Rainbow Six Siege 1.71 Update Patch Notes | Ember Rise update

Main bug fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed – It is possible to remove the recoil of any gun by following some steps.
• Fixed – In more than 70 FPS, using macro input or “Hold” to crouch controls, players can change very quickly between “Prone” and “Standing” stances
• Fixed – The end of the counter–defusing animation is slow
• Fixed – Player can move a bit while counter defusing
• Fixed – While players are holding a gadget, they can quickly swap to their weapons by pressing the secondary gadget button
• Fixed – When the Breach Charge is placed on the floor, it can deal damage through un–breakable surfaces to characters that are below the explosion point.
• Fixed – The Breach Charge can deal damage through walls that are not destroyed by the explosion when it is placed in corners.
• Fixed – C4 does no damage if on a indestructible floor and not attached to the ground
• Fixed – A drone can get stuck inside Deployable Shield’s collision if the defender deploys the shield on top of the drone.
• Fixed – Drones remain floating in the air after throwing it into an operator, having different replication for the one that threw it.
• Fixed – Players first access pre–destroyed cameras after most map cameras are destroyed
• Fixed – Ballistic shields can sometimes prevent players clients from letting them vault after dying.
• Fixed – Operators positioned near a ladder can only Pick Up the Shield after looking at its sides.
• Fixed – Operators can spectate the area where they died if the last camera of a Support Group is destroyed.

Operators

Alibi

• Fixed – Throwable adhesive gadgets can deploy and remain mid–air if colliding with a thrown Prisma gadget
• Fixed – Prisma activation SFX is present when a user blocks the hologram from forming and melees its location
• Fixed – Prisma warning markers disappear after 20s when they are deployed outside
• Fixed – Standing on top or behind a Prisma hologram lowers the effectiveness of flash effects.

Bandit

• Fixed – A Bandit battery attached to a Deployable Shield can clip with the shield if it is placed from a specific angle.

Blackbeard

• Fixed – Rifle Shield HUD does not update when the Shield is damaged

Buck

• Fixed – Buck skeleton key does not always destroy wall studs on all maps

Capitao

• Fixed – Capitao fire damage can propagate through the roof if players shoot their darts at flat surfaces too close to ceilings

Caveira

• Fixed – Caveira can interogate targets while falling
• Fixed – Downed friendly health bar remains displayed when being interrogated.

Clash

• Fixed – Her legs will clip outside her protective zone of her shield allowing other players to shoot her foot.

Echo

• Fixed – The Yokai drone can clip through ceilings when jumping with high FPS.
• Fixed – Echo drones fixed on a ceiling hatch continue to stay in place after ceiling hatch is destroyed.
• Fixed – Echo’s gadget Yokai can clip through the bomb and become indestructible.

Dokkaebi

• Fixed – While spectating a defender that’s using the observation tools, Dokkaebi’s hacking visual effect will disappear if the observed defender switches between cameras during the Logic Bomb call.

Frost

• Fixed – Frost’s welcome mat can be activated by walking close to the elevated surface it’s placed on

Fuze

• Fixed – Fuze’s AK–12 has muffled firing SFX when firing in full–auto

Gridlock

• Fixed – In 3rd person, the throw animation for the mother Trax Stinger is out of sync when thrown

Hibana

• Fixed – Occasionally, expected destruction caused by Hibana X–Kairos was not properly replicated between server and clients

IQ

• Fixed – IQ’s animation can freeze when she picks up a Claymore while she has the primary gadget equipped.
• Fixed – Activating IQ’s gadget and entering Observation Tool at the same time will lock movement function of her Drone.
• Fixed – IQ loses functionality if switching weapon fire modes right after switching to her primary gadget.

Nomad

• Fixed – A pushed back ballistic shield operator is still protected during the pushback animation.

Maestro

• Fixed – Evil Eyes’ shooting effect doesn’t stop if Dokkaebi calls Maestro while shooting with the turrets.
• Fixed – Maestro’s turret can be visually desynchronized if it has been moved during the first seconds of a Dokkaebi call
• Fixed – Maestro’s cam overlay overlaps with Dokaebbi’s logic bomb overlay if player changes cameras to the Evil Eye while is receiving a call

Maverick

• Fixed – Maverick’s blowtorch can cut much faster while prone and in ADS.
• Fixed – Walls receives no damage from blowtorch if previously damaged.

