Hello there. I'm desperately trying to get the console working properly for this game via "+ set console 1", but all I'm getting is a useless, solid black screen that won't go away on it's own (ESC gets rid of it, but that's besides the point).

It used to work flawlessly like 5 or 6 years on the exact same hardware and with the exact same drivers; only a slightly different flavor of 32-bit WinXP had been installed.

Any ideas? I did notice what it says about the console, which sounds kind of suspicious, but google doesn't have anything to say about the presumably offending lines.

Here's the log generated by the game operating in debug mode (all settings = default):

----------- Cpu info ----------- Processor : Intel Type : Original OEM processor Speed : 2895 MHz MMX instructions sup […]
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----------- Cpu info -----------
Processor : Intel
Type : Original OEM processor
Speed : 2895 MHz
MMX instructions supported
RDTSC instruction supported
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2047MB of physical memory
Winsock Initialized
Hostname: NONEOYB2018
REMOTE IP #1: 127.0.0.1
FindFile: can't find strip/str_server.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'str_server' with ID 05
FindFile: can't find strip/items.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'items' with ID 03
FindFile: can't find strip/weapons.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'weapons' with ID 02
FindFile: can't find strip/general.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'general' with ID 04
FindFile: can't find strip/dm_generic.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'dm_generic' with ID 00
Console initialized.
------- Loading ref_gl.dll -------
ref_gl version: GL 0.01
Attempting gl_driver : opengl32
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480 W
...setting windowed mode
...registering window class: ok
GL_PFD: color(32-bits) Z(24-bit)
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GeForce 6200/AGP/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 2.0.3
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_draw_buffers GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_clear_tag GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_texture_sRGB GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option GL_NV_fragment_program2 GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_expand_normal GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option GL_NV_vertex_program3 GL_NVX_conditional_render GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_swap_control
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 4096
...allowing CDS
...enabling WGL_EXT_swap_control
...using GL_ARB_multitexture (4 TMUs)
...GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic available
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
...using GL_S3_s3tc
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Setting Default Sound support
------- Loading defsnd.dll -------

------- sound initialization -------
Initializing DirectSound
...loading dsound.dll: ok
...creating DS object: ok
Creating DS buffers
...setting WRITEPRIMARY coop level: ok
...creating primary buffer: ok
...setting primary sound format: ok
...using primary buffer
2 channel(s)
16 bits/sample
22050 bytes/sec
...completed successfully
dsound init succeeded
sound sampling rate: 22050
------------------------------------
CDAudio: drive not ready
CD Audio Initialized

joystick not found -- no valid joysticks (a5)

------- Force Feedback Initialization -------
Creating feedback device:
...no feedback devices found

====== Soldier of Fortune Initialized ======

console is write protected.
Can't "cmd", not connected
Destroying DS buffers
...setting NORMAL coop level
...stopping and releasing sound buffer
Creating DS buffers
...setting WRITEPRIMARY coop level: ok
...creating primary buffer: ok
...using primary buffer
FindFile: can't find strip/menu_generic.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'menu_generic' with ID c8
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/WIRES_BIG.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/WEB_LOGO.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/METAL1.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/METAL3.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/METAL2.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BOLTS.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/PISTON2.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/PISTON.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON5_GAME.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON7_MULTI.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON2_OPTIONS.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON4_STATS.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON1_LOCK.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/BUTTON3_QUIT.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/GLOBE.IFL
FindFile: can't find GHOUL/MENUS/DOT.IFL
Overall menu creation time: 36 ms
Destroying DS buffers
...setting NORMAL coop level
...stopping and releasing sound buffer
Creating DS buffers
...setting WRITEPRIMARY coop level: ok
...creating primary buffer: ok
...using primary buffer
FindFile: can't find strip/menu_generic.spe
SP_Register: Registered client string package 'menu_generic' with ID c8
Overall menu creation time: 2 ms
Wrote configuration to ./user/config.cfg.
Shutting down sound system
Destroying DS buffers
...setting NORMAL coop level
...stopping and releasing sound buffer
...releasing DS object
...freeing DSOUND.DLL
R_Shutdown() - Shutting down