Splinter Cell Help!

I am playing through splinter cell for the first time. I am liking the game, except sometimes I run into issues where I get stuck and can't move, or alarms sound for no reason (litterally) so I decided to apply the latest patch ( is it 1.2?) and when I try to apply the patch, it says ''could not retrieve version number! istallation will be aborted'', what should I do here??Splinter Cell Help!
anyone?Splinter Cell Help!
Find the newest version of the patch from filefront.com and apply it. See if that works. also make sure that if the patches are incrimental that you start at the beggining, some games dont allow you to skip to the last patch thus forcing you to do 1.1 then 1.2 then 1.3 etc while some combine the patches each time so you can skip to the most recent.
Ok so I had the same problem. Turns out my copy was fully updated. look in C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\Splinter Cell\Support\English and then read the read me. It says---1- IMPORTANT NEWSThis version of Splinter Cell includes the fixes for both patch 1.3 and MAP PATCH (Add-on). You do not need to download and/or install them.DETAILS - MAP PATCH (Add-on)This patch installs the downloaded map(s) (Kolacell and/or Vselka Infiltration and/or Vselka Submarine) and the required files to run the downloadable map(s). DETAILS - PATCH 1.3The patch installs common files needed to run new downloadable maps (Kolacell, Vselka Infiltration, Vselka Submarine). You must install this patch before
any of the downloadable map.The patch also fixes the following bugs :- Reflection problems solved on Radeon type video card;- Night vision problems solved on Radeon type video card (Radeon R2xx); DETAILS - PATCH 1.2PROBLEMS SOLVED IN THIS VERSION:? In Shadow Projector mode, the shadow filter design was changed to LOW/MEDIUM = 2x2, HIGH = 3x2, VERY HIGH = 3x3 depending on the value of Effects Quality in the video settings menu.? Holding or Pushing CTRL while going back to the main menu no longer bring you back to a cube map with a default texture.? Laser micro success/failure computation fix.? Benchmark mode (see instructions below).? No more guard/unguard, check/uncheck to speed up performance.? No more Shadow Details in Shadow Buffer mode (that setting was useless on GF3/GF4Ti/FX cards).? No more bugs submitted to EPIC.? 800x600 is now supported by 32 MB video cards.? GeForce 256, Radeon 7500 cards are now officially supported.? Night vision fix for several graphic cards.? Video memory optimization.? RenderingModeNormal.cpp: Fix Radeon 9700 rendering issue with double sided reflective transparent surfaces.? ETexSFX.utx: Fix ''static wall/floor fire'' texture issue + water quality issue.? UnShadowProjector.cpp: Fix visibility issue with dynamic actor being clipped by the visibility engine and still being rendered because of the static shadow texture cache. Massive performance improvement on shadow filtering by removing 5 passes from the filtering algorithm.? ETexEGO.utx: Fix reflection issue on moving vehicles in Chinese 2 (Feirong limo and Unimog truck).? 0_0_2_Training.scl: Fix projector not associated to light gameplay object and causing detection (lightmeter) in the first gun trial.? EButterfly.uc: Butterfly is now a soft body actor to disable the static shadow texture cache when a butterfly is in a projector range.? EFish.uc: Fish is now a soft body actor to disable the static shadow texture cache when a fish is in a projector range.? EPCSoundConfigArea.uc: Fix a bug with the real time sound slider when one of the slider was set to 0 then playing until a map transition happened, then all sounds sliders were reset to zero.? UnRenderVisibility.cpp: Software light beam rendering is now used by any card unable to render the shadow buffer algorithm to allow for the GF2MaxDistance parameter to take effect.? Most maps: General design quality improvement with shadows.