Help with Splinter Cell:Pandora Tomorrow

[dandharris]

Hello all,

Well here's my first post to the forum for some help...

I purchased this game, seeing that the previous splinter cell game worked fine on this card. Obviously Im wrong. While this card may not be optimized to run this game I would still really like to play it!!!

I saw in an earlier post someone used 3dAnalyzer and got it to work...however I'm having no success.

I open 3danalyzer and check the force pixel shader 1.4 box however I dont see the bypass 1.3 check options?

Where/What do I do to bypass 1.3 check options?!!?!

Can someone help me on this? Thanks

Dan
Matrox Parhelia 256mb agp
P4 2.6 800fsb
1 gig memory

[magog]

You only need to select these settings in 3D Analyser:
-force max. pixel shader version 1.4
and
-skip pixel shader version 1.4


I don't know why the other one posted "1.3". Maybe an older version of 3D Analyser!

I also updated my post here:

http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?postid=465765#post465765

[dandharris]

Demo works but not Original

Magog,

Thanks for your help! I got the demo to work fine but the final retail software doesnt work!?!?!!

Any ideas?...I tried it on both my win xp and another system running win 2k.

win xp - show splash of sam fisher face with soldier in white background then minimizes and dissappears!

win 2k - give me an error log message box pop up within 3danalyer


Thanks Again

-Dan
1999 Ducati 748/853 (so I can split lanes in heavy SF bay area traffic...hehe)

[magog]

Re: Demo works but not Original

Originally posted by dandharris
Magog,

Thanks for your help! I got the demo to work fine but the final retail software doesnt work!?!?!!

Any ideas?...I tried it on both my win xp and another system running win 2k.

win xp - show splash of sam fisher face with soldier in white background then minimizes and dissappears!

Ok, let's see. I seems you are not starting the correct exe file.

I've got installed WinXP + SP1 + latest Parhelia final DX9 beta drivers (March 2004)

http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/2kxp_106_beta_dx9.cfm

I use 3D Analyser v2.31:

http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/tools/3d_analyze/

I start 3D Analyser and select the splintercell2.exe in the "\Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow\offline\system" directory.

After than you can choose the 3DA settings.

3D Analyser settings (Pixel and Vertex Shader):
-force max. pixel shader version 1.4
-skip pixel shader version 1.4

Then I run the game.
I begins with an intro scene, here I press ESC because I've already seen it.
Sometimes I'm back on the desktop and have to click on the splinter icon in the taskbar to get into the game - sometimes I directly get into the game.
It can also look like the program hangs, because you don't get back to the desktop and also not into the game.
Just try ALT+TAB to switch the active sessions.

I hope this helps.

[dandharris]

Still having problems

Magog,

Following your instructions:

running on win xp machine w/sp1

removed old drivers then reloaded w/ new beta driver

chose the correct .exe file under
\offline\system\splintercell2.exe

checked force 1.4 and skip 1.4 in 3danalyzer

go to run it and I get a message pop up box of microsoft error report <send> <don't send>

restarted & rebooted computer with same results. Any ideas?

Thanks
-Dan

[magog]

Re: Still having problems

Originally posted by dandharris
Magog,

Following your instructions:
[...]
go to run it and I get a message pop up box of microsoft error report
[...]
restarted & rebooted computer with same results. Any ideas?

Thanks
-Dan

Not really, you could try the cracked exe for SplinterCell from DEViANCE.
I don't think it will fix it, but that's the last option I can currently offer.

Well I've got DirectX9 "b" installed (dxdiag.exe), but I think this is normal.

[dandharris]

Thanks Will Try and update

I really appreciate your help!

I will try and let you guys know.

Worse case time to upgrade my older videocard out of my other system (ATI AIW 32mb) although I'd hate to buy another one now knowing some of the higher end cards will be dropping soon.

-Dan

[dandharris]

It works!! It really works!!!

First off thanks to Magog for his help - without it I would be lost still.

sooo here's a reference for all others that may eventually run across this problem in future.

download the newest free version of winrar -without it you cant extact the files and spend like an hour figuring out why the heck it won't extract

I went to gamecopyworld to get the deviance crack for my splinter cell: pandora tomorrow game. I download the particular rar file dev-sptf.rar - now unrar the splintercell2.exe into this directory C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow\offline\system


use 3DAnalyze and check the boxes of the force max pixel shader 1.4, and skip pixel shader 1.4 and chose to run the recently replaced splintercell2.exe file - my target location was: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow\offline\system

Hope this may help others as well....

Other notes: Sam does appear to be shadowlike and walls and floor have different shades/appearances at times & angles. I found a way to also avoid my whole system restarting windows once I die/caught. Once dead, I go back to the main system menu with single player instead of trying to reload my last save immediately. Then I chose my character again then my saved game and I can play again with my system restarting.

-Dan

...and again a HUGE THANK YOU to Magog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[magog]

Re: It works!! It really works!!!

Originally posted by dandharris
First off thanks to Magog for his help - without it I would be lost still.
[...]
I went to gamecopyworld to get the deviance crack for my splinter cell: pandora tomorrow game. I download the particular rar file dev-sptf.rar - now unrar the splintercell2.exe into this directory C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow\offline\system

So this did really work? Well this is interesting.

I found a way to also avoid my whole system restarting windows once I die/caught. Once dead, I go back to the main system menu with single player instead of trying to reload my last save immediately. Then I chose my character again then my saved game and I can play again with my system restarting.

Yes, the trick to get back to the main menu also worked for me. I think I've written this in the original SplinterCell2 Thread.

...and again a HUGE THANK YOU to Magog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No problem. I'm glad I could help you to get it working.