How To Fix Red Alert 2 Black Screen Windows 7

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

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F.E.A.R 2 black screen on startup FIXED

This is a fix for all the people who get a black screen on startup and can't get into the game! (Tested on Win10 64bits)

FIX 1

Quick Note - If you fail any of the steps below and get stuck with the program not opening anymore or a black screen, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE and open "TASK MANAGER" and right click on "F.E.A.R 2" and then hit "END TASK" and everything should be fine :D

Anyway let's start the tutorial now!

In your steam "LIBRARY" (1) search for "F.E.A.R" (2)

Right click on "F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin" (3) and Select "Properties" (4)

In "GENERAL" under "LAUNCH OPTIONS" type -safemode (5) then exit (6)

Launch the Game and say "YES" to all!

While the game is loading SPAM LEFT CLICK to not get sent back to the desktop!

After the LEFT CLICK SPAM you will get an endless BLACK SCREEN, simply press ENTER OR SPACE KEY and you should see the GAMESPY LOGO appear and then the ingame Menu!

(1) When you are in the Menu go to "OPTIONS" then "PERFORMANCE" and Change the resolution to 1920x1080 (or anything you want but preferably above 1024x768)

(2) After you have changed your resolution click on "APPLY RESOLUTION CHANGES"

You will get sent back to the Deskop but the game should still be open in your taskbar. Simply click on the F.E.A.R 2 logo in your taskbar to get sent back into the game

You will then see a message about keeping the changes, pick "YES"

In "ADVANCED SETTINGS" Max out everything if you can but DISABLE MOTION BLUR!
(People have problems when motion blur is ON so turn it OFF!)

Save and Exit the game!

Remove the -safemode in "LAUNCH OPTIONS"

Launch the game and see if this fixed your problem!

(You might get sent back to the Deskop again! but the game should still be open in your taskbar. Simply click on the F.E.A.R 2 logo in your taskbar to get sent back into the game!

FIX 2

Quick Note - This fix can be used for most old games, but it doesn't work for everyone.

In your steam "LIBRARY" (1) search for "F.E.A.R" (2)

Right click on "F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin" (3) and Select "Properties" (4)

In "LOCAL FILES" (5) click the "Verify integrity of game cache..." button (6)

Steam will verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes and Exit (7)

Search for your FEAR2.EXE in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FEAR2

Right click on FEAR2.EXE (1) click on "Properties" (2) and then click on the Compatibility button (3)

Tick the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select Windows 7 or Windows XP (Service Pack 2) (1) then tick the box "Run this program as administrator" (2) and click on the "Apply" button (3)

Launch the game and see if this fixed your problem!

FIX 3

Quick Note - You will need to install 7-Zip for this fix, it will help for extracting the file "l3codeca.acm" from "WMFADist.EXE" to your FEAR 2 folder.

Install 7-zip[www.7-zip.org]

Search for "WMFADist.EXE" located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FEAR2\Support

Right click on "WMFADist.EXE" (1) then select "7-Zip" (2) and click on "Open Archive" (3)

Click on the "l3codeca.acm" file (1) and click on "Copy" (2) and paste it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FEAR2 (3) then click "OK" (4)