Mira

• Fixed – Players can vault onto a black mirror.

Mozzie

• Fixed – Defender cameras will remain in motion if the user switches to Mozzie drone while simultaneously moving a defender camera

Twitch

• Fixed – Twitch drone view is in color for other Ops in observation tool/support when it should be in black & white

Level Design

• Fixed – Various clipping issues on all maps
• Fixed – Various level design, light, texture issues on all maps
• Fixed – Gadget deployment issues for various operator gadgets on differing surfaces.
• Fixed – Various drone navigation and collision issues on all maps.
• Fixed – Some soft walls or pairs of walls have one–way bullet penetration.
• Fixed – Sticky Gadgets can be hidden inside multiple assets
• Fixed – Unnecessary vault prompts on certain maps.
• Fixed – Operators remain standing after switching to prone position while the operator’s back is against a railing.
• Fixed – Inconsistency when players shoot through two glass layers
• Fixed – Bullets do not cause destruction on the third soft–wall layer they penetrate

Bank

• Fixed – Players can see outside and through the ceiling of 1F Tellers Office on Bank.

Border

• Fixed – Dome edge on EXT Roof can give line of sight to 2F Office hallway on Border
• Fixed – There is an invisible collision on top of the radio tower of EXT Roof

Clubhouse

• Fixed – Players are able to hide under a storage shelf in 1F Kitchen of Clubhouse
• Fixed – Players can see through some parts of the wall in the Tunnel / EXT Construction Site in Clubhouse.

Chalet

• Fixed – There is a direct line of sight on the Lakeside spawn from 1F Trophy Room on Chalet

Coastline

• Fixed – New ways to get on the purple tarps on Coastline.
• Fixed – Defenders can view the rooftop when a Black Eye is placed on a ceiling ledge.
• Fixed – Players can get into the blue bar counter.

Consulate

• Fixed – Player can see through the walls with a Valkyrie cam from 1F West Corridor of Consulate.

Fortress

• Fixed – There is a direct line of sight to the spawn point if Defender from 2F Old Tower window on Fortress.

Hereford

• Fixed – Players can get vision inside B Generator Room from EXT West Courtyard of Hereford.

Kanal

• See Kanal Rework

Kafe

• Fixed – Defenders can jump out of the East Window and Kill Attackers in EXT Park Alley before being detected on Kafe
• Fixed – Players can shoot through a gap in Ext Back Alley into Kitchen on Kafe

Outback

• Fixed – Players can drop the defuser behind vending machine on EXT Balcony of Outback.

Oregon

• Fixed – Grzmot mine effect will not apply to attakers that vault through the window between EXT Dining Hall and 2F Dorm main hall
• Fixed – Players can vault inside on washing maching in B laundry room on Oregon.
• Fixed – Attackers can place the Defuser outside the designated bomb site at 1F Kitchen spawn point on Oregon.
• Fixed – The defuser can’t be picked up when dropped on either pickup truck at EXT Junkyard on Oregon.

Villa

• Fixed – C4 will not cause damage if placed in the gap between the lamp and the wall of B Art Storage on Villa.

Yacht

• Fixed – Drones and gadgets are destroyed if they are thrown in a pile of snow on Yacht.

