Update: The bug has been fixed on PC—unclear whether it's been addressed on other platforms at this time. About 24 hours after we published this story, Ubisoft took servers down today for emergency maintenance in order to address the issue. That was quick!
At 11:30am EDT / 15:30 UTC, we will be deploying an Emergency PC Maintenance for 15 minutes.- Deploy Y3S1.1.0.2- Hip-fire bug fix pic.twitter.com/9pptzEjMHtApril 10, 2018
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If you've been playing Rainbow Six Siege this week, you might've found yourself dying to German shieldbearer Blitz a little more often than usual. A recently discovered exploit makes Blitz aim like John Wick without having to leave the safety of his shield.
Ck2 duchies. In an email response to PC Gamer, Ubisoft had no timeframe to share for a fix, but said it has become a priority for the developers.
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The exploit allows any attacking operator with a breaching charge to execute a simple series of commands, boosting their hipfire accuracy significantly for that round. For ordinary attackers like Twitch, Finka, or Jackal, this isn’t a big advantage—you’re still better off aiming down your sights to fire accurately. But apply this exploit to a shield operator like Blitz and suddenly you've got a character who can reliably tag you with their pistol without exposing themselves from the front.
Aided by this bug, some Blitz players are scoring consistent kills from the hip at 15 meters without having to to expose their body or head. As you may guess, these fights feel one-sided.
The exploit was reported by one player on the game’s subreddit in late March, but gained steam this past week as videos showing how to execute it have begun to spread.
The Blitz bug echoes another devastating exploit that permeated Siege following the launch of Operation White Noise last December. The infamous “Jäger shield exploit” allowed the defender to affix a deployable shield to his waist and protect his entire body in a few easy steps. He could still shoot through the shield, but from the attacker’s perspective, he was a simply a bulletproof shield with legs sprouting out the bottom. Good times.
There's a strong parallel between these bugs in that they both favor a particular character, yet counter-intuitively, they can't be solved with a fast fix. Last year at the height of Jäger shield mania, community developer Craig Robinson took to the subreddit to explain why patching in a solution for issues like this is harder than it seems. “There is quite a bit that goes into the game beyond just an on/off switch for an Operator or a gadget . . . Disabling or removing a launch Operator (Jäger, Castle, Doc, etc), would lead to a cascade of other issues, and these would significantly sacrifice the stability of the game. This is why we do not remove Operators or gadgets when a glitch is discovered, and instead focus on fixing it,” he said.
A fix did eventually come during the mid-season reinforcements in January, almost a month after the bug was initially discovered.
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Usually when people think of cheating in a shooter they imagine someone using an aimbot to magically hit opponents from through walls. Recently, Rainbow Six Siege players stumbled across a much more bizarre form of exploit, one that basically sends their characters on a virtual acid trip.
Basically, Rainbow Six Siege players are making it so when the other team looks at a certain spot on their team’s bombsite their vision become bugged, and the textures in their game start flying off in wild directions. This makes it basically impossible for the opposing team to see anything. Players have been cagey about explaining how exactly the glitch works for fear of it becoming more common, but it’s already spreading on the internet.
As more and more people began sharing images of the glitch on the game’s subreddit, YouTuber MicrowaveGaming put out a video explaining the phenomenon in more detail and showing it in action (thanks Rock Paper Shotgun).
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Microwave and others have dubbed the exploit “The Bird Box Glitch” after the Sandra Bullock Netflix movie Bird Box in which people who lay eyes on certain creatures are driven by the horror to commit suicide.
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There are some ways to fix the glitch, including going into the game’s settings and switching anti-aliasing off and then back on again. Switching to a side-arm has also reportedly been successful in some cases, but even these workarounds put the victims of the hack at a severe disadvantage.
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The Bird Box Glitch is visually interesting to behold and one of the more creative ways of cheating. It’s certainly better than being magically shot by someone before you even turn the corner. Ubisoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the cause of the glitch or when a hotfix will go live, but it hopefully won’t take too long as more and more people start encountering it.
