SoF Buddy 🚀

A modern enhancement suite for Soldier of Fortune 1 — scaling, fixes, and quality-of-life improvements for the best SoF experience.

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⚠️ #1 THING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Press F12 in-game (or bind a key to sofbuddy_menu sof_buddy). That opens the SoF Buddy menu — settings, updater, profiles, and everything else. Do this first. If you don’t, you’re missing the main way to use SoF Buddy.

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✨ Features

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• 🔠 Font Scaling — Crisp, readable fonts at any resolution: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, etc. Enable Auto Font Scale (_sofbuddy_font_scale_auto 1) to track resolution (vid_h / 480), or turn auto off and set _sofbuddy_font_scale manually.
• 🔤 Font Pack Switcher — Choose Default, Force SoFPlus, or Force Vanilla fonts from F12 → UI Scale; changing it reloads the renderer without restarting the game.
• 🖥️ HUD Scaling — Scale the HUD independently from the font for perfect UI balance. Auto HUD Scale (_sofbuddy_hud_scale_auto 1) uses the same resolution ratio; disable auto to pick a manual _sofbuddy_hud_scale.
• 🎬 Cinematic Image Scaling — Credit/fade images (SP_FLAG_CREDIT) scale up from 640×480 to your resolution. Toggle with _sofbuddy_scale_cinematic_pics (1 = on, 0 = off) or Scale Cinematic Images in F12 → UI Scale.
• 🎯 Crosshair Scaling — Scale crosshair textures independently for improved visibility.
• 🎯 More Crosshairs — Stock crosshairs 0–4 plus bundled community packs (F12 → Gameplay); drives the engine crosshair cvar and sof_buddy/crosshairs/ paks.
• 🎯 Restored cl_maxfps in Singleplayer — Enjoy smooth framerates without legacy workarounds. Editable from F12 → CPU → Framerate (whole-ms cap list + VSync).
• ⚡ Stable Framerate & CPU Saver — Uses QueryPerformanceCounter for precise timing and energy savings. New cvar: _sofbuddy_sleep.
• 🖱️ Raw Mouse Input — Direct hardware input bypassing Windows acceleration. All original sensitivity cvars still work!
• 🏷️ Widescreen Teamicons GlitchFix — Team icons are always correctly positioned, even in widescreen. Team icons and playernames above players scale with the HUD — toggle with _sofbuddy_icons_autoscale or Icons Autoscale in F12 → UI Scale.
• 🖼️ HD Texture Support — Native support for high-res .m32 textures. Learn more
• 👤 Extended Multiplayer Skins — Extra player models ship in sof_buddy/extended_skins.pak (skins by Acadie).
• 🌙 Lighting Blend Mode Adjustment — Experience WhiteMagicRaven's lighting tweaks (optional).
• 🖲️ Console Size Adjustment — Set how much of the screen the console covers, for any setup.
• 🔄 VSync Reliability — gl_swapinterval is applied on every vid_restart for hassle-free vsync. F12 → CPU shows the measured display refresh, a request picker built from your driver's actual modes, plus a cap check that warns when VSync could deliver more than the framerate cap allows.
• 🛠️ Sane Defaults on First Run — Fixes bad config defaults after hardware changes.
• 🛡️ Console Overflow/Crash Fixes — No more crashes from large pastes or ultra-wide resolutions.
• 🧾 Large config.cfg Exec Fix — Avoid Cbuf_AddText: overflow when running exec config.cfg with very large configs.
• 🧩 Embedded Loading / Internal Menus — Serve RMF menu assets from memory (includes loading UI) and open internal pages via sofbuddy_menu.
• 🌐 HTTP Map Download Assist — Download missing maps over HTTP and resume precache; provider URLs configurable via cvars.
• 🌐 GameSpy Master Selection — Choose a known master server for SoFPlus from F12 → Network; the selected _sp_cl_master_gamespy value is saved by SoFPlus.
• ⬆️ In-Game Updater + Startup Prompt — Check/download release zips in-game, with optional startup check and internal-menu prompt.
• 🧓 Windows XP Updater Mirror Defaults — XP builds default updater feed URLs to sofvault.org (overrideable via cvars).
• 📚 Feature Docs — See src/features/internal_menus/README.md, src/features/http_maps/README.md, src/features/master_server_fallback/README.md, and src/features/cbuf_limit_increase/README.md.

