Cry Of Fear Steam Fixes

[Pau]

Okay. So I have been searching for a long time for a fix to Multiplayer, I am using the Standalone version of Cry Of Fear, since I do not own HL. After installing a patch and probably messing around with it to try and fix the problem I recieved then another problem, it crashes on startup.
I will post what I have done so far, you can try it, as one of these MAY fix the problem.

I deleted the game and re-installed it.
-- For me, did not do anything, still crashed.

** THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO CHECK FIRST. **
CHECK YOUR DRIVERS ARE UP TO DATE, ESPECIALLY YOUR VIDEO DRIVER!
To do so: Open Control Panel > System and Security > System
Look for Device Manager, which runs as admin.
Under (pc username) there would be something saying "Display Adapters" click the thing beside the name to open the drop down menu and you would see your video driver. Right click on it and choose update driver software.
It would say "How do you want to search for Driver Software?" select "Search Automatically For Updated Driver Software"
This problem can be caused by your video driver being outdated, but mines was up-to-date so the problem is still on the run.
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I installed the 64bit User patch which was the patch to fix the crashing in the levels, since on startup the problem is a crash after the logo and upon loading the menu and such it doesnt respond, I installed it.
-- Nothing different.

Downloaded and installed the 1.5 patch. Steam doesnt always have the up-to-date version for certain games, so its probably best to check just in case and install, even if it may break your game. This patch was to make it up to date to play on servers.
Link: www.cry-of-fear.com/patches/patch.exe
---- Still Nothing.

Instead of running it in openGL mode " -gl " I ran it in " -d3d "
----- Nope nope nope.

Deleted saves and reset unlockables in case it was any conflict with the version of the standalone or corrupted data.
-- Nothing at all.

If any of these happen to work for you, kudos. If you have a suggestion of what to do that I havent done as yet feel free. I can also help with your problems somewhat if you comment.
P.S I check the actual cry of fear forums.

[Pau]

PC info. :

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.130318-1532)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite L645D
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.60
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) II P540 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3834MB RAM
Page File: 2716MB used, 4951MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

DxDiag notes :
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

Display devices:
Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9712)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9712&SUBSYS_FDD01179&REV_00
Display Memory: 1913 MB
Dedicated Memory: 252 MB
Shared Memory: 1661 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: LGD029B
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (59.973Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: atiu9p64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,atiu9pag,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.14.0001.6099 (English)
Driver Version: 8.712.2.1000
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/15/2010 12:00:06, 28160 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D452-11CF-1A65-D1DDA1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9712
SubSys ID: 0xFDD01179
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem2.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:BR_97313_ati2mtag_RS880M:8.712.2.1000:pci\ven_1002&dev_9712&subsys_fdd01179
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C

D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

Just in-case anyone was wondering.

[DNR3]

Originally posted by Neko:

Downloaded and installed the 1.5 patch. Steam doesnt always have the up-to-date version for certain games, so its probably best to check just in case and install, even if it may break your game. This patch was to make it up to date to play on servers.
Link: www.cry-of-fear.com/patches/patch.exe
---- Still Nothing.

The steam version is 1.6, you're downgrading the game with that patch.

[Pau]

Originally posted by DNR3:

Originally posted by Neko:

Downloaded and installed the 1.5 patch. Steam doesnt always have the up-to-date version for certain games, so its probably best to check just in case and install, even if it may break your game. This patch was to make it up to date to play on servers.
Link: www.cry-of-fear.com/patches/patch.exe
---- Still Nothing.

The steam version is 1.6, you're downgrading the game with that patch.

Even when I delete everything and install it again it still doesnt work. Patch or not.

[DNR3]

Originally posted by Neko:

Originally posted by DNR3:

The steam version is 1.6, you're downgrading the game with that patch.

Even when I delete everything and install it again it still doesnt work. Patch or not.

What doesn't work? You first said that the multiplayer doesn't' work and then that the game crashes. Is the game crashing after that clean reinstall you did?

And by multiplayer you mean the server browser or something else? The server browser doesn't work for anyone The devs are trying to fix it.

[Pau]

Originally posted by DNR3:

Originally posted by Neko:

Even when I delete everything and install it again it still doesnt work. Patch or not.

What doesn't work? You first said that the multiplayer doesn't' work and then that the game crashes. Is the game crashing after that clean reinstall you did?

And by multiplayer you mean the server browser or something else? The server browser doesn't work for anyone The devs are trying to fix it.

At first I was trying to get multiplayer to work. My friends cannot join the game no matter what I did. I even tried changing hosts, using hamachi, not using hamachi (port forwarding), nothing. I could not join the game at all.
I didnt mean the server browser. I know theres a problem with that already.


Most of the thread I am talking about the crash on startup and different things I did. Yes. Its still crashing. Everywhere I search it always says "refer to this thread" and the thread doesnt fix my problem at all.
Another thread on the forum states its due to bad settings. Everything is up to date, and I tried running it in 2D menu. Nothing works.