FEAR no-cd annoyance

[hellgiver]

I have FEAR at version 1.06 and am using the 1.04 no-cd patch and I run WinXPx64 as well. I startup FEAR using the "configuration utility" and the "launch FEAR" button. I run the game at 1024x768 so I dont have a problem, I dunno if you wanted to run it at a higher res.

Anyways, I get the same problem with the crashes and the quick save. I think there is a small memory leak with the no-cd patch or something becasue it is a bug with x64 Whenever it happens to me(I quicksave at a constant in that game becasue I played it on the hardest difficulty) I jsut restart my machine and start playign where I left off. I have to replay the area since my last quicksave, but that was usually only a small battle of some kind. It helps to run FEAR after a reboot and to not have any extraneous stuff in the background like quicklaunchers or chat programs becasue they use memory.

Hope i helped

[varimon]

ya i was running at 10x7 also with max settings and v sync. even with SLI 7900GTX's 12x9 at max would frequently cause my FPS to drop around 30 or less in the more intense environments. unacceptable so i ran 10x7 so they stayed above 60. i beat the game in 2.5 days of casual gaming on moderate difficulty. i think it crashed only twice maybe 3 times all the way thru. with the variety of saves the game has it wasnt too big a deal to lose a quick save anyway.

the original problem i'm having with the no-cd not working makes me wonder if one of MS's updates is causing the problem since the game used to work. dont see why it would only affect this game tho. anyway it's probly not worth the headache since i already beat the game. thx for the input all.