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{{DLC/row| Desert Siege | Mac OS version is only available in the Game of The Year Pack. | Windows, Mac OS }}
 
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{{DLC/row| Island Thunder | Can be made to run on Mac by following the instructions found [http://www.damnr6.com/tet/fullnews.cgi?newsid1047213617,6556, here]. | Windows }}
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{{DLC/row| Island Thunder | See [[#Island_Thunder_not_available_on_Mac|Island Thunder not available on Mac]] for Mac conversion. | Windows }}
 
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# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2 dgVoodoo 2].
 
# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2 dgVoodoo 2].
 
# Copy <code>D3D8.DLL</code> from the <code>\MS\x86\</code> folder to {{P|game}}.
 
# Copy <code>D3D8.DLL</code> from the <code>\MS\x86\</code> folder to {{P|game}}.
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===Island Thunder not available on Mac===
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{{Fixbox|description=Use Virtual PC, or a PC to extract the files (requires PC expansion)|ref=<ref>[http://www.damnr6.com/tet/fullnews.cgi?newsid1047213617,6556, Island Thunder™ Mac Tutorial by *DAMN Mauti 9.3.2003]</ref>|fix=
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# Download [https://www.damnr6.com/macmods/grutilities.shtml#newsitems1047211969,96314, WinPack300b] and extract to your PC desktop.
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# Insert the Island Thunder PC disc, cancel any autorun processes, locate and open the cd from your computer, you should see a few files around, the ones we need are the ''MP2'' files in <code>data1.cab</code>, do not do anything yet
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# Open up ''winpack 300'', you should see a few odd buttons, do not do anything to them, instead just press load packed file, proceed to open <code>data1.cab</code>. You should see a bunch of folders when it is finished opening, the only ones we are concerned about are the ones containing ''MP2'' in the name, there should be a few.
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# Proceed to extract all of the folders with ''MP2'' in their name to the desktop, when finished, you should have around 16-20 folders, you are going to have to rename all of them in a case sensitive way so that it will run. First find the folder <code>Mp2</code>, there should be nothing inside it besides one text file entitled <code>modscount.txt</code>, this will be the folder that you place the other renamed folders into.
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# Start renaming the folders, example, a folder named <code>Mp2_Video</code> would be renamed <code>Video</code>, then it would be placed inside the folder <code>Mp2</code>, continue on with that process, there are two cases though that are different, the ''sound'' folders, and the ''shell'' folder. for sound there should be a <code>Mp2_Sound</code> and a few other folders like <code>Mp2_Sound_RussianVoice</code>, that roughly means that you have to rename that folder to <code>RussianVoice</code>, then place inside the <code>sounds</code> folder inside the <code>Mp2</code> folder.
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# If you extracted all the ''shell'' folders there should be a few like <code>Mp2_shell_english</code> and ones with a few other languages listed after ''shell_'', you will only need the version for your language region, so rename <code>Mp2_shell_english</code> to just <code>shell</code>, there should also be a <code>Mp2_shell_art</code> folder that goes within the <code>shell</code> folder. When finished renaming all the folders, there should be 16 items in your <code>Mp2</code> folder, they are: <code>Actor</code>, <code>Attachments</code>, <code>Briefings</code>, <code>Command Maps</code>, <code>Equip</code>, <code>Kits</code>, <code>Map</code>, <code>Mission</code>, <code>Model</code>, <code>Modscount.txt</code>, <code>save</code>, <code>shell</code>, <code>sound</code>, <code>textures</code>, and <code>video</code>.
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# Copy this file to a cd, or transfer the entire folder to your Mac.
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# Now run the [https://www.damnr6.com/macmods/grpatch.shtml#newsitems1047402348,80280, Island Thunder Mac patch], it fixes all the little problems that occur after the rough conversion. When the file is done, open the installer and follow the instructions the installer provides, also you might want to consider installing the ''Microsoft Mpeg 4 codecs'' that the video files use, after running the patch, move the <code>Mp2</code> folder to your <code>Ghost Recon - Desert Siege/Ghost Recon Data/Mods</code> folder.
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# To play Island Thunder, you activate it like a mod, except it must be the 2nd mod on the active mod list (Desert Siege > Island Thunder), the first should always be Desert Siege.
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{{ii}} You might notice some sounds play a bit too loud, to fix this you will need a utility called [https://www.rarewares.org/rrw/soundapp.php SoundAPP]](OS 9) or [https://web.archive.org/web/20080615162347/http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/ Sound Converter](OS X). You will need to convert all the <code>.wav</code> sound files to <code>.aif</code>, nothing else is required (although you must convert all the files in the sounds folder, the <code>sound/Russian</code> voice and the <code>sound/English</code> folders as well).
 