User Experience

• Fixed – Multiple operator modeling, texture and clipping issues
• Fixed – Numerous Caster–mode visual bugs
• Fixed – Various PvE THunt and Situations glitches
• Fixed – Various minor audio and SFX bugs
• Fixed – Minor item, shop and menu UI visual glitches
• Fixed – EOR replay clipping and HUD glitches
• Fixed – Players need to reboot to receive a free Event Pack reward from a challenge.
• Fixed – After picking up any throwable gadgets the weapon holding animation becomes corrupted.
• Fixed – Players will sometimes spawn facing or too close to allies, resulting in accidental team killing if weapon trigger is pressed
• Fixed – Recruit loadout resets to previously used configuration upon confirmation
• Fixed – Defuser isn’t automatically dropped when the player idled during the prep phase.
• Fixed – RFF is activated after putting a teammate in DBNO state without the an intentional/not intentional prompt
• Fixed – Players can’t hear others in Voice chat and see themselves as Offline.
• Fixed – If a player leaves a session on the operators card, the loading screen will show the other 4 players as disconnected instead.
• Fixed – Going back and forth between leaning on both sides will cause visual issues.
• Fixed – Player experiences rubber–banding after swapping weapons
• Fixed – Blown walls immediately cause rubberbanding for any player passing through.
• Fixed – User gets idle kicked if the round ends during Prep phase.
• Fixed – Shield operators have a desync between 1st and 3rd person doing an ADS while sprinting.
• Fixed – Defuser icon remains on the HUD if the player with the Defuser leaves during Planning Phase.
• Fixed – Both arms disappear when sliding down a ladder

Patch Notes Addendum

BALANCING

• Defuse timer changed to 7 seconds (from 5s) for both Ranked and Unranked playlists. Casual playlist still at 5s defuse timer.
• Hostage position in 2F Theatre room on Coastline has been moved to in front of the TV.
• Slightly increased vulnerability radius of deployable shields and Volcan shields to explosives.

Goyo

• Goyo – Fire from Volcan Shield fire AoE duration lowered to 10s (previously 12s).

IQ + AMARU

• G8A1 magazines (IQ and Amaru) increased to 301 (up from 201) in PvP. PvE increased to 401 (from 201).

OTHER

• SMG Recoil Animation Update – With Ember Rise we updated the SMG animations and now each one has it’s own unique set of animations. The resulting effect is that there is less perceived shaking when ADS. This is an update to the animation only and recoil has not changed.
• RFF: We have delayed the following updates while we work on a few things.
  • Player Behavior – Playlists lock after leaving a ranked game.
  • Player Behavior – RFF Squad management.
  • Player Comfort – New surrender parameters.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED – Hot breaching exploit.
• FIXED – Reloading of an extra shell in all non–magazine fed shotguns.
• FIXED – Frag grenades remains in the player’s hands if you attempt to ADS and use the gadget before the ADS animation completes.
• FIXED – Nitro cell sometimes wont detonate.
• FIXED – Reinforcing a wall after attaching a shield in a nearby door way will destroy the shield.
• FIXED – Full ADS accuracy is not attained when ADS animation is completed.
• FIXED – While vaulting, ADS is misaligned for operators with ballistic shields.
• FIXED – ADS shooting animation is delayed after sprinting when angled grip is equipped,
• FIXED – Advance deployment gauge does not match the real deployment time of the Deployable shield V2.
• FIXED – Quickly switching between secondary and primary gadgets will cancel the deployment animation.
• FIXED – Improper breach charge explosion can result in damage or death of players on deploying end.
• FIXED – Detonating a “Breach Charge” does not pull operator out of ADS.
• FIXED – Breach charges can kill a player through a soft wall that was not destroyed.
• FIXED – Two shields can be placed within the same double doorframe. One doorframe = one deployable shield.
• FIXED – Deployable shields cannot be attached onto two doors that are close to each other.
• FIXED – Player is unable to attach a shield on a door after a previous shield was attached to it and destroyed.
• FIXED – Weapon rotation and lean transition times are out of sync.
• FIXED – Switching between spectating the owner of a drone and the drone can remove SFX of jammed drones and pest SFX.
• RFF:
  • FIXED – Currently, if Volcan shield explodes and kills the hostage, the player that detonated the explosion is responsible. Now Goyo/his team are responsible in all situations. Goyo’s Volcan shield kills will follow the same design philosophy of Smoke/Capitao – if the hostage dies or goes into DBNO from the shield, Goyo is responsible. If Goyo leaves the game/disconnects, his team is responsible.
  • FIXED – Missing RFF icon in kill log and death cam replay if a player suicides by bleeding out during DBNO as a result of RFF.
  • FIXED – Suiciding after RFF is active gives the wrong message and killfeed icon.
  • FIXED – Situations: RFF UI appears when player dies while holding the hostage.
  • FIXED – RFF: When hostage is killed by Volcan Shield while Goyo is dead, his team is responsible. Intent: In line with our RFF design philosophy, as long as Goyo is in the game, dead or alive, he should be responsible for the hostage death.

