Soldier of Fortune

From The RGN Crew, we Would Like To Wish Everyone Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas And A Happy New 2008 Year!!

Hi all,

it's for once the time of the year again to announce these sweet words of joy and festivity's.

Comming from the RavenGames.com crew,
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Merry Christmas
and a
Happy Newyear

Our best Regards.
the RGN crew

This just came from the Raven Soft forums. C.Bernstein has posted the next text to inform us all that they will be closing their boards.

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Everyone. We regret to inform you that we will be shutting down the message boards. The message boards on the forums.ravensoft.com website will be down for an indefinite period of time.

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By this, I think that RGN is in the urge of getting the website done and finished in order to welcome the guy's from over Raven Boards

(Source: Raven Soft Forums)

Hi everyone and welcome!
I am John the new owner of the Raven Community.
We took over a little while ago but after some problems with the content management system and then some more bugs and issues we finally have everything ironed out!

There is a ton of awesome information here and as a gaming freak I am excited to carry on the legacy of the previous owners and contributors.

Much will remain the same like informative information from Jorge and Col.J.P. and some things will change a little. A new CMS will be added in the relatively near future and the forum will change soon as well. Don't worry nothing will be lost. All of the content and posts will move as well.

Enjoy!

John aka Freak

"I'm writing this open letter to announce my resignation from Raven Software effective Wednesday, June 30th and to let everyone know that this pending departure is both amicable and mutual. What can I say? It's been a hell of a ride.

In the past seven plus years I was fortunate enough to be able to contribute to twelve Raven Software titles alongside the most talented group of people I've ever had the good fortune to work with. I want to thank Raven for giving me the opportunity to start my career in game development and I send out my best wishes to everyone at Raven and Activision for their continued success. I know you'll all do well.

I'm sure the question many of you are asking is "why?" (Then again, maybe you aren't!) Put simply, I've reached a point in my life where it's time for me to move on to new challenges…to take some risks and make some time for a few things I've always wanted to do. I don't deal well with "what might have been" scenarios. That said, there are some shots I need to take and I believe now is the time for me to take them. The way I see it, if I don't do it now, I may never get the chance again."

More details can be found at Kenn's World.

Good luck Kenn!

Well, if you ever wondered who's all behind this RavenGames.com Network project then you should have a look at our new 'Crew Page'. You can check the Crew page by clicking this link:

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Some communities now require anyone selling used video games to give fingerprints for police records. The question is: why?

Some stores that buy used video games have begun taking their customers’ fingerprints and turning them over to police, but the stores say they’re just complying with local laws.

In addition to recording drivers license, telephone numbers, and addresses of customers who sell used games or consoles, some are routinely requiring a thumbprint. Retailers are collecting the information under a law intended to regulate pawn shops and make it easy for law enforcement officials to track down thieves who fence stolen goods. A number of states have such laws and Utah passed its own version just last month.

More...

Source: www.gamespot.com

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By Bladeando on 1 may 2004

STARTS 9th MAY 2004.

Good luck to all clans taking part in this season of the TCL and we hope you enjoy your matches.

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More information: www.tcl.jolt.co.uk

For around 3 years, SoF has been at the mercy of cheats and dishonest players. The players and some coders had been asking for the source-code of Soldier of Fortune 1 to code a anti-cheat and never it was released.

Now, Mítsùrùgí, of ClanPlay has been able to code a good Anti-cheat and named it Haxorcist.

You can find every detail about Haxorcist here: www.haxorcist.com.
Be adviced, all clanservers and even the Jolt public servers will be running the Haxorcist program, it is adviced to download and to install it.

The old RavenGames.com as you all know it was given to sneax, Col.J.P. and EuT by RambOrc. We will continue running this site, with some improvements and we will try to make sure that you, our visitor, has the best fun of browsing our pages.

The site is now udergoing big changes and might show errors, images not loading or simply a lot of 404 errors. These will be fixed as soon as possible. The new system will make sure that it's easyer for us to add data, and so this means more information for you!

As a first added feature towards the user, there is now the ability to post comments on newsposts. You can login using the form in the left hand menu. Your login is the same as the forum - no need to register a new account! More will be added in the future.

Have fun,
sneax

Here is another map from ZeD-nl for the original Soldier of Fortune, its based on a factory/ warehouse theme. The map supports DM only, so for all you SoF1 players still out there go give it a test and see what you think!

You can find it at SoF Files.

