F.E.A.R. is one of the best first-person shooters ever made. Created by Monolith, it amazed players with its smart enemy AI. However, the game didn’t run well on modern PCs. Thankfully, a new mod has been released that makes big improvements. So, let’s take a closer look at it.
EchoPatch for F.E.A.R. updates the game and its expansions with modern features like HUD scaling, high-framerate support, XInput controller support, and other QoL improvements. This fan patch is designed not to be intrusive. It doesn’t change game files or gameplay by default. Instead, it focuses only on fixing issues and improving the overall experience.
The mod makes the HUD (texts, crosshair, and icons) scale properly with your screen resolution. It also fixes problems that happen at high framerates, letting you play smoothly at up to 240FPS. In the original game, unlocking the framerate caused big physics issues, but EchoPatch fixes that. Now, you can enjoy the game at really high FPS without problems. On top of that, the mod prevents the game from treating all HID devices as controllers, which helps stop framerate drops over time.
And there’s even more. EchoPatch fixes problems with controls on non-English keyboards by using hardware scan codes instead of English key names. It also removes the old 4:3 screen limit, so you can now use any widescreen resolution. The mod also removes the LOD bias, meaning the game always shows the best-quality models, no matter how far away they are. On top of that, it makes textures look sharper at a distance by improving mipmaps. Furthermore, EchoPatch adds Large Address Aware support, letting the game use up to 4 GB of memory, which helps stop loading problems.
It’s also worth noting that EchoPatch for FEAR keeps objects (bodies, blood stains, debris, bullet holes, shell casings, and glass shards) from despawning. In other words, you will enjoy the carnage you create throught the entire game. This is an amazing QoL improvement. Moreover, the mod adds HD reflections and mirrors.
In short, this is a must-have mod for everyone who wants to replay FEAR. If you are interested in it, you can go ahead and download it from this link.
Have fun!
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I prefer fear 2 and 3
Are you a console h0m0?
No. I just have good taste.
Is good taste the euphemism for piss and sh*t? because i can describe FEAR 2 and 3 that way…in that order.
weak bait mate
Fear 3 is underrated, i expected a bad game but it's really good.
Yup! It's a pretty fine game. Graphics were great of it's time and it ran even on a potato with high settings. It was scary too back in the day.
Is only less irritating in coop, may as well belong to a different franchise…
I liked it too, the gameplay is honestly pretty addicting, but it's just not a FEAR game at all. I just wish if they made a new IP with that gameplay instead of using the FEAR name for it.
It'a better than 2 for sure.
How?!
2 was ok, but 3 was not a F.E.A.R. game.
those reflections, no ray tracing, speaking of which, the light just cast shadows, again no raytracing.
reflections on containers make it look like a UE4 asset flip
The flashlight in FEAR doesn't cast dynamic shadows, which is a shame especially one year after Doom 3, but don't get me wrong it's just a nitpick, i love the game.
RT sucks for the raw power it requires but beside that performance problem it's technically 10 times more accurate than classic rasterization, it's a fact
It doesn't cast dynamic shadows by default, but that can be modded in.
Yes, but the mod has a couple of issues and doesn’t work with the expansions
One mod i liked is i think Fear Complete edition, which basically put all campaigns in one game and added weapons and skins from Fear 2 into Fear 1, i think they offered the full game as standalone on moddb which is basically piracy in a modding site, lolz.
I remember that mod, really enjoyable, it was made by russians so it makes sense that they would do something like that.
Pretty sure the original F.E.A.R had options for widescreen resolutions.
Funnily enough F.E.A.R Extraction Point, which came out a year later, did not have those options for some reason.
Yeah but still easily fixable
Nice. Modding articles are the best
This is a real FPS, not like the trash they make today.
And it was made by real men for real men, not by spoiled gay soyboys for spoiled gay soyboys with 0 testosterones.
This is awesome, reminds me of that Splinter Cell mod that also fixes graphical bugs.
Splinter Cell Enhanced. Yup! you should download the latest 1.3 version, it adds new animations, graphics settings, more graphics fixes & QoL stuff you don't want to miss. I know the guy, he's absolute genius.
Doing what Ubisoft will never do or 1) Charge 30 bucks for a remaster with no near the features SCE does 2) Replace the OG with a demake made for modern audiences.
Agree. The ubisoft I loved ended a long time ago with Origins and Wildlands. So for me that company doesn't even exist anymore and I'm just happy to see mods for all these classic games
Back when level design was still a thing. 😢
FPS back then felt like you were exploring real life locations.
Haven't felt that way in almost 20 years.
F.E.A.R. is one of the best first-person shooters ever made.
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Making the definitive versions of classics. Love to see it.
That is pretty much what a typical 29,99 Remaster would feature
…which should be just a free Enhanced Edition patch to fix it for modern systems, and would rack up sales again, revive the franchise and even set the landscape for a sequel, for maybe a month of work of a handful of professional devs that already worked on and know the engine and have full access to it.
But No… Because you know… R3t4rded executives.
hell yea!
Yes!!!!!!!!
Just to inform you about an unofficial patch for Dead Space 2 made by the same authors that just been released, it's named MarkerPatch (Google it), it fixes the most annoying issues of DS2 and makes the PC version up to PC standards:
– Stabilizes Havok physics at high framerates, preventing corpses and limbs from flying across rooms.
– Fixes crash on systems with more than 10 CPU cores.
– Mouse raw input support.
– Corrects VSync to use the selected refresh rate instead of forcing 30 FPS.
– Enables proper subtitle scaling at resolutions above 720p.
– Disables online connectivity attempts and removes related error messages (servers are offline).
– Additional features include DLC management, anisotropic filtering override, corpse persistence, intro skip, and more. All options are configurable through MarkerPatch.ini.
I hope DS1 and 3 would get the same treatment, and since it's open-source, i hope the community will find a way to port the Severed story DLC that has never been released on PC, kudos to the Author !
Thanks for the heads-up!
Just curious, where did you hear about it? What website or what account (on what website) notified you about it?
It’s on PCGamingwiki, check the “recent changes” page regularly, most of the time it’s just minor corrections or updates to the Wiki but sometimes you get good news for fixes and enhancements.
gameplay-wise still miles ahead from the current generation of gayme.
I hope the same can be done with Condemned: Criminal Origins
This game will forever be one of the greatest FPS games ever made! An absolute masterpiece of FPS gaming!
seriously. its awesome that it got a great mod like this. definitely gonna do another playthrough someday.