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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 14, 2014}}
 
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{{ii}} 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>
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{{ii}} All versions require an [https://www.aeriagames.com/account/login Aeria Games account].
 
{{ii}} All versions require an [https://www.aeriagames.com/account/login Aeria Games account].
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{{Image|FEAR Online - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 
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{{ii}} This game uses vertical FOV. See [http://themetalmuncher.github.io/fov-calc/ FOV Calculator] for help.
 
{{ii}} This game uses vertical FOV. See [http://themetalmuncher.github.io/fov-calc/ FOV Calculator] for help.
  
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 13 August 2023

F.E.A.R. Online
F.E.A.R. Online cover
Developers
InPlay Interactive
Publishers
Aeria Games
Engines
Lithtech Jupiter EX[1]
Release dates
Windows October 14, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Themes Horror, Contemporary
Series F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. Online on HowLongToBeat
F.E.A.R. Online on IGDB
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F.E.A.R. Online on Wikipedia
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

F.E.A.R. Online is a multiplayer first-person shooter game in the F.E.A.R. series.

The official 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)
Icon overlay.png
 Install with steam://install/223650
Windows
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.
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]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\
  2. Open settings.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Add lines:
    • "FovY" "XX"
    • "FovYWidescreen "XX"
  4. 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.
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

  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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ it 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
  3. ↑ Here's How To Change FOV - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  4. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023