Split-screen on PC

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Up to 2 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.

2Verified handler

Handler “Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Co-op)” by birden, version 2

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 2 players can play Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice. The free community handler “Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Co-op)” by birden does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 2, updated 19 Mar 2024. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is a shooter and tactical game from 2005.

Players2
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory split screen on PC

Get Nucleus Co-op
Download Nucleus Co-op, free for Windows 10 and 11, and unzip it into its own folder, for example C:\NucleusCo-op. There is no installer.
Keep it out of Program Files, your user folder and OneDrive.
Download Nucleus Co-op
Install the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player presses a button on their own controller to join and takes a spot on the screen. Pick a layout that fits your players.
Playing with several keyboards and mice? Press End once everything is in place to give each window its own cursor.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory per player and lays the windows out on your screen. Then link them in game, usually one player hosts a LAN or online session and the others join it. The handler notes say how.

What you need

A Windows 10 or 11 PC
Nucleus Co-op runs on Windows only. System requirements
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for Windows
Installed on that PC. Nucleus starts every player's window from that one install.
Nucleus Co-op, free
With .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later and the Visual C++ 2015–2022 runtimes (x86 and x64). Download
Something to play with
One controller per player, or one keyboard and mouse per player. Controllers · Keyboards and mice
A PC that can run 2 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, so the PC carries several times the usual load. Lower the graphics settings if it struggles. Performance tips
A multiplayer mode
Nucleus links the windows through the game's own LAN or online mode; the handler takes care of it.

Handler notes

This is for the Co-op mode, Steam version only. Read the handler notes.

Video tutorial/showcasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLKhKGucII

The handler fixes the triggers problem and includes this Widescreen fix (https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#scct), big thanks to its creator.

Made with Talos91 and Pizzo.

About Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

You are Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent. To achieve your mission you will kill from close range, attack with your combat knife, shoot with the prototype Land Warrior rifle, and use radical suppression techniques such as the inverted neck break. Also take on cooperative multiplayer infiltration missions, where teamwork is the ultimate weapon.

Summary from IGDB