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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
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Ubisoft Toronto |
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Ubisoft |
| Russia |
Noviy Disk[1] |
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LEAD Engine |
| Windows |
August 20, 2013 |
| Metacritic |
82 |
| IGDB |
78 |
| Monetization |
One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing |
Real-time |
| Perspectives |
Third-person, First-person |
| Controls |
Direct control |
| Genres |
Action, Stealth |
| Art styles |
Realistic |
| Themes |
Contemporary, Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America |
| Series |
Splinter Cell |
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General information
- Port Report
- Splinter Cell Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| High Power Pack |
Included with Deluxe Edition. |
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| Homeland |
Included with Deluxe Edition. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.03, but requires patches 1.01 and 1.02 to be installed first. They are available from Ubisoft's (archived) support page and Patches-Scrolls.
Skip intro videos
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Delete or rename video files[3]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\Videos.
- Delete or rename
Copyright.bik, Disclaimer.bik, ESRB.bik, Logo_Clancy_01.bik, Logo_MiddleWare_01.bik, Logo_Ubisoft.bik, and Logo_Ubisoft_Clancy.bik.
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Bloom
Motion blur
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Disable motion blur[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini in a text editor.
- Change
UseMotionBlur=1 to UseMotionBlur=0.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
The gamepad layout for singleplayer/co-op.
The gamepad layout for multiplayer (Spy).
The gamepad layout for multiplayer (Merc).
Audio
In-game language settings.
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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Music and SFX only. |
| Surround sound |
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5.1 only. |
| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Traditional Chinese |
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It is locked out of use by Ubisoft for unknown reasons. |
| Czech |
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| Danish |
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| Dutch |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Hungarian |
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| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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| Norwegian |
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| Polish |
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| Brazilian Portuguese |
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| Russian |
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| Spanish |
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| Swedish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
| LAN play |
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| Online play |
| 8 |
Versus, Co-op
Online services shut down on October 1, 2022.[2]
Co-op: Fourth Echelon (4E) Missions only (2 players). |
Connection types
Ports
| Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
| TCP |
80, 443 |
| UDP |
3658, 13000-13032 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Issues fixed
Game crashes without message after 20-30min
Game does not launch
- When launching the game, there is a brief command prompt window that disappears, and the game does not launch.
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Move or delete Systemdetection.dll[6]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\src\SYSTEM.
- Move or delete
Systemdetection.dll.
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Display mode resets to windowed every time
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Edit configuration file
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini with a text editor.
- Find and change
WindowStyleFinal value to 2 for borderless mode or 0 for exclusive fullscreen.
- Save the file.
- Launch the game via Ubisoft Connect only to prevent Steam from restoring the value to
1.
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The game is stuck at 60 Hz
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Edit videoSettings.ini[7]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini
- Find and change the
MaxRefreshRate to the desired refresh rate.
- Save the file.
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Bad performance or unstable frame rate
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Turn off video settings[8]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini
- Find and change the
Occlusion_Off value to 0.
- For additional performance improvements, find and change
UseMotionBlur value to 0.
- To ensure the changes take effect without the game overwriting it, set the file to read-only.
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Change DirectX version used for rendering to DX9[10]
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- Below are possible solutions to an error marked with offset
00422c5c (DX11) or 006be09c (DX9) in the Windows Event Viewer.
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Set firewall rules[11][12]
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- Edit firewall rules.
- Make sure that following applications can access the Internet:
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Launch the game as administrator[13]
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Open Ubisoft Connect and switch it to Offline mode (this prevents online play)[14]
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Crashes instantly at start up
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini.
- Change
WindowStyleFinal=1 (fullscreen) to WindowStyleFinal=2 (for borderless windowed) or WindowStyleFinal=0 (for windowed).
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Can not switch to DirectX 9 mode
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Set DirectX 9 in the video menus and exit the game.
- Restart the Ubisoft Connect client to prevent reverting to DirectX 11.
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Can not connect to other players when purchased from different distribution platforms
Offline save games no longer working
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Instructions[16]
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- Locate the Ubisoft Connect installation folder, usually found within
Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher.
- Go to
savegames\<user-id>.
- Inside of it, sort the folders by date modified, and copy the most recent
sc6_save.sav files from inside one of the folders (usually folder 91) to folder 449).
- Launch the game, the save game should be intact and working. Make a small change, purchase, gear customization to check whether or not it was successful.
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Start the game in online mode[17]
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Cannot connect with a friend in lobby
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Manually set firewall rules[18]
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Disable all network adapters other than the main Internet connection[19]
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Above solution can fix connection problems and also cause the system to show firewall "allow access" alert if you didn't set the firewall rule manually already.
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High frame rate issues
- The physics and logic of the game are linked to 60 FPS, so playing at high fps can cause problems.
RAW input
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Use RInput
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- Download RInput
- Run
RInput.exe with the command line argument containing the name of the game's executable (i.e. "...\RInput 1.44\RInput.exe" Blacklist_DX11_game.exe).
- Add
Blacklist_game.exe instead of Blacklist_DX11_game.exe if the game runs in DirectX 9 mode.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
9.0c, 11 |
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| Shader Model support |
3, 5 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Physics |
Havok |
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| Audio |
XAudio2 |
[20] |
| Interface |
Scaleform |
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| Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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| Multiplayer |
Net-Z, Rendez-Vous, Ubisoft Connect |
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Mods
- A rebalance mod via ini files that changes some of the gameplay mechanics, to make it feel similar to older Splinter Cell games such as Chaos Theory, such as a challenging stealth tweak, suit tweaks, better stealth suit look for the maxed stealth suit, etc.
System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3 |
Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.53 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 3870
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 4 support |
Nvidia GeForce 700 series
AMD Radeon HD 7000 series
DirectX 11 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
