Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
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Ubisoft Toronto |
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Ubisoft |
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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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Key points
- The game may be unable to launch when installed on a drive managed as a Storage Space on certain systems.
- Online services shut down on October 1, 2022.[1]
- The mobile app required to unlock some of the in-game upgrades is no longer available.
- The game needs UPLAY to run although the in game servers were shutdown
General information
- Port Report
- Official forum
- 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
Ubisoft Connect should update the game by itself. If you have any problems patches links and changelogs can be found here.
Skip intro videos
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Delete or rename video files[2]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Go into
<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
Input
In-game key map settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
The gamepad layout for Single Player/Co-op.
The gamepad layout for Multiplayer (Spy).
The gamepad layout for Multiplayer (Merc).
Audio
In-game language settings.
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State |
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| Separate volume controls |
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Music and SFX only. |
| Surround sound |
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5.1 only. |
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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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| 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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| Japanese |
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| Norwegian |
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| Polish |
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| Russian |
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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.[1]
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
Display Mode Resets to "Windowed Mode" Every Time
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Edit "videoSettings.ini"
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini.
- Find and change "WindowStyleFinal=1" to "WindowStyleFinal=2" for Borderless mode or "WindowStyleFinal=0" for Exclusive fullscreen.
- Save the file.
- Launch the game via Ubisoft Connect only to prevent Steam from restoring "WindowStyleFinal=1".
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The game is stuck at 60 Hz
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Edit videoSettings.ini[5]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini.
- Find and change "MaxRefreshRate=60" to "MaxRefreshRate=(x)" where (x) stands for your refresh rate of choice.
- Save the file.
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Bad performance or unstable frame rate
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Turn off video settings[6]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
videoSettings.ini.
- Find and change
Occlusion_Off=2 to Occlusion_Off=0.
- For additional performance improvements, find and change
UseMotionBlur=1 to UseMotionBlur=0.
- To ensure the changes take effect without the game overwriting it, set the file to read-only.
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Game crashes without message after 20-30min
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Change DirectX version used for rendering to DX9[8]
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- Below are possible solutions to an error marked with offset 00422c5c (DX11) or 006be09c (DX9) in Windows Event Viewer.
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Set firewall rules[9][10]
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- Edit firewall rules.
- Make sure that following applications can access internet in your network:
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Launch the game as administrator[11]
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Open Ubisoft Connect and switch it to Offline mode[12]
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- This will prevent you from playing online.
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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't connect to other players when purchased from different distribution platforms
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Install patch[citation needed]
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- Ubisoft Connect/retail customers should install the latest patch from Ubisoft when attempting to play with Steam customers.
- Patched out or doesn't occur in all cases.
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Can't switch to DirectX 9 mode
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Instructions[citation needed]
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- Set DirectX 9 in the video menus and shut down the game.
- Restart the Ubisoft Connect client.
- If you don't restart Ubisoft Connect, it will launch the DirectX 11 executable again regardless of selected options.
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Offline save games no longer working
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Instructions[13]
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- Locate the Ubisoft Connect installation folder, usually found within
Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher.
- Open the
savegames folder. Inside of it there should be a folder with the user's Ubisoft Connect account nickname hashed, it should be the only folder present unless multiple users have logged in on the same PC.
- 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. It's a good idea to 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[14]
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Cannot connect with a friend in lobby
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Set firewall rules[15]
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If you already played the game before, it can occur that prompt from Windows firewall to "allow access" to the game doesn't show up when the game is launched, while the game is still not added to the firewall exception list. In consequence, it will prevent the game from joining lobbies if the game is not added to firewall exceptions.
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Disable all network adapters beside your internet connection[16]
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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.
- Sometimes you may be forced to manually uninstall adapters like Hamachi or Radmin VPN, if they're constantly turning on their selves, even if they're closed.
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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.
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Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed]
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RAW input
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Download RInput
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- Create a shortcut to
RInput.exe.
- Right-click the newly created shortcut, go to Properties, then add a space followed by "
Blacklist_DX11_game.exe" without the quotation marks in the Target box (e.g. "...\RInput 1.44\RInput.exe" Blacklist_DX11_game.exe).
- Run Rinput through the shortcut before or during the game.
- Note that the executable name is case sensitive
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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 |
[17] |
| 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 nice 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 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>/235600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (235600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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