Template:Infobox game/row/osxporterWarnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- The official multiplayer service is no longer available,[1] see this thread or RVSGaming for a solution.
General information
- ALLR6 All Rainbow Six Community
- HOW TO PLAY ONLINE 2017+
- Ubisoft game page
- Official Forum
- Rainbow Six Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition comes with the base game and the Athena Sword expansion
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath |
US version UK version |
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Essential improvements
Multiplayer
- HOW TO PLAY ONLINE 2017+
Install Iron Wrath on a non-US/UK version
Edit RavenShield.ini
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\system\RavenShield.ini\
- Find the following line, and set it to this value.
[Engine.Engine]
Language=int
- Install Iron Wrath.
- You can now restore the previous state of your file.
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LAN
One of Ubisoft's servers was responsible for ensuring that a key could not be used by two separate people, both online, which is perfectly normal, and locally. That forced a home to buy the game as many times as there were potential players, which is perfectly outrageous. This server took a long time to be disabled, but today is done. Now to play locally, just click OK without entering any serial key.
The original technique for bypass the key check was:
Edit GSRouters.dat and RavenShield.ini
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\system\GSRouters.dat\
- Find the following line, and set it to this value.
CDKeyServerIP0=eagscdkey-mtl1.ubisoft.com
- Go to
<path-to-game>\system\RavenShield.ini\
- Find the following line, and set it to this value.
m_szUbiRemFileURL=http://eagsconnect.ubisoft.com/gsinit.php?user=%s&dp=%s
Notes
- After these changes, you had to restore the previous configuration if you did want to play online.
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Skip intro videos
Raven Shield[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Videos\
- Move, delete or rename the following files.
Videos\Logos.bik
Videos\int\RS_Intro.bik
Notes
- The
Logos.bik file is also used for the Athena Sword expansion.
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Athena Sword[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Mods\AthenaSword\Videos\int\
- Move, delete or rename the following file.
Videos\int\RS_Intro.bik
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Patches
Latest version for the vanilla game is 1.60. Patch for different regions can be found here. If your region isn't in the previous folder (like Czech, Polish and Japanese editions) check here.
If you have the Athena Sword DLC, then look here and choose the right version for your game. For other languages check here again.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
RavenShield.ini .
- Find the following line, and set it to this value.
StartupFullscreen=False
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Input settings
In-game key map settings.
Template:Input settings
Edit User.ini[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Save\Profiles
- Edit
User.ini (make sure you have run the game at least once)
[Engine.PlayerInput]
MouseSmoothingMode=0
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Edit User.ini[citation needed]
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- Calculate your sensitivity for UT2004 on mouse-sensitivity.com
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Save\Profiles
- Edit
User.ini (make sure you have run the game at least once)
[Engine.Input]
W=MoveForward | setsensitivity 0.123456
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Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Network
In-game multiplayer settings.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
80, 6667, 7777-7787, 8777-8787, 40000-42000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Screen flickering
Custom DLL[citation needed]
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- Download the following archive.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\system\ and extract the files.
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Windowed Mode[citation needed]
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- See Windowed.
- Run the game, then deploy a squad in any in-game mission.
- See Borderless Gaming.
Notes
- Avoid setting the game into a borderless mode while in any menus or they'll otherwise break.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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OpenGL |
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OS X only. |
Shader Model support |
1.4 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Karma |
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Audio |
OpenAL |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Multiplayer |
PunkBuster, Ubi.com |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB (Windows 98, ME and 2000) 256 MB (Windows XP) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.2.6 |
10.2.6 |
Processor (CPU) |
733 MHz
| Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
128 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References