What operating systems will
be supported?
- We will be supporting Windows 95 and 98.
There are no plans for a Macintosh
version.
What are the minimum
requirements?
- The minimum is Pentium 166mmx
(recommended is 200mmx.)
When can we see the screen
shots?
- The screen shots are available in our media section:
Will I need a 3DFX card?
- You will not need a card, but we will
support most hardware cards that uses
Direct3D.
Can you tell me anything about
Tom Clancy's book, Rainbow Six?
- You can find Tom Clancy's book at any
book stores.
When is the release date for
the game?
- The game should be in stores now.
Will there be a playable demo?
Will the Rainbow Six book be
packaged with a CD?
- No, the game box will not be packaged
with the hard cover book, nor are we
doing a mini-CD promotion with Rainbow
Six.
What does "Free Unlimited
Internet Play" really mean?
- Rainbow Six can be played on your local
network, or across the Internet. You can
set up your own server, or connect to
someone else's server on the Internet, or
use a game service like the Internet
Gaming Zone and Mplayer.
Normal Internet connection fees apply.
What does "Rainbow
Six" stand for?
- It's a fictional force, comprised of the
"best of the best" of special
forces from around the globe (hence the
name "Rainbow"). Six is a
military term meaning "leader".
In the book "Rainbow Six" is
John Clark. In the game, you as the
player are "Rainbow Six."
How do you play the game?
- The game has two stages, a planning stage
and an execution stage. The first stage
is where you plan your team's position
and your attack. Then there is the
execution stage, where you put your plan
in action. You play in first-person mode
to finish the level.
How many people can play
online in a game?
- You can play 16 player competitive, 8
player cooperative online. In the single
player version, you can have up to an 8
player team.
How many characters are
there?
- There are 20 unique playable characters,
each with different skills such as
leadership, marksmanship, and stealth.
How realistic is the
"realistic combat?"
- R6 uses three health states: dead,
incapacitated, and wounded. No health
bar, no magical medpacks. Any weapon can
cause any of the above effects,
regardless of caliber or body armor. That
means one shot with a 9mm can be deadly
to anyone, anytime (especially
well-placed shots). Or it could have no
effect at all.
Can you pick up enemies'
weapons?
- No. You should have enough ammo and
sufficient weapons for the job. This is
not like any other first person shooter-
running around with guns blazing is one
of the surest ways to get yourself
killed. Besides, you should never trust a
weapon that you did not load yourself.
Do you respawn after you die?
- In adversarial multiplayer, no, you are
dead and must wait for the mission to end
(there is a time limit involved, so you
won't be waiting around forever).
In
cooperative multiplayer, you can take
over any other player that is run by the
AI.
In single-player, you take over an AI
character (until all the characters are
dead...)
Can you see the gun in 1st
person view?
- No. The main purpose for a gun in first
person view is for aiming purposes. You
will have a targeting reticule on the
screen at all times, sometimes large
(like if you are running or wounded, you
won't be able to aim as well) and
sometimes small (for when you are still
and concentrating).
What weapons can I choose
from?
- We are not releasing the complete weapons
list at this time, but you can see some
drawings in our media section.
What's the deal with MMX?
- If you don't have supported and effective
3D acceleration, you must have MMX. If
you have 3D Acceleration, MMX will
enhance the sound capabilities.
Can we use other weapons like
martial arts, knives, or tripwires?
When is the demo coming out?
Can we create our own
missions?
- No. Our levels are created with original
art within 3D Studio Max.
How can I find out more about
Rainbow Six???
I can not see the opening
videos, I don't get any text on my buttons, and
my mouse is a large black box that seems to cover
anything I pass my mouse over.
Does Rainbow Six support any
joysticks or gamepads?
I am trying to install
Rainbow Six but I keep getting error :
Error occuried during the move data
process. - 113 componet program files. File D(or
whatever your CD-ROM drive is):\constaints.txt
- You are running your CD-ROM drive off of
DOS drivers. Contact the maker of your
CD-ROM drive and update your drivers to
Windows 95 drivers.
When I use inverted mouse the
control becomes very jittery.
The manual refers to the
quick reference card but I can not find mine.
- The card referred to is inside the front
cover of your CD jewel case.
I have Installed Rainbow Six
correctly but when I go to run the game I get the
following error message:
RAINBOWSIX.EXE is missing a link to
DSOUND.DLL
- Explore your Rainbow Six CD and go into
the Directx folder. From there double
click on the Dxsetup to run direct X
setup and click "Reinstall Direct
X".
Will Rainbow Six support IPX
networks?
- There is no plan to support IPX networks.
Game seems to be crashing in
Mission 6.
I have 2 video cards and
am having trouble getting Rainbow Six to run off
the correct card or to run at all.
- Contact the 3D card manufacturer and ask
them how to specify their card as the
primary accelerator. There are also
utilities available on the internet that
allow you to do this (3dcc.zip is one).
RSE is not responsible for any problems
that arise from the download or use of
any third-party utilities.
I click on Rainbow Six to run
the game but all I get is a black screen with an
hourglass cursor, then it will go back to the
desktop.
- Make sure you did not install the game to
a root directory (C:\, D:\, Etc..). Go
into control panel and click Add/Remove
Programs and completely uninstall Tom
Clancy's Rainbow Six. Go back to your
CD-ROM Drive and reinstall Rainbow Six
and make sure that you give the game a
directory to install to. IE C:\Games or
C:\Rainbow Six.
All the screens of the game
seem to be printing over the top of each other.
- Make sure you have the latest drivers for
your video card.
When is Rainbow Six going to
be available in Europe?
I run Rainbow Six, the game
crashes back to the desktop but I still hear the
music playing.
- Check the refresh rate of your 3D
Accelerator card. Make sure it is not set
to high or you will get this problem.
When I try to run Rainbow Six
I get Error: "DDHELP caused and Invalid Page
Fault…"
- Make sure you did not install the game to
a root directory (C:\, D:\, Etc..). Go
into control panel and click Add/Remove
Programs and completely uninstall Tom
Clancy's Rainbow Six. Go back to your
CD-ROM Drive and reinstall Rainbow Six
and make sure that you give the game a
directory to install to. IE C:\Games or
C:\Rainbow Six.
I try to run Rainbow Six but
I get Error: "Could not launch due to an
internal Error. Try reinstalling Rainbow
Six..."
Will the 1.02a patch work
with the Demo?
Where is the
Action/Manipulate Environment button?
- Make sure you numlock is on and then it
is the 0 key on your numpad.
I can not get voice support
to work in multiplayer games to work in
multiplayer game.
- Open up your sherman.log file. If it says
"cannot initialize appropriate
Voxware CODEC..", then you need to
download the voxware.zip file and unzip
the files to your windows\system\
directory. If it says "Voxware did
not initialize the voice capture
engine..." then you need to either
update your sound card drivers or change
ReverseSoundInitilization to true.
I can not install the
r6102afull.exe patch.
- If you have installed the weapons mod
(sometimes called weapon patch) available
on the internet, then you must uninstall
Rainbow Six making sure to delete any
left over Rainbow Six folders and
reinstall everything installing the
r6102afull.exe patch before installing
the weapons cheat. (The weapons patch
available on the internet is not a Red
Storm Entertainment produced file.)
The game freezes at
SimulationEngine::Load [] Finished
- Turn on "force software" in the
options screen from the main menu.
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