Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Windows | Ubisoft Ukraine |
macOS (OS X) | Ubisoft Ukraine |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2.5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 27, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | February 17, 2011 |
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 |
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS in co-op mode.[1]
- Multiple user reports indicate that the co-op servers are down.[2][3][4][5]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | Deluxe Edition | |||
Ubisoft Store | Deluxe Edition |
- All Windows versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
- Windows version requires an internet connection to launch (no longer requires a constant connection).[6]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Game updates by itself. If you have any problem latest patch can be found here.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %PROGRAMDATA%\Ubisoft\Conviction\ConvictionUserPC.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33229/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>/savegames/<user-id>/2/ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33229/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | 1) Official localization by «Руссобит-М/GFI». Retail only. Patch for digital release here. 2) Unofficial translation presumably «7Wolf» audio. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Console version only.[7] | ||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 80,3081,3105,22350-22380 |
UDP | 9100,9103,10196 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Splinter Cell Conviction - 3D Vision Fix. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D |
Issues fixed
Crash when installed in a Storage Space
- The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed by a Storage Space on Windows 8 and later.
Install the game on a standard drive[citation needed] |
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Game locks up
- The game will hang on some computers, although audio will still play, the frame will occasionally be frozen for a very long time.
Disable hyperthreading from your computer's BIOS setup[citation needed] |
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Exceptionally bad performance or refusing to launch on some AMD GPUs
Roll back display driver[citation needed] |
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Set affinity to only cores 0 and 1 in Task Manager |
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After realoading whole level by returning to main menu, it returns to all cores, but game can start behave more stable (eg. Iraq level). You can also consider disabling HT in bios (if you have HT). |
Edit configuration file |
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See this guide. |
Downgrade to 1.02 version |
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See this guide.
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Download Low Spec Gamer Ragnos1997 patch |
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Black border with certain aspect ratio
Edit config[8] |
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[Engine.Display] MinTripleDispRatio=3.9 |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 1.5 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista, 7) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1800 Nvidia GeForce 7800 256 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.5, 10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i7 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 8800 series ATI Radeon HD 2600 series |
- Notebook graphics cards may work but are not officially supported.
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (33229) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Co op FPS 30 fps cap, tried fixes nothing works :: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction General Discussions
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on
- ↑ [3] - last accessed on
- ↑ [4] - last accessed on
- ↑ You no longer need an active connection to play Ubisoft PC titles. : gaming
- ↑ Update 2 / Splinter Cell: Conviction getting split screen - That VideoGame Blog
- ↑ | WSGF