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🚀 Installation

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Recommended: Windows installer (easiest)

For Windows, the installer is the most effortless way to install SoF Buddy: it installs the universal DLL, lets you choose features, and writes the runtime selection for you. No manual extraction or feature-enable scripts are needed.

1. Download the latest Windows installer (sof_buddy_setup_v<version>.exe).
2. Run it and select the SoF folder containing SoF.exe.
3. Keep Recommended feature set or choose Custom feature selection, then finish setup.
4. Setup automatically enables SoF Buddy and saves the original as SoF.exe.bak.
5. Launch SoF.

Manual installation (Windows/Linux/Wine)

1. Get SoF Buddy

• Option A: Download a pre-compiled release
• Option B: Compile from source:

  make               # Release build (optimized)
  make BUILD=xp      # Windows XP-targeted build
  make debug         # Debug build (with logging)
  make BUILD=xp-debug # XP-targeted debug build
  make debug-collect # Debug build with func_parents collection

2. Prepare Your Game Folder

• Recommended: Delete your User/config.cfg for optimal defaults.
• Extract the release .zip directly into your SoF root (where SoF.exe lives). It contains:
  • sof_buddy.dll (goes in the SoF root)
  • sof_buddy/ folder (created under the SoF root)
    • sof_buddy/funcmaps/ (contains JSON function maps)
    • sof_buddy/*.pak — sndrstfindimage.pak (silences GL_FindImage spam after snd_restart), extended_skins.pak (multiplayer skins; credit Acadie)
    • Windows: sof_buddy/enable_*.cmd scripts and sof_buddy/patch_sof_binary.ps1
    • Linux/Wine: sof_buddy/enable_*.sh scripts and sof_buddy/patch_sof_binary.sh
• Use the helper scripts to patch SoF.exe to load different DLLs:
  • **enable_sofplus_and_buddy.cmd** → Loads sof_buddy.dll (recommended: SoF Buddy + optional SoF Plus)
  • **enable_sofplus.cmd** → Loads spcl.dll (SoF Plus only, disables SoF Buddy)
  • **enable_vanilla.cmd** → Loads WSOCK32.dll (vanilla SoF, no mods)
  • **sof_buddy_update.exe** → Graphical Windows updater (universal channel / installer only): progress bar and release notes
  • **update_from_zip.cmd** → Standard Windows update path (all channels): extract downloaded zip (sof_buddy/update/*.zip) into SoF root
• SoF Buddy auto-loads spcl.dll if present, so it works with SoF Plus.

Windows installer features

See WINDOWS_INSTALLER.md for the complete packaging, runtime-selection, and updater behavior.

The Windows installer uses one universal DLL and writes the selected features to sof_buddy/features.cfg; it does not compile a custom DLL for each installation. GitHub publishes that universal channel separately as release_windows_universal.zip; release_windows.zip remains the compile-time/default channel, and the updater keeps those channels separate. Its initial selections are generated from features/FEATURES.txt. The file can be edited later (feature enables it, // feature disables it); restart SoF after changes. If features.cfg is missing, the universal DLL falls back to those same defaults. The F12 Features tab exposes the same choices at runtime as archived _sofbuddy_feature_<name> cvars. Changes are written to base/sofbuddy.cfg, shown as Unavailable when the installed non-universal DLL does not contain a feature, and take effect after restarting SoF. On startup, those saved selections are read before hooks are registered and synchronized back to sof_buddy/features.cfg; that file remains the early-startup source of truth. It also offers a Select Additional Tasks page with Optional installation options. Both are checked by default:

• [OPTIONAL] Apply Windows 10+ Application Compatibility fix — For a recognized SoF.exe, applies the same PE change GOG uses so the game behaves under Windows 10+ application compatibility. The original is saved as SoF.exe.sofbuddy.bak. Unrecognized executables are not modified.

