F.E.A.R. Combat

F.E.A.R.
Developer(s)	Monolith Productions
Publisher(s)	Vivendi Universal
Engine	Lithtech: Jupiter EX
Version	1.08
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date	August 17, 2006
Genre(s)	First-person shooters, horror
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature (17+) BBFC: 18 PEGI: 18+ OFLC: MA15+
System requirements	Pentium 4 1.7 GHz, 512MiB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti/ATI Radeon 9000, 64MiB VRAM, 5GiB HD space more...
Input methods	Keyboard & mouse, gamepad

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Reviews for PC
Publication	Score
Game Revolution	C+
Game Rankings	89%
GameSpot	9.1/10
GameSpy	90%
IGN	9.3/10

F.E.A.R. Combat is the full multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. and is available freely as a stand alone package. It includes standard multiplayer FPS game modes like deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and last man standing. It also features "Control" and "Capture all" modes, resembling the Domination mode of Unreal Tournament.

System requirements

The system requirements are quite the same as F.E.A.R's:

Minimum system requirements

• Windows 2000/XP
• Pentium 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent
• 512 MiB of RAM
• 5 GiB free hard drive space (+ additional space for swap and saved games)
• NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti or ATI Radeon 9000 with 64 MiB of VRAM
• Keyboard & mouse
• Internet or LAN connection

Recommended system specifications

• Pentium 4 3 GHz or equivalent
• 1 GiB of RAM
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, GeForce 6600 or equivalent DirectX 9 compliant video card with 256 MiB of VRAM and hardware T&L and Pixel Shader 2.0 support
• Direct X 9.0 compatible sound card
• Broadband Internet or LAN connection

Official supported video card chipsets

• ATI Radeon: 9000 Series, 9500 Series, 9600 Series, 9700 Series, 9800 Series, X600, X700 Series, X800 Series Radeon, X850 Series
• NVIDIA GeForce: 4 Ti Series, FX 5900, 6600 Series, 6800 Series, 7800 Series

Installation instructions

First of all, download F.E.A.R Combat at F.E.A.R Combat official website or Sierra FTP. During installation you'll be prompt for a CD-Key, go to joinfear.com, and simply register for your free CD-Key.

Since first start it's highly recommanded to update F.E.A.R Combat.

Game presentation

Game modes

Avilable game modes are :

-Deathmatch (DM): Conventional free for all.

-Team deathmatch (TDM): Deathmatch - one team versus another.

-Controle : The aim is to have the controle on tree points as many times as possible.

-Capture The Flag (CTF): The goal is to collect the other team's flag and bring it back to your base.

-Last Man Standing : You start with 20 lifes and you'll have to be the last man standing.

-Slow Motion Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch/CTF : In this case a player have the ability to slow activate the slow motion feature.

Weapons & Items

F.E.A.R Combat features the F.E.A.R weapons and items.

Game tweaks

Adjustment advice

Well nothing but keep in mind that vsync (vertical synchronisation) and resolution can dramatically decrease the in-game performances. Just try to play in 640x480 and you'll feel the big difference.

Custom resolution

To set a custom resolution you'll have to modify the settings.cfg file which is by default in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Monolith Productions\FEARCombat, well open the settings file and change lines "ScreenWidth" "960" and "ScreenHeight" "600" by your desired values.

Tips & tricks

• Grenades : Don't throw a grenade if there is no enemy because you'll make useless noise. Throw grenades to kill or to make diversion, but don't forget that enemies will hear you.

• Noiseless : The best way to be invisible is to handle Double pistol AT-14 or to go unarmed. But don't run, enemies will hear you.

• Rush : The best weapon to make a rush is pistol AT-14 because it's light so you can run faster and the magazine is big enough for a rush. You won't have to reload for every kill or every double kill. Besides, it has good accuracy.

• Medical kits : You should use them when you're firing, you'll have more chance to survive this way.

Most common problems

Mouse

Mouse non-working

If your sight doesn't move when you move your mouse slightly, the following trick should fix it:

Close F.E.A.R. Go to Control panel => mouse => pointer options then disable "enhance pointer precision" and apply. After that get back in your mouse control panel and enable "enhance pointer precision".

Now, you can relaunch F.E.A.R..

Bad performances with USB mice

Another major problem is a bug related to USB mice which dramatically reduces ingame performance after a few minutes of playing. There is no real solution, only a workaround:

Go to device manager => human interface devices. A list of HID entries will pop up. now you have to find out which HID entry causes the problem by simply disabling one HID after another and checking the result in F.E.A.R.. To disable a HID, right-click on the entry and choose "deactivate" from the context menu (later you can re-activate the HID the same way). Note that disabling HIDs may cause USB devices to stop working properly (until re-activated again)! For example, the "Logitech SetPoint software" may no longer be available for Logitech mice.

Choosing a USB poling rate below 1000 Hz may also helped. Changing the USB poling rate can sometimes be done using the mouse driver software, otherwise some third party tools could be able to do it (although they might create more problem that they solve, thus should be used as a last resort).

Best mods

COOP WARFAR

• Official website

Aimed to bring cooperation to F.E.A.R, this mode will allow you to play against AI enemies in cooperation. This mod also features new playable character models like Alice, Jin or the big fat computerist guy... And it's fully compatible with F.E.A.R Combat. Note that you're not playing the solo campaign in cooperation but a new campaign.

Videos

A F.E.A.R Combat video	A F.E.A.R Melee attack rounds video

Screenshots

External links

• F.E.A.R official website
• F.E.A.R Combat official website
• Monolith official website
• Sierra official website