Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Shanghai | |
Ubisoft Annecy | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 23, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North 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 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Shadows, water and torchlight may not render correctly on modern PCs (see Issues fixed).
- Online multiplayer is no longer functional.
- Doesn't contain the Depth of Field and Rain effects from the Xbox version.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Later re-released in the Ultimate Splinter Cell Collection. This version is DRM-free.
- Not available digitally.
- A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest patch is automatically downloaded by SC:PT Updater Launcher, or standalone patches can be downloaded directly here. All patches are available from ubisoft here (if you get a "403 Forbidden" error, simply try again).
Skip intro videos
Instructions[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\offline\system[Note 2] <path-to-game>\online\system[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\offline\Save[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. Works with any resolution as long as it is a native resolution of the monitor, including 32:9 aspect ratios. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. Does not work with DSR. 4k has to be the native resolution of the tv or monitor for it to work with the hack. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 200 FPS. When playing on <60 FPS some physics of "softbody" materials like curtains break and on even higher framerates (+140FPS) pathfinding is broken.[4] |
Widescreen resolution
Use ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix[3] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Edit SplinterCell2User.ini[5] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Edit SplinterCell2.ini[citation needed] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Modify driver profile[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Force MSAA using dgVoodoo 2[3] |
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Notes
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Force SMAA using ReShade[3] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit SplinterCell2.ini[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | See Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | See Controller support. | |
Full controller support | Cutscenes can't be skipped with controller, need to manually press ↵ Enter to begin/end a mission. | |
Controller remapping | Edit SplinterCellUser.ini | |
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 | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
- Mouse acceleration is present whenever you equip/shoulder your weapon, as well as during aiming.
Edit ESetting.ini[3] |
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Controller support
- This fix makes XInput controllers somewhat compatible (menus can be navigated without a mouse, however cutscenes can't be skipped with a controller).
Go to <path-to-game>\offline\system |
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Xbox Controller support
Download This Zip File GoogleDrive
Follow this guide for help SteamCommunity |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Voice, music, ambient and SFX. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1[6] | |
Subtitles | Only in-game subtitles for the OPSAT dialogue, not available in cutscenes, except for Polish version, which also adds subtitles to every dialogue in-game. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3.0[7] |
- May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper audio functionality on Vista and later.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Local Retail only, patch for other releases here. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail only, patch For other releases here. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Rendering issues on modern PCs
- Due to relying on now-obsolete functionality in Nvidia GPUs, the default "buffer" shadows are broken on modern hardware. This impacts gameplay as many light sources such as searchlights become invisible but can still trigger alarms.
- Sea and water may flicker in some maps.
- Torchlight doesn't work in multiplayer.
Use dgVoodoo2
Use dgVoodoo2[3] |
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Notes
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Experimental fix[citation needed] |
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Cutscenes crashing
- Cutscenes at any random point will crash with a "General protection fault!" error
Use a newer binkw32.dll |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
HD Textures from the PS3 version
Instructions[3] |
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Notes
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE, ME, 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon |
Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | 2.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce FX ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Verified by User:Antrad on February 27, 2018
- ↑ An example of someone playing at 200 FPS. - last accessed on 2022-05-09
- ↑ Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | WSGF
- ↑ Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow - SoundBlaster.com
- ↑ Deadly Hide & Seek in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow™ - SoundBlaster.com