• [OPTIONAL] Unlock full violence — Recommended when you are not using SoFPlus's spcl.dll. Password, volume serial, and -cs key are optional. The installer sets SoF parental-control values for the volume that contains the chosen game folder, for the current Windows user only. Uninstalling SoF Buddy does not remove those per-user settings.

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🕹️ Usage

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Enable SoF Buddy (Recommended)

• Windows: Run sof_buddy/enable_sofplus_and_buddy.cmd
• Linux/Wine: Run sof_buddy/enable_sofplus_and_buddy.sh
• This enables SoF Buddy and optionally loads SoF Plus (if spcl.dll is present)
• To apply a downloaded update zip, run:
  • Windows universal / installer: sof_buddy/sof_buddy_update.exe (or update_from_zip.cmd)
  • Windows compile-time channel: sof_buddy/update_from_zip.cmd only
  • Linux/Wine: sof_buddy/update_from_zip.sh

Enable SoF Plus Only

• Windows: Run sof_buddy/enable_sofplus.cmd
• Linux/Wine: Run sof_buddy/enable_sofplus.sh
• This disables SoF Buddy and uses only SoF Plus

Restore Vanilla SoF

• Windows: Run sof_buddy/enable_vanilla.cmd
• Linux/Wine: Run sof_buddy/enable_vanilla.sh
• This removes all mods and restores the original game

In-Game Commands

• **F12** (or **bind <key> sofbuddy_menu sof_buddy**) — Open the SoF Buddy menu. Use this. It’s the main entry point for all settings, updater, and profiles. Set an additional shortcut from Settings → Menu → Bonus menu key; F12 remains available. Under UI Scale: Auto Font Scale / Auto HUD Scale toggle _sofbuddy_font_scale_auto / _sofbuddy_hud_scale_auto; manual scale lists appear when auto is off. Auto Round Scale and Scale Cinematic Images are on the same page.
• sofbuddy_list_features — Print compiled features (and whether they are on/off).
• sofbuddy_master_next — Query the next configured GameSpy master server.
• sofbuddy_menu <name> — Open an embedded internal menu page (examples: loading, sof_buddy).
• sofbuddy_menu <menu>/<page> — Open a specific embedded page (e.g. sofbuddy_menu sof_buddy/cpu).
• sofbuddy_apply_profile_comp — Apply competitive/low-visual profile preset.
• sofbuddy_apply_profile_visual — Apply visual/high-fidelity profile preset.
• sofbuddy_update — Check latest release from configured update API endpoint and compare with your current version.
• sofbuddy_update download — Download latest release zip to sof_buddy/update/ (apply after closing game; release zips are preferred over debug zips).
• sofbuddy_update_install — On universal builds with graphical updater enabled (default), queue sof_buddy_update.exe; otherwise update_from_zip.cmd / in-DLL extract on Wine/Proton, via winstart, then quit SoF.
• sofbuddy_openurl <https_url> — Open trusted community links in your default browser (used by the Social Links menu page).

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🧓 Windows XP

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• Use the XP package from releases (release_windows_xp.zip) or compile with:

  make BUILD=xp

• XP builds define SOFBUDDY_XP_BUILD and default updater endpoints to:
  • _sofbuddy_update_api_url = http://sofvault.org/sof_buddy/releases/latest.json
  • _sofbuddy_update_releases_url = http://sofvault.org/sof_buddy/releases/latest
• If you run your own mirror/proxy feed, override in console:

  set _sofbuddy_update_api_url "http://your-endpoint/latest.json"
  set _sofbuddy_update_releases_url "http://your-endpoint/releases/latest"

• XP users may hit WinHTTP TLS failures on modern HTTPS endpoints (for example GitHub API). The mirror defaults above avoid that path.
• The sofvault host syncs the XP zip + latest.json from GitHub on a cron schedule (rsrc/sofvault_mirror/sync_from_github.sh); no SSH publish from CI is required.