Rainbow Six Siege is getting a new patch this week that’ll take care of a couple of nasty bugs.
Now that the dust has settled after the release of the Rainbow Six Siege Operation Grim Sky operators, Ubisoft has now diverted its attention once again to fixing bugs and balancing the meta.
The main focus of patch Y3S3.1.2 is to fix a few nasty exploits. Though the developer did intend on including balance changes in the patch initially, it instead decided to roll out the bug fixes as soon as possible while testing continues on said balance changes.
First, the deployable shield vaulting bug, which prevents players from vaulting through windows whenever shields are placed perpendicular to the window, is going away. You can still deploy shields close to windows, but the game will automatically leave room for vaulting to work.
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There’s also the invisibility glitch, which while it can be inadvertently triggered, you’re never sure if it’s intentional or not. The bug would make the player completely invisible after the map loads.
On the map Oregon, some players were able to clip through the washing machine, giving them an unfair advantage. This has been fixed.
Though no specific release day was announced for patch Y3S3.1.2, it is coming this week. However, this only applies to the PC version. Console players will have to wait until patch Y3S3.2 drops later this month, meaning they’re getting these fixes as well as the balance changes in one patch.
See the list of changes and fixes below:
Bug fixes
-General
- Fixed – Deployable shields placed perpendicular to a window prevent vaulting.
- Fixed – The operator is invisible when players load into game.
- Fixed – Pistols have their reticle misaligned with the center of the screen while shooting.
- Fixed – No toggle for Montagne and Pulse special abilities (now comes with toggle).
- Fixed – Cannot access Bulletproof Camera by pressing the secondary gadget button while prone.
- Fixed – While prone, using melee and standing up will switch the knife animation to shield.
- Fixed – The Stun Grenade VFX can be cancelled under certain conditions.
- Fixed – The squad leader remains alone in a match after one squad member leaves when the leader starts the match.
- Fixed – Latency, micro stutters and graphical issues after playing multiple matches and maps in the same Custom game session.
- Fixed – End of round timer does not stop when initiating the defuser plant at the last moment.
-Minor
- Fixed – Clipping issue on Lion’s uniforms.
- Fixed – Hibana’s face appears washed off when equipped with the Yurei headgear.
- Fixed – Holding down both gadget buttons and releasing them in a certain order switches away from Pulse’s Cardiac Sensor.
- Fixed – The Chalkboard uniform for Hibana does not appear properly while in First Person.
- Fixed – Blitz’s arm is delayed when leaning, causing clipping issues with shield.
- Fixed – The observation tool icon is missing from the select spawn location screen for attackers in preparation phase in Ranked.
-Charms
- Fixed – A second “Gold Lion Chibi” will float next to the weapon it is attached to.
- Fixed – Equipping a country flag charm on the SPSMG9 will also apply on Clash’s CCE shield.
- Fixed – Chibi charms are not properly placed on Clash’s CCE Shield in load out.
- Fixed – Multiple charms are clipping through Blitz’s and Clash’s shields.
- Fixed – Charms equipped on Clash’s shield are not visible in 3rd person view.
-Pick and ban
- Fixed – When Joining in Progress during a ban reveal, players will always see the blue smoke.
- Fixed – Joining in Progress with previously selected operator does not update teammates blocked operators.
- Fixed – During the ready screen, the sizes of the operator’s cards are not consistent.
- Fixed – The “Change floor” button is missing in the tactical map.
- Fixed – The bullet point that indicates the currently voted OP disappears after changing display mode.
Maps
-Bank
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- Fixed – Valkyrie Black Eye can see through the ceiling when placed on in a spot on 2F Bank.
- Fixed – Spot in 1F Tellers Office allows Valkyrie’s Black Eye to see the corridor and staircase.
- Fixed – Spot in 1F Archives allows throwable gadgets to reach 2F Skylight Stairwