@alubat. Ok thanks for the confirmation. Btw I'm on XP so I dont have to mess with ALchemy at all. What's your in game name btw?

I will check out the config file once I get mod working. If I recall correctly this fixes missing buggy/missing EAX correct?

I do not know much about x-fi on win Xp systems. Maybe you find general usefull info in this thread http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=21863.0
Im Spieler4 in game

Thx.
I would be satisfied with just a .zip with the files needed without the patcher.
Not sure if other files than the levels folder, game & server .exe is needed. Other files looks the same to me as 2.57.
Anyway good job :-) 

Wow nice. Cool pics.

maybe look at "Method 1: Setting a Custom Resolution on an Intel Based Graphics Card"
in this link copy/pasted from the troubleshot guide in the fh2 discord channel
https://appuals.com/how-to-create-custom-resolutions-on-windows-7-8-or-10/

+70 fps looks quite a lot. I wonder if turning Hyperthreading off has some impact on non-gaming use performance

Not much I think, depending on what system runs ofc. Its only some games that benefit like CSGO, bf2 fortnite. If I could I would make a test with 100 players (much lower boost than +70fps in a one player scene) . But I cannot recreate the same scene twice on a full server and no public battlerecorderfile with guided cam. is available   

Did a very quick test of 2vs1 cpu core
https://youtu.be/OY1RuKJeCAc

How to setup Affinities for FH2 + Mouse & GPU

So basicly drivers and other stuff wants to run on the first cpu core (core 0) if possible. The trick is to seperate at least mouse and GPU away to other cores to gain more stable system response time if cpu has enough cores. I havent tried this on a 2core system
You may not experience or feel any difference after doing these suggestions. Maybe more is needed to improve performance or stability. I want to keep things as simple  as pc tweaking is a never ending story:-)



Determine the Number of Cores in Your CPU
https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/determine-number-cores-cpu/

HOW TO - Interrupt Affinity Policy Tool (how to set mouse and gpu affinity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeBp3a5WIzE

If GPU or USB driver gets updated, affinity tool settings may need to be re-applied
In FR33THY "HOW TO - Interrupt Affinity Policy Tool" youtube video - Process Hacker (great taskmgr alternative) is used to set program affinites.
I think most people maybe just want an easy simple shortcut sollution on desktop.

The easiest way before making shortcut is to alt+tab when gaming/recording and mess around with the affinities. If causing instability then alt+f4 programs and retry




CPU Affinity Shortcut for a Program - Create in Windows
https://www.eightforums.com/threads/cpu-affinity-shortcut-for-a-program-create-in-windows.40339/

ex Shortcut target for running FH2 on core 2,3 on a 6core 6thread cpu (FH2 located on G drive)

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe c/ start "FH2" /affinity C "G:\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\Forgottenhope2.exe" +restart +menu 1 +fullproc +fullscreen 1 +widescreen 1 +modPath mods/fh2 +playerName XXXXXX +playerPassword XXXXX

6 cores 6 threads /affinity C  = 001100 = core 2,3 (run 2cores No Hyperthread & SMT )
6 cores 12threads /affinity 5  = 000000000101 = core 0,2 (Run on 2cores with Hyperthread & SMT On)
4 cores 4 threads /affinity 3  = 0011 = core 0,1  (run 2cores No Hyperthread & SMT ) (pic. example above)
4 cores 8 threads /affinity 5  = 00000101 = core 0,2 (Run on 2cores with Hyperthread & SMT On)
4 cores 8 threads /affinity 55 = 01010101 = core 0,2,4,6 (Run 4cores Hyperthread & SMT On) 


Some people maybe want to set FH2 to only run on 1core, but Its my experinece that 1core causes ingame stutter. FH2 runs better on 2 cores. Tried on 3diff intel systems.
BF2 engine is old and runs better on real cores, so avoid threaded smt cores. Running game on 2-3 cores should be better ingame experience, but longer mapload time the less cores

If recording gameplay with OBS then try out making affinity shortcut for OBS on other cores than the ones FH2 are using.

Make 2 shortcuts one for FH2 and one for OBS Ex. 6core 6thread system (Nvench Nvidia card) leave cpu0 (for windows background stuff) , FH2 on core 1-2, OBS on core3,4,5

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe c/ start "FH2" /affinity 6 "G:\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\Forgottenhope2.exe" +restart +menu 1 +fullproc +fullscreen 1 +widescreen 1 +modPath mods/fh2 +playerName XXXXXX +playerPassword XXXXX

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "OBS" /affinity 38 "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe"
If hyperthreaded or smt enabled, maybe try OBS with more threads 


Benchmark fps
CapFrameX
https://github.com/DevTechProfile/CapFrameX/releases/tag/v1.5.0beta

[DE] CapFrameX 1.4.0 Beta Overlay Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ghwV57y6Do&t=

Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server Download
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.html




Interrupt affinity tool
https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/2/0/9200a84d-6c21-4226-9922-57ef1dae939e/interrupt_affinity_policy_tool.msi

LatencyMon
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6944-latencymon.html

MouseTester_v1.2
https://www.overclock.net/forum/375-mice/1535687-mousetester-software.html

Process Hacker
https://wj32.org/processhacker/nightly.php





My settings may not be good for your system (diff hardware,diff OS etc.), so try out different cores and do some testing :-)

If you want to know more about tweaking/optimizing/debloating windows for gaming I highly recommend FR33THY videos A to Z series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNlVUyaW0U&list=PLykpkrQ1xVu1jTFCju1cmY9UAHw99aGWW

Cheers