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Splinter Cell Blacklist Won’t Start – Fix for the “Thank You For Playing” Problem

If you pre-ordered Splinter Cell Blacklist through uPlay, or received the free download with your new Nvidia graphics card, getting the game to download has been a pain to say the least (read about it here).

If you were finally able to get the game installed, you may have ran into another problem – getting the game to start! Many gamers are finding the game to automatically close upon running it, going straight to the “Thank You For Playing” screen in uPlay.

But have no fear, there is an extremely easy fix for the problem:

  1. Go to your documents folder for the current user and edit the videoSettings.ini in the Blacklist directory (Replace “USERNAME” with actual windows user – C:\Users\USERNAME\My Documents\Ubisoft\­Blacklist\videoSettings.ini).

  2. Towards the top of the file will be a line with an option for “WindowStyleFinal=1” – change the 1 to a 0 for windowed or 2 for full screen.

 
That’s it! Good luck, and enjoy the game!

Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.

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  • Tried this method but it still wont work. I tried running it at a friends house but with a samsung flatscreen and it ran perfectly. When i tried back at my house it gives me the same "thank you for playing" b.s.

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