Operation Phantom Sight | Saisons | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft (CA)

GENERAL TWEAKS & IMPROVEMENTS

WIN/LOSS CONDITIONS

We have changed the Win and Loss conditions for our various game modes, effectively removing the possibility for a round to end in a Draw.

If the last player on each team dies at the same time, the following win conditions come into effect:

• Bomb
  • (Not planted) Defenders Win – Bomb Protected (same as if timer runs out)
  • (Planted) Attackers Win – Bomb defused
• Secure
  • Defenders Win – Container protected (same as timer runs out)
• Hostage
  • Defenders Win – Timer Expired

RANKED GUIDE

See a snapshot of the current Ranked season with the new Ranked Guide. Upon entering the guide, players will be able to look at the current season’s rewards, map pool, and directly enter matchmaking from this page.

Each player’s personal Ranked stats and where they stand amongst others can easily be accessed. Explore the main rules of Ranked (with the newly added Pick & Ban) before jumping into the game, and see which maps have been added, removed, or reworked in the Ranked map pool.

OPERATOR SELECTION SCREEN

The Operator selection screen has been improved to increase readability and show more information at a glance. See all weapons and gadgets available for an Operator, get a gauge of their difficulty rating, or choose to randomize your Operator selection in this revamped screen.

AMBIENT AUDIO TUNING

We have taken steps to reduce the impact ambient noise can have on your gameplay, specifically on Bank and Border.

Border

The team on the helicopter has changed their search pattern to cover a wider area, forcing them to circle the objective from further away. This has also reduced the amount of noise from the helicopter for the Operators on the ground.

Bank

We spoke with the management of the Bank, and stressed the importance of being mindful of their water usage. As such, they have turned off the sprinklers in the Basement. They were not able to provide an ETA for when they would remove the water from the floor.

The fire alarm is now a more intermittent alert than a constant sound.

The circling police helicopter has moved a bit further out to give our Operators more space, and reduce the noise that the helicopter is making.

Ventilation boxes also received an upgrade, and now make less noise.

SOFT MMR RESET

We are adjusting how MMR is managed when a new Season of Ranked is released in order to improve the matchmaking experience at the beginning of a Season. In the past, we reset all players to a 2500 MMR at the beginning of the Season. Moving forward, we will reset MMR between the “middle” (2500 MMR) and your rank from the previous Season, with extremes above 3500 and below 1500 clamped to those respective values. This will also apply to placement matches.

This change will also lead to players reaching their “true skill” faster; players that should be Diamond will reach Diamond faster. We understand that some players, particularly those at the extreme high end of Diamond, would like more of a “grind” implemented for attaining the higher ranks. We have heard these concerns and are working on how to provide that type of experience for those who want it in the future.

MENU LOADING TIMES

We have adjusted how we manage loading items in the menu. This has had the result of reducing the delay between selecting different weapons attachments and other items, leading to a smoother flow overall.

OBSERVATION TOOLS VISUAL FEEDBACK

We are adjusting the indicator light colors on Defender and Attacker Observation tools to be more consistent. Moving forward, Observation tools controlled by Defenders will be blue, and those controlled by Attackers will be yellow. Additionally, Observation Tools that are under the effects of Vigil or Nøkk are now white. Ultimately, our goal is to ensure players can easily recognize a friendly, hacked, or enemy observation tool.

The following gadgets and tools have had their light colors changed to follow this design:

• Regular Cameras
• Valkyrie Cameras
• Regular Drones
• Maestro Turrets
• Twitch Drones
• Mozzie’s Hacked Drones
• Bullet Proof Cameras

HUD VISIBILITY

Player’s HUD will now remain visible when Flashed/Stunned. The HUD is a source of information for the player, not for the Operator they are controlling, and as such, the HUD info should always remain visible.

PATCH NOTES ADDENDUM

MAIN BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

Fixed – Character model and hit box are desynced after a series of movements while prone.

Fixed – Kill cam replays while leaning are not accurate.

Fixed – Kill cam replays when latency is present are not in sync with actual events.

Fixed – Discrepancy between 1st and 3rd person perspectives when rotating with a shield.

Fixed – Noise is generated when slowly turning as a Shield Operator.

Fixed – Shield Operators can abuse the lean feature to avoid damage from bullets.

Fixed – Players can use macro inputs or hold crouch to change quickly between prone/standing stances on high FPS.

Fixed – FPS drops for players in session if a Defender starts and interrupts the Reinforcement action repeatedly.

Fixed – Shotguns do not reliably destroy wooden beams in walls.

Fixed – Breach Charges placed on the floor will kill the player under it.

Fixed – Sprinting right after triggering the weapon switch animation cancels the switch.

Fixed – Rappelling upside down can give an advantageous angle to the attacker.

Fixed – Attackers do not receive electric damage if they stay near an electrified surface after gadget has been destroyed and the redeployed.

Fixed – Electricity VFX clips in indestructible walls and deals damage.

Fixed – Operator gadgets that deploy onto walls can be destroyed through the wall by electrified barbed wire.

Fixed – Missing dynamic clipping when deployable shield is electrified.

