TS UPDATE TODAY!

⏰ Maintenance Time: 1:30 PM EDT, Downtime: ~30 minutes

Steel Wave Season Patch Notes: https://rainbow6.com/steelwave

Please bear in mind that all changes made in the TS are for testing purposes and do not have any guaranteed impact on the live-servers.

Report any bugs you encounter in the TS to >> r6fix.ubi.com/test-server

GAME UPDATES

BALANCING

Melusi

• Lowered the penalty zone by approximately 33% (reduced max range radius from 6m to 4m, reduced slow penalty radius from 3m to 2m).
• Lower the sound of Banshee effect in first person POV.

Ace & Hibana

• Explosion damage from Hibana's X-Kairos and Ace's SELMA can no longer pass through reinforced walls and destroy fragile gadgets on the other side of the reinforced wall by placing the charges on the floor.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED - The reload animation of the K1A resets every time it is interrupted when making a full reload.
• FIXED - Weapon sight attachments shake while in ADS depending on Anti Aliasing setting, optic type and cardinal camera orientation.

OPERATORS

• FIXED - Hitboxes of Melusi's Banshees are larger than the model.
• FIXED - Yokai can sometimes see onto the rooftops/second floor when attached on thin ceilings.

LEVEL DESIGN

• FIXED - Operators can prone on small ledges/surfaces, allowing them access to areas that are not intended to be accessible. (Sorry 🥥 )
• FIXED - Players can get on top of the chandelier in 2F Dragon Stairs of Theme Park. (sorry again)
• FIXED - Players can reach the roof of Theme Park from 2F Upper Arcade.
• FIXED - Operators can place out of reach gadgets on the wall in 2F Control Room of Theme Park after vaulting on the Control Desk.
• FIXED - Players can be killed/damaged by explosion damage through a solid wall in 2F Meeting Room on Consulate after the first layer of the floor is destroyed.
• FIXED - Defenders can jump onto the window frame of 2F Fireplace Hall in Kafe.
• FIXED - Gadgets can be deployed inside the pots in 1F Kitchen of Oregon and still function.
• FIXED - Pixel peek onto from 2F Dorm Hall in Oregon.
• FIXED - Lighting issue in 1F Small Tower Office of Oregon making it hard to see operators prone in a dark corner.
• FIXED - Spawn kill angle onto EXT Warehouse of Clubhouse.
• FIXED - Oryx unable to climb on the southern side of the hatch from B Secure Hallway in Bank.
• FIXED - Players can fall inside a decorative greenery pot, at the gazebo near EXT Main Entrance on Coastline.
• FIXED - Gadgets remain floating after being placed on barrels that are later destroyed in B Wine Cellar of Chalet.
• FIXED - Players can see into Chalet from a specific spot in EXT Front Yard.
• FIXED - Secure Area zone of 2F Bedroom correctly in Club House does not properly cover the entire room.
• FIXED - Drones can fall OOB by jumping on a ledge in B Oil Pit of Clubhouse.
• FIXED - Various LOD/visual issues on maps.
• FIXED - Various clipping, dynamic clipping issues on maps.
• FIXED - Various visual/cosmetic fixes.
• FIXED - Vault issues on maps.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED - Dynamic Play button not redirecting to Discovery playlist after using Discovery Playlist.
• FIXED - Partially destroyed barricades are present in the victory/MVP screen at the end of the match.
• FIXED - Players who ended the last season in Champions, the Champion badge in their ranked menu profile incorrectly displays #1 instead of their actual final Champions position.
• FIXED - RFF symbol disappears if you reboot Uplay after activating RFF (visual only, RFF is still active).
• FIXED - Various menu/shop/HUD fixes.
• FIXED - Various visual/cosmetic fixes.