Difference between revisions of "F.E.A.R. Online"

Revision as of 11:53, 17 May 2023

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

Servers have been shut down as of May 13, 2015.^[2]

General information

Publisher's forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam (unavailable)		Install with `steam://install/223650`

All versions require an Aeria Games account.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223650/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Edit settings.cfg^[3]
Go to `<path-to-game>\` Open `settings.cfg` with a text editor. Add lines: `"FovY" "XX"` `"FovYWidescreen "XX"` Replace XX with your desired vertical FOV value.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Described as Invert Aim under Enviroment options.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.0 output.^[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Co-op, Versus Servers have been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz	Dual Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600GT 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 1 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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).
↑
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 (223650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ it runs on the old engine :: F.E.A.R. Online General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ F.E.A.R. Online - Free to Play Horror FPS at Aeria Games - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ Here's How To Change FOV - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[gamedir-3] 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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 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 (223650) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (223650) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] t runs on the old engine :: F.E.A.R. Online General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[2] F.E.A.R. Online - Free to Play Horror FPS at Aeria Games - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[5] Here's How To Change FOV - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[6] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023

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-{{Infobox game/row/engine|Lithtech Jupiter EX|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/223650/discussions/0/616187204054301650/#c616187204156251421 it runs on the old engine :: F.E.A.R. Online General Discussions]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Lithtech Jupiter EX|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/223650/discussions/0/616187204054301650/#c616187204156251421|title=it runs on the old engine :: F.E.A.R. Online General Discussions|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
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 '''Key points'''
-{{--}} Servers have been shut down as of May 13, 2015.<ref>[http://fearonline.aeriagames.com/news/124103/f-e-a-r-online-will-shut-down-5-13-15 F.E.A.R. Online - Free to Play Horror FPS at Aeria Games]</ref>
+{{--}} Servers have been shut down as of May 13, 2015.<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://fearonline.aeriagames.com/news/124103/f-e-a-r-online-will-shut-down-5-13-15|title=F.E.A.R. Online - Free to Play Horror FPS at Aeria Games|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>
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-{{Fixbox|description=Edit settings.cfg|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/223650/discussions/0/619568794100560668/ Here's How To Change FOV]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit settings.cfg|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/223650/discussions/0/619568794100560668/|title=Here's How To Change FOV|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
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 |separate volume notes    =
 |surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     = Up to 5.0 output.<ref>[https://satsun.org/audio/ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up]</ref>
+|surround sound notes     = Up to 5.0 output.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://satsun.org/audio/|title=PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>
 |subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =

Developers

	InPlay Interactive
Publishers
	Aeria Games
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter EX^[1]
Release dates
Windows	October 14, 2014
Taxonomy
Series	F.E.A.R.