Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Developers
	Red Storm Entertainment
	Ubisoft Montreal
Athena Sword	Ubisoft Milan
Iron Wrath	Ubisoft Casablanca
macOS (OS X)	i5works
Publishers
	Ubisoft
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	March 18, 2003
macOS (OS X)	December 19, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Rainbow Six

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

ALLR6 All Rainbow Six Community

ALLR6 play guide

Ubisoft game page

Official Forum

Rainbow Six Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.
Steam		Gold Edition.
Ubisoft Store		Gold Edition, included with Ubisoft+.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Version differences

The Gold Edition comes with the base game and the Athena Sword expansion.

The Complete edition includes the base game and both expansion packs.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Athena Sword	To access, run RavenShield.exe with the mod=AthenaSword command line argument.
Iron Wrath	US version UK version Manual installation (Recommended for Steam users)

Essential improvements

Install Iron Wrath on a non-US/UK version

Edit RavenShield.ini
Go to <path-to-game>\system\RavenShield.ini. Find the following line, and set it to this value. [Engine.Engine] Language=int Install Iron Wrath. You can now restore the previous state of your file.

Skip intro videos

Raven Shield[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Videos Move, delete or rename the following files: Logos.bik, int\RS_Intro.bik If Athena Sword is installed, go to <path-to-game>\Mods\AthenaSword\Videos\int and move, delete or rename RS_Intro.bik.

Patches

The latest version for the vanilla game is 1.60, available from Ubisoft's patch server and Patches-Scrolls.

The latest version for the Athena Sword expansion is 1.10, available from Ubisoft's patch server and Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system\*.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19830/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19830/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Menus render in 640x480 only, but in-game rendering has proper widescreen support.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Image is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate, see Field of View below.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 90, although widescreen resolutions effectively reduce it. Can be further adjusted after installing OpenRVS unofficial patch.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Screen flickering.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Nvidia users can force SGSSAA using 0x080000C1 compatibility bits in Nvidia Inspector. If this does not work, use dgVoodoo 2 instead.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Enabling Windows 10 HDR will also affect the game.

Windowed

Instructions[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open RavenShield.ini. Find the following line, and set it to this value. StartupFullscreen=False

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Mouse smoothing

Edit User.ini[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Save\Profiles Edit User.ini (make sure the game is run at least once so it is created) [Engine.PlayerInput] MouseSmoothingMode=0

Mouse sensitivity

Edit User.ini[citation needed]
Calculate the mouse sensitivity for Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield on mouse-sensitivity.com Go to <path-to-game>\Save\Profiles Edit User.ini (make sure the game is run at least once so it is created) [Engine.Input] W=MoveForward | setsensitivity 0.123456 In game console command: setsensitivity 0.43

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		On by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Restore 3D audio and EAX

Use dsoal
Download dsoal from here (Note: download the 32-bit version, even if using a 64-bit OS.) Place dsound.dll, dsoal-aldrv.dll and alsoft.ini in <path-to-game>\system. Enable EAX from in-game sound menu.

Additional steps required for Windows 8 and newer

Apply registry fix

Open Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID Create 2 new keys {47D4D946-62E8-11CF-93BC-444553540000} and {3901CC3F-84B5-4FA4-BA35-AA8172B8A09B} (curly brackets must be included). Create a new subkey for both new key entries named InprocServer32. Change the (Default) value of InprocServer32 to dsound.dll Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID Repeat steps 3-5. Restart the computer.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Athena Sword also has Traditional Chinese.
French
Polish				Gold edition retail only. Details, Details for Athena Sword
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.

Network

In-game multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		16
Online play		16	Official server browser has been shut down; OpenRVS is required to restore multiplayer functionality. See below. For further information, see this thread or RVSGaming. Note that while ALLR6's patch includes OpenRVS, it is heavily modded to add new fan-made content and is not a vanilla experience.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	80, 6667, 7777-7787, 8777-8787, 9777, 40000-42000

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires dgVoodoo 2 v2.55.4 or higher, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

Screen flickering

Use ENBSeries DX8 to DX9 Convertor[citation needed]
Download DX8 to DX9 Converter archive from here. Extract d3d8.dll and enbconvertor.ini to <path-to-game>\system.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here Place it in <path-to-game>\system.

Windowed Mode[citation needed]
See Windowed. Run the game, then deploy a squad in any in-game mission. See Borderless Gaming. Notes Avoid setting the game into a borderless mode while in any menus or they will break.

Crashing when turning on MSI Afterburner's overlay

In RivaTuner Statistics Server, set "On-Screen Display rendering mode" to "Vector 2D"

Run the game via dgVoodoo2

Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows 10

Use the dgVoodoo 2 wrapper
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and MS\x86\d3d8.dll to <path-to-game>\system The game may become more unstable.[citation needed]

Game freezing or stuttering when hosting an online multiplayer game

Use a patched version of R6GameService.dll
Download R6GameServiceFix. Make a backup copy of the original R6GameService.dll by renaming it to R6GameService.dll.bak. Copy R6GameService.dll from the .zip to <path-to-game>\system. This fix removes a now broken function which repeatedly contacted Ubisoft's now defunct master server, causing the issue.

