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.
Key points
- The official multiplayer service is no longer available,[2] 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
Essential improvements
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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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 expansion, 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
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
In-game key map 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
In game console command:
setsensitivity 0.43
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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On by default. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Restore 3D audio and EAX
Use dsoal
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- Download dsoal from here.
- Place
dsound.dll , dsoal-aldrv.dll and alsoft.ini in <path-to-game>\system\ .
- Enable EAX from in-game sound menu.
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only. |
Traditional Chinese |
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Athena Sword also has Traditional Chinese. |
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.
VR support
Issues fixed
Screen flickering
Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
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- Download
d3d8.dll from here
- Place it in
<path-to-game>\system\
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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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Crashing when turning on MSI Afterburner's overlay
In RivaTuner Statistics Server, set "On-Screen Display rendering mode" to "Vector 2D"
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Run the game via dgVoodoo2
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Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows 10
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- Download dgvoodoo2.
- Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.
Game freezing or stuttering when hosting an online multiplayer game
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- Download [1].
- Copy R6GameService.dll from the .zip to the \system\ folder in the game install directory.
- This fix removes a now broken function which repeatedly contacted Ubisoft's now defunct master server, causing the issue.
Notes
- The game may become more unstable by using dgVoodoo2.
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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 | PPC |
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 |
0.951 (Wraps to DirectSound3D) |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
1.5r |
Multiplayer |
Ubi.com |
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Anti-cheat |
PunkBuster |
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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 (98, ME, 2000) 256 MB (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 | |
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[3] 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.[4]
- ↑ 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