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 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | FPS |
| 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 FPS game in the Tom Clancy series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] | |
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| Steam | |
Available only to North and South American users. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\options.xml[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-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) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19810/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| 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 the dgVooodoo 2 workaround. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
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 | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | The official Ubi.com multiplayer service was shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Issues fixed
Vsync not working
| Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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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 | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible |
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- Voodoo graphics cards are not supported.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail 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 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>/19810/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (19810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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