Say you’ve been looking forward to playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist on PC. And yet, due to an easily fixed but annoying bug, you can’t get the game to start. Man!
Here’s what happened to me: I downloaded the game on Steam and pressed “Play”, which pushed things over to Uplay, Ubisoft’s own version of Steam. In Uplay, I’d press “Play” again, only to have the game immediately jump to the “Thank you for playing!” screen. There was no way to get it to start. Annoying.
I’ve been having this happen for the better part of a week on my main gaming PC — I was using an early Steam code provided by Ubisoft, and the game just wouldn’t work. I had been assuming it was an issue with authentication on pre-launch servers, but I eventually downloaded it onto my second PC, where it worked just fine — and after launch, my initial installation still wouldn’t load.
I turned to google, and eventually found this video from StraightGamesta, who outlines a fix.
GO TO:
1: C:UsersyournamehereDocumentsUbisoftBlacklistvideoSettings.ini
2: Change “WindowStyleFinal=1” option to 0 or 2.
I opened up the .ini file, changed the value to 2 (the option for windowed fullscreen) and the game booted perfectly.
Ubisoft Toronto tells me they’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix. Not all players are having this issue, and as usual, that’s great if you aren’t! You also might be having a different problem that this fix doesn’t address. (Though if you do find a fix for other issues like this, I hope you’ll post them in the comments. I hear some are having an issue with the 1.01 update, which this forum post addresses, though I haven’t tried that solution.)
But if you are having the same game-won’t-launch issue I was, I hope this is helpful.
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6 responses to “An Easy Fix For Splinter Cell: Blacklist’s Game-Halting PC Bug”
I really wish uPlay would die in a fire….
yeah it is not an alternative to Steam it is just a pointless step in the middle of Steam and the game.
I have to admit that Origin has gotten better… it still pales in comparison to steam but at least it doesn’t feel like pulling teeth every time I turn it on.
uPlay however has been painful every single time.
Never had problem and I started playing since Tuesday thanks to uPlay early delivery of the game :))
Ran Ultra 1440p with SLI 670 and it looks stunning.
Is the new splinter cell still stealthy? I see Sam using what appears to be an AK-47 without a silencer.
Or is it Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: BANG BANG BANG BANG
You can play both ways, apparently.
I can’t provide any further information as these days I avoid supporting Ubisoft at all costs.
Horrible company. All they do is milk games while making them worse and worse over time.
I was looking forward to the reboot of Splinter Cell multiplayer, “Spy Vs. Merc”, but they took what was a near perfect formula (Chaos Theory Vs.), took a giant shit right on its head and released it with Blacklist.