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🍷 Wine/Proton (Linux)

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• Recommendation: Use Wine for best fullscreen experience and fewer visual glitches.
• Launch Example:

  wine SoF.exe +set console 1 +set cddir CDDIR #%command%

• Proton Note: Proton ≤ 4.11-13 recommended. Otherwise, adjust sound frequency each startup.
• Raw Mouse Input (_sofbuddy_rawmouse): For true raw mouse input (bypassing system acceleration), you need Proton ≥ 9.0 or GloriousEggroll's custom Proton builds. Standard Wine/wine-staging may still apply system mouse acceleration.
• Optimal FPS Tweaks: Add to base/autoexec.cfg:

  cl_quads 0
  ghl_light_method 0
  ghl_shadows 0
  

  (Note: cl_quads 0 disables many effects.)

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⚙️ Cvars (Configuration Variables)

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Every user-facing cvar is editable from F12 → Cvars, which shows the live value, the default, and a description for each one. Friendly controls also live on the named tabs (Cpu, UI Scale, Graphics, Lighting, Gameplay, Network, Version, General, …). Use set <name> <value> in the console to script them.

Internal bookkeeping cvars (layout math, migration guards, runtime status read-outs) use the _sb_internal_ prefix and are listed separately at the bottom. Do not edit those by hand.

