Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Developers
	Ubisoft Shanghai
	Ubisoft Annecy
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	March 23, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	87
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America
Series	Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell
Subseries of Tom Clancy
Splinter Cell	2003
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow	2004
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory	2005
Splinter Cell: Double Agent	2006
Splinter Cell: Conviction	2010
Splinter Cell: Blacklist	2013

Key points

Shadows, water and torchlight may not render correctly on modern PCs (see Issues fixed).

Online multiplayer is no longer functional.

Doesn't contain the Depth of Field and Rain effects from the Xbox version.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v3 DRM.

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

Later re-released in the Ultimate Splinter Cell Collection. This version is DRM-free.

Not available digitally.

A faithful, higher quality icon can be found on SteamGridDB.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patch is automatically downloaded by SC:PT Updater Launcher, or standalone patches can be downloaded directly here. All patches are available from ubisoft here (if you get a "403 Forbidden" error, simply try again).

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Launch the game through pandora_tomorrow.exe found in the installation folder to boot directly to the main menu. To launch single-player directly use SplinterCell2.exe found in <path-to-game>\offline\system\. To launch multiplayer directly use SplinterCell2.exe found in <path-to-game>\online\system\.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\offline\system <path-to-game>\online\system

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\offline\Save

Video

Video options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution. Works with any resolution as long as it is a native resolution of the monitor, including 32:9 aspect ratios.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution. Does not work with DSR. 4k has to be the native resolution of the tv or monitor for it to work with the hack.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 200 FPS. When playing on <60 FPS some physics of "softbody" materials like curtains break and on even higher framerates (+140FPS) pathfinding is broken.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Use ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix

Go to this site and hit the small arrow on the right of the Download button for a direct download link in the drop down list. Alternatively, download SplinterCellPandoraTomorrow.WidescreenFix.zip after going to the GitHub release page. Extract the system folder to <path-to-game>. Notes FOV is automatically adjusted to resolution. Removes HUD stretching and moves HUD elements to the edge of the screen. When launching the game a window may appear asking to download the latest version and dgVoodoo 2 which is required to fix some rendering issues.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit SplinterCell2User.ini

Go to the configuration files location. Open SplinterCell2User.ini. Find [Engine.PlayerController] section. Adjust the following values (91.3154482287 is advised for 16:9 displays and 85.2812718522 for 16:10 ones): DesiredFOV=75.0 DefaultFOV=75.0 Save the changes. Notes Use either this or ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix or the FOV will be too wide. Custom FOV and Hor+ work only if applied before creating a new profile.

Windowed

Edit SplinterCell2.ini[citation needed]
Go to the configuration files location. Open SplinterCell2.ini. Find StartupFullscreen=True Change True to False and save the file.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify driver profile[citation needed]

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Select the Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow profile. Change Antialiasing compatibility to 0x08000040 Change Antialiasing - Behavior Flags to None. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 8x Multisampling or your desired setting. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (optional) Click Apply changes. Notes This works only for Nvidia cards.

Force MSAA using dgVoodoo 2

Install dgVoodoo 2. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe and click on the DirectX tab. Set Antialiasing(MSAA) to 2x, 4x or 8x. Notes When using ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix the included <path-to-game>\offline\system\dgVoodoo.conf file overrides the global dgVoodoo 2 settings. Delete/rename that file to use the global settings or edit it directly when using dgVoodooCpl.exe. Water will be rendered incorrectly in two places in Komodo Shipyard level.

Force SMAA using ReShade

Read the instructions below to properly setup dgVoodoo 2 for this game. Download the latest version of ReShade and run the Reshade Setup program. Click Select game, then select SplinterCell2.exe found in <path-to-game>\offline\system\. Select Direct3D 10+ as the rendering API. Allow to download shaders/effects and choose either all of them or just SMAA. Run the game, press ⇧ Shift+F2 to enter the configuration menu and follow the tutorial to create new profile and activate SMAA. In the Settings tab, under Usage Mode select Performance Mode. Click X in top right to exit the configuration menu. Notes If downloading shader archive fails, download the archive manually and extract it to <path-to-game>\offline\system\. Then in game in ReShade settings add \reshade-shaders-master\Shaders to end of the Effect Search Paths and \reshade-shaders-master\Textures to the end of Texture Search Paths field. Restart the game and continue from Step 6. No water rendering issues. Using the Night Vision Goggles causes a huge performance loss because ReShade tries to anti-alias the grain effect.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit SplinterCell2.ini[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open SplinterCell2.ini. Find a section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]. At the bottom of the section (after OverrideOptimalRefreshRate=False), add a line: UseVsync=True Save the file.

