Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
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| Developers | |
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| Ubisoft Singapore | |
| Publishers | |
| Ubisoft | |
| Engines | |
| YETI | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 10, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 70 |
| IGDB | 55 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Free-to-play |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Series | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon |
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Key points
- Servers where shut down on on December 1, 2016.[1]
- Known as Ghost Recon Online during the beta.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\NCSA-Live\*.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\PDC-Live\*.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam | <path-to-game>\Game\NCSA-live\*.ini <path-to-game>\Game\PDC-live\*.ini |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243870/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Path used varies by region (NCSA-Live for North America, PDC-live for EU).
- Stats and progress are stored on Ubisoft servers.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
- Use GRP Settings Configurator to further adjust game graphics or edit
GraphicSettings.inimanually.[3]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Unplayable due to menus being partially offscreen.[4] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | You can change the resolution in the \Game\PDC-Live\GraphicSettings.ini file | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | FOV can be hacked by turning the game to windowed mode, setting the horizontal resolution through the GraphicSettings.ini to something larger than your monitor, and then using SRWE to change the horizontal resolution back to native, but this sometimes results in unresponsive menus. |
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| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Can use SRWE to remove the borders from windowed mode, but is not supported natively. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | While there is an antialiasing option in the GraphicSettings.ini it does not seem to do much. Aliasing is still present in much of the game. |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Use windowed mode with in-game Vsync enabled to bypass 60 FPS cap. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
- The game controls can be further adjusted by editing
KeyMappingsPC.ini.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | There is slight negative mouse acceleration (dubbed "clamping" by the developers) on heavier guns, namely LMGs, but none other than that. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Supports the Xbox 360 controller natively, but buttons are not rebindable. Can use other controllers with third party utilities. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | For native controller support, there are only a couple preset controller layouts as of patch 1.3.1 | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Main, SFX, Music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Servers were shut down on December 1, 2016.[1] | ||
Issues unresolved
Launcher continuous to run in the background
- The game's launcher may continue to run in the background after the launcher window has been closed.
- The launcher can be closed from the Windows system tray (usually bottom right),[5] or by right-clicking the taskbar icon and selecting "Close Window" (Windows 7 or above).
- This must be repeated every time the player quits the game.
Issues fixed
Installer crash
| Launcher manual download[6] |
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Uninstallation problems
Even when using the "uninstall" option from the launcher, an error message saying the pdc-live files are in use is sometimes present. Deleting the files won't work, sending them to the recycling bin won't work either. The following is not a recommended solution: By renaming the folders "Pdc-live" and "patches" in the GRO folder to something else, uninstallation from the launcher somehow works. The folders that were renamed are removed and GRO no longer appears in "Programs and Features".
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 @ 1.6 GHz | AMD Phenom II X2 545 @ 3.0 Ghz Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.0 Ghz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 6 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT AMD Radeon HD2600 XT 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support | AMD Radeon HD4870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support |
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- Game requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on all platforms, and Internet Explorer 9 or better on Windows Vista and 7.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 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 (243870) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steam Events - Ghost Recon Phantoms is coming to an end … - last accessed on 2020-10-18
- ↑ Do I need uplay to play this? :: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms - NA General Discussions
- ↑ GRO Performance Guide - GRO forums
- ↑ Triple Monitor Fix? :: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms - NA Players Helping Players
- ↑ Launcher Update ("Game Still Running Error") - Steam Community Page (EU)
- ↑ http://groforums.ubi.com/showthread.php?20204-Fix-for-those-whose-installer-launcher-crashes!&p=178663&viewfull=1#post178663