The Sum of All Fears
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| Developers | |
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| Red Storm Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 28, 2002 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 72 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Tom Clancy |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| The Hunt for Red October | 1987 |
| Red Storm Rising | 1989 |
| Tom Clancy's The Cardinal of the Kremlin | 1990 |
| The Hunt for Red October | 1990 |
| Tom Clancy's SSN | 1996 |
| Tom Clancy's Politika | 1997 |
| Tom Clancy's ruthless.com | 1998 |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (series) | |
| Shadow Watch | 2000 |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (series) | |
| The Sum of All Fears | 2002 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (series) | |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar (series) | |
| Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X (series) | |
| Tom Clancy's The Division (series) | |
The Sum of All Fears is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Tom Clancy series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] | |
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| Steam | |
Available only to North and South American users. | |
Demo
- A free demo is available in here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\options.xml[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19810/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Save\game\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19810/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Vert- gameplay and pixel-based HUD. Menus remain at 640x480. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix. |
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| Multi-monitor | Vert- gameplay and pixel-based HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix. |
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| Ultra-widescreen | Vert- gameplay and pixel-based HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix. |
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| 4K Ultra HD | Vert- gameplay and pixel-based HUD. For an uncropped Hor+ image, use the FOV fix. |
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| Field of view (FOV) | 90º by default. To change it, use the FOV fix. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default[Note 4]. If it malfunctions, use a DirectX wrapper like dgVoodoo 2. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Remap file is located at <path-to-game>\Data\Save\game\defplayr.keys. |
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| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | Fan translation - #1 | |||
| Simplified Chinese | Retail only. The cutscene animation has Chinese subtitles. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | The official Ubi.com multiplayer service was shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
"Error code 85" or "Application load error" on startup
- An issue which affects the Steam version specifically, caused by faulty DRM change. Some users report solving it with switching the executable to one without the DRM.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium II 450 AMD K6 III 500 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible |
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- Voodoo graphics cards are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (19810) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Tested by d3d8to9 on Windows 10.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16