Input

Control options menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See Controller support.
Full controller support		Cutscenes can't be skipped with controller, need to manually press ↵ Enter to begin/end a mission.
Controller remapping		Edit SplinterCellUser.ini
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Mouse acceleration is present whenever you equip/shoulder your weapon, as well as during aiming.

Edit ESetting.ini
Go to the installation directory <path-to-game>\offline\system\. Open ESetting.ini. Find all useAimTuning= lines and edit their value from v=1 to v=0 then save. When in game, be sure to create a new Save (loading a previous Save doesn't register the change).

Controller support

This fix makes XInput controllers somewhat compatible (menus can be navigated without a mouse, however cutscenes can't be skipped with a controller).

Go to <path-to-game>\offline\system
Open Spintercell2.ini find UseJoystick=False and change it to UseJoystick=True download this fix paste the files in <path-to-game>\offline\system

Xbox Controller support

1. {{Fixbox|description=Follow this guide SteamCommunity
2. 1. Download Zip file
3. 2.

   Go to <path-to-game>\offline\system
   Paste the contents 3. Then go open Spintercell2.ini Change UseJoystick from False to True

   Audio

   

   Sound options menu.

   Audio feature	State	Notes
   Separate volume controls		Voice, music, ambient and SFX.
   Surround sound		Up to 7.1
   Subtitles		Only in-game subtitles for the OPSAT dialogue, not available in cutscenes, except for Polish version, which also adds subtitles to every dialogue in-game.
   Closed captions
   Mute on focus lost
   EAX support		EAX 3.0

   May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper audio functionality on Vista and later.

   Localizations

   Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
   English
   Traditional Chinese
   French
   German
   Hungarian				Local Retail only, patch for other releases here.
   Italian
   Polish				Local retail only, patch For other releases here.
   Spanish

   Network

   Multiplayer types

   Type	Native	Notes
   LAN play
   Online play

   Connection types

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

   VR support

   3D modes	State	Notes
   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.

   Issues fixed

   Rendering issues on modern PCs

   Due to relying on now-obsolete functionality in Nvidia GPUs, the default "buffer" shadows are broken on modern hardware. This impacts gameplay as many light sources such as searchlights become invisible but can still trigger alarms.

   Sea and water may flicker in some maps.

   Torchlight doesn't work in multiplayer.

   Use dgVoodoo2

   Use dgVoodoo2

   Download dgVoodoo2 from the official website. Extract the contents to the folder of your choice. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe and click the DirectX tab. Under Videocard select GeForce 4 Ti 4800 from the drop-down menu. Select 256 MB from the VRAM drop-down menu. Click Apply and OK at the bottom of the dgVoodoo 2 application window. Copy D3D8.dll file from dgVoodoo2\MS\ folder to <path-to-game>\system folder. Notes Requires dgVoodoo2 2.53 or later (included in the newest version of ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix).

   Experimental fix[citation needed]
   Download this experimental fix. Drop the d3d8.dll file next to the game's executable (<path-to-game>\offline\system).

   Cutscenes crashing

   Cutscenes at any random point will crash with a "General protection fault!" error

   Use a newer binkw32.dll
   Download the .dll file. Drop the binkw32.dll file next to the game's executable (<path-to-game>\offline\system).

   Other information

   API

   Technical specs	Supported	Notes
   Direct3D	8.1

   Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
   Windows

   Middleware

   	Middleware	Notes
   Audio	DirectSound3D
   Cutscenes	Bink Video
   Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

   HD Textures from the PS3 version

   Instructions

   Download the archive from here. Extract the archive and copy the offline folder to the game installation folder and overwrite the existing files. Notes Although in higher resolution, the HD textures often look bland (especially wood), so installing the pack is not necessarily an improvement. The file HUDPC.utx contains a hud comepletely different from the original and original ads have been removed. Moreover, some textures present transparency problems when applied directly in the pc version, an example would be the train lights that leak through the grids on the second mission at the beginning, in this case the grids do not let the light pass correctly and have a black texture where it should be invisible.

   System requirements

   Windows
   	Minimum		Recommended
   Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000		XP
   Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon		Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
   System memory (RAM)	128 MB		512 MB
   Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB		2.5 GB
   Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce FX ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM

   
   

   Notes

   References