raven-shield-2020/README.md

# Instructions for playing Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield in 2020 and beyond.

## Obtaining the Game

The game is frequently on sale for [under $5 on Steam](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/tomclancysrainbowsixiiigoldedition/history/). This edition contains the Athena Sword expansion but not Iron Wrath. Iron Wrath is out of scope for this guide, but it adds 8 maps, 5 game modes, and 6 firearms.

## Playing the Game

### Essential Improvements

1. Check the [PC Gaming Wiki](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six_3:_Raven_Shield) for any tweaks you might want to perform.
2. Borderless Gaming will run the game in a fullscreen window, allowing you to instantly alt-tab without waiting to leave fullscreen mode. It's $4 on Steam or you can [download it from Github for free](https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming/releases/).

### Single-Player

### Multi-Player

On September 4th 2016, Ubisoft shut down the authentication servers for Raven Shield. We use OpenRVS to point our clients at a new set of authentication servers so we can still play the game together.

1. Install OpenRVS 1.4 (copy files in this repo for reference and link to upstream)

### Running a Server

#### VPS

This section will cover hosting a Raven Shield server with [MarkMods.com](https://www.markmods.com).

#### Linux

This section will cover hosting a Raven Shield server with [DigitalOcean Droplets](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/).

#### Windows

This section will cover hosting a Raven Shield server with [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-machines/).