Rainbow Six Siege Year 8 Season 4, Operation Deep Freeze Patch Notes

Y8S4 Patch Size

Find the download sizes for each platform below.

• Ubisoft Connect
  • Base: 44.38 GB
  • HD: 75.46 GB
• Steam:
  • Base: 39.9 GB
  • HD: 67.9 GB
  • Xbox One: 35 GB
  • Xbox Series X: 39.4 GB
  • Playstation 4: 37.5 GB
  • Playstation 5: 35.88 GB

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED – Loadout changes between rounds when an Operator is picked by idling.
• FIXED – Round ends in a draw if a Volcan Canister is destroyed near a hostage while Goyo is eliminated.
• FIXED – Zero’s Argus Launcher does not lose sight reticle or laser when deactivated by the Bulletproof Camera EMP.
• FIXED – Hard Breach Charge can’t be deployed on a small area of the reinforced wall.
• FIXED – Hostages can set off Lesion’s Gu Mines.
• FIXED – Basic Tutorial progress can be soft locked in multiple ways.
• FIXED – Attack Tutorial becomes soft locked if AI destroy the drone.
• FIXED – Damage falloff and curves do not match description when 2 players are in Custom Game or the Shooting Range.
• FIXED – Players can’t lean while holding a drone while using controller.
• FIXED – Players can’t lean function if holding one of several Observation Tools.
• FIXED – Game crashes when AI revives a teammate.
• FIXED – Player can’t look around when exiting Rappel.
• FIXED – Scope sight disappears when in range of Mute’s Signal Disruptor.

LEVEL DESIGN

• FIXED – Players get stuck at EXT Street when vaulting over 2F East Corridor barricade after breaking it in the Defense Tutorial.
• FIXED – Missing texture for pipe assets on the Clubhouse map that can be exploited by Valkyrie or Zero.
• FIXED – Drones can’t navigate through the EXT Guard Tower opening on the Fortress map during Preparation Phase.
• FIXED – Players can reach an unintended vantage point in the north-eastern corner of the 1F Staff Room of the Bank.
• FIXED – Players can vault onto unintended vantage point at 2F Dorm Main Hall of the Oregon map.
• FIXED – Players can remain stuck in between the bomb and an indestructible coffee machine at B Cafeteria on the Consulate map.
• FIXED – Players can remain stuck in falling animation between metal pads and the metal rail located in EXT Street of the Attack Tutorial map.
• FIXED – Players cannot vault over the kitchen counter in 1F Staff Room of the Bank map.
• FIXED – Ace’s S.E.L.M.A. fails to deploy on the lower destructible wall in 2F Meeting Room of the Consulate map.
• FIXED – Floating tree during the MVP screen of the Villa map.
• FIXED – Wrong compass location displayed between 1F East Stairs and 2F East Stairs of the Border map.
• FIXED – B site bomb isn’t detected from 2F Display Room on the Lair map.
• FIXED – Lighting issues west of EXT South Dock on the Lair map.
• FIXED – Valkyrie’s Black Eye can be hidden in lights in B Warehouse of the Lair map.
• FIXED – Texture clips through wall at 2F Blue Stairs on the Lair map.
• FIXED – Texture clips through wall at 2F Mezzanine on the Lair map.
• FIXED – Player is unable to vault onto the desk in 2F R6 Room of the Lair map.
• FIXED – Players can navigate on to a trash bin for an unfair line of sight through a window in 1F Security Hallway of the Lair map.
• FIXED – Players can navigate out of bounds by vaulting onto some crates and the cargo container in EXT Lift of the Lair map.
• FIXED – Attackers don’t detect bomb sight located at 1F Bar or 1F Lounge of the Emerald Plains map unless they are using a drone or using IQ’s Electronics Detector.
• FIXED – Various collision, asset, and texture issues on maps.

