F.E.A.R. Server (Docker)

This repository provides a Dockerized F.E.A.R. multiplayer dedicated server. F.E.A.R. (Monolith, 2005) and its free multiplayer release F.E.A.R. Combat ship a Windows-only stand-alone server, FEARServer.exe. The image runs the 1.08 build of it under Wine, including the community SEC2 patch when the install has it. The image builds on lancommander/wine. It supports file overlaying using OverlayFS.

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Features

• Runs FEARServer.exe -userdirectory <dir> -optionsfile <name>, which hosts right away with no setup dialog
• Server name, port, game type, map rotation, limits and passwords are environment variables, written into the server options file on every start
• All ten game types: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Elimination, Team Elimination, SlowMo Deathmatch, Team SlowMo Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, SlowMo CTF, Conquer All and Control
• The server console is copied to docker logs
• FEARServer is a GUI app, so it runs on a virtual display (Xvfb)
• GameSpy \status\ queries on the game port for monitoring
• Supports file overlaying using OverlayFS (no file copying required)

Docker Compose Example

services:
  fear:
    image: lancommander/fear:latest
    container_name: fear

    ports:
      - "27888:27888/udp"

    volumes:
      - ./config:/config

    environment:
      FEAR_SERVER_NAME: "My F.E.A.R. Server"
      FEAR_GAME_TYPE: "deathmatch"
      FEAR_TIME_LIMIT: "15"
      FEAR_SCORE_LIMIT: "50"
      FEAR_SCMD_PASSWORD: "changeme"

    user: root
    cap_add:
      - SYS_ADMIN
    security_opt:
      - apparmor:unconfined

    restart: unless-stopped

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Game Files

F.E.A.R. is retail software with no public download. You must provide a F.E.A.R. Combat (or retail F.E.A.R. multiplayer) 1.08 install, the folder that contains FEARServer.exe, EngineServer.dll, GameDatabase.dll, Default.archcfg and the *.Arch00 archives:

• copy that folder to config/Server/, or
• set FEAR_ARCHIVE_URL to a zip of that folder, e.g. a LANCommander archive. It is downloaded and extracted on first start, if Server/FEARServer.exe doesn't exist yet.

If the install has the SEC2 patch (a SEC2/ folder listed in Default.archcfg), the server loads it. Clients and server should run the same SEC2 version.

Directory Layout (Host)

.
└── config/
    ├── Server/            # F.E.A.R. install (FEARServer.exe, *.Arch00, SEC2/ ...)
    │   └── Monolith Productions/FEARCombat/   # Server user directory (FEAR_USER_DIR)
    ├── Overlay/           # Your files, layered on top of Server/ (the generated options file,
    │                      # MPCustomizations.txt edits, ban lists and the server log land here)
    ├── Merged/            # Overlayfs merged view (auto-created, the server runs here)
    ├── wineprefix/        # Wine prefix (auto-created)
    └── Scripts/
        └── Hooks/         # PowerShell scripts run at container lifecycle hooks

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Environment Variables

These are in addition to the WINE image's variables. The FEAR_* server settings are written into <FEAR_USER_DIR>/ServerOptions/<FEAR_CONFIG>.txt on every start. Settings left empty are not touched, so you can set them in that file instead. The name, player count, limits and map list apply to the section of the selected game type.

Variable	Description	Default
FEAR_USER_DIR	Server user directory, relative to the game folder (-userdirectory). Holds ServerOptions/, MPCustomizations.txt, ban lists and the log. Created if missing	Monolith Productions/FEARCombat
FEAR_CONFIG	Options file name without .txt (-optionsfile). Created if missing	lancommander
FEAR_SERVER_NAME	SessionName	F.E.A.R. Combat
FEAR_SERVER_MESSAGE	ServerMessage, shown to joining players. \n is a line break
FEAR_PORT	Game and query port (Port)	27888
FEAR_GAME_TYPE	deathmatch, teamdeathmatch, elimination, teamelimination, slowmodeathmatch, teamslowmodeathmatch, ctf, slowmoctf, conquerall, control (GameType)	deathmatch
FEAR_MAPS	Comma-separated rotation (Mission0, Mission1 ...). A bare name goes in Worlds\ReleaseMultiplayer\; give a path with a backslash for custom maps. Empty = every map of the game type; config = keep the file's list
FEAR_MAX_PLAYERS	MaxPlayers	16
FEAR_SCORE_LIMIT	ScoreLimit (frags, points or captures)
FEAR_TIME_LIMIT	Minutes (TimeLimit)
FEAR_ROUNDS	NumRounds
FEAR_FRIENDLY_FIRE	FriendlyFire (team game types)
FEAR_PASSWORD	Join password (Password, sets UsePassword). Empty = open server
FEAR_SCMD_PASSWORD	SCMD admin password (ScmdPassword, sets AllowScmdCommands). Empty = SCMD off
FEAR_LAN_ONLY	LANOnly	true
FEAR_CONTENT_DOWNLOAD	AllowContentDownload (custom content to clients)
FEAR_ARCHIVE_URL	Zip of the game folder, used if Server/FEARServer.exe is missing
WINE_XVFB	Run on a virtual display. FEARServer needs one	true
START_EXE	Launcher	/usr/local/bin/fear-server
START_ARGS	Added to the FEARServer.exe command line, e.g. -mpcustomizations MyCustomizations.txt

Stock maps (every game type uses the same names): Asylum, Cafeteria, Campus, Construction, DeadWood, Depot, Docks, Evac, Facility, Factory, Heliport, HighTech, Labs, Office, Refinery, SpillKill, Stockpile, Streets, WaterWorks.

See Documentation/Docker.md for more detail.

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Building

The image is built FROM lancommander/wine:latest by default. To build against a local base image:

docker build --build-arg BASE_IMAGE=lancommander/wine:local -t lancommander/fear:local .

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License

F.E.A.R., the SEC2 patch and Wine are distributed under their respective licenses. This repository contains only Docker build logic and helper scripts licensed under MIT.