F.E.A.R. Full game

fenix2k · Post by **fenix2k** » 22 Oct 2005, 03:20

EDIT : Moved to tidy up the Solution.

This is simpler than the demo hack. Just go to your:

C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsMonolith ProductionsFEAR

folder and in there is a settings.cfg (will appear after you have loaded the game once). Just enter your desired rez and the game with set the FOV automatically.

Oh, and set the detail options before you set the new rez otherwise when you acept the settings you will revert back to the game set rez.

Post by **skipclarke** » 22 Oct 2005, 21:20

Could you explain "Oh, and set the detail options" ??

So I can add it here....

F.E.A.R. RETAIL VERSION WIDESCREEN HACK

You must start the game one time then save & exit & go into:

The file is found
My Computer > right mouse click > choose Explore > then go to
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsMonolith ProductionsFEAR

The file is named settings.cfg & is a size of 46kb open it with notepad or a suitable editor program &

then you scroll down until you see the following & this is where you change the setings to your requirements
then resave the file in the same folder.

(I changed it to 1920 X 1200)

"GammaB" "1.973183"
"GammaG" "1.973183"
"GammaR" "1.973183"
"BitDepth" "32"
"HardwareCursor" "1.000000"
"ScreenWidth" "1920"
"VSyncOnFlip" "1.000000"
"ScreenHeight" "1200"

THEN

If you go into the game and choose ... Options ... Display ... it will show up as 640x480 and then re-set it's self to this res. (So don't go into this option.)

If you go into the game and choose
... Options ... Performance ... Advanced Video Card Options ... Graphics ... it should show the 1920x1200 res in there ... second from
bottom.

Also with posts from: fenix2k & Paddy the Wak

papahet · Post by **papahet** » 24 Oct 2005, 13:55

don't work for me :(

i follow the instructions

"HardwareCursor" "1.000000"
"ScreenWidth" "1600"
"VSyncOnFlip" "1.000000"
"ScreenHeight" "1050"

& when i launch the game the resolution is 640x480.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 24 Oct 2005, 14:31

You might want to try 1680 not 1600...

Also, don't go into the Display Options once you've set the res - only into Performance...

papahet · Post by **papahet** » 24 Oct 2005, 14:40

:D works perfect yipi!!
thx paradigm.

GINTER · Post by **GINTER** » 24 Oct 2005, 16:36

(I changed it to 1920 X 1200)

"GammaB" "1.973183"
"GammaG" "1.973183"
"GammaR" "1.973183"
"BitDepth" "32"
"HardwareCursor" "1.000000"
"ScreenWidth" "1920"
"VSyncOnFlip" "1.000000"
"ScreenHeight" "1200"

If you go into the game and choose
... Options ... Performance ... Advanced Video Card Options ... Graphics ... it should show the 1920x1200 res in there ... second from
bottom.

Also with posts from: fenix2k & Paddy the Wak

This worked great, thank you!

It would be nice if games were released with multi-monitor support. :D

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 24 Oct 2005, 17:56

:D works perfect yipi!!
thx paradigm.

You're welcome. :) It's amazing how easy it is for a single typo to screw everything up... ;)

than · Post by **than** » 25 Oct 2005, 18:27

I have a widescreen monitor that supports up to 1280x800 resolution.However..when i change the settings.cfg to that the game resets no matter what to 640x480.Any suggestions?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 25 Oct 2005, 19:51

Are you doing this ... ?

From the solution above ...

If you go into the game and choose ... Options ... Display ... it will show up as 640x480 and then re-set it's self to this res. (So don't go into this option.)

Once you have set the res don't go here or it will reset itself.

Thri||a · Post by **Thri||a** » 26 Oct 2005, 04:44

I am doing the same thing as Than .. but every time I launch the game, it starts in 640x480. I have my monitor hooked up via DVI .. I doubt this *would cause the problem .. but more info anyways..

than · Post by **than** » 26 Oct 2005, 16:35

Someone suggesated 1280x768 and it works but my laptop can't handle F.E.A.R on such a high resolution :( .Any ideas for lower resolutions close to 800x600 but still widescreen?

