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if you want to take a look at the game files you can use the Arch00 Explorer for the first F.E.A.R.

just google arch00 extractor and grab the "FEAR SP Demo arch00 Extractor" from filefront.

go to file->open and type *.* [enter] to be able to pick the arch01 files

I just want to know if its possible to turn off that noise filter,

There is a "clarity mod" out there that does just that.

ok i'm downloading the demo to c if the fix works becuase i can't get it working with the steam version :( it's a nocd as well

then i'll report back

Here is the clarity mod http://www.projectorigincommunity.com/forum/showpost.php?p=95549&postcount=1

Well going from the quote that Mobster has from DF, I am in the majority! The hack has Left 0 Top 0 Right 640 Bottom 480 so I replace the Right and Bottom values with 5040 and 1050? Makes no sense to me, but fair enough. OK but it then says F5 enable F6 disable in the hack but * enable in the readme.
Neither seems to do anything for my Demo version...

Well going from the quote that Mobster has from DF, I am in the majority! The hack has Left 0 Top 0 Right 640 Bottom 480 so I replace the Right and Bottom values with 5040 and 1050? Makes no sense to me, but fair enough. OK but it then says F5 enable F6 disable in the hack but * enable in the readme.
Neither seems to do anything for my Demo version...

lol , u saved me 1.8 gigs of demo download :P

i wanted to get the demo so i can c if it was my steam version, i guess it doesn't work on the demo as well?

hmmmm....

maybe we're doing something wrong?

Racer_s please provide us with some more instructions becuase you clearly got it working :)

thanks again

we're really close i can feel it ><

also my nocd .exe is version 1.0.2240.0 if that helps?

Yeah, if we knew which No-CD to get it would help. Unless it didn't matter. But I wouldn't mind knowing, ya know?

upon further research, there is only 1 version of the fear2 nocd and that's the one i got lol! version 1.0.2240.0

0_o i'm confused ;/

Dear racer_s,

we just need lik 1 min of ur time to tell use which nocd u used and how exactly do we use the fix?

the fix is very confusing? thanks

My FEAR2.exe is version 1.0.2240.0.

The fix is working for me here... just tried it.. I dont have another machine to test it on at the moment.

Did anyone manage to get it working?

I have some time today to poke around a bit.

F5 enables the fix, dont press it until you are in game (weapon in hand)

for triplewide my settings are left 0 top 0 right 5040 bottom 1050

here is a brighter screenshot



its looking really crappy :(

I tried installing the FEAR1 sdk to try and open the Arch01 files but it needs FEAR1 installed which I dont have.. maybe somebody with FEAR1 can look into this?

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Tools/FEAR-Public-108-Tools.shtml

It's... weird.

If you look, it's scaling the image vertically, but not horizontally.

You can see this by looking at the bottom/top sides of the bench or LCD. If you look at the sides, though, you can see heavy stair-stepping (image being scaled vertically).

This makes it seem like it's being rendered internally at a lower vertical resolution and then scaled to fit the screen.

Also, you can see the crosshair underneath the seven on the calendar. : P

Also, you can see the crosshair underneath the seven on the calendar. : P

:shock: nice spot!

I tried installing the FEAR1 sdk to try and open the Arch01 files but it needs FEAR1 installed which I dont have..

Rumor has it FEAR 1 file tools like Arche Noah or MultiEx would work better than the SDK anyway... Did you try these ?

hi Racer_S

:P

your fix not working for me.........

this is link to extract arch01 files ....little program name "gobread"



http://forum.xentax.com/download/file.php?id=1633&sid=a8837fcaac47ae19f1474e593af7b9a2

I can't get the full version working.

These are from the demo fix Racer sent to me ...

Motion blur and HDR off ...


Motion blur and HDR on ...


Motion blur and HDR off ...


Motion blur and HDR off ...


Motion blur and HDR on ...

Also, you can see the crosshair underneath the seven on the calendar. : P

The whole HUD is on the left in Racer's shot ... for me using the fix for the demo I start the game and then atl-tab to start the fix whilst on the main menu puts it on the centre screen.

a little update...

I've found some config settings..

C:Documents and Settings[user]My DocumentsWBGamesFEAR2settings.cfg

You can add these lines:

run the game windowed:
"Windowed" "1.000000"

change the aspect ratio, but letterboxing still there:
"FovAspectRatioScale" "1.000000"

changes the FOV:
"FovY" "90.00000"

does nothing?
"UseWideScreen" "1.000000"



i was trying these, have no effect?
"LetterBoxPercent" "2.000000"
"LetterBoxDisabled" "1.000000"
"LetterBox" "0.000000"


i'm looking through the strings in gameclient.dll to find a possible setting to get rid of the letterboxing

omg so much has happened since i posted the msg last night 0_o woooooot

thank you soo much for your effort :)

However i still can't get the game to work with my nocd.exe :( it's the same version as the one you have racer_s ?

it's weird how no one can get it to work.


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actually can you please upload your nocd.exe file racer s???

:) i think that would solve our issues:)
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Well those pictures that Paddy posted do show significant improvement over the regular screens. I've still got hope for this one.

Next weeks patch could change all this ...
From the patch notes ...

-Implemented a toggle for switching between widescreen (16:9) and full screen (4:3) in the Options|Performance|Advanced Settings menu

http://www.projectorigincommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7446