Rainbow Six Siege update adds high resolution textures to PC

Ubisoft has detailed the latest patch for Rainbow Six Siege, addressing some concerns fans have had since the game's release on December 1.The changes, which were introduced on December 16, include the Ultra-HD texture pack, which is "best appreciated while playing the game in 4K resolution." The pack upgrades "some of the most common textures in the game, such as characters and weapons, to a new level of fidelity."

• Freelance Editor
• December 20, 2015
• in Gaming, News, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Ubisoft has detailed the latest patch for Rainbow Six Siege, addressing some concerns fans have had since the game’s release on December 1.

The changes, which were introduced on December 16, include the Ultra-HD texture pack, which is “best appreciated while playing the game in 4K resolution.” The pack upgrades “some of the most common textures in the game, such as characters and weapons, to a new level of fidelity.”

The full contents of update 1.1 can be found below. Keep checking back with Gamespresso for all your gaming news.

• 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