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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows February 19, 2003
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2004
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell guide on StrategyWiki
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Warnings

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.
Splinter Cell
Subseries of Tom Clancy
Splinter Cell 2003
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 2004
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 2005
Splinter Cell: Double Agent 2006
Splinter Cell: Conviction 2010
Splinter Cell: Blacklist 2013

General information

Official Forums
Splinter Cell Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo

A demo is available here. It includes parts from Police Station and Kalinatek missions.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch is 1.3. Digital distribution versions are already patched.

HD Textures from the PS3 version

Instructions[3]
  1. Download the archive from here.
  2. Extract the archive to the game installation folder and overwrite the existing files.

Skip intro videos

Instructions[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Videos.
  2. Delete or rename Logos.bik and videointro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13560/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13560/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Use only one of the fixes below or the FOV will be too wide.
Use ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix[3]
FOV is automatically adjusted to resolution.
Removes HUD stretching and moves HUD elements to the edge of the screen.
Cutscenes are no longer fullscreen; instead, they are played at an unscaled 640 x 480 resolution.
Edit SplinterCellUser.ini[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SplinterCellUser.ini.
  3. Find a section [Engine.PlayerController].
  4. There you'll find the two lines:
    • DesiredFOV=75.0
    • DefaultFOV=75.0

Notes

If you want Hor+ gameplay, you must create a new profile after you have applied this solution. Otherwise, previously made profiles will still use the old FOV setting.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Override AA settings[citation needed]
  1. Download and run NVIDIA Profile Inspector.
  2. Search and open the game profile.
  3. Locate the Antialiasing section.
    1. Set Behavior Flags to None.
    2. Set Mode to Override.
    3. Set Setting to desired AA (e.g. Multisampling).
  4. Apply changes.
Force MSAA using dgVoodoo 2[3]
  1. Read the instructions below to properly setup dgVoodoo 2 for this game.
  2. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe.
  3. Click on the DirectX tab.
  4. Set Antialiasing(MSAA) to 2x, 4x or 8x.

Notes

With 8x AA in some areas the framerate can be reduced by up to 75% compared to when it is off. Using 2x or 4x AA is recommended.
When using ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix the included <path-to-game>\system\dgVoodoo.conf file overrides the dgVoodoo settings. Delete or rename that file for the new settings to be applied.
Water will be rendered incorrectly in few places (sea in the Oil Refinery level and water in two gardens in the last two levels of the main campaign).[6]

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit SplinterCell.ini[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SplinterCell.ini.
  3. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice].
  4. At the bottom of the section, after FullScreenVideo=True, add a line:
    • UseVsync=True
  5. Save the file.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
Russian

Issues unresolved

Sounds stop playing

Sometimes when quicksaving or entering the menu (OPSAT) some looped sounds, like clock ticking or water running, can stop playing.
Instructions[3]
  1. Quick save and quick load the game to reset the sounds.

Vselka Infiltration - Stuck in control room

In Vselka Infiltration mission after using the laptop in the control room the player can't get out, because the closed doors never open, since enemies that should open them can get stuck in the stairway.
Instructions[7]
  1. Use F2 to open the console.
  2. Type ghost and press ↵ Enter to activate the no clipping mode.
  3. Go through the closed doors.
  4. Type walk and press ↵ Enter to deactivate the no clipping mode.

Possible Fix: Quick Saving and reloading after using the laptop may fix the problem.

Issues fixed

Broken shadows

Shadow comparison.
Shadow comparison.
Due to relying on now-obsolete functionality in NVIDIA GPUs, the default "buffer" shadows are broken on modern hardware.

Force projector shadows

The game, when tweaked, supports projection shadows, which work on modern hardware.
Launch the game with -shadowmode=projector parameter[3]
Edit SplinterCell.ini[8]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SplinterCell.ini.
  3. Find [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section.
  4. Uncomment ;ForceShadowMode=0 line (remove the semicolon).

Use dgVoodoo2 with default buffer shadows

Use dgVoodoo2[8]
  1. Download dgVoodoo2 from the official website.
  2. Extract the contents to the folder of your choice.
  3. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe.
  4. Click the DirectX tab.
  5. Under Videocard, select GeForce 4 Ti 4800 from the first drop-down menu.
  6. Select 256 MB from the VRAM drop-down menu.
  7. Click the Apply button at the bottom of the dgVoodoo2 application window.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Copy D3D8.dll file from dgVoodoo2\MS\ folder to <path-to-game>\system folder.

Notes

Requires dgVoodoo2 2.53 or later.
If everything works fine you will see dgVoodoo watermark in the lower right corner of your screen.
Included in the newest version of ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix.

Stuttering during gameplay

Set splintercell.exe affinity to 1 CPU core[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Shader Model support 1.4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Dolby Digital
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
AMD Athlon 800 MHz		 Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB 2.1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 		64 MB of VRAM
Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 7500, 8500, 9000, 9500, 9700
Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce 256, GeForce2 Ti/Ultra/Pro/GTS/MX400/MX, GeForce3 series, GeForce4 series
The Matrox Parhelia is also supported

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References