A report from CBBC demonstrates the use of a video game controller used to manipulate the game world directly from the brain. In the game Mind Balance, a player dons a lightweight, wireless headset and helps the alien character Mawg walk a tight rope between sci-fi inspired buildings by focusing on left and right flashing boxes. If Mawg sways too much to the left, the player focuses more on the right box to counterbalance. Neither the game not controller are available for purchase, however, this first generation will enable researchers to create more sophisticated applications and devices for retail use.

Take a look at BBC News Round.

(Source: GameSpy Daily)

Just got this from Demon:

Digibattles has opened its website! After a short re-construction and re-organisation we are back! We have planned several cups and leagues as well as several 'other' activities this time.

For SoF 1 we have an almost full CTF cup pending , and a World League for nations. For SoF 2 -> Registrations for the CTF and the INF cup will open on Wednesday 19th November ! For CS we have a cup pending , but there is no information available right now.

For more information, check out the Digibattles website.

This is the second version of [KB]Backalley and this version has some nicer look. Maybe its not bigger but its a real shoot em up map for the original Soldier of Fortune! There is more light and objects here than in the older version.

A good DM map for you SoF1 fans out there, go give it a test at SoF Files and see what you think!

SoF eXp is an unofficial expansion pack for Soldier of Fortune (SoF). It is focused on the multiplayer part of the game and, all especially, on the Capture The Flag (CTF) game mode. This release consists of the following :

* 9 shiny new CTF maps.
* 6 revisited maps from the original Raven CTF maps pool.
* 2 "Just for FUN" maps (soccer, tennis).
* Miscellaneous fixes.

To play SoF eXp, you will need an up-to-date version of Soldier of Fortune. At the time of writting, this means version 1.07f (also called 1.07 short or 1.07f Beta). If you need to update, be sure to visit the SoF eXp website for verified download links here or look for them at the usual place: SoF Files!

For more details and downloads go check it at SoF Files.

Just received this message from DeMoN:

As digibattles is live since some weeks we have had more visitors and therefor also expanded our competitions.

We now have the following tournaments running:

SoF 1 : 5v5 Team of the map starting on 30 July 2003
SoF 1 : 2v2 Need some more signups
SoF 1 : 32 Player tournament ready to go soon !
SoF 1 : Europe vs North America , getting a date for the battle
SoF 1 : Summer Nations Cup , launched and open for signups !

SoF 2 : INF knockout , 25 signups ! ALmost ready to go !
SoF 2 : CTF knockout, 15 signups , 1 more and ready to rumble?

Go give it a try at DigiBattles Game Competitions!

This deathmatch map for SoF is a replica of James Bond Goldeneye Egyptian Temple! Kind of an enclosed map with a few secrets and pillars getting in way of combat making it difficult, long corridors make it excellent sniping spots.

This map supports DM game type only and will host 4-10 players! Who said SoF1 was dead? Download this map at SoF Files and you won't be dissapointed!

Another good map for the original Soldier of Fortune settled in the high mountains of the jungle. Its a large map with cliff roads, high roads and much secrets:

This map supports all gametypes. It was developed by =ABC=Cyba for the =ABC= clan and you find it at SoF Files.

Digibattles has launched its competitions for the original SoF and SoF II:

A new competition has started, but in SoF II!
A 5v5 INF Knockout competition has been started, head admin for this tournament is Cartman.

Signups :

SoF 1 : King of the map : FULL
SoF 1 : 2v2 Couple of the Map : 12 spots left
SoF 1 : Team of the map : 4 spots left
SoF 1 : USA 5v5 League : 9 spots left

SoF 2 : 5v5 INF Knockout : 31 spots left

I also want to add they have a IRC Channel on Quakenet : #Digibattles.

You can visit DigiBattles homepage here!

SoF eXp is an unofficial expansion pack for Soldier of Fortune (SoF). It is focused on the multiplayer part of the game and, all especially, on the Capture The Flag (CTF) game mode. This release consists of the following :

* 9 shiny new CTF maps.
* 6 revisited maps from the original Raven CTF maps pool.
* 2 "Just for FUN" maps (soccer, tennis).
* Miscellaneous fixes.

To play SoF eXp, you will need an up-to-date version of Soldier of Fortune. At the time of writting, this means version 1.07f (also called 1.07 short or 1.07f Beta). If you need to update, be sure to visit the SoF eXp website for verified download links.

Take a look at SoF Files.