No One Lives ForeVR

Overview

ReLith is a modern LithTech 2.x engine for The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000), running standalone on Meta Quest. It is the engine only — it ships no game content. You need your own copy of NOLF (original discs or a legally owned install). The engine reads the original .REZ archives directly.

Official Quest guide: INSTALL-QUEST.md.

[!NOTE] First launch must grant All files access. Until you copy the game archives, you will see Game data not found — that is expected.

Prerequisites

1. Meta Quest (Quest 3 / 3S recommended; Quest 2 works with a known menu-panel issue).
2. Developer Mode + USB debugging allowed in the headset.
3. Your own copy of No One Lives Forever (PC discs or an owned install).
4. About 1.1 GB free on the headset for the game archives.

Step-by-Step Installation

1. Install the APK

Download relith-nolf-quest-0.4.0.apk via 1-click on QuestPorts or from GitHub Releases.

adb install -r relith-nolf-quest-0.4.0.apk

Package name: net.relith.nolf.

2. Launch once and grant storage

Open App Library → Unknown Sources → ReLith. Grant Allow access to manage all files. If the Settings page does not open: Settings → Apps → Special app access → All files access → ReLith.

Launch again. You should see Game data not found. Close the app — launching created the folder you copy into.

3. Copy game files into nolf/

Copy these archives directly into /sdcard/nolf/ (a plain folder next to Downloads/Pictures — not a nested subfolder):

adb push NOLF.REZ /sdcard/nolf/
adb push NOLF2.REZ /sdcard/nolf/
adb push nolfu003.rez /sdcard/nolf/
adb push nolfu003cres.rez /sdcard/nolf/

From original discs: Disc 1 Data\ has NOLF2.REZ, NOLFGOTY.REZ, nolfu003.rez and the *cres.rez files. Disc 2 Data\ has NOLF.REZ.

Do not copy Windows-only leftovers (.flt filters, .M3D drivers, cshell.dll, WidescreenGOTY.rez, EReg/, Movies/, Save/). Do not copy MODERNIZER — it is already bundled in the APK.

If storage permission was never granted, files can also live in /sdcard/Android/data/net.relith.nolf/files/nolf/ (uninstalling then deletes that copy).

4. Play

Launch ReLith again. You should get the main menu.

Upgrading from 0.3.1 or older (one time)

Those builds used Android’s debug signing key. 0.4.0 is properly signed, so Android refuses an in-place update (INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE). Back up saves, uninstall, install, restore — then later releases update normally.

Saves are next to the game files:

• /sdcard/nolf/Save/ (and autoexec.cfg in /sdcard/nolf/ — unlocked missions live there)
• or /sdcard/Android/data/net.relith.nolf/files/nolf/Save/ if that is where your data is

adb pull /sdcard/nolf/Save ./relith-saves
adb pull /sdcard/nolf/autoexec.cfg .
adb uninstall net.relith.nolf
# install 0.4.0, launch once with storage granted, then:
adb push ./relith-saves/. /sdcard/nolf/Save/
adb push ./autoexec.cfg /sdcard/nolf/