Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
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| Developers | |
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| Ubisoft Montreal | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 2.5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 21, 2005 |
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| 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 |
General information
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory's requires a CD-key to play online. However, LAN play without a CD key is also available. Players may use Tunngle or Hamachi to play LAN online. Otherwise, Versus possesses no intrusive DRM and also does not require a disc to be inserted to play.
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest patch is 1.05. Go here and select the right one for your game edition.
Map Pack
MR.MIC's Map Pack adds a number of maps (some from Pandora Tomorrow's Versus mode and some original ones) to your game. Many if not all of the Splinter Cell Versus community have this map pack installed for play.
Download the map pack!
By default, the map pack will install to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory\
For the Steam version, install to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\splinter cell chaos theory\
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Game data
Configuration files location
| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- You must have run the game at least once before these files appear.
- Further graphic settings adjustment will revert resolution back to 4:3
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Field of view (FOV)
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Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Missing Torchlight/Flashlight
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory's Versus mode has some problems rendering certain lighting effects on modern machines. This problem makes it very difficult to play properly. Certain shadows may not render, and mercenaries' flashlights don't work, severely impairing gameplay. Follow the steps below to fix these issues:
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Slow Motion Gameplay on Multi-core CPUs
If you have a multi-core CPU and Versus seems to run in slow motion, fix this issue by following the instructions below.
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Issues unresolved
Alt+Tab
There are issues when Alt+Tabbing whilst in full-screen. If used too many times, it will disconnect players connected to your server and can even crash the game. Try to refrain from Alt+Tabbing.
30 FPS Lock/Limit
Unfortunately, Ubisoft's netcode only supports a max of 30 frames per second for proper sync between players in multiplayer. Bypassing this limit results in things such as co-op actions not executing properly, and so on.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon processor Intel Pentium IV processor 1400MHz |
2GHz recommended |
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c 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 (13570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.