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− | |current state = The game's online services were shut down on October 1, 2022.<ref name="UbiOnlineShutdownSep2022">{{Refurl|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/gameplay/article/decommissioning-of-online-services-for-older-ubisoft-games-october-2022-update/000102396|title=Decommissioning of online services for older Ubisoft games (October 2022 update)|date=2022-08-31}}</ref> The mobile app required to unlock some in-game upgrades is no longer available. | + | |current state = The game's online services were shut down on October 1, 2022.<ref name="UbiOnlineShutdownSep2022">{{Refurl|url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/gameplay/article/decommissioning-of-online-services-for-older-ubisoft-games-october-2022-update/000102396|title=Decommissioning of online services for older Ubisoft games (October 2022 update)|date=2022-08-31}}</ref> The mobile app required to unlock some in-game upgrades is no longer available. Furthermore, the game now consistently crashes after 20-30 min unless started in offline mode - see [[#Game crashes without message after 20-30min|Game crashes without message after 20-30min]]. |
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===Game does not launch=== | ===Game does not launch=== | ||
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# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\src\SYSTEM}}. | # Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\src\SYSTEM}}. | ||
# Move or delete {{file|Systemdetection.dll}}. | # Move or delete {{file|Systemdetection.dll}}. | ||
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+ | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game with the <code>-offline -offline_mode</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line arguments]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:17, 27 April 2024
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Toronto | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Russia | Noviy Disk[1] |
Engines | |
LEAD Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 20, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America |
Series | Splinter Cell |
Splinter Cell | |
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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 |
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person action and stealth game in the Splinter Cell series.
The game's online services were shut down on October 1, 2022.[2] The mobile app required to unlock some in-game upgrades is no longer available. Furthermore, the game now consistently crashes after 20-30 min unless started in offline mode - see Game crashes without message after 20-30min.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition. | |||
Origin (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition. |
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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High Power Pack | Included with Deluxe Edition. | |
Homeland | Included with Deluxe Edition. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.03, but requires patches 1.01 and 1.02 to be installed first. They are available from Ubisoft's (archived) support page and Patches-Scrolls.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ubisoft\Blacklist\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\91\ <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\449\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See this page. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See this page. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 75°. Use BlackList Fov Changer DX11. Higher Fov will create some graphical glitches | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples, might not work on certain systems.[4] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, up to 4x MSAA, 2x2 Grid or 2x2 Rotated Grid SSAA, and up to 4x TXAA (Nvidia only). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | High frame rates can cause undesired side effects.[5] The multiplayer mode is capped at 60 FPS. See also The game is stuck at 60 Hz. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Bloom
Disable bloom[citation needed] |
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Motion blur
Disable motion blur[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Negative Mouse Acceleration. Use RInput, or change UseDIMouse=True found in the [Init] section in <path-to-game>\src\system\Blacklist.ini . |
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Mouse sensitivity | Separate sliders for 1st and 3rd person. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Can only toggle between 3 pre-set layouts (multiplayer only). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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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 | Music and SFX only. | |
Surround sound | 5.1 only. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | It is locked out of use by Ubisoft for unknown reasons. | |||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Online services shut down on October 1, 2022.[2] Co-op: Fourth Echelon (4E) Missions only (2 players). |
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, 443 |
UDP | 3658, 13000-13032 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
TriDef 3D | |||
iZ3D | |||
vorpX | 2D Officially supported game. Note: Game is on official list but profile is not yet confirmed to be 3D. |
Issues fixed
Game does not launch
- When launching the game, there is a brief command prompt window that disappears, and the game does not launch.
Move or delete Systemdetection.dll[6] |
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Game crashes without message after 20-30min
Run the game with the -offline -offline_mode command line arguments.
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Display mode resets to windowed every time
Edit configuration file |
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The game is stuck at 60 Hz
Edit videoSettings.ini[7] |
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Bad performance or unstable frame rate
Turn off video settings[8] |
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Correct Eyefinity settings in config files[9] |
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Change DirectX version used for rendering to DX9[10] |
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- Below are possible solutions to an error marked with offset
00422c5c
(DX11) or006be09c
(DX9) in the Windows Event Viewer.
Set firewall rules[11][12] |
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Launch the game as administrator[13] |
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Open Ubisoft Connect and switch it to Offline mode (this prevents online play)[14] |
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Crashes instantly at start up
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Can not switch to DirectX 9 mode
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Can not connect to other players when purchased from different distribution platforms
Install the latest patch[15] |
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Offline save games no longer working
{{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref=[16]|fix=
- Locate the Ubisoft Connect installation folder, usually found within
Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher
. - Go to
savegames\<user-id>.
- Inside of it, sort the folders by date modified, and copy the most recent
sc6_save.sav
files from inside one of the folders (usually folder91
) to folder449
). - Launch the game, the save game should be intact and working. Make a small change, purchase, gear customization to check whether or not it was successful.
Start the game in online mode[17] |
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Cannot connect with a friend in lobby
Manually set firewall rules[18] |
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Disable all network adapters other than the main Internet connection[19] |
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Above solution can fix connection problems and also cause the system to show firewall "allow access" alert if you didn't set the firewall rule manually already. |
High frame rate issues
- The physics and logic of the game are linked to 60 FPS, so playing at high fps can cause problems.
Limit the framerate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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RAW input
Use RInput |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | |
Shader Model support | 3, 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | XAudio2 | [20] |
Interface | Scaleform | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Net-Z, Rendez-Vous, Ubisoft Connect |
Mods
Chaos Theory Gameplay Tweak
- A rebalance mod via ini files that changes some of the gameplay mechanics, to make it feel similar to older Splinter Cell games such as Chaos Theory, such as a challenging stealth tweak, suit tweaks, better stealth suit look for the maxed stealth suit, etc.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.53 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 4 support |
Nvidia GeForce 700 series AMD Radeon HD 7000 series DirectX 11 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (235600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Official website (Russian) - last accessed on 2023-07-31
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Decommissioning of online services for older Ubisoft games (October 2022 update) - last accessed on 2022-08-31
- ↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-01-30
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/ejHNGWC
- ↑ Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Side effects of high frame rate - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Splinter cell black list low fps and lag fix? | Forums
- ↑ Found possible crash fix - last accessed on 2020-09-29
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-03
- ↑ ANOSMIA review - last accessed on 2020-10-03
- ↑ Game is crashing? Here is the crash fix! - last accessed on 2020-10-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-03
- Also might reduce issues, but doesn't always solve them.
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-03
- ↑ PC Version: Auto-Patch Installer Issue | Forums - last accessed on 2024-02-25 (archived)
- ↑ Blacklist save's gone PC - Ubisoft forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Uplay Offiline Mode - Starts the game from beginning - Ubisoft forums - last accessed on 2024-02-25 (archived)
- ↑ Verified by User:Deton24 on 2021-03-30
- Disabling other network adapters like Hamachi and Radmin VPN caused the OS to show firewall alert, which didn't happen immediately after game launch as normally supposed to. Previously I played the game on coop few years ago on the same system, and apparently the firewall rule for the game has had been deleted
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3QvFGExQTk
- ↑ Imgur - last accessed on May 2023