Game Options

This is the full list of **game options**:

- GAME

Respawn Time:

Normal Respawn -

Time, in seconds, that you remain dead until your next respawn.

Used in Deathmatch, Pointmatch and Rambomatch.

Maximum Time in Team Games -

In team games (Teammatch, Capture the Flag, Infiltration) the respawn system is called Wave Respawn.

During the game there is set a global respawn timer for all players. It's cycle depends on the number

of players in the game. When it goes to zero everybody that have been killed before - respawn and the timer

starts again. For example: When there is 20 players (10 in each team) the timer will reach zero every 40 seconds.

Every 40 seconds everone that died in that time will respawn. Maximum Time in Team Games is used so that this

time isn't too long, it shortens it to the value you set.

Bonuses:

Option to turn off bonuses.

Frequency -

Frequency of special bonuses appearing. 0 - never... 5 - lots.

Weapons:

Option to turn off weapons.

Maximum Grenades:

The maximum amount of grenades you can carry. It is also the number of grenades you pick-up in the

boxes. On respawn you get half of this amount.

Friendly Fire -

If checked you can kill your teammates. Not recommended in internet games.

Bullet Time

When all players are nearby (on one screen) and someone is killed the game goes into bullet time mode which is a cinematic slow motion effect.

Mouse Sensitivity -

The sensitivity of mouse cursor movement.

- NETWORK

Connection -

The type of network game you want to play (LAN/Internet).

Maximum Players -

Maximum number of players that can join your server.

Register in Lobby Servers -

When you start a server it can register in lobby servers so people can find it in the JOIN GAME servers browser.

Game Name -

The name of your game server. It will be shown in the servers search.

Game Password -

Your game servers password. Only players that know it can join.

Balance Teams -

Players that join server will be forced to join the team with less players. Works in CTF and Infiltration.

- VISUALS

Interface Style -

You can change the style of the game interface. Interface Style changes the graphics, cursor, position of statistics and more.

Player Indicator -

If is on you will see a little arrow above your player, so you know which one is yours.

Sniper Line -

Draws a line between the player and the cursor which helps aiming on far distances.

- BOTS

Difficulty -

Affects bots accuracy and behaviour.

Chat -

If on the bots talk from time to time.

- SOUND

Sound Volume -

The sound volume in percents. Also affects the MP3 player volume.

Music Volume -

The volume of the Game Music in percents.

Explosion Effect -

The effect that happens when something explodes near your player (you become deaf for a few seconds and hear a whistle sound).

Distant Battle -

Turns on/off distant battle sounds.

Game Music -

Original game music that can be played during the game.

MP3 Music -

A list of MP3 files that will be played during the game. Soldat uses M3U lists which can be created manually or with an mp3 player like Winamp. You need to put the playlists in the Soldat MP3 folder (ex. c:\soldat\mp3).

In the Start Game options:

Kill Limit, Point Limit -

When a players Kills or Points reach this number the round ends. In Teammatch the team score must reach it.

Capture Limit -

Flag captures limit in Capture the Flag mode.

Time Limit -

Amount of time that the round is played in minutes.

Survival Mode -

There is no respawning in this mode. After a player is killed he has to wait until there is one man standing or one alive team and then the round ends and everybody respawns again.

Realistic Mode -

This mode is for advanced players.

- Players have low health

- Falling damage

- You see only what your player sees. If someone is behind a wall you won't see him.

- Weapons have recoil. After a shot your cursor goes up

(To prevent this you should fire single shots or short bursts).

- No special bonuses.

Loop -

Loops the map list. If not checked the game ends after the maps are finished.

Random Bots -

The number of random bots that will play the game.

In team games this option is next to the team name.

In the Soldat Setup options:

- Graphics

Fullscreen - if on the game runs in fullscreen mode. Some problems can be solved in window-mode.

Dithering - useful in 16-bit color mode. It smooths the colors so they look like 32-bit.

Antialiasing - it smooths the whole game. Available only on video cards that support it (like GeForce).

Bitrate - color mode. 32-bit is better, but not all cards are compatible with it (like Voodoo).

Refresh Rate - the rate of monitors refresh.

Video Adapters - available video adapters.

- Sound

Sound Quality - sound output quality.

Sound Output Type - available sound devices.

Sound Driver List - availale sound drivers.

- Performance

Particles on screen - amount of extra elements like: blood, smoke, gun shells, dust.

Bot Seeing Quality - the quality of the bots eye. Affects the games performance.

Render Bullet Trails - renders long bullet trails.

Render Weather Effects - renders snow, sand or rain.

Render Smooth Polygons - renders nice smooth polygon edges.

Show Death Console - show the kills console in the upper-right corner.

File logging - turns on/off file logging (console logs and kill logs).

Auto record- The game automaticly records the last minute (configurable in soldat.ini) of the gameplay (in demos/autodemo.sdm). The recording can be saved at any time by pressing F8 (saved in another file demos/autodemoX.sdm). Press F8 twice while autorecording and you can record a normal demo.

- Network

Game port - the server's port that players will join.

Internet connection speed - the speed of your internet connection.

Max Ping - the maximum ping time that players can have on your server.

Servers greetings message - the message that is displayed for people that join your server.

Never forward clients - if you have a firewall with open ports check this, so that clients don't have to override the firewall through the lobby server.

Register server with All-Seeing Eye - the server registers in All-Seeing Eye (http://www.udpsoft.com).

Server Link - a link that will be displayed on the lobby servers web page. It can be the servers www page or admins e-mail.

- More

Video Compatibility - use only in emergency.

Force Software - runs the game without hardware video acceleration.

Blank Screen while bonus fix (old ATI cards) - fixes the problem with the blank screen if you take Berserker for example.

Texture Filters - change if you're bored.

Backbuffer Count - change if you're really bored.

Languages - Change - allow to change the language of the text in Soldat (language files are placed in the Soldat\Txt\Languages folder)

Non-standard options are available in the SOLDAT.INI file.