Difference between revisions of "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter"

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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

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

Key points

Requires the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software to prevent a crash at launch.

For retail version: install the latest patch 1.35.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Patches

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7 DRM.
Steam (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.35 updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Use intro skip^[1]
Apply the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Settings\profiles^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Nvidia Inspector antialising compatibility setting for GRAW.

Template:Video settings

Anti-aliasing (AA)

With Nvidia graphics cards, true Antialiasing can be forcibly enabled via Nvidia Profile Inspector with the Antialiasing compatibility bit 0x00001241.^[2]

Input settings

Input menu.

Game settings with mouse sensitivity sliders.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

OpenAL Soft 1.19.0 and 1.19.1 cause distorted audio in Diesel engine games. OpenAL Soft 1.20.1 fixes the audio.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Spanish
Russian

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Patch 1.30 adds dedicated server software in the installation folder.
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Visual glitches when looking through scopes

When looking through scopes with patch 1.35 installed, many objects may appear black.

Use a custom version of dxwrapper
Download custom version of dxwrapper. Unzip it into the installation folder.

Falling through terrain

In the Steam version you will start falling through the terrain; this becomes an issue in mission 5 "Mayday! Mayday!" if you go too far north, and in Mission 6, "Ready for bear", which happens before you exit the APC.

Rename patch.bundle^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\bundles\
Rename patch.bundle to Xpatch.bundle.

This change may break multiplayer but can be reverted if necessary.^[4]

Crash at launch

Install Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software^{[citation needed]}
Install the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software.

Cross-com doesn't work (middle mouse button)

In the Steam version, the middle mouse button does not seem to function as it should, i.e. make your soldiers execute a command. To fix the problem, you need to edit a file called ctrl_set_def.xml. However, while this fix will allow you to open the menu, you will only be able to issue move commands. You cannot order your squad to attack, follow or stop. There is no known fix at this time.

Editing ctrl_set_def.xml^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Settings.
Open ctrl_set_def.xml with Notepad or Notepad++.
Change the line

<button id="hud_select" binding="2" device="mouse" group="misc"/> to
<button id="hud_select" binding="2" device="mouse" group="tactics"/>.

Temporary freeze at startup

The retail version of GRAW is still looking for the GameSpy servers on startup but naturally won't get any response. This lookup causes a temporary freeze, about 20 seconds long. You can prevent this by editing the windows hosts file.

Editing Windows Hosts File^{[citation needed]}

Go to the %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\.
Open hosts with Notepad.
Add the following lines at the bottom:

127.0.0.1 greconawf.available.gamespy.com
127.0.0.1 key.gamespy.com
127.0.0.1 greconawf.ms0.gamespy.com

This change breaks (the not functioning) multiplayer but can be reverted if necessary. It may also interfere with any software wanting to connect to those gamespy servers.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	Requires the Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software.
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows^[5]
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent	2.8 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6/7 series ATI Radeon 9600-9800/X series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0 support	256 MB of VRAM
Other	64 Kbps upstream or faster broadband connection

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 (13640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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

[Proton_path_note-2] 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 (13640) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (13640) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] TweakGuides.com - Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Tweak Guide

[4] ttp://www.ghostrecon.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=56139

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[6] ttp://forum.gamesvillage.it/showthread.php?911906-126-Steam-Offerte-di-fine-settimana-e-non&p=29382739&viewfull=1#post29382739

[7] Official system requirements from publisher's website

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Developers

	GRIN
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Diesel
Release dates
Windows	March 9, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	93