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|minGPU  =  
 
|minGPU  =  
 
|minDX    = 8
 
|minDX    = 8
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{{System requirements
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|OSfamily = Mac OS
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|minCPU  = PowerPC G3 450 MHz
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|minOS    = Mac OS 9 / Mac OS X 10.0 (Carbonized)
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|minRAM  = 128 MB RAM (256 MB if running Mac OS X)
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|minHD    = 1 GB hard disk space
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|minGPU  = ATI Rage 128 with 16 MB VRAM
 
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Revision as of 21:38, 6 May 2022

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon cover
Developers
Red Storm Entertainment
Mac OS (Classic) i5works[1]
Publishers
Ubisoft
Mac OS Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows November 13, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) November 1, 2002
Reception
Metacritic 80
Taxonomy
Series Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon on HowLongToBeat
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon on IGDB
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon guide on StrategyWiki
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon on MobyGames
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon on Wikipedia
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Subseries of Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2001
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2006
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 2007
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 2012
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms 2014
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands 2017
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline Cancelled

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.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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 Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Desert Siege Mac OS version is only available in the Game of The Year Pack.
Windows
Mac OS
Island Thunder See Island Thunder not available on Mac for Mac conversion.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\options.xml[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15300/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Mods\Origmiss\save[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15300/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Use Widescreen Fixer. Menu is always 640x480.
Multi-monitor
 
 Use Widescreen Fixer. See also the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Use Widescreen Fixer.
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 the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.xml.
  3. Find the following line, and set it to this value.
<FullScreen>FALSE</FullScreen>

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Seems to be turned off by default, no option to turn on.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, effects, music and voice.
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Important messages are still displayed in text, but don't match speech.
Closed captions
Despite this, source of attacks are shown from the compass.
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 2.0.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Brazilian Portuguese
Only retail
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Desert Siege & Island Thunder also have Traditional Chinese.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
36
Online play
36

VR support

3D modes State Notes
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

Failed to start game (app already running) error

Additional symptom: Task Manager (or Process Explorer) shows the game appear in the task list, but it closes immediately.
Restart Steam
Delete dbghelp.dll
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Delete or rename dbghelp.dll.

Screen flickering

Use d3d8to9
  1. Download archive linked above.
  2. Extract d3d8.dll into <path-to-game>.
Run game in Windowed mode
Use Borderless Gaming

Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2
  1. Download dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <path-to-game>.

Island Thunder not available on Mac

Use Virtual PC, or a PC to extract the files (requires PC expansion)[4]
  1. Download WinPack300b and extract to your PC desktop.
  2. Insert the Island Thunder PC disc, cancel any autorun processes, locate and open the cd from your computer, you should see a few files around, the ones we need are the MP2 files in data1.cab, do not do anything yet
  3. Open up winpack 300, you should see a few odd buttons, do not do anything to them, instead just press load packed file, proceed to open data1.cab. You should see a bunch of folders when it is finished opening, the only ones we are concerned about are the ones containing MP2 in the name, there should be a few.
  4. Proceed to extract all of the folders with MP2 in their name to the desktop, when finished, you should have around 16-20 folders, you are going to have to rename all of them in a case sensitive way so that it will run. First find the folder Mp2, there should be nothing inside it besides one text file entitled modscount.txt, this will be the folder that you place the other renamed folders into.
  5. Start renaming the folders, example, a folder named Mp2_Video would be renamed Video, then it would be placed inside the folder Mp2, continue on with that process, there are two cases though that are different, the sound folders, and the shell folder. for sound there should be a Mp2_Sound and a few other folders like Mp2_Sound_RussianVoice, that roughly means that you have to rename that folder to RussianVoice, then place inside the sounds folder inside the Mp2 folder.
  6. If you extracted all the shell folders there should be a few like Mp2_shell_english and ones with a few other languages listed after shell_, you will only need the version for your language region, so rename Mp2_shell_english to just shell, there should also be a Mp2_shell_art folder that goes within the shell folder. When finished renaming all the folders, there should be 16 items in your Mp2 folder, they are: Actor, Attachments, Briefings, Command Maps, Equip, Kits, Map, Mission, Model, Modscount.txt, save, shell, sound, textures, and video.
  7. Copy this file to a cd, or transfer the entire folder to your Mac.
  8. Now run the Island Thunder Mac patch, it fixes all the little problems that occur after the rough conversion. When the file is done, open the installer and follow the instructions the installer provides, also you might want to consider installing the Microsoft Mpeg 4 codecs that the video files use, after running the patch, move the Mp2 folder to your Ghost Recon - Desert Siege/Ghost Recon Data/Mods folder.
  9. To play Island Thunder, you activate it like a mod, except it must be the 2nd mod on the active mod list (Desert Siege > Island Thunder), the first should always be Desert Siege.
You might notice some sounds play a bit too loud, to fix this you will need a utility called SoundAPP](OS 9) or Sound Converter(OS X). You will need to convert all the .wav sound files to .aif, nothing else is required (although you must convert all the files in the sounds folder, the sound/Russian voice and the sound/English folders as well).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectSound3D

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 450 MHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Mac OS 9 / Mac OS X 10.0 (Carbonized)
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB RAM (256 MB if running Mac OS X)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB hard disk space
Video card (GPU) ATI Rage 128 with 16 MB VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References