Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Developers
	Red Storm Entertainment
Mac OS (Classic)	i5works
macOS (OS X)	i5works
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Mac OS, OS X	Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows	November 13, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	November 1, 2002
macOS (OS X)	November 1, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	68
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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

Warnings

The Mac OS X release of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and tactical shooter game in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM
Retail		"2 Great Games" edition.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com		Does not include the Desert Siege and Island Thunder expansions.
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.

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

Demo

A free demo version is available to download here.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Desert Siege	Mac OS version is only available in the Game of The Year Pack.
Island Thunder	See Island Thunder not available on Mac for Mac conversion.

Essential improvements

Patch

The latest official patch for the base game is v1.4, but requires v1.3 to be installed first. Both are available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls.

An additional update for the Desert Siege multiplayer segment is available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\options.xml
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15300/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Mods\Origmiss\save\
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15300/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Vert-; game looks cropped when using widescreen resolutions. Increase FOV to compensate by using the Widescreen Fixer or FOV Fix. Menus are locked at 640x480.
Multi-monitor			Vert-; game looks cropped when using multimonitor resolutions. Increase FOV to compensate by using the Widescreen Fixer or FOV Fix. To fix the zoom and binocular masks at 48:10, see also the WSGF entry. Menus are locked at 640x480.
Ultra-widescreen			Vert-; game looks cropped when using ultrawide resolutions. Increase FOV to compensate by using the Widescreen Fixer or FOV Fix. Menus are locked at 640x480.
4K Ultra HD			Vert-; game looks cropped when using widescreen resolutions. Increase FOV to compensate by using the Widescreen Fixer or FOV Fix. Menus are locked at 640x480.
Field of view (FOV)		Use the Widescreen Fixer or FOV Fix.
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 the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Broken in the latest Windows 10/11 version because of DWM; see Vsync not working on Windows 10 and newer.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Windowed

Instructions
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open options.xml. Find the <FullScreen>TRUE</FullScreen> line and set it to <FullScreen>FALSE</FullScreen>.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Seems to be turned off by default, no option to turn on.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, effects, music and voice.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		Important messages are still displayed in text, but do not match speech.
Closed captions		Despite this, source of attacks are shown from the compass.
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Only available in retail release in Mainland China, Translated by Ubisoft Shanghai.
Traditional Chinese				Only available in retail release in Taiwan, Translated by Unalis.
Czech				Fan - 1
French
German
Italian
Polish				Retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only. Download.
Russian				Retail only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		36
Online play		36	The official Ubi.com service has been shut down.

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

Failed to start game

Can manifest as an error reporting that the game is already running, or Task Manager/Process Explorer showing the game in the task list briefly before it is closed.

Delete dbghelp.dll[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Delete or rename dbghelp.dll.

Vsync not working on Windows 10 and newer

Use dgVoodoo 2
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract dgVoodooCpl.exe, as well as \MS\x86\D3D8.DLL to <path-to-game>.

Screen flickering

Use d3d8to9[citation needed]

Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed]

Use Borderless Gaming[citation needed]

Jittery and inconsistent mouse movement

Use dinput8wrapper

Island Thunder not available on Mac

Use Virtual PC, or a PC to extract the files (requires PC expansion)

Download WinPack300b and extract to the hard drive in an easily accessible location. Insert the Island Thunder PC disc and cancel the autorun process. Open up Winpack 300. Press "Load packed file" and choose data1.cab from the disc. Proceed to extract all of the folders with Mp2 in their name to an easily accessible location. Find the main Mp2 folder, there should be nothing inside it besides one text file named modscount.txt, this will be the folder to place the other renamed folders into. Rename all other folders so that they lose the Mp2_ prefix (e.g. Mp2_Video needs to be Video) and place them within the main Mp2 folder. The exception are the files with the Mp2_Sound_ and Mp2_Shell_ prefixes - after their prefix is removed, they need to be placed into Mp2\Sound and Mp2\Shell, respectively. Transfer the entire folder with extracted content to the Mac. Run the Island Thunder Mac patch to fix problems that occur after the rough conversion. When the file is done, open the installer and follow the instructions the installer provides. Install the MPEG-4 codecs when prompted as well. After running the patch, move the Mp2 folder to <path-to-game>\Ghost Recon Data\Mods\. To play Island Thunder, activate it like a mod in such a way that it is the 2nd mod on the active mod list, as the first should always be Desert Siege. Notes Some sounds might play a bit too loud. To fix this, use SoundAPP (OS 9) or Sound Converter (OS X). Convert all WAV files to AIF files.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D
Multiplayer	Ubi.com

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	9
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage 128 16 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.0
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Rage 128 16 MB of VRAM

Supported video cards at time of release: ATI Rage 128 and Radeon chips, Intel 82810 or higher, Matrox Parhelia, NVIDIA TNT2 and GeForce chips, S3 Pro Savage and UniChrome. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.