Fixed – Player who are DBNO’d while holding a gadget and then revived cannot fire until going into ADS.

Fixed – Players with high ping can sometimes move while counter defusing or picking up armor.

Fixed – When a player throws a frag grenade and cancels the throw mid-animation, the frag grenade sometimes still explodes.

Fixed – Death from a DBNO bleed out will activate RFF but without the TK validation prompt.

Fixed – Gadgets that cannot be controlled (Smoke, Ash, etc.) Do not do reverse damage when RFF is active.

Fixed – RFF can be switched on for custom online games via match settings.

OPERATORS

ALIBI

Fixed – Deployable gadgets can be deployed on Alibi’s Prisma Hologram.

Fixed – Alibi's Hologram disappears in various places when prone near elevated structures on certain maps.

ASH

Fixed – Breaching round does no damage after ricocheting off Kaid's Rtilla claw.

BANDIT

Fixed – When placing a Bandit gadget on a reinforced wall that's being destroyed, electricity effect will appear in the air where the wall used to be.

Fixed – Bandit unable to electrify the reinforced Northern wall of Strip Club in Clubhouse.

BUCK

Fixed – Wooden studs are hard to destroy on Hereford basement walls with Buck’s Skeleton Key.

CLASH

Fixed – Attackers can deploy claymores inside of Clash’s shield.

ELA

Fixed – Attackers are not hit by the Grzmot Mines when placed above a hole created by another Operator.

FINKA

Fixed – There is no Adrenal Surge effect if player connects during boost usage.

GLAZ

Fixed – Glaz's thermal scope is present on bulletproof camera after watching the kill replay.

GRIDLOCK

Fixed – Several areas where Gridlock’s Trax Stingers float after the object on which it was deployed if destroyed.

Fixed – Instead of being destroyed, Gridlock's gadget bounces back when it is thrown towards the out of bounds areas in some maps.

MIRA

Fixed – Players can vault onto a Black Mirror.

Fixed – Black mirrors can be placed at the top of walls.

LESION

Fixed – The hostage goes into Prevent Revive mode if downed by a GU mine from a disconnected Lesion.

Fixed – Attackers can remove Gu needles while accessing drones or using observation tools.

MAVERICK

Fixed – The breaching torch stop the electric damage from an electrified reinforced wall while rappelling.

Fixed – The Suri blowtorch makes no visible holes on the hatches of some maps.

MOZZIE

Fixed – Pest-controlled drones lose signal in various locations on maps.

Fixed – Pest deployment AOE effect remains visible even if Pest/surface is destroyed.

Fixed – The first drone stolen by Mozzie may go dead after the Attacker whose drone was stolen deploys a second a second drone.

Fixed – Invisible drones after being hacked by Mozzie’s Pest.

Fixed – The drone outline for a Pest hacked drone is not visible from behind a Black Mirror or from Maestro’s Evil Eye.

Fixed – Mozzie controlled Drone light FX displays wrong color after JIP.

NOMAD

Fixed – The pushback effect does not trigger when Airjabs are deployed on the EXT Back Porch and EXT Front Porch ceiling of House.

SLEDGE

Fixed – Sledge hammer cannot break the windows of any vehicles. Now he is free to vandalize all the cars in the game.

VIGIL

Fixed – Drone detection light appears white on attacker drones even when Vigil’s gadget is no longer activated.

YING

Fixed – Throwing a Candela can cause the gadget to explode mid-air if it doesn’t reach the ground quickly.

Fixed – Inability to throw the Candela while falling or vaulting.

LEVEL DESIGN

Fixed – The window glass material used on all maps prior to Villa have no reflective properties. We updated the windows for all maps for consistency. Feel free to preen.

Fixed – Lighting issues across maps.

Fixed – Various LOD issues across all maps.

Fixed – Clipping issues for various Operators, gadgets, drones and objects on all maps.

Fixed – Various map areas where Nitro Cell/explosives do not deal damage when detonated or damage is blocked.

BANK

Fixed – Drones can be placed into the wall through the window of EXT Plaza in Bank.

Fixed – Drones can be placed between the pillars of Bank Lobby.

Fixed – No rappel prompt on the right side wall of EXT Garage Roof area on Bank.

BORDER

Fixed – Player are able to go on the scaffold at Central Stairs of Border.

Fixed – Players can fall through map at EXT Valley location of Border.

CHALET

Fixed – Mismatched EXT rock and tree hit boxes can block damage and bounce back gadgets on Chalet.

Fixed – Drones can hide in some of the beams on Chalet.

Fixed – Drones can hide inside the Fire of 1F Great room on Chalet.

Fixed – Players can vault into the fireplace in 2F Master Bedroom.

Fixed – Some gadgets can be deployed above an inaccessible area at 1F Trophy Room of Chalet.

CLUBHOUSE

Fixed – Drones can clip through metal beam in basement of Clubhouse and cannot be destroyed.

Fixed – Players can vault on top of the weapons locker in B Arsenal Room and plant on Clubhouse.

Fixed – Bulletproof cameras cannot be picked up when placed on the wooden beams of 2F Construction in Clubhouse.

