is very familiar problem is this Soldier of Fortune 3,SOF3, or Payback? if so then patch your game to 1.1 it should fix your problem and without using any Compatibility Modes i works in me
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  8. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    I have SOF Platinum. The patches I find are not 1.1 and are for the "Gold" Version.

    This is NOT a Windows 7 compatibility issue. It's an ATI Radeon Open GL issue.

    Update, I tried the Gold 1.06 patch and it will not install on my Platinum version. There is also a 1.07f patch but it doesn't work either.
    Last edited by fireberd; 29 Aug 2010 at 18:50. Reason: Added info
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  9. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #9

    Soldier of Fortune II APPCRASH


    I am also having APPCRASH issues since I upgraded to the latest ATI drivers (what a mistake that was...) - I don't play a lot of games but I do play a couple of older FPS like Soldier of Fortune 2 and HalfLife 2...now neither work. Here is the event log entry - hope you can help (I've even tried to uninstall newer drivers / install older drivers - if there is a technique I should use please advise):

    Description
    Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helix\SoF2MP.exe

    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: SoF2MP.exe
    Application Version: 0.0.0.0
    Application Timestamp: 3dc85c15
    Fault Module Name: StackHash_d38c
    Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
    Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 206b6361
    OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional Information 1: d38c
    Additional Information 2: d38ce54572ef1c908ddd3a12e56fa544
    Additional Information 3: 97d4
    Additional Information 4: 97d46ee38cb15b95686c4bb2159608e9
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  10. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #10

    Okay, I'm working on a fix.

    EDIT: The problem is that its game engine related, not something I should do generically. The Jedi Knight games import OpenGL32.dll dynamically so I can't hook it. But I can make game specific patches if needs be. I'll NOT crack the CD checks though, and I'll do them on the most recent versions I can get a hold of, since the games are no longer developed. :)

    The issue is caused by the extension string smashing the stack, so the games crash when its almost finished loading, since the ESP register has no chance . NOPPing the offending call fixes it.
    Last edited by mudlord; 10 Oct 2010 at 22:26.
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