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Revision as of 19:58, 20 November 2013

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

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

General information

Steam Users' Forums for game series
Unofficial Wiki for game series
F.E.A.R. Combat Community

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.08. A list with all the different patch editions and localizations can be found here

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.

Modding

Official SDK

Steam users need to follow this instructions and don't have to download the sdk installer (since it's already included in the extras folder inside the game directory[1])

Game data

Game options

Template:Game Location Table

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings
Advanced computer options
Advanced video card options

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Mouse options

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

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

Small subtitles

Instructions

Black screen on ATI/AMD videocards

Instructions

No Torch Glitch

Instructions

Logitech/FPS fix

Instructions

Game won't start/maps not loading

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce Ti 4200 or Radeon 8500 (64MB VRAM, Pixel Shader 1.1)

References