How to run F.E.A.R. 3 in 2024!!!

[AkisN]

Follow my steps :
1)From steam go to F.E.A.R. 3
2)Go settings
3)Manage
4)Browse local files
5)Go to main folder "common"
6)Choose one game that run normaly in the list
7)Go into this folder game
8)Find file "steamclient64.dll" and copy
9)Go back to F.E.A.R. 3 game folder and past
10) Enjoy!!!

[__SNAKE__]

i have no such file in any game directory in "common" folder

[AkisN]

Originally posted by __SNAKE__:

i have no such file in any game directory in "common" folder

As i write find one of game that run normaly. i did it with 7 days to die

[K14M]

What kind of nonsense is this? There is no such file in any other working game!

[K14M]

Originally posted by AkisN:

https://imgur.com/a/7LfzSzN

as you see it exist and is not nonsense as you say boy

Listen here, cheeky girl, none of my games have such a file, and I have more than 200 of them on my account. Why did you crop the screenshot and not show which particular game has such a file?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388678865
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388679070
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388679218
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388679445
That's how many games I currently have installed on my PC, and there is no such file anywhere. Maybe there's only one rare game that has a name that you're afraid to reveal?

[dj_panderz | youtube]

i downloadd the file off a website and it still no work

[AkisN]

you need your file no someones else

[K14M]

Originally posted by DJ_PANDERZ:

i downloadd the file off a website and it still no work

Because it's not about this file.
The problem is with the missing Visual C++ Runtime library. My game started only after I installed all the old Visual C++ Runtime libraries.

[crowbars82]

Nice one AkisN, this has been irritating me for a few months.

For others having problems, I am on Windows 11. When I installed FEAR3 I chose to add the desktop shortcut to run the game also.

I copied the:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamclient64.dll

and pasted that into the folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\F.E.A.R. 3\

I'm not 100% certain what happened but when I double-clicked the F.E.A.R. 3.exe directly, nothing seemed to happen, but when I double-clicked my "F.E.A.R. 3" desktop icon, things started to work, I got the Warner Bro's water tower video and I'm now in the game!

For some reason, it keeps putting the game in a window, but if you press ALT+ENTER it'll full-screen again.

Finally I can maybe complete this series! Cheers :)

[bullettrain101]

Originally posted by crowbars82:

Nice one AkisN, this has been irritating me for a few months.

For others having problems, I am on Windows 11. When I installed FEAR3 I chose to add the desktop shortcut to run the game also.

I copied the:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamclient64.dll

and pasted that into the folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\F.E.A.R. 3\

I'm not 100% certain what happened but when I double-clicked the F.E.A.R. 3.exe directly, nothing seemed to happen, but when I double-clicked my "F.E.A.R. 3" desktop icon, things started to work, I got the Warner Bro's water tower video and I'm now in the game!

For some reason, it keeps putting the game in a window, but if you press ALT+ENTER it'll full-screen again.

Finally I can maybe complete this series! Cheers :)

This isn't working for me. Granted I'm not on Windows 11 but seeing as the game worked fine a few months ago this is pretty BS it's not now.

[crowbars82]

The EXE update appears to be random. I've posted this for those having problems:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/21100/discussions/0/596261972223260597/