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Latest version for the vanilla game is 1.60. Patch for different regions can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20181119092310/http://patches.ubi.com/rainbow_six_3_raven_shield/ here]. If your region isn't in the previous folder (like Czech, Polish and Japanese editions) check [http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4416/7 here].<br /> | Latest version for the vanilla game is 1.60. Patch for different regions can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20181119092310/http://patches.ubi.com/rainbow_six_3_raven_shield/ here]. If your region isn't in the previous folder (like Czech, Polish and Japanese editions) check [http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4416/7 here].<br /> | ||
If you have the Athena Sword DLC, then look [https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091617/http://patches.ubi.com/rainbow_six_3_athena_sword/ here] and choose the right version for your game. For other languages check [http://patches-scrolls.de/patch/4417/7/ here] again. | If you have the Athena Sword DLC, then look [https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091617/http://patches.ubi.com/rainbow_six_3_athena_sword/ here] and choose the right version for your game. For other languages check [http://patches-scrolls.de/patch/4417/7/ here] again. | ||
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==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Revision as of 11:57, 30 June 2020
Developers | |
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Red Storm Entertainment | |
Ubisoft Montreal | |
macOS (OS X) | i5works[1] |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 18, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2003 |
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.
⤏ Go to series page | |
Subseries of Tom Clancy | |
Rainbow Six | 1998 |
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | 1999 |
Rainbow Six: Covert Ops Essentials | 2000 |
Rainbow Six: Take-Down | 2001 |
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn | 2001 |
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 |
Rainbow Six: Lockdown | 2006 |
Rainbow Six: Vegas | 2006 |
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | 2008 |
Rainbow Six Siege | 2015 |
Rainbow Six Extraction | 2022 |
Key points
- The official multiplayer service is no longer available,[2] see this thread or RVSGaming for a solution.
General information
- ALLR6 All Rainbow Six Community
- HOW TO PLAY ONLINE 2017+
- Ubisoft game page
- Official Forum
- Rainbow Six Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |||
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).
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Gold Edition comes with the base game and the Athena Sword expansion
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword | ||
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath | US version UK version |
Essential improvements
Install Iron Wrath on a non-US/UK version
Edit RavenShield.ini |
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[Engine.Engine] Language=int
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Skip intro videos
Raven Shield[citation needed] |
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Videos\Logos.bik Videos\int\RS_Intro.bik Notes
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Athena Sword[citation needed] |
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Videos\int\RS_Intro.bik |
Patches
Latest version for the vanilla game is 1.60. Patch for different regions can be found here. If your region isn't in the previous folder (like Czech, Polish and Japanese editions) check here.
If you have the Athena Sword DLC, then look here and choose the right version for your game. For other languages check here again.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\system\*.ini[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19830/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19830/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Menus render in 640x480 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Image is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate but this requires an external program. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Default is 90 although widescreen resolutions effectively reduce it. Can be further adjusted via an addon | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Screen flickering. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | If Control panel hack doesn't work Use dgvoodoo2 Instead. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Instructions[citation needed] |
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StartupFullscreen=False |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | See Mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Mouse smoothing
Edit User.ini[citation needed] |
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[Engine.PlayerInput] MouseSmoothingMode=0 |
Mouse sensitivity
Edit User.ini[citation needed] |
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[Engine.Input] W=MoveForward | setsensitivity 0.123456 In game console command: setsensitivity 0.43 |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | On by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Restore 3D audio and EAX
Use dsoal |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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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. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play | 16 | Official server browser has been shut down;[2] see this thread or RVSGaming. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 80, 6667, 7777-7787, 8777-8787, 40000-42000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Screen flickering
Use ENBSeries DX8 to DX9 Convertor[citation needed] |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Windowed Mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Crashing when tunring on MSI Afterburner's overlay
In RivaTuner Statistics Server, set "On-Screen Display rendering mode" to "Vector 2D" |
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Run the game via dgVoodoo2 |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
OpenGL | OS X only. | |
Shader Model support | 1.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Karma | |
Audio | OpenAL | Wraps to DirectSound3D |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Ubi.com | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 (Windows 98, ME and 2000) 256 MB (Windows 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) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.6 | 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 |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] 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.[4]
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/19830/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (19830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Aspyr gets ready to ship four new games - Macworld - last accessed on 2016-7-23
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Discontinued Online Multiplayer Server List - Ubisoft Support
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16