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Cold Fear

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Cold Fear
Cold Fear cover
Developers
Darkworks
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows March 30, 2005
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Use Alternate Executable to remove the disc check.
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movie
  2. Delete or rename Logo_Dar.bik, Logo_Ubi.bik, Renderware.bik, RW.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Conf\
  2. Edit Heroes.cfg.
  3. Find the following lines and change the values to your desired FOV.
CAMERA_AIM_FOV
CAMERA_CONSTRAINT_FOV
CAMERA_FOLLOW_MAXDIST

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and .exe path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game doesn't launch after changing resolution

Delete res.bin in the installation folder

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes RAD Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000 XP
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3/4/FX/6 series
ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X series
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible 		128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References