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Cry of Fear

Cry of Fear was a Half-Life mod. One year and two months later, it released as a standalone game on Steam.

Unused Graphics#

cached.wad#

Leftover loading graphics from Half Life.

cryoffear_halflife_leftover1.png cryoffear_halflife_leftover2.png

cof_new.wad#

Crude placeholder textures for paper and glass.

Very professional. C2_paperlol.png

Screens for a preview/demo version, despite the game always being free.

C2_snb1.png C2_snb2.png C2_enddemo.png

Hidden "LOL" outside the visible area of a subway light texture.

palette.bmp#

A quick doodle of a blue, neutral-looking face.

Somebody's watching me!

zhlt.wad#

Level editor leftovers.

cryoffear_AAATRIGGER.png cryoffear_BEVEL.png cryoffear_CLIP.png cryoffear_HINT.png cryoffear_NULL.png cryoffear_origin.png cryoffear_SKIP.png cryoffear_sky.png

cutscene_test.mdl#

The texture file of cutscene_test.mdl. The unused file can be seen in-action here.

v_mobile.mdl#

Inside v_mobile.mdl, an unused text message can be found under the name of fullbright_mess6.bmp. Also worth noting, the texture itself seems to be unedited as the logo and name of the phone are present.

Take the stairs, up, up, up. I've got something to show you.

(Source: Cry of Fear Wikia)

Unused Model#

error.mdl#

An error if a model ever accidentally gets removed.

Unused Animations#

cutscene_test.mdl#

Watch on YouTube

Faster2.mdl Unused Death Animation#

An unused death animation for the "Faster" creature. Watch on YouTube

Unused Items#

Walkie-Talkie#

A walkie-talkie model can be found in the files. It may have been used sometime during co-op for communicating with other players in-game.

(Source: Cry of Fear Wikia)