Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas User Manual

Table of Contents
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
CHARACTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SINGLE-PLAYER CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
TACTICAL INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
WEAPONS AND GADGETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
MULTIPLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
TECHNICAL SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INSIDE BACK COVER
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INSIDE FRONT COVER
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setup and installation process for the game.
3. After installing the game, select Ubisoft/Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas/Play Rainbow Six Vegas from your Start menu or double-click the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas shortcut on your desktop (if you selected to have one created during installation). Doing either of these starts the game.
Uninstalling Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
To uninstall Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, follow these simple steps:
1. Insert the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Installation DVD into your DVD­ROM drive. The Autorun menu should appear.
2. When the Autorun menu appears, click on the Uninstall button. This will automatically uninstall all components of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas.
INTRODUCTION
Rainbow pursues international terrorist Irena Morales, but discovers she’s a far greater threat than they ever imagined.
CHARACTERS
Team Rainbow
In Rainbow Six Vegas, you control a new team of Rainbow operatives.
Logan Keller
Team Leader
You play Logan Keller, leader of Team Rainbow and the man in the thick of the action.
Alpha Team
Gabriel Nowak
Electronics and Recon Specialist
Smart-mouthed and passionate, Gabriel is your go-to man for electronics and reconnaissance.
Kan Akahashi
Heavy Weapons and Demolition Expert
The old man of the team, Kan is the voice of reason and the person to call when you need to punch big holes in doors.
GETTING STARTED
System Requirements
Supported OS: Windows® XP (only)
Processor: 3 GHz Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 3000 (3.5 GHz Pentium 4 or
Athlon 3500 recommended)
RAM: 1GB
Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card
(256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc)
DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM
Hard Drive Space: 7 GB
Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse
Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release
ATI® RADEON® X1600/X1800/X1900
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600GT/6800/7300/7600/7800/7900
Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported.
These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at: http://support.ubi.com.
NVIDIA® nForce™ or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby® Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio.
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some disc and virtual drives.
Installation
Installing Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas
To install Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, follow these simple steps:
1. Insert the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Installation DVD into your DVD­ROM drive. The Autorun menu should appear. If it does not, browse to your DVD drive and double-click on the Launcher.exe file.
2. Click the Install button. The installation wizard will walk you through the
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Look/Zoom
Look
You look around using the mouse, moving it in the direction you wish to look.
Zoom
Pressing the mouse wheel activates your weapon’s scope for more precise shots, allowing you to eliminate enemies partially hidden by cover.
TACTICAL INTERFACE
Move To
By aiming at a location and pressing the Space Bar, you have access to the most important tool in your arsenal, the Move To order. With the press of one button, you not only send your team to the location indicated, but you order them to perform the default action for that location.
• Ground/Walls: Move there.
• Door: Stack at the door.
• Computer: Hack the computer.
• Explosive: Disarm the explosive.
• Rappel Point: Set up for rappel.
• Use Ladder: Stand by the ladder and set up for climb.
• Fast Rope Point: Set up for fast rope.
• KO’d Teammate: Heal injured teammate.
Hold/Regroup
Pressing the down arrow key will always order your team to either hold or regroup back with you. This quick, easy function puts the team at your disposal as fast as possible and allows you to adjust orders on the fly.
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Bravo Team
Jung Park
Electronics and Recon Specialist
Respectful and quiet, Jung is an expert in securing critical information and keeping you in the know.
Michael Walter
Heavy Weapons and Demolition Expert
Mike is the team’s jovial voice and your weapon to suppress the enemy and blow them sky high.
Support Staff
Accompanying you on missions and vital to your overall success are your two key support officers:
Joanna Torres
Information Officer
Although Joanna stays in the chopper, she’s crucial to the operation’s success and feeds you the information you need to keep moving.
Brody Lukin
Chopper Pilot
Your helicopter pilot, Brody, drops you into hot spots without breaking a sweat, and he’s known to crack the occasional joke.
SINGLE-PLAYER CONTROLS
Move/Crouch
Move
You move your character using W, A, S, and D keys. This is what gets you around the environment. Hold the Left Shift key to walk.
Crouch
You can make your character stand or crouch by pressing the C key. This is important in improving your accuracy and in making you less of a target.
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Reload/Weapon Options
Reload
Press the R key to reload the weapon currently in use.
Weapon Options Menu
Certain situations call for specific weapon options. To access the Weapon Options menu, press and hold the R key and make your selection using the mouse. Here are the available options for your weapon:
• Laser: Laser sights allow for better accuracy without relying on the scope.
• Sound Suppressor: Suppressors let you kill targets without alerting nearby
enemies. They also reduce your damage against enemies.
• Rate of Fire: Rate of fire lets you switch between single shots, three-round
bursts, and fully automatic fire when these options are available.
Weapon Switch/Inventory
Take Weapons
Press and hold the E key to pick up weapons from the ground. This ensures you’re always armed. You automatically pick up ammunition, but only the ammunition for weapons in your inventory.
Weapon Switch
Press the E key to quickly switch between your two primary weapons.
Inventory Menu
To access the Inventory menu, press and hold the E key. From here, use the mouse to:
Cycle through weapons by moving the mouse up or down.
Cycle through gadgets by moving the mouse left or right.
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Tactical Interface Icons
Once you send your team to an interactive location, the Tactical Interface icons appear on your screen, showing you which actions are now available for your team to perform. Press the V, B, or N key to order the team to perform a specific action. (See the In-Game Interface: Order Icons section for more explanation.)
Fire
Pressing the left mouse button will fire the selected weapon as well as mounted weapons.
Use Gadget
To use an explosive, press the Q key. Press the Q key again to trigger the detonator.
Action/Interaction
Press the Space Bar to interact with certain objects, such as doors and rappel points. Knowing where you can interact with the environment may give you more options when storming a location.
Vision Mode/Vision Mode Menu
Vision Mode
Press the Z key to activate Thermal Vision and the X key to activate Night Vision.
• NVG: With night-vision goggles you can see better in darkness.
• Thermal: Thermal goggles detect enemy heat signatures, allowing you to
see through smoke and in darkness. You can also see explosive traps more easily, as well as see through walls of a certain thickness/type.
Vision Mode Menu
To select a different vision device, hold the X key to access the Vision Device menu. You can then use the mouse to select the vision device best suited to the situation by moving it toward the desired selection.
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