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README.md
Playing Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield in 2020 and beyond
Obtaining the Game
Raven Shield, released March 18 2003, is frequently on sale for under $5 on Steam. This edition contains the Athena Sword expansion but not Iron Wrath, which can be downloaded separately (see below).
For novelty purposes, there are also single-player and multi-player demos still available for download, also released in 2003.
Community Resources
Playing the Game
Essential Improvements
- Borderless Gaming will run the game in a fullscreen window, allowing you to instantly alt-tab. You can download it from Github for free.
- Check the PC Gaming Wiki for any tweaks you might want to perform.
Single-Player
You can now play the campaign, a custom mission, or a training scenario. To unlock all maps in custom missions, press ~
at the main menu and enter the command unlockall
.
Multi-Player
On September 4 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.
- Download the latest version of OpenRVS from RVSGaming.org.
- Open
readme.html
to read the documentation. - Copy
openrvs.ini
,OpenRVS.u
,R6ClassDefines.ini
, andServers.list
to<YourGameDir>\system\
. - You will need to update
system/R6GameService.dll
in order to remove another place where the game makes outbound calls to Ubisoft servers. There are two ways to update this: either run Chriswak's R6GameService_Patcher or replacesystem\R6GameService.dll
with the copy from this repo. - (Optional) Edit
Servers.list
to choose which servers are displayed when RVSGaming servers cannot be reached. The names in this file are for reference; the in-game server name will be retrieved from the server. You can force the usage of this file by editingopenrvs.ini
and changing the value ofServerListURL
to an invalid URL, such ashttp://127.0.0.1/servers
. - Launch the game and set your Internet connection speed to
T3
in the settings menu. - Join a server and party like it's 2003!
Athena Sword
Athena Sword (March 9 2004) is an expansion which adds 19 maps (including 8 designed for multiplayer), 4 game modes, and 7 weapons. In the Steam version of Raven Shield, Athena Sword is installed separately in your Steam Library.
Note: Installing Athena Sword in Steam may overwrite <YourGameDir>\system\R6ClassDefines.ini
. Be sure to install OpenRVS after installing Athena Sword.
To play offline:
- Launch Athena Sword from Steam
- Click 'Settings' -> 'Custom Game' -> 'Athena Sword' -> 'Activate'
- To revert, activate 'Raven Shield' instead.
Iron Wrath
Iron Wrath (June 9 2005) is an expansion which adds 18 maps (including 8 designed for multiplayer), 5 game modes, and 6 weapons. In order to add Iron Wrath to a Steam installation, follow these steps:
- Download Iron Wrath's unpacked files here.
- Copy
IronWrath
andIronWrath.mod
to<YourGameDir>\Mods
.
To play offline:
- Launch Raven Shield from Steam
- Click 'Settings' -> 'Custom Game' -> 'Iron Wrath' -> 'Activate'
- To revert, activate 'Raven Shield' instead.
Custom Content
See CUSTOM.md
Hosting a Server
See SERVERS.md