Rainbow Six Siege maintenance today: Patch notes for Y6S1.1 PC update

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Rainbow Six Siege players have a brand new update to download on PCs today. The Y6S1.1 patch brings with it fixes for the recoil bug, knife peek exploit, match cancellation abuses and more. A brief period of maintenance scheduled to last 30 minutes began at 1pm UK time.

The size of the latest Rainbow Six Siege download should range from 1.1GB to 1.56GB on PCs, depending on your machine’s configuration.

Xbox consoles as well as the PS4 and PS5 will be getting the latest Rainbow Six Siege update at a later date.

Announcing the release of the new Rainbow Six Siege download yesterday the game’s official Twitter account said: “Tomorrow we will be pushing Patch Y6S1.1 on PC (Console coming Soon™), bringing with it a number of fixes you’ve been asking for!”

Full patch notes for the Rainbow Six Siege update were revealed in a post online once maintenance started.

You can find out all the changes below…

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RAINBOW SIX SIEGE PATCH NOTES

Y6S1.1 PATCH SIZE

Below you will find the download sizes for each platform.

Ubisoft Connect:

1.56 GB if live build was installed with HD PACK

1.44 GB if live build was installed without HD PACK

Steam: 1.1 GB

Xbox One: 1.31 GB

Xbox Series X: 1.84 GB

PS4: 1.57 GB

PS5: 1.62 GB

TWEAKS AND IMPROVEMENTS

PLAYER COMFORT

Streamer Mode

Streamer Mode preferences have been added to the Options menu.

They allow streamers to hide the region and latency info on their screen from viewers and enable a hidden matchmaking delay to prevent queue sniping.

Charms Loadout Menu

The charms in the operator album and player loadout menus will now be sort by rarity and alphabetical order. This is a temporary fix while waiting for those sections to be properly revamped.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

FIXED – Title enters infinite loading after cinematic of situation Cold Zero while in PlayGo.

FIXED – Players can fast peek around corners by leaning and knifing the air.

FIXED – Bailiff 410 handgun awards Battle Pass progress to the “Close Quarters” shotgun challenge instead of the “Handgun Eliminations” challenge.

FIXED – Vertical recoil stops/drop down sometimes when a player tries to compensate it.

FIXED – Player can avoid Match Cancellation Penalty if their entire team is self-eliminated and the player reconnects during the end of round.

LEVEL DESIGN

FIXED – Multiple misplaced assets, clipping, and collision issues on various maps.

FIXED – Multiple exploitable gaps on various maps.

FIXED – Various LOD issues on Border map.

FIXED – Multiple texture issues on various maps.

FIXED – Various lighting issues on Border map.

FIXED – Various asset issues in Spectator mode.

FIXED – Attacker drones spawn inside the AC unit box on the roof of EXT Pedestrian Customs.

OPERATORS

FIXED – Montagne hip fire cone is too small after the shield is unextended.

FIXED – Flores’ weapon clips through his Claymore if the player equips it after the detonation of the RCE-Ratero Charge.

FIXED – RCE-Ratero Charge that is anchored to a wall will change its position if caught by a Pest that is also anchored to the wall.

FIXED – Mira can deploy the Black Mirror over part of an indestructible wall in 1F Workshop on Border map.

FIXED – Maestro’s Evil Eye camera is obstructed when the device is deployed on the floor.

FIXED – Flores’ RCE-Ratero Charge HUD can be seen during end of round and MVP if activated just before the round ends.

FIXED – The RCE-Ratero Charge HUD will appear red if one of Flores’ drones is destroyed at the same time that he deployed the RCE-Ratero Charge.

USER EXPERIENCE

FIXED – Replay access is disabled after quitting a match replay.

FIXED – The ticker overlaps with the loadout bar in the Caster HUD.

FIXED – When the player enters Observation Tools and switches their stance, there are discrepancies in the first and third person views.

FIXED – Missing the in-game notification that occurs when a player levels up a Ubisoft account.

FIXED – Watch section does not refresh when player leaves a Squad.

FIXED – Various UI and navigation issues throughout the game.

FIXED – Various localization issues throughout the game.

FIXED – Minor cosmetic and shop fixes.

FIXED – Multiple VFX are pixelated with the latest NVIDIA Drivers 461.72.

FIXED – Wrong description appears in the Premium Battle Pass purchase panel when the player has already reached Tier 98 or above.

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