Unable to join or host an online multiplayer game (server did not respond)

Install OpenRVS

Ensure ports 80, 6667, 7777-7787, 8777-8787, 9777, and 40000-42000 are open, and if the server host is behind a router, that these ports are properly port forwarded to the host device. Download OpenRVS. (There may be more up-to-date versions available after this is written.) Extract the files OpenRVS.u, R6ClassDefines.ini, openrvs.ini, and Servers.list from the zip archive to <path-to-game>\system. This should be enough for clients to join servers. The steps after this are for those hosting the game server. For server hosts, open <path-to-game>\Mods\RavenShield.mod in a text editor and add ServerActors=OpenRVS.OpenServer to the bottom of the file. If N4Admin is not installed for the server, open <path-to-game>\Mods\RavenShield.mod, find ServerActors=IpDrv.UdpBeacon and change it to ServerActors=OpenRVS.OpenBeacon. Open <path-to-game>\system\RavenShield.ini, and under [URL], set ensure the port is set to 7777 with Port=7777. (This number can be changed, but the default is 7777.) Then, under [IpDrv.UdpBeacon] set the server beacon port with ServerBeaconPort=8777 and the beacon port with BeaconPort=9777. If the host is behind a router (i.e., if the host has to forward ports) open <path-to-game>\system\Server.ini and add the line ServerBehindNAT=True under Engine.R6ServerInfo. To ensure clients with widescreen displays and a high field of view will render the first person gun correctly, copy OpenRenderFix.utx from the OpenRVS zip archive to <path-to-game>\textures. Then add the lines ServerPackages=OpenRenderFix and ServerActors=OpenRenderFix.OpenFix to the bottom of Ravenshield.mod. Have hosts join through the "Join IP" button. Currently, new servers must be added manually to the master server by the operators of RVS Gaming. It is recommended to install the patched R6GameService.dll to prevent freezing or stuttering while hosting. The original instructions and further information can be found in the readme.html file for OpenRVS. Try setting the connection speed in the multiplayer options to T3, as this may increase performance and solve other issues.

Clients unable to see in-game HUD in multiplayer game

Use the dedicated server option instead of the in-game server
As the host, in the "Create Server" menu, under "Options", check "Dedicated Server". When you launch the server, a Command Prompt window will open, and the main game will close. The host can relaunch the main game and join by entering their own IP into the "Join IP" dialog box. As this seems to be a server-side issue, clients should not have to do anything on their end.

Can't start or join Athena Sword or Iron Wrath LAN multiplayer game (enter Raven Shield CD key)

Modify game configuration files to disable CD key check and use LAN option, optionally with VPS to emulate LAN connection over Internet connection.

Open <path-to-game>\RavenShield\system\GSRouters.dat in a text editor. Change the line that starts with CDKeyServerIP0= (what follows after the = may vary) to CDKeyServerIP0=eagscdkey-mtl1.ubisoft.com. Save and close the file. Open <path-to-game>\RavenShield\system\RavenShield.ini. Find the line that starts with m_szUbiRemFileURL= (again, what follows after the = may vary) and edit it to read m_szUbiRemFileURL=http://eagsconnect.ubisoft.com/gsinit.php?user=%s&dp=%s. Save and close the file. Start or join a LAN game. Now, when the CD key check window pops up, click the green check mark without entering anything. The first time it is clicked after applying these edits to the game's configuration files may fail, but afterwards it should work after a short wait. If the CD key check window reappears after working once before, look for a second copy of RavenShield.ini located at <path-to-game>\staticmeshes and set the same line as the main RavenShield.ini is set to m_szUbiRemFileURL=http://eagsconnect.ubisoft.com/gsinit.php?user=%s&dp=%s. If this does not work, look for any other RavenShield.ini copies that may exist in the game's install directory. Use a VPS such as ZeroTier or Hamachi as a virtual LAN to play Athena Sword or Iron Wrath multiplayer online through the in-game LAN multiplayer option. If the game does not appear in the game's LAN server browser and can not be joined via IP address while using the VPS of choice, try modifying the network adapter priority of Windows to prioritize the VPS' virtual network adapter by manually setting the interface metric. Many old games and software, including Raven Shield, expect any LAN games to show up in a network adapter with a much higher priority than a VPS virtual network adapter will typically have (generally at least the third network adapter installed after the Ethernet and wireless LAN adapters). OpenRVS does not fix the multiplayer or disable the Ubisoft.com login for Athena Sword or Iron Wrath.

Game crashes when using night vision or thermal scope

Run the game executable using compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Other information

Console rcon (remote console server admin) commands

Parameter	Description
adminlogin [rcon password]	Enter administrator password for access to admin only command
writeserver [filename]	Saves the current server setup in the save folder
loadserver [filename]	Loads the saved server setup in the save folder
newpassword [new rcon password]	Changes the admin password
kick [player name]	Kicks the player off server
kickid [player id]	Kicks the player off server
restartmatch [explanation text]	Ends the current round, resets all statistics to zero, and displays message to all players.
restartround [explanation text]	Restarts the current game-round, resets all statistics to what they were at the beginning of the round, and displays message to all players.
map [mapname]	Ends the current round immediately, changes the server to the designated map
set [classname] [property] [value]	Set property in classname to value
get [classname] [property]	Returns value of property in classname
admin pb_sv_enabled	Enables PunkBuster
admin pb_sv_disabled	Disables PunkBuster

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL		OS X only.
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Karma
Audio	OpenAL	0.951 (Wraps to DirectSound3D)
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.5r
Multiplayer	Ubi.com
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB (98, ME, 2000) 256 MB (XP)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.2.6
Processor (CPU)	733 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM