Splinter Cell Double Agent

[WardoggOne]

last thread was posed to be regarding double agent not CT. sorry guys

so it be using securerom then? anyone know this as fact?


it's $37 at circuit city this week. vs $60 for 360

[Ebf18]

I know Prot.Stop works with it at least. Also, make sure your video card supports shader 3.0, if not it won't run.

[BarryB]

You what???

You got to be fooking kidding? You mean those dumbasses alienated the vast majority of the gaming market by supporting only SM3.0!!! What a bunch of tossers!

You know what's coming next don't you? We'll all have to upgrade to Vista as all the developers will make Vista only games as they think we can all afford to keep changing hardware/software every couple of months to cater to their stupid idea that every gamer has a dual core, dual GPU setup!!

You WANKERS Ubisoft!!! If you think I'm shelling out hundreds of £££'s for a new GFX card (when my X850XT is running some of the latest games just fine) just to run ONE game, you can go f**k yourselves!!!

If they don't add support for SM2.0 in a future patch then I hope they hang along with Saddam!!!!

[cdkiller]

no flaming

i´ve just read an article about the upcomming patch, they added Shader Model 2.0 support. so u will be able to play it.

[WardoggOne]

WHAT is that true? then forget that. i'll wait till sm2 support comes. there's no 1.1 like CT at least?

[chron]

@cdkiller: where did you get these information from?

[BarryB]

@cdkiller: Flaming aimed 100% at Ubisoft, not another member

Hope it's true about that patch and SM2.0.

[Muyfa666]

Really, Chaos Theory also had it's fair share of problems when it came out. I bought it anyways, but actually didn't play it at all until patch 1.05 and the reloaded crack came out... :-) All good things come to those who waits.

[glenbo]

1. Minimum/Recommended specifications

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1.1. PC hardware requirements

PC hardware minimum requirements ========================

Supported OS : Windows XP (only)
Processor : 3000 MHz Pentium IV or AMD Athlon or better
RAM : 1GB RAM
Video Card : 128MB DirectX9-compliant video card (see supported list*)
Sound Card : DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card
DirectX : DirectX 9.0c (included on DVD)
DVD : 4x DVD or faster
Hard Drive Space : 8.0 GB free

PC hardware recommended requirements ========================

Supported OS : Windows XP (only)
Processor : 3500 MHz Pentium IV/AMD or better
RAM : 1GB RAM
Video Card : 256MB DirectX9-compliant video card (see supported list*)
Sound Card : DolbyDigital 5.1 and EAX 4.0 compatible
DVD : 4x DVD or faster
Hard Drive Space : 10.0 GB free

================================================== ==============================

does not say in the readme that it's 3.0 only,it just says if you do not have 3.0 it will not support hdr settings.

my card is a radeon x800xt 256mb which doesent support 3.0 (it says the reason it doesent is becuase 3.0 is not funlly supported by any game and isent likley to be for a long time,so it use's some aspects of 3.0 but has a basis of 2.0 making it '2.6')

ive only just recieved this game and got those recommendations from teh readme on teh disc,i'll install later when i get home from work and i will report back wether it runs or not.

-fingers crossed-

also what you guys where saying about new games may be 'vista only'

i read that when halo 2 finally comes to pc it will be vista only.

[Joe Forster/STA]

I think only Micro$oft is stupid enough to make its own game (!) Vista-only. Other developers/publishers know that customers cannot be pushed this boldly to change to a new operating system (again)!

[Penkster]

Not tried this but I am told that if you edit the line below in the Splintercell4.ini file you can use cards that have SM2.0

SimpleShader=False change to SimpleShader=True

[Muyfa666]

Can anyone confirm this?

[glenbo]

gonna try it now

[glenbo]

ok the game crashes during the loading screen for a new game on every setting available...the menus all work fine,the hardware detect fails me on teh graphics card but passes me on everything else...which is sad as my card runs oblivion maxed out and about a year ago was one of the best cards on teh market and well ahead of its time.

im going to try the .ini file editing now..i'll report back after i tried it.

[glenbo]

ok this is what i did..

i edited the splintercell4.ini located in c:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent\SCDA-Offline\System as instructed by penkster

and i got the same thing..crashes half way through loading a new game and gives me a error message saying 'trying set non-registered vertex shader'

any ideas people? before i take this piece of crap back to the shop?

i emailed ubisoft and got a near instant reply here it is>>>

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"I understand your frustration, however there comes a time when you have to push the envelope to the next level when it comes to PC games. Splinter Cell: Double Agent is a "Next Gen" PC title.

Since you have voiced your concerns, I am able to offer you a special discount on your next game purchase. If you make your next Ubisoft game purchase from the Ubisoft online store (http://store.ubi.com), you can take up to $10 off and receive FREE shipping on the order."

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ive just read elsewhere that it is impossible to force sm 2.0 support as it doesent have any support in the first place in the game.

it literally is 3.0 or nothing,and by the looks of things...no patch to fix it.


you think they would of learned from the last mess they made with chaos theory...lack of sales cos of starforce,the game was in the bargain bin inside about 4 months of release in most shops @ £9.99

this game is not gonna sell atall.