Rainbow Six: Siege – First Update Packs Ultra HD Texture Pack, Sports General Tweaks & Improvements


Ubisoft has announced that the first update for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege will be released tomorrow. According to its changelog, this update brings a new Ultra HD Texture Pack to the PC version, and packs various general tweaks and improvements. You can read its complete changelog below.

Rainbow Six: Siege – December 16th Update Changelog:

  • New Content & Features
    • Visual Update
      • DLC Ultra-HD Texture Pack now available for PC Players
    • Community Health
      • Implemented an auto-kick feature for intentional team killers
  • General Tweaks & Improvements
    • Hit Registration
      • Fixed bugs on replication and kill cam:
        • Pawn rotation latency
        • Shield positioning while rappelling
        • Shooting and moving while rappelling
        • Kill cam replication issues
        • Updated server tick rate for PC (intermittent & temporary)
      • Playlist Changes
        • PvP – Ranked playlist HUD has been synced with the Casual playlist
        • Renamed Minimal HUD to Hardcore HUD
      • Ranked Matchmaking Improvements
        • Increased reliability of end-game skill rank updates.
        • The penalty for abandoning a ranked game in progress has been temporarily reduced to 8 minutes.
        • Skill rank icon is now displayed on the game’s main screen, next to your level.
      • Other Matchmaking Improvements
        • PvP & PvE matchmaking bug fixes
      • Balancing
        • PvP – Reduced time to detect Defenders outside from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.
        • PvE – Reduced the maximum number of White Masks and reduced wave sizes in Terrorist Hunt – Disarm Bomb.
      • Player Comfort
        • Increased the amount of characters available tin the chatbox from 32 characters to 128 characters.
        • Glaz scope visibility enhanced.
    • Top Community Raised Bug Fixes
      • Gameplay fixes
      • Level Design fixes
      • Online Flow fixes
      • Visual fixes
      • UI fixes
      • Miscellaneous fixes