F.E.A.R latest patch help

Ajwilson20 · 29 Sep 2008 at 20:54

I want to play the first f.e.a.r. game as i have borrowed it off a friend but it wont let me set the resolution to 1680x1050. I read that i need the newest patch to give me the option, think its 1.08. I cant seem to be able to find the uk version of this patch that incorporates all the patches and have managed to download the american patch twice (once through the auto patcher) which is annoying as they are about 600mb each and it wont run with the game.

Anyone know a link where i can find the version i need?

NVIDIA_x64 · 29 Sep 2008 at 21:15

http://www.gamershell.com/pc/fear/downloads.html

LoadsaMoney · 29 Sep 2008 at 21:37

You don't need the latest patch to set your res, you can just go into your Documents and Settings folder > All Users > Shared Documents > Monolith Productions > Fear, open the settings .cfg with notepad, and put 1680x1050 in the ScreenWidth/ScreenHeight and save it, then when you load the game up, don't go into the Display setting as that resets it, just go into the Performance tab, and set your gfx options as normal (you'll see your res displayed at the bottom).

Ajwilson20 · 29 Sep 2008 at 21:38

thanks, will get downloading them now

Ajwilson20 · 29 Sep 2008 at 21:52

Tried that settings thing with the cfg file and seems to have done the trick. Is it worth getting the patches, was there any major bugs that it fixed?

ten80p · 30 Sep 2008 at 23:24

Some useful info here
http://www.tweakguides.com/FEAR_1.html

I've just played all 3 FEAR titles back to back, I'd recommend installing the latest patch but I think the latter ones were aimed more at multiplayer fixes though

HangTime · 4 Oct 2008 at 00:18

I think this is what you need: fear_update_engb_100-107_108.exe
Weighs in at ~300meg.

Always worth getting the latest patch IMO, first thing I do when installing a new game.

williamd · 4 Oct 2008 at 08:47

The first FEAR supports wide screen anyway. It's only EP that doesn't