OPERATORS

• FIXED – Holes made by Maverick’s Breaching Torch are hidden if affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – Missing VFX for Damaged walls when affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – Zero’s Argus Camera can be hidden through destructible map assets.
• FIXED –  Amaru’s Garra Hook launcher losses functionality if player goes prone while deploying the hook.
• FIXED – Amaru’s Garra Hook can clip through wall.
• FIXED –  Goyo’s Volcan Canister becomes invisible or stuck when a drone is deployed at the same time.
• FIXED – A Kludge Drone that’s been hacked by a Defender can no longer hack if Dokkaebi takes over Defender Observation Tools.
• FIXED – Wrong animation plays for Zofia and Tachanka when self-reviving with Thunderbird’s Kona Station
• FIXED –  Clash can fire her weapon before the weapon swap animation finishes.
• FIXED – Floating wall remains for a few seconds after destroying Sen’s R.O.U. projector during deployment.
• FIXED – Players that are downed aren’t affected by Sens’ R.O.U. Projector System.
• FIXED – Valkyrie’s Black Eye losses signal if it’s thrown into the crevices of the ceiling at 1F Main Stairs of the Border map.
• FIXED – Valkyrie’s Black Eye is losses signal when thrown on to the ceiling at 2F Astronomy of the Villa map.
• FIXED – Grim’s Kawan Hive is destroyed when shot within Mute’s Signal Disruptor range.
• FIXED – Wrong animation plays for players affected by Fenrir’s F-NATT Dread Mine while leaning left and running.
• FIXED – Fenrir’s F-NATT Dread Mine location list appears as placeholder when placed on the outside tower in EXT Back Alley of the Theme Park map.
• FIXED – Iana can sprint after self-reviving from Frost’s Welcome Mat.
• FIXED – Kapkan’s Entry Denial Device can be deployed through Azami’s Kiba Barrier.
• FIXED – CSRX 3000 scope is distorted when affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – Tubarao’s Zoto Canister is misplaced during Victory Celebration.
• FIXED – Missing VFX for drones when Tubaro’s Zoto canister freezing effect ends.
• FIXED – Wrong VFX plays when using melee attack on destructible objects while affected by Tubarão’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – Ram’s Bu-GI Auto-Breacher idle SFX still plays when affected by Tubarão’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – Smoke explosion VFX are missing for Tubarão’s Zoto Canister.
• FIXED – If Grim’s Kawan Hive is frozen by Tubarão’s Zoto Canister and destroyed, it still deploys once the freeze effect wears off.
• FIXED – Players can be permanently affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister freeze VFX.
• FIXED – Players are permanently affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister freeze VFX after removing a barricade with the effect.
• FIXED – Gadgets are not destroyed by electricity after Tubarao’s Zoto Canister effect wears off.
• FIXED – Devices are affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister outside of intended range if the operator is within range of the freeze effect.
• FIXED – Ela’s Grzmot Mine remains deactivated after Tubarao’s Zoto Canister freeze effect disappears.
• FIXED – Tubarao’s Zoto Canister freeze VFX doesnt appear on some operators.
• FIXED – Various animation issues.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED – RTS camera rotation is inverted when viewing a match as a spectator.
• FIXED – Map text and preview loads incorrectly when multiple online Custom Matches load.
• FIXED – HUD disappears for Defenders when Attackers pick up the hostage.
• FIXED –  Host cannot send invite to spectator if the teams lobby is full.
• FIXED – Hostage escort prompt is missing if a previous attempt to grab them is canceled halfway through.
• FIXED – Hip fire crosshair is missing during match replay.
• FIXED – LEDs on deployed Breach Charge are blue regardless of team color options.
• FIXED – Some devices and weapons remain on-screen during the Victory screen.
• FIXED – Aim toggle mode on controller differs from aim toggle mode on PC.
• FIXED – Controller input doesn’t work for swapping between commendation timelines in the Reputation section.
• FIXED – Commendation graph bars show up backwards in Reputation section.
• FIXED – Commendation graph number axis doesn’t scale properly when switching between Lifetime and Season commendations.
• FIXED – HUD bars for multikill persists for in Spectator mode and Match Replay.
• FIXED – Double kill notification is missing in Spectator mode and Match Replay.
• FIXED – Skybox is displayed briefly in Home section when joining or leaving a match.
• FIXED – Wrong season and background displayed for Tubarao’s showcase in the Operators section.
• FIXED – Players can only interact with their current commendation in the Reputation section.
• FIXED – Bulletproof Camera icon is displayed on the player’s HUD after being affected by Clash’s CCE Shield.
• FIXED – Lair background image is missing in custom lobbies.
• FIXED – Various audio issues.
• FIXED – Various UI issues.
• FIXED – Various spectator mode issues.

AUDIO

FIXED – SFX for Nomad’s Airjab isn’t interrupted when affected by Tubarao’s Zoto Canister freeze effect.

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