Overview
This guide will tell you how to be able to play multiplayer, because standard in game ‘Online play’ doesn’t work anymore, since Gamespy shut master server down in 2014.
How to connect
Since we cannot use standard multiplayer option in the game, we have to use Lan emulator software to be able to connect via ‘Local Network’ in the game. For that purpose we are currently using a software called Radmin VPN. It has proven to be very reliable and we had little to no problems connecting to each other. Also, latency is as good as it gets with VPN. You can download it here: [link] . After you have downloaded and installed it in order to play with our community you will need to join our network. Simply comment on this guide or send me a friend request, so I can add you to our group chat where we gather to play fear 2 multiplayer, and there we will also give you network name and password so you can connect and play with others. After that, just open the game click start->local network->join and if someone is hosting a lobby, you should be able to see it and join it.
IMPORTANT: Common fix for not being able to find Fear 2 lobby (Windows 10): Go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Change Adapter Settings -> right click on Radmin VPN-> Properties -> under ‘Networking’ tab, find “Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”, select it and click Properties -> under General tab, click Advanced -> under IP settings tab, unselect “Automatic metric” and set “Interface metric” to 1.
Update history
31.5.2014. Gamespy master server shuts down. Online ranked and unranked play is not possible anymore.
7.1.2015. This guide is created. We are using Lan emulator called Tunngle to play multiplayer.
30.4.2018. Tunngle service shuts down. We are now using another Lan emulator called Evolve.
11.11.2018. Evolve has shutdown. We are currently using Hamachi to connect and play multiplayer.
25.5.2020. After some issues with Hamachi, community has decided to migrate to another service called ‘Radmin VPN’.