Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 28, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 85 |
IGDB | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | Rainbow Six |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Subseries of Tom Clancy | |
Rainbow Six | 1998 |
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | 1999 |
Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials | 2000 |
Rainbow Six: Take-Down | 2001 |
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn | 2001 |
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 |
Rainbow Six: Lockdown | 2006 |
Rainbow Six: Vegas | 2006 |
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | 2008 |
Rainbow Six Siege | 2015 |
Rainbow Six Extraction | 2022 |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Rainbow Six series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 4 DRM[Note 1]. Italian covermount is DRM-free. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Map Pack | Available for free. See Map Pack. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.06, available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls.
Map Pack
- The only official map pack for the game. it includes all the content from the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 DLCs (Player's Pack Red Edition and Player's Pack Black Edition, 10 maps total). It can be downloaded from PCGamingWiki.
- Ambient noises will not play on the extra maps.
- Polish and Russian fonts don't display properly due to the fact that they don't use the proper characters.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Engine\Config[Note 2] %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\R6Vegas\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13540/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\R6Vegas\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13540/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect | [3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | No native support for 16:10 resolutions, use the resolution patcher. HUD is centered in 4:3 regardless of setting, see HUD is in the 4:3 middle of the screen on wide resolutions. |
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Multi-monitor | Not natively supported. See instructions on Widescreen Gaming Forum. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Not natively supported. See instructions on Widescreen Gaming Forum. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use this guide to change the FOV. | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Some aspects of the game are tied to the frame rate. Characters may twitch unnaturally when idling at high frame rates. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anisotropic filtering[citation needed] |
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Remove the bloom/haze effects
- This removes the bloom/haze but retains the thermal/night vision and other blur effects.
Remove effects[4] |
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//float3 BloomColor = BlurColor * BlurScreenThresold.g + BlurScreenThresold.r; //BloomColor = max(BloomColor, 0.0f) * BlurScreenAmount; |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ↵ Enter cannot be bound to commands. Mouse wheel scrolling does nothing and cannot be bound to commands. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | The game always uses the modified bullet collision data adopted for the mouse aim accuracy, see "Issues fixed" section to revert the game to the Xbox 360 version behaviour. | |
Full controller support | One time prompt to enable controller support, which cannot be answered with a controller. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Uses the same toggle. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
- All languages besides English and French must be enabled manually in the Steam version. See Change game language.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation; download. | |||
Russian | Official localization by Russobit-M. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by SyS-team / Spirit Team | |||
Spanish |
Change game language
Edit .ini file[5] |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Only on consoles. | ||
LAN play | 16 | Versus, Co-op Co-op: 4 players. |
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Online play | 16 | Versus, Co-op Co-op: 4 players The official multiplayer service was shut down on March 1, 2021.[6] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 80, 3074 |
UDP | 3074-3174 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game does not start
- The game will not start through the launcher on some systems.
Edit configuration file[citation needed] |
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Controller not recognized
Instructions[7] |
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Game crashes on startup
Install PhysX Legacy System Software v9.03.0604[citation needed] |
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- It is also highly recommended to remove leftover registry values to avoid issues in other games.
HUD is in the middle of the screen (as if on a 4:3 display) on widescreen resolutions
- The widescreen HUD in the fix is a leftover file from the Xbox 360 version and it causes the bugged cover sniper aim along with the UI shift to the left when used.
16:9 fullscreen HUD fix[citation needed] |
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Restore the original bullet collision configuration
- The game uses the modified bullet collision config adopted for the pinpoint mouse aim accuracy even when the controller is active.
- No actual gameplay benefits with restoring it when not playing on a gamepad.
Replace the KellerWeaponsConfig.ini file with the original Xbox 360 one[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | 2.5.1 |
Audio | DARE | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8.8.0 |
Multiplayer | DemonWare, Rendez-Vous, Ubi.com | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 3000+ |
Intel Pentium 4 3.5 GHz AMD Athlon 3500+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (13540) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18
- ↑ Rainbow Six Vegas (PC) - 3D Realms Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Ultimate How To Vegas Guide - Steam guide - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Multiplayer and Online Services availability in Ubisoft games - Ubisoft Help - last accessed on 2022-11-12
- ↑ Developer Steam Comment - last accessed on May 2023