Thri||a · Post by **Thri||a** » 26 Oct 2005, 21:12

Tried 1280*768, to no avail. I am running a 6800GT, with a Dell 2005FPW. I can get the game to run at 1024*768 (of course not WS), but when I change the INI, it reverts back to 640*480

Post by **skipclarke** » 27 Oct 2005, 01:13

Than,

EDTV 852X480 16:9
WXGA 1280X720 16:9
WXGA 1280X768 15:9
WXGA 1365X768 16:9
WXGA+ 1440X900 16:10
WSXGA 1600X900 16:9
WSXGA 1920X1080 16:9
WSXGA+ 1920X1200 16:10

GINTER,

Welcome - of course! :mrgreen:

pdub · Post by **pdub** » 28 Oct 2005, 09:33

Thrilla, I got a 2005fpw also, 1280x768 works fine for me, but you can't check display settings in game or it will revert back to 640x480. I tried many different resolutions like 1024x600, 1024x640, 960x640, 960x600, 720x480, 768x480, 800x480, and none worked. If your game starts up in 640x480 after the cfg change, try again. I don't know what to tell ya if it doesn't work, man.

settings.cfg

"BitDepth" "32"
"HardwareCursor" "1.000000"
"ScreenWidth" "1280"
"VSyncOnFlip" "0.000000"
"DeviceName" ".DISPLAY1"
"ScreenHeight" "768"

Thri||a · Post by **Thri||a** » 28 Oct 2005, 14:07

Quite weird .. dunno why I can't use that resolution. If I set it to 1600*900, it works, without a problem.

Maybe the Nvidia drivers?

pdub · Post by **pdub** » 29 Oct 2005, 12:24

Thrilla try 1280x720, If it doesn't work try switching from dvi plug to vga or vice versa. It maybe nvidia drivers, make sure you can set the desktop to the resolution you want, if you can't select 1280x768 or 720 in the display settings, that could be the prob.

Can somebody post lower widescreen resolutions? Like under 1000 pixels?

I can run the game at max at 800x600 but I gotta turn things down to run at 1280x768.

ThaDemon · Post by **ThaDemon** » 29 Oct 2005, 15:19

Thrilla try 1280x720, If it doesn't work try switching from dvi plug to vga or vice versa. It maybe nvidia drivers, make sure you can set the desktop to the resolution you want, if you can't select 1280x768 or 720 in the display settings, that could be the prob.

Can somebody post lower widescreen resolutions? Like under 1000 pixels?

I can run the game at max at 800x600 but I gotta turn things down to run at 1280x768.

same prob as pdub.
I wanna play widescreen in a not so high resolution, like 852x480 (or something) that was mentioned earlier in this thread

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 29 Oct 2005, 15:41

Can you have the high res, but turn on the Pixel Doubler to halve it? Probably easier to do it that way. :)

FireHawkX · Post by **FireHawkX** » 07 Nov 2005, 10:36

i tried entering my 2 suported custom resolution in the .cfg file...
which are : 1152x648 and 1776x1000 ...
unfortunately the game ALWAYS froze when i tried to load it....
at the very first screen it stops responding....
when i set the rez back to 4x3 (using the config utility) it works again....

edit : to answer jchcheng right below me, my desktop is always 1152x648 and its really great! :) -- every other game i have played in the last year or so worked perfectly... its the first time i have a game freeze on me... its very weird!

NEW Edit : Well after reading for a while on Sierra suport forums... i found out MANY people had freeze problems with the game... i tried most of the sollutions and putting the game in compatibility mode (Win2k) worked! So now i play with my custom rez and the game is GREAT! :)
laterZ

jchcheng · Post by **jchcheng** » 07 Nov 2005, 11:09

make sure yr desktop resolution is the same as the game

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