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Offline Thomas

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[Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« on: May 05, 2010, 12:34:00 pm »
Always wanted Xfire back in Soldat? Now it's possible again since there's no more BE.

Here's what you have to do:

If you're using Windows Vista or 7 go to C:\Program Data\Xfire\ (Program Data is hidden by default afaik, so just paste the path in the address bar)
For XP and earlier: C:\Program Files\Xfire\

Open xfire_games.ini in your favorite Text Editor (e.g. notepad) and search for "soldat". You'll find something like this:
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[4183_1]
LongName=Soldat
...
;InGameRenderer=D3D8
...

[4183_2]
LongName=Soldat
...
;InGameRenderer=D3D8
...

Now all you have to do is remove the semicolon ";" in front of that one line and add InGameFlags=USE_PRESENT|ENABLE_MOUSE|USE_DINPUT_MOUSE in a new line.

So in the end it should look like this:
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[4183_1]
LongName=Soldat
...
InGameRenderer=D3D8
InGameFlags=USE_PRESENT|ENABLE_MOUSE|USE_DINPUT_MOUSE
...

[4183_2]
LongName=Soldat
...
InGameRenderer=D3D8
InGameFlags=USE_PRESENT|ENABLE_MOUSE|USE_DINPUT_MOUSE
...

Restart Xfire and you're good to go.
Proof:

Xfire updates the games list regularly, so it might get overridden and you have to do it again. You could set the file write protected as a temporary solution.

Have fun with your Xfire :)

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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 10:18:43 am »
Good tutorial :]

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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 10:39:19 am »
Nice but to late for me, I got irc. :'(
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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 08:20:19 pm »
Hello Ty for the tutorial.

Just did the manipulation and it looks awesome.

But: It makes my fps drop a lot.
(from +-200-300 to +-50-90 when playing soldat offline)
(from +-200-300 to +-25 when playing soldat online)

To the point its no more playable for me anymore.

Anyone else noticed that/ have the same issue?
« Last Edit: May 06, 2010, 08:25:35 pm by Bistoufly »

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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2010, 07:09:14 am »
i'm running on Windows 7 so i got a low framerate anyways. Soldat shows (F3) ~300 fps with and without Xfire.

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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2010, 07:16:26 am »
300 is low?!?
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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2010, 07:54:45 am »
It says ~300 but it rather is something like 20.

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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2010, 02:02:22 am »
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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2010, 02:27:02 am »
it worked before as well. at least on mine pc
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Re: [Howto] Get Xfire to work with Soldat
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2010, 11:10:17 am »
it doesn't work for me ;<

Im chill like that