User-facing

Cvar	Description
_sofbuddy_high_priority	Default 1. Set process priority to HIGH (0 = NORMAL). F12 → CPU.
_sofbuddy_sleep	Default 1. CPU-saving sleep between frames. F12 → CPU.
_sofbuddy_sleep_jitter	Default 0. Frame time borrowing. Experimental; can worsen pacing, leave 0 unless needed. F12 → CPU.
_sofbuddy_sleep_busyticks	Default 2. 1 ms busyloop ticks per frame. Lower saves CPU, 0 may stutter. F12 → CPU.
_sofbuddy_perf_profile	Default 0. Perf preset: 0 Competitive, 1 High Visual, 2 Low Visual, 3 Custom/Current. The **Cpu** tab selects Custom/Current when the adjusted cvars do not match a preset. F12 → Cpu.
_sofbuddy_font_scale	Default 1. Manual font scale multiplier (0.25 … 8 in 0.25 steps). Used when auto is 0. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_font_scale_auto	Default 1. Auto font scale from vid_h / 480. 1 on, 0 off. Legacy _sofbuddy_font_scale -1 migrates to auto on + scale 1. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_font_pack	Default 0. Font mode: 0 Default, 1 Force SoFPlus, 2 Force Vanilla. Changing it reloads the renderer. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_hud_scale	Default 1. Manual HUD scale multiplier (0.25 … 8 in 0.25 steps). Used when auto is 0. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_hud_scale_auto	Default 1. Auto HUD scale from vid_h / 480. 1 on, 0 off. Legacy _sofbuddy_hud_scale -1 migrates like font auto. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_scale_round_auto	Default 0. Snap auto font/HUD scale to round steps instead of a continuous ratio. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_scale_round_ratio	Default 0.25. Snap increment used when round auto is on (0.05, 0.1, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1). Also applies to cinematic image scaling. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_scale_cinematic_pics	Default 1. Scale cinematic credit/fade images (SP_FLAG_CREDIT / SCR_DrawCinemaScope) up from 640×480. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_crossh_scale	Default 1. Crosshair size multiplier. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_icons_autoscale	Default 1. Scale team icons and playernames drawn above players with the HUD scale. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_console_size	Default 0.5. Console height as a fraction of screen height (0–1, 1 = fullscreen). F12 → UI Scale.
_sofbuddy_minfilter_unmipped	Default GL_LINEAR. Min filter for sky and other unmipped textures. GL_NEAREST or GL_LINEAR (mipmap modes make textures incomplete). F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_magfilter_unmipped	Default GL_LINEAR. Mag filter for sky and other unmipped textures. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_minfilter_mipped	Default GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR. Min filter for mipmapped textures. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_magfilter_mipped	Default GL_LINEAR. Mag filter for mipmapped textures. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_minfilter_ui	Default GL_NEAREST. Min filter for UI textures. Keep GL_NEAREST — LINEAR makes fonts unreadable. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_magfilter_ui	Default GL_NEAREST. Mag filter for UI textures. Keep GL_NEAREST — LINEAR makes fonts unreadable. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_lighting_overbright	Default 0. Overbright lighting. 1 on. When on, it overrides the manual blend cvars below. F12 → Lighting.
_sofbuddy_lighting_cutoff	Default 64. Dynamic light threshold (DLIGHT_CUTOFF). F12 → Lighting.
_sofbuddy_water_size	Default 64. Warp texture chunk size for water, lava, and sky turbulence. Smaller is finer (more work), minimum 16. F12 → Graphics.
_sofbuddy_lightblend_src	Default GL_ZERO. Lightmap blend source. Experimental, leave at default. F12 → Lighting.
_sofbuddy_lightblend_dst	Default GL_SRC_COLOR. Lightmap blend destination. Experimental, leave at default. F12 → Lighting.
_sofbuddy_shiny_spherical	Default 1. Let shiny gl_detailtexturing change with view angle. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → Lighting.
_sofbuddy_rawmouse	Default 0. Raw mouse input via the Raw Input API, bypassing Windows pointer acceleration. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → Gameplay.
_sp_cl_master_gamespy	Default sof1master.sofvault.org. Selected GameSpy master server; choose a known host from F12 → Network. SoFPlus saves this value across launches.
_sofbuddy_http_maps	Default 1. HTTP map assist: 0 Off, 1 Primary, 2 Random provider, 3 Rotate providers. F12 → Network.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_dl_1	Default https://sofvault.org/sof1maps. Zip download base URL, provider slot 1. F12 → Network (provider block) or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_dl_2	Default https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plowsof/sof1maps/main. Zip download base URL, provider slot 2. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_dl_3	Default empty. Zip download base URL, provider slot 3. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_crc_1	Default https://sofvault.org/sof1maps. CRC lookup base URL, slot 1 (HTTP Range fetch of the zip central directory). F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_crc_2	Default https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plowsof/sof1maps/main. CRC lookup base URL, slot 2. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_maps_crc_3	Default empty. CRC lookup base URL, slot 3. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_http_show_providers	Default 0. Show the provider + updater URL inputs on the Network tab. 1 show, 0 hide. F12 → Cvars (value); URLs on Network when shown.
_sofbuddy_update_check_startup	Default 1. Run the updater check at startup and open the internal prompt when a newer release is found. F12 → General.
_sofbuddy_update_use_gui	Default 1 on universal builds (Windows, Wine, and Proton); 0 on non-universal channels. Use sof_buddy_update.exe when queuing an install (sofbuddy_update_install) unless turned off (then script / in-DLL extract on Wine/Proton). Toggle on F12 → Version.
_sofbuddy_update_api_url	Default build-dependent. Updater JSON feed URL. XP builds default to the sofvault mirror, non-XP to the GitHub API. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_update_releases_url	Default build-dependent. Human release page URL shown in updater status/help. F12 → Network or Cvars.
_sofbuddy_update_target_tag	Default latest. Release tag to install. Run sofbuddy_update releases to refresh the tag list after changing. F12 → Cvars (or console).
_sofbuddy_menu_theme	Default 0. Menu color preset (0 … 37). Reopen the menu to apply. F12 → General.
_sofbuddy_loading_lock_input	Default 0. Block opening the console while the loading screen is up (1 locked, 0 unlocked). F12 → General.
_sofbuddy_loading_show_mapname	Default 1. Show the current map name on the loading screen header. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → General.
_sofbuddy_loading_show_download	Default 1. Show HTTP/download status on the loading screen header. 1 on, 0 off. F12 → General.
_sofbuddy_entity_edit	Default 0. Map entity / map study tools (off by default): set 1 to enable the spawn cache during load, sofbuddy_entities_draw / ev_debugbox, and primary-attack intersect. Nothing in this feature runs until this is on — see Map entity wireframes. F12 → Cvars (Map Study section).
_sofbuddy_entities_draw_verbose	Default 0. Log one line per entity when sofbuddy_entities_draw runs. F12 → Cvars (Map Study).
_sofbuddy_map_debug_map	Default empty. Map stem for Map study load + spawn recording, no path and no .bsp (e.g. moscow). F12 → Cvars (Map Study) or sofbuddy_menu sof_buddy/map_debug.
_sofbuddy_map_study_deathmatch	Default 4. deathmatch mode applied before the map loads. 4 = CTF, which suits most map testing. F12 → Cvars (Map Study) or map_debug page.