OPERATORS

ALIBI

• FIXED – Audio detection warning for attackers when teammate triggers an Alibi prisma.
• FIXED – Alibi Prisma will cancel the pick-up prompt when placed closed to a Deployable shield V2, when player is not the host of the session.

AMARU

• FIXED – Red marker for Garra Launcher will sometimes not appear for hatches if used at a bad angle.
• FIXED – Various incorrect landing zones when reeling.
• FIXED – Mismatched/conflicts with rappel zones for Amaru’s Garra Launcher.
• FIXED – Weapon autoswap for Amaru is slow when reeling to a rappel zone with a railing.
• FIXED – Amaru can reel before being put into DBNO after falling.
• FIXED – From a third person POV, after Amaru uses her Garra Launcher, other players cannot see her cooldown animation or the no ammo one. (It appears as if her gadget is not on cooldown and she has uses still available).
• FIXED – Teammates are unable to retrieve the defuser if Amaru was carrying it and is killed mid–air while reeling from certain spots.

BANDIT

• FIXED – Maverick can cancel bandit’s shock wire placement animation when using the blowtorch on the same wall.

BLACKBEARD

• FIXED – Blackbeard cannot enter ADS after equipping his rifle shield while performing a full reload.

BLITZ

• FIXED – Blitz instant ADS after using gadget.

BUCK

• FIXED – If the player spams primary and secondary gadget inputs, Buck is able to use an invisible primary weapon with the hostage.
• FIXED – Broken recoil animation for Nomad and Buck when shooting and switching between primary and gadget.

CAVEIRA

• FIXED – Caveira stepping on Trax Stinger cancels stealth and keeps draining energy from the gadget.

CLASH

• FIXED – Clash CCE shield can clip through Clash’s body if spamming weapon/shield swapping.
• FIXED – Clash VFX issues when equipping CCE Shield.

ECHO

• FIXED – Yokai Concussion VFX is shorter if the player is already in motion when hit by the Sonic Burst.
• FIXED – Inconsistent behavior when using Echo’s Yokai’s sonic burst from above a ceiling fan.

ELA

• FIXED – A grzmot mine detonated between a planted defuser and a wall will have no effect for the defender.

FINKA

• FIXED – Finka sprints empty handed when using her primary weapon SPEAR.308.

GOYO

• FIXED – Goyo’s shield can disappear when Thunt bots throw grenades or vault over it in Laundry Room, House.
• FIXED – Killing Goyo while he’s picking up his shield can result in a crash.
• FIXED – Barbed wire isn’t destroyed by Volcan Shield explosion.

IQ

• FIXED – If her gadget is active, IQ’s animation can freeze when picking up a claymore.

JAGER

• FIXED – Jager’s model can get stuck and player will lose control/functionality when deploying his ADS.

MAVERICK

• FIXED – Iron sight on Maverick’s M4 is stretched.

MUTE

• FIXED – Mute is not interrupted by the Echo drone when deploying his gadget.
• FIXED – Picking back up a deployed Mozzie pest or Mute jammer disables the SFX of other pests/jammers for players who are on their drone when that happens.

NOMAD

• FIXED – When Nomad’s Air Jab is activated by a prone player, players can lose operator functionality.
• FIXED – Nomad’s Airjab doesn’t interrupt Caveira’s Silent Step.
• FIXED – Glitched Nomad Airjab launcher equip animation when vaulting.
• FIXED – Certain steps can let Nomad load an extra airjab.

THATCHER

• FIXED – Thatcher Debuff icon progression animation does not match the effect duration in server matches.
• FIXED – Thatcher EMPs can be destroyed by explosives.

WARDEN

• FIXED – Warden’s hands and weapon are out of sync when transitioning between ADS or sprinting.

