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F.E.A.R.

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F.E.A.R.
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Developers
Monolith Productions
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
Lithtech Jupiter EX
Release dates
Windows October 18, 2005
F.E.A.R. on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. 2005
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate 2007
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin 2009
F.E.A.R. 3 2011
F.E.A.R. Online 2014

Key points

Master servers for multiplayer were shut down on December 19, 2012. See FEAR Combat Community.
Multiplayer is free to download and continues to be supported by the community.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Unofficial Wiki for game series
F.E.A.R. Combat Community

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DRM: SecuROM
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
DRM details are not known
DRM: SecuROM
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Multiplayer executable creates dormant SecuROM files[1]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.08.

Community patch

The FEAR multiplayer master server was shut down on December 19, 2012. The community has developed an unofficial patch for the game and is offering new FEAR Combat CD keys for free. The latest version of the community-supported FEAR Combat client and new CD keys can be obtained from the Fear Combat Community website.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Game options

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21090/pfx/[Note 1]
Key bindings are stored in %PUBLIC%\Documents\Monolith Productions\FEAR\Profiles\Profile000.gdb

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21090/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings
Advanced computer options
Advanced video card options

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

Mouse options

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Master server is offline; use FEAR Combat Community version.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Dedicated server software available for Windows and Linux.
Direct IP

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Soft Shadows doesn't work combined with AA

Instructions

Small subtitles

Instructions

Black screen on ATI/AMD video cards

Instructions

Can't hear any dialogue

Instructions

No Torch Glitch

Instructions

FPS problems

Method 1

Instructions

Method 2

If you don't have a Logitech device but still has framerate issues.

Instructions

Game won't start/maps not loading

Instructions

Other information

Official SDK

Steam users have SDK already included with the game.[2] Make sure you read instructions

Dynamic flashlight

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium 4 1.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce Ti 4200
Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
Shader model 1.1 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21090/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (21090) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References