Difference between revisions of "Cold Fear"
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===Sped-up animations in cutscenes and errors in gameplay=== | ===Sped-up animations in cutscenes and errors in gameplay=== | ||
{{Fixbox|description=Limit framerate to 60fps|ref={{cn|date=June 2021}} | {{Fixbox|description=Limit framerate to 60fps|ref={{cn|date=June 2021}} | ||
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==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Revision as of 18:00, 11 August 2021
Developers | |
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Darkworks | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
RenderWare | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 30, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 66 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]. Use Alternate Executable to remove the disc check. |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Not available in Germany. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. Does not need Uplay to run. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete video files |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15270/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15270/pfx/[Note 2] |
- 6 save slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV[5] |
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CAMERA_AIM_FOV CAMERA_CONSTRAINT_FOV CAMERA_FOLLOW_MAXDIST |
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 WIP58 (DX9) and very important tweaks profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues unresolved
Anischenko Texture Stretching
- During certain animations the boss's textures glitch and stretch across the environment.
Issues fixed
Game doesn't launch after changing resolution
Create a blank res.bin in the installation folder[citation needed]
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Changing FOV Distorts Realtime Shadows
Install the Widescreen Patch with killer-m's fix to make realtime shadows ignore FOV[6] |
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Sped-up animations in cutscenes and errors in gameplay
{{Fixbox|description=Limit framerate to 60fps|ref=[citation needed] {{Fixbox|description=Set refresh rate on 60hz|ref=[citation needed]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | 3.74 |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.7d |
Mods
- Game is mod-friendly. Most game variables are within editable config files located at
<path-to-game>\Conf
.
ColdFear - Extended Edition
- A rebalance mod that makes you move faster, gives a flashlight to nearly every weapon, increases the max ammo of each weapon, increases the clip size of the pistol, etc.[7]
Quick Unlock Extreme Mode
- By default Extreme difficulty is locked until you complete a playthrough on Hard difficulty, this mod replaces the
COLDFEAR.DAT
file with one where the difficulty is already unlocked. - Extreme Difficulty sets your maximum health to 4% of Normal Difficulty so that you basically die in one hit. Enemies are made less aggressive and/or accurate to compensate.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (15270) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ View topic - Cold Fear | WSGF
- ↑ Github - Shadows become more broken the wider the screen resolution
- ↑ Youtube - ColdFear Extended Edition