VALKYRIE

• FIXED – Excessive Valkyrie Black Eye glitch VFX.
• FIXED – Valkyrie Black Eye camera pivot point. We have fixed the camera inside Valkyrie’s Black Eye Cams by putting the camera back closer to its intended pivot point. This change brings the Black Cams back to their intended use and scope of vision, and prevents players from seeing through solid objects that shouldn’t be seen through, preventing potential exploitation of her cams.

LEVEL DESIGN

• FIXED – Various visual texture and LOD issues on maps.
• FIXED – Various lighting issues on maps.
• FIXED – Various clipping issues on maps.

BANK

• FIXED – Glass from the skylines on Bank make no noise when shattered with gadgets.
• FIXED – Drones can clip into the walls from EXT Terrace on Bank.

BORDER

• FIXED – Defenders are able to reinforce the destroyed trap door located in 2F Armory Desk room of Border.

COASTLINE

• FIXED – Players can go onto the purple tarps on coastline.
• FIXED – Explosions don’t do damage at EXT South Promenande on Coastline.
• FIXED – LOS on Coastline from Main Entrance.
• FIXED – Drone clipping into ruined wall at EXT Ruins of Coastline.
• Missing hard surface restrictions on Coastline which allow players to detonate cluster charges and candelas inside the wall.

CLUBHOUSE

• FIXED – Echo’s Yokai can be attached under an invisible object in 1F Lobby of Clubhouse.
• FIXED – Ying Candelas and Fuze Cluster Charges can’t be deployed on certain surfaces in Clubhouse due to impediments.
• FIXED – Defenders can be shot through a reinforcement while deploying in 2F Bathroom of Clubhouse.
• FIXED – Pixel LOS on Clubhouse in EXT Parking.

HEREFORD

• FIXED – Players can rappel onto an invisible ledge in Hereford.

KAFE

• FIXED – Collision near trees results in a fatal fall when rappelling from the roof on Kafe.

KANAL

• KANAL rework bug fixes over the TS include: fixes to pixel peeks, spawn peeks, long LOS, object bullet penetration issues, drone clipping issues, out-of-bounds issues, etc. (see Test Server Patch Notes for full details).

OREGON

• FIXED – Operators with a dark uniform can be hard to spot when crouched next to the bed in 2F Dorm Room of Oregon.
  
  FIXED – Defuser can be planted inside the drawer of 2F Kids Dorms on Oregon.

VILLA

• FIXED – Barricade for eastern window in 2F Master Bedroom of Villa sometimes fails to load.
• FIXED – Players can hide in the bar of 2F games Room on Villa.
• FIXED – Fuze cluster charges can get stuck and explode inside the floor if placed too close to the hard surface area near the pool table at 2F Games Room of Villa.
• FIXED – Painting hooks remain floating after wall destruction, retain collision physics.
• Valkyrie can place a Black Eye behind the curtain at 1F Red Stairs on Villa.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED – Mysterious Garage (it has mysteriously vanished)
• Menu and UI SFX + VFX improvements and updates.
• FIXED – Various model clipping/animation issues.
• FIXED – Various spectator mode issues.
• FIXED – Kill feed shows RFF icon when player kills the last enemy.
• FIXED – Report Griefing and Report Voice Abuse report options are not available when reporting a non–friend player.
• FIXED – Missing dropped magazine objects after reloading.
• FIXED – Operators can see their weapons and shield when going onto cams.
• FIXED – Updated Rate of Fire UI stats for various weapons in game to match actual RoF.
• FIXED – Missing bullet decals from new deployable shield.
• FIXED – After reconnecting to a Ranked match, the “ongoing ranked match” ribbon remains and prevents player from starting any other multiplayer modes that are not Ranked.
• FIXED – Title remains stuck on loading screen if player is playing a Situation without completing the previous one in a single play session.
• FIXED – Controller-specific icons not showing properly on PC.
• FIXED – Shield Operator’s shields flip upside down when they go into observation mode while walking.
• FIXED – Operator hands can clip inside while deploying the deployable shield.