Cry of Fear: Unofficial Patch: 1.0 Release & Debut news

Featuring over fifty improvements to the game, through worldmodels, viewmodels, characters, and sound effects! Consistency improvements, visual fixes, and more - read on for more info, or download the patch below!

If you'd like to get in on the action with your own suggestions for a future patch, submit them in this google form here: Forms.gle

Now...on with the patch!

• Viewmodel sleeve consistency
• Hunting Rifle
• Gewehr
• Sledgehammer

• Hunting Rifle
• Hand rigging corrected

• MP5
• Fixed UV errors on the barrel and elsewhere + visible UV wireframe
• Added additional detail to the viewmodel (underdetailed compared to other weapons)
• Reduced presence of dead frames at the end of both reload animations

• Nightstick
• Fixed stray grey pixels

• Flare
• Made consistent with updated worldmodel texture

• Gas mask
• Corrected missing backfaces on clips for the Doctor viewmodel
• Ditto, for the Simon viewmodel

• Branch
• Updated model with higher-quality viewmodel (still pretty low-poly)
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Flare
  • This had the effect of fixing an inconsistency as the worldmodel was using a downscaled version of older flare textures
• Recreated flare texture to remove shadowing to then apply to the worldmodel texture

• Gewehr
• Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Glock
• UVs and geometry in places corrected
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Lantern
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• M16
  • This had the effect of fixing an inconsistency as the worldmodel was using a downscaled version of older M16 textures
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• MP5
• Fixed UV errors on the barrel and elsewhere + visible UV wireframe

• MP9
• Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Nightstick
  
  • Corrected stray grey pixels
  • Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it
  • Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel
    • This had the effect of fixing an inconsistency as the worldmodel was using a downscaled version of older nightstick textures

• P345
• Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Revolver
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Hunting Rifle
• Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it. Probably the most substantial improvement of all the weapons
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Shotgun
• Improved worldmodel model quality
• Made shotgun tube consistent with the viewmodel (viewmodel has a shorter tube and no barrel joiner)
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Sledgehammer
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Switchblade
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Syringe
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• VP70
• Reconstructed the worldmodel from the viewmodel to correct numerous errors introduced during decimation. Slightly higher poly, but quality increase worth it
• Viewmodel textures applied to the worldmodel

• Gas Mask
• Restored back-faces missing on the gas mask item worldmodel
• Removed remnants of Purnell’s flesh from the edges of the gas mask

• Dead Sick Simon
• Re-posed arm to avoid clipping into the leg/body

• Dead Sophie
• Closed eyelids for consistency with other dead models and reused eye UV space to prevent stretching

• Cutscene Simon Consistency
• The older Simon model in the intro nightmare that smashes the glass has now been replaced with the final game’s model, complete with a unique “tears” variant reskin for consistency
• The older Simon model in the AOM package easter egg room in the TL Trading building has been replaced with the final game’s model, complete with a unique “tears” variant reskin for consistency

• Player Sick Simon
• Fixed missing transparency on the playermodel version of Sick Simon

• Police
• All police models made consistent with improvements made during the Manhunt update
• Special thanks to LadyJaneThrace for this contribution!

• Older bike model
• Replaced the older red bike model with the higher-quality/finalised red bike model
• Replaced the grey older bike model with a new grey skin for the higher-quality/finalised bike model
• Replaced the blue older bike model with a new blue skin for the higher-quality/finalised bike model

• Apartments Ceiling Arm
• Corrected UV errors on the cutscene version of the model
• Applied viewmodel textures to the worldmodel of the glock used for the ceiling arm, both in the cutscene model and worldprop model

• Cutscene child
• Replaced older cutscene child model with the final game’s model

• Doctor Boss Weapon Reload Sounds
• Older P345 reload sounds replaced with a new sound file constructed from final P345 reload sounds
• Older Revolver reload sounds replaced with a new sound file constructed from the final Revolver reload sounds
• Special thanks to LadyJaneThrace for these contributions!
• Suicider Glock
• Weapon firing sound replaced with the final game’s weapon firing sound

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Thanks for checking out this patch! More updates may come in the future, depending on reception to this initial release, feature suggestions, and our own idea brainstorming. Enjoy a deep dive back into the nightmare!