Fixed – Some objects on Clubhouse block grenade damage and indicators.

Fixed – Destroying the floor of 1F kitchen of Clubhouse reveals a LOS into B Escape Tunnel.

Fixed – Blood VFX can be noticed when shooting the chains that holds the pork bodies. Chains do not bleed, just pork.

CONSULATE

Fixed – Drones can see through the wall of 2F Balcony on Consulate.

Fixed – Players experience rubber banding while trying to sprint on top of the concrete square block in Riot Barricade on Consulate.

Fixed – A wall can be reinforced from the other side of another wall at 2F Administration Office in Consulate.

Fixed – Players can use a deployable shield to vault and spawn kill on Consulate.

Fixed – Defenders can see EXT gas station spawn from 2F main stairs on Consulate.

Fixed – Players can see through the roof while in the 2F Bathroom on Consulate.

Fixed – Invisible collision on the back of the white van from B Garage of Consulate.

Fixed – Players can throw a drone inside the ceiling of 1F Main Stairs on Consulate.

FAVELA

Fixed – Hitbox mismatch with food containers in INT Kitchen in Favela.

FORTRESS

Fixed – Players can vault and then plant on top of the fireplace in 1F Sitting Room on Fortress.

Fixed – Players can plant the Defuser on top of a bunk bed in 2F Dormitory on Fortress.

Fixed – Explosive damage can pass through the indestructible East wall of 2F Bathroom on Fortress.

HEREFORD BASE

Fixed – Players can’t pick up the Defuser when its dropped between sandbags at the EXT Shooting Range in Hereford.

HOUSE

Fixed – Defenders can hide between the chair and a nightstand at 1F Dining Room in House.

Fixed – Operators can clip through the platform at EXT Side Street of House and take damage.

KAFE

Fixed – Lots of things. See Kafe Rework.

KANAL

Fixed – Drones are destroyed when hugging the south-east fence in the construction site of Kanal.

OREGON

Fixed – Sound propagation issue in Oregon Boiler Room.

Fixed – Collision issues on Oregon causing Operators to get stuck.

Fixed – Defenders can be detected outside in specific area of basement of Oregon.

OUTBACK

Fixed – Pixel LOS from vending machines to EXT Motel Balcony on Outback.

PLANE

Fixed – Player can climb on top of Plane by forcing and vaulting the collisions at EXT Caterer.

SKYSCRAPER

Fixed – Players can climb up the tower on Skyscraper.

THEMEPARK

Fixed – Players can vault onto the top of the train in 2F Rail Area of Themepark.

TOWER

Fixed – The explosion SFX of some gadgets is muffled when detonated on the walls of 1F Center Hallway of Tower.

VILLA

Fixed – A gap in B Old Office of Villa gives sight to the objective through the arch.

GAME MODES

Fixed – The connection to server is lost after completing a Terrorist Hunt match.

Fixed – AI will prioritize Alibi Prisma even when engaged in combat in pve.

Fixed – New players are able to access Custom Games while offline but the Local button will not work.

USER EXPERIENCE

Fixed – Voice chat will not work consistently for some teams and no microphone output is shown on the scoreboard.

Fixed – Change the TAN Holographic to a BLACK Holographic for all weapons.

Fixed – Change the color of Recruits gloves, increased seam visibility. Recruit found a better tailor.

Fixed – Switching to full screen from windowed mode in a 4K screen can break the ADS in-game and also the menu UI.

Fixed – The Ubisoft club button doesn't open the Uplay UI challenge section.

Fixed – Outbreak collection tag will stay on every uniform if you pick an Outbreak item then switch back to a normal one.

Fixed – Global announcements have orange color instead of white.

Fixed – The green light on weapon sights appears corrupted.

Fixed – Shields will clip with the operator after dropping while crouching.

Fixed – Attackers clip through the walls when rappelling from the inside near a Deployable Shield.

Fixed – In first person view, players clip in the top of doorframes when vaulting a deployable shield.

Fixed – Claymore lasers disappear when looking at them from a certain angle.

Fixed – When the user tries to put a barricade while spamming the prone action, the barricade will start the animation but there is no progress bar and it cannot be interrupted.

Fixed – Various areas on maps where Nitro cell explosion SFX is muffled when detonated on metallic or blocked windows.

Fixed – Drone audio sounds are silent for other players in the session.

Fixed – Running and walking footsteps SFX sound the same.

Fixed – Drone fall SFX plays even though the drone was destroyed mid air.

Fixed – When performing specific gadget swaps the sound will not play.

Fixed – Shield unequip SFX is distorted when starting to climb a ladder.

Fixed – The music remains on the main menu for several seconds with the Elite skins.

Fixed – After JIP is done operators will hold the drone in their hands while operating them.

Fixed – Different animations are played between 1st and 3rd person when quickly going in and out of prone.

Fixed – Breach charge animation transition misses during deployment.

Fixed – Operators have broken wrists when prone and looking down.

Fixed – Both arms disappear when sliding down a ladder.

Fixed – Randomly assigned Defuser icon is shown during loading screen before round.

PATCH NOTES ADDENDUM