Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell:
Pandora Tomorrow

Developers
	Ubisoft Shanghai
	Ubisoft Annecy
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Russobit-M
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, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Europe, Middle East, North America
Series	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Tom Clancy's 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

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person action, stealth and TPS game in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series.

The retail releases of the PC version of the game have graphical issues, specifically those affecting shadow rendering, which render certain game sections unplayable. Additionally, the PC version does not include certain visual effects — such as depth of field and rain that are present in the Xbox version.

After 21 years being abandonware, it was silently re-released on digital storefronts on October 14th, 2025, and includes a fix for the shadow rendering issue on modern systems.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 3 DRM SafeDisc 4 DRM - re-releases
Retail		Simple disc check - certain re-releases
Retail		Splinter Cell Ultimate Edition
Epic Games Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+

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

The digital re-releases include a fix for shadow rendering and minor tweaks, but lack the Versus mode. However it has broken water shaders in Mission 7. See Issues fixed

A faithful and higher quality icon is available on SteamGridDB.

Demos

Single Player Demo

Available to download from Gamepressure, ModDB and the Internet Archive.

Contains the "Paris-to-Nice train" mission.

Multiplayer Demo

Available to download from ModDB and the Internet Archive.

Only includes the Mount Hospital map.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is v1.31, available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls.

Updated bonus maps are also available from Patches-Scrolls.

Widescreen resolution

1. Download the ZIP file here.
2. Extract the system folder to <path-to-game>.

FOV is automatically adjusted according to the resolution.

Removes stretched HUD and moves HUD elements to the edge of the screen.

Improves the night vision resolution.

Adds an option to skip intro

Improved gamepad support with rumble support (via Xidi)

Adds an option to increase shadows resolution

Adds an option to increase reflections resolution

Increases the level of detail (LOD) distance significantly, improving the quality of meshes at greater distances

Disables mouse acceleration

The water shader in TV Station's sewers has been replaced with a new shader to fix rendering issues in the digital release

Improvements apply to 4:3 resolution as well

Skip intro videos

Run different executables
Go to the game directory, and run pandora_tomorrow.exe to directly access the main menu. To start singleplayer mode, go to <path-to-game>\offline\system, and run SplinterCell2.exe. To start multiplayer mode, go to <path-to-game>\online\system, and run SplinterCell.exe or shadowstrike_static_retail.exe.

Use the ThirteenAG Widescreen Patch

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\offline\system <path-to-game>\online\system
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3929740/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\offline\Save
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3929740/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Video options menu

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
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).
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default in digital versions. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 200 FPS in the retail releases and 60 FPS in the digital re-releases. Framerates above 60 FPS can cause issues. See Frame rate issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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 and change it to StartupFullscreen=False. Save the changes.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify driver profile[citation needed]

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Search and select the game profile. Set Antialiasing compatibility to 0x08000040. Set Antialiasing - Behavior Flags to None. Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override. Set Antialiasing - Setting to 8x Multisampling or the desired value. Set Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (optional). Click Apply changes. Notes This works only for Nvidia GPUs.

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, dgVoodoo.conf overrides the global dgVoodoo 2 settings. Delete or rename dgVoodoo.conf 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.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

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

Input

Control options menu

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Hardcoded keys can be rebind by editting SplinterCell2User.ini inside system folder.
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 SplinterCell2User.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 <path-to-game>\offline\system. Open ESetting.ini. Find all useAimTuning= lines, then edit their values from v=1 to v=0 and save the changes. When running them game, make 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).

Disables the mouse to control the in-game camera.

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\offline\system and open Spintercell2.ini. Find UseJoystick=False and change it to UseJoystick=True. Download this fix and extract the contents to <path-to-game>\offline\system.

Xbox Controller support

Keyboard is required to skip cutscenes and start missions.

Disables the mouse to control the in-game camera.

Instructions
Download this zip file. Copy the contents to <path-to-game>\offline\system. Open Spintercell2.ini with a text editor. Find UseJoystick=False and change it to UseJoystick=True. To remap controls: Open Spintercell2User.ini, then scroll down to Joy 1-16 and remap the controls. Notes Read this guide on Steam for any help.

Audio

Sound options menu

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Voice, music, ambient and SFX
Surround sound		Up to 7.1
Subtitles		In-game subtitles for OPSAT dialogues only. Not available in cutscenes. Polish & Asian versions add subtitles to all in-game dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0
Royalty free audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Taiwanese retail release only, Translated by Unalis.
Simplified Chinese				Mainland China retail release only, Translated by Ubisoft Shanghai.
Czech				Fan translation made by Polis, Pavel Mondschein, Gef, Kopulkon. Can be downloaded from here.
French
German
Hungarian				Local retail release only.
Italian
Korean				Local retail release only.
Polish				Local retail release only. For other releases, see this.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation made by GameVicio and revised by guitutilo. Can be downloaded from here.
Russian				Local retail release only. For other releases, see this.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Only available as an option on Ubi.com service.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires dgVoodoo2 v2.55.4, see profile introduction. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

Broken water shaders in Mission 7 (Digital)

The TV Station sewer section has broken water shaders.

Use the ThirteenAG Widescreen Patch

Rendering issues on modern PCs (Retail)

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 dgVoodoo 2
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe and \MS\x86\D3D8.dll to <path-to-game>\system. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe and click on 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. Notes Requires dgVoodoo 2 2.53 or later (included in the newest version of ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix).

Use experimental fix[citation needed]
Download the experimental fix. Copy d3d8.dll to <path-to-game>\offline\system.

Crashes during cutscenes

Crashes may occur at any random point by returning a "General protection fault!" error.

Use a newer version of binkw32.dll
Download the DLL file. Copy binkw32.dll to <path-to-game>\offline\system.

Set the compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Me[citation needed]

Frame rate issues

Bottom Tooltip Erratic Movement Example. Click to see it in action

Game is capped at 200 FPS. (Retail)

Above 60 FPS, some physics of "softbody" materials like curtains are broken^{[citation needed]}.

If its above 100 FPS, the bottom tooltip has erratic movement.

If it exceeds 120 FPS, pathfinding is broken^{[citation needed]}.

Despite the digital release being capped at 60fps, it stutters if set at high refresh rates.

Use dgVoodoo 2 (Retail)
Note Not recommended with the digital release as it will conflict with it's own shadow rendering fix.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]

Set the monitor's refresh rate to 60hz (Digital)

Issues Unresolved

Crashing with recording software

With some recording software such as Bandicam, the game will crash when starting up.

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 here. Copy the offline folder to the game directory and overwrite when prompted. Notes Although in high resolution, HD textures often look bland (e.g. wood). Ads have been removed, and the file HUDPC.utx contains a completely different HUD from the original. Certain textures have transparency problems when applied to the PC version. For example, the train lights that leak through the grids at the beginning of the second mission. In this case, the grates do not let light through properly and have a black texture where it should be invisible.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, 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