Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials
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| Developers | |
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| Red Storm Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 28, 2000 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 62 |
| 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 |
| Series | Rainbow Six |
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| ⤏ 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: Covert Ops Essentials is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Rainbow Six series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Essential improvements
External configuration.
Skip intro videos
Uncheck Show Movies in RSConfig.exe.
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Playing the game under modern Windows
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Red Storm Entertainment\Rogue Spear[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\data\Save\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics settings.
Advanced Graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| 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 settings.
| 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 | ||
| Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 16 | |||
| Online play | 16 | The official MPlayer.com and MSN Gaming Zone services have been shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 6 | |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Multiplayer | MPlayer.com, MSN Gaming Zone |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, 2000 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 650 MB | 1 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAREwill be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).