Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Subseries of Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	2001
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	2006
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	2007
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	2012
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms	2014
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands	2017
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint	2019
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline	Cancelled

Key points

Many progression-related bugs that make completing various quests/areas impossible combined with frequent autosaving. Periodically manually backing up the save folder is highly recommended.^[1]^{[dubious – discuss]}

General information

PC Report

Official Forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Gold and Ultimate editions also available.
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Deluxe Version included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Gold Edition, Ultimate Edition also available. Ultimate Edition included with Ubisoft+.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)

All versions require Ubisoft Connect, Easy Anti-Cheat, and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[2]

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game and the Deluxe Pack.

The Gold Edition contains the base game, the Season Pass Year 1, the Deluxe Pack and the Ghost War Pass.

Free trial

A free trial is available (5 hours of gameplay).^[3]

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass Year 1
Season Pass Year 2
Fallen Ghosts	Included in the Season Pass Year 1.
Ghost War Pass
Narco Road	Included in the Season Pass Year 1.

Microtransactions

Some DLC items (e.g. weapons and outfits) are only available for purchase through in-game micro-transactions.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip all intro videos^[4]
Go to `<path-to-game>\videos\` Delete or rename `Nvidia.bk2`, `Ubisoft_Logo.bk2`, `VIDEO_EXPERIENCE.bk2`, `VIDEO_GLOBA_000.bk2` and `VIDEO_INTRO_GAM.bk2`. Delete the `TRC` folder.

Use -nointro command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Notes

Works only with Steam version of the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ghost Recon Wildlands\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Ubisoft Connect	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\1771\
Steam	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\3559\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/460930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Percentage based, 75-97° at 16:9, +10° with holstered weapon
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA, SMAA and SSAA (through Resolution Scale)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double buffered.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Includes a frame rate limiter.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Console versions only.

Keyboard & Mouse Settings.

Controller Settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`Backslash` cannot be bound to commands, as it is used to delete bindings on the keybinding screen. The map screen cannot be rebound from the default `M`.
Mouse acceleration		0-100%, default is 0%
Mouse sensitivity		0-100%
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only sticks, bumpers, and trigger buttons can be swapped
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		Allows auto selection or choice of Xbox 360, One, and PlayStation 4 button icons
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Needs a XInput RB button mapped before start the game for command menu fix.
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts		Not available in options menu, but prompts will switch automatically.

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Microphone volume in-game is tied to Windows Sound setting
Surround sound
Subtitles		On by default
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		`Background Sound` found in the audio settings
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, see vorpx forum
Devices	Native	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Aim at Gaze, Auto-Pause, Clean UI, Communication Wheel, Dynamic Light, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Mark at Gaze.

Issues fixed

Game changes microphone gain at launch

Modify microphone gain ingame^[5]
Start the game. Go to the audio settings. Set `Microphone Volume` to your preferred microphone gain.

FPS drops

Switch Ubisoft Connect to Offline Mode^[6]

Modify Nvidia Control Panel and in-game settings^[7]

Launch Nvidia Control Panel
Go to Manage 3D settings
Go to Program Settings tab
Click Add and add "GRW.exe"
Set Triple Buffering to On [Note: If you notice input lag, then turn it back Off]
Set Low Latency Mode to Off
Set Vertical sync to Use 3D Application settings
Other settings on that tab should either be default (which is recommended) or set to higher performance instead of quality.
Locking FPS with Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS) improves frametime and stability on this game. Limit FPS to the average FPS you get using RTSS. For example, if FPS ranges between 52-72FPS, then limit FPS to 60 in RTSS.
Go to game's video settings
Make sure you're running fullscreen and NOT windowed
Set VSYNC to Adaptive. This improves FPS and stuttering on this game
Go to game's graphics settings and set Turf Effects, Long Range Shadows, HIgh Quality DOF, Bloom and Lens Flare to OFF. Game runs and looks better with these turned OFF.
Ambient Occlusion, Shadow Quality and Draw Distance can be lowered without noticeable difference in graphics and doing so can improve FPS and stability
Restart the game and play

Slow loading texture

Because the game is very demanding on the CPU (100% CPU usage) causing textures to not load fast^[8]
Lock FPS in game options to 60 FPS or less (I mean to a value where the CPU is not used at 100%)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2.6e
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	^[9]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz AMD FX-4320 4.0 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270X 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not officially supported.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/460930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (460930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ No Missions Appearing in Pucara region Game Breaking Bug?!?! :: Ubisoft forums
↑ Ghost Recon Wildlands EULA - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Try Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands now for free | Ghost Recon® Wildlands News & Updates | Ubisoft® (US)
↑ How to skip all the intro videos (make the game start faster) - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on January 28, 2018
↑ Verified by User:Hawaii_Beach on 2017-02-23
↑ [1]
↑ [2]
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↑ Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

[Proton_path_note-5] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/460930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (460930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] No Missions Appearing in Pucara region Game Breaking Bug?!?! :: Ubisoft forums

[2] Ghost Recon Wildlands EULA - last accessed on May 2023

[3] Try Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands now for free | Ghost Recon® Wildlands News & Updates | Ubisoft® (US)

[4] How to skip all the intro videos (make the game start faster) - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on January 28, 2018

[6] Verified by User:Hawaii_Beach on 2017-02-23

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[10] Easy Anti-Cheat - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Ubisoft Paris
	Ubisoft Annecy
	Ubisoft Bucharest
	Ubisoft Montpellier
	Ubisoft Milan
	Ubisoft Reflections
	Ubisoft Belgrade
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	AnvilNext 2.0
Release dates
Windows	March 7, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	69
OpenCritic	72
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi, South America
Series	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon