Cry of Fear installation

[Maddie_son]

I have been trying to install Cry o FEar's mod into half life, just to have a back up for personal reasons, but when I download it, it installs, and I can launch it. But the steam is smeared, and the text shows up like five times, and literally smears across the screen. How do you fix this? I have manually installed patches for 64 bit PCs to increase stability that I opened with a rar reader, and everything. Nothing is working. Is it because I own the steam version? Or what the hell is happening here? Anyone better with computers able to help? Because I want a back up title.

[[ITA] YouF]

Sorry, but I don' t understand, can you explain the problem better?

If you are trying to install Cry Of Fear mod version in Half-Life steam version as I know it won' t work because of a past update made by Valve that has broke Half-Life mods: http://www.cry-of-fear.com/forum/index.php?topic=3220.0

If you want install Cry Of Fear into Half-Life non Steam version as a mod problably you could try with this: http://www.indiedb.com/games/cry-of-fear/downloads/cry-of-fear-10-original-installer

If you want to make a Cry Of Fear backup from standalone version I think you can just make a copy of Cry Of Fear standalone version folder.

Sorry for my eventual not very well english.

[Maddie_son]

I had gotten Afraid of Monsters to work, but not cry of fear.


PC games were made for modding, people should stop trying to stop us from modding games.

[[ITA] YouF]

As I said before, Valve has broke Half-Life mods for Half-Life steam version, 5 years ago, with an update to bring Half-Life also on Linux, so, if you want to insist to install Cry Of Fear as an Half-Life mod, I think you can install it on an Half-Life steam version that is before the update that has broke mods or on Half-Life non steam version.

Then, in the description of this video is written that mods such Cry Of Fear requires also source sdk 2006-2007 to work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnsuaYlQfbU

[Maddie_son]

Originally posted by McTurner:

As I said before, Valve has broke Half-Life mods for Half-Life steam version, 5 years ago, with an update to bring Half-Life also on Linux, so, if you want to insist to install Cry Of Fear as an Half-Life mod, I think you can install it on an Half-Life steam version that is before the update that has broke mods or on Half-Life non steam version.

Then, in the description of this video is written that mods such Cry Of Fear requires also source sdk 2006-2007 to work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnsuaYlQfbU

Damn, where can I find the old half life, or the SDK. Preferably a safe SDK mod. Or are you saying since I have Afraid of Monsters, I cannot re-mod half life?

[Maddie_son]

Originally posted by McTurner:

As I said before, Valve has broke Half-Life mods for Half-Life steam version, 5 years ago, with an update to bring Half-Life also on Linux, so, if you want to insist to install Cry Of Fear as an Half-Life mod, I think you can install it on an Half-Life steam version that is before the update that has broke mods or on Half-Life non steam version.

Then, in the description of this video is written that mods such Cry Of Fear requires also source sdk 2006-2007 to work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnsuaYlQfbU

Do you know where I can find Source 2006 or 7?

[[ITA] YouF]

The oldest Half-Life version are easy to find also with just just YouTube.

The SDK can be download by "Tools" section of Steam.

Anyway, I don' t know how Half-Life oldest versions and SDK from Steam can work together.

I think the only way to get a working backup of Cry Of Fear that can be played also without Steam(if is this that interests you) is get some repack/steamrip of Cry Of Fear.

[Maddie_son]

Originally posted by McTurner:

The oldest Half-Life version are easy to find also with just just YouTube.

The SDK can be download by "Tools" section of Steam.

Anyway, I don' t know how Half-Life oldest versions and SDK from Steam can work together.

I think the only way to get a working backup of Cry Of Fear that can be played also without Steam(if is this that interests you) is get some repack/steamrip of Cry Of Fear.

I found SDK last night, still cannot find a way to get Cry Of Fear working though. I do not know what the person in the video meant.

[[ITA] YouF]

Yeah, the same person of the video said that his illustrated method doesn' t work with Cry Of Fear and also others mods that require SDK.

[Maddie_son]

Been trying to fidle with SDK, no fixes yet. Still shows up smeared. May crack and non steam the mod when I can afford it.

[[ITA] YouF]

As I said also before, for backup reasons, probably the only way to play Cry Of Fear without Steam is a cracked/repacked/steamrip version of Cry Of Fear, that I also saw on Internet but didn' t try yet, otherwise, is better use the standalone Steam version, that could have problably also more support.

Anyway, Cry Of Fear as Half-Life mod problably doesn' t have ways to work, otherwise, at least a tutorial on how to let it work could had already been made at this time.

[Maddie_son]

Originally posted by McTurner:

As I said also before, for backup reasons, probably the only way to play Cry Of Fear without Steam is a cracked/repacked/steamrip version of Cry Of Fear, that I also saw on Internet but didn' t try yet, otherwise, is better use the standalone Steam version, that could have problably also more support.

Anyway, Cry Of Fear as Half-Life mod problably doesn' t have ways to work, otherwise, at least a tutorial on how to let it work could had already been made at this time.

With Steam removing games, I am just afraid they will remove Cry of Fear, I have 50 hours in that game, and it is one of my most played.

[[ITA] YouF]

Oh ok, I understood, but for me is improbable that Steam will delete Cry Of Fear, as I know they removed only games by developers known for develop really low-quality games or for bad behavior against users and I think with this game won' t be the case lol.

Anyway, a backup of the game can be made also trough Steam right-clicking on game's title in "Library" section of Steam and selecting backup, but Steam is required to restore it: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-yphv-2033&l=english

[Maddie_son]

Originally posted by McTurner:

Oh ok, I understood, but for me is improbable that Steam will delete Cry Of Fear, as I know they removed only games by developers known for develop really low-quality games or for bad behavior against users and I think with this game won' t be the case lol.

Anyway, a backup of the game can be made also trough Steam right-clicking on game's title in "Library" section of Steam and selecting backup, but I don' t know if with the backup is also required Steam.

Thank you, I put so much time into this game, got a lot of the outfits, and camera of death. 50 hours time played as well, and it just became my top played game over Fallout. It's a really good game to me, criminally underrated even.