The four _sofbuddy_entity_edit / _sofbuddy_entities_draw_verbose / _sofbuddy_map_debug_map / _sofbuddy_map_study_deathmatch cvars come from the entity_visualizer feature, which is disabled by default in features/FEATURES.txt. In a default build they are never registered, so they do not appear in the console and the Map Study section is hidden from the Cvars tab (gated on _sb_internal_feature_entity_visualizer via <cinclude>). Enable that feature to get them.

• See OpenGL glBlendFunc docs for blend values.
• Cvars with CVAR_SOFBUDDY_ARCHIVE persist to base/sofbuddy.cfg and are reapplied on startup.

Server-visible client info

Cvar	Purpose
_sp_cl_info_sofbuddy	windows--, wine--, or universal--, sent with client userinfo so a server can identify the SoF Buddy channel.

The build number is the GitHub Actions run number; local builds use local. This is informational client metadata, not an anti-cheat signal.

Internal (_sb_internal_)

Written by sof_buddy itself. Values are recomputed each launch, so editing them has no lasting effect.

Cvar	Purpose
_sb_internal_version	Build version string, reported on the Version tab.
_sb_internal_build_flavour	Release channel label (Universal, Windows, Linux / Wine, Windows XP, Debug, …).
_sb_internal_build_number	CI build number from SOFBUDDY_BUILD_NUMBER.
_sb_internal_tab / _sb_internal_menu_last_page	Remembered tab index and last opened page.
_sb_internal_menu_vid_w / _sb_internal_menu_vid_h	Cached engine vid_w / vid_h used to recompute menu layout cvars.
_sb_internal_center_panel_px, _sb_internal_tabs_row1_*, _sb_internal_tabs_row2_*	Computed tab-bar layout: panel width, prefixes/suffixes, content width and bias. Recomputed on resolution change.
_sb_internal_profile_target_*	In-use profile values shown on the CPU tab.
_sb_internal_font_scale_rounded / _sb_internal_hud_scale_rounded	Read-only mirror of the effective scale after ratio and glyph-grid rounding.
_sb_internal_font_scale_auto_migrated / _sb_internal_hud_scale_auto_migrated	One-shot guards so the legacy -1 auto-scale migration runs once.
_sb_internal_loading_progress / _sb_internal_loading_current / _sb_internal_loading_status / _sb_internal_loading_network	Runtime loading-screen state and status text.
_sb_internal_loading_zip_indicator	Pic path for the loading-screen download indicator.
_sb_internal_update_status / _sb_internal_update_latest / _sb_internal_update_download_path / _sb_internal_update_downloaded_asset / _sb_internal_update_checked_utc	Updater progress read-outs (Version tab and startup prompt).
_sb_internal_update_release_list_rmf / _sb_internal_update_release_list_status	Generated RMF markup for the release list, plus its load status.
_sb_internal_feature_entity_visualizer	Compile-time build flag (1/0) used by <cinclude> to hide menu sections whose feature is not compiled in.
_sb_internal_feature_master_server_fallback	Runtime menu gate for the GameSpy master selection control.
_sb_internal_openurl_status / _sb_internal_openurl_last	Last social-link open result and requested URL.

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Releasing (maintainers)

See RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS.md for the full manual guide.

SoF Buddy uses two version numbers:

Part	Where	Example
Version (MAJOR.MINOR)	VERSION file (bump manually)	8.1
Build	GitHub Actions run_number (automatic)	189

Published tags look like v8.1-build189. Pushing to master always builds; a GitHub Release is created only when VERSION changes in that commit.

Cut a release:

./tools/new_release.sh          # bump VERSION, stage hdr/version.h
# update CHANGELOG.md with ## vX.Y
./tools/new_release.sh --check  # verify bump + changelog
./tools/new_release.sh --commit -m "Release vX.Y: summary"

--commit runs --check automatically. Feature fixes on master without a VERSION bump still CI-build but do not publish a new GitHub release.

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🤝 Credits

• WhiteMagicRaven — Lighting blend mode
• Acadie — Endless knowledge
• d3nd3 — Project lead
• Community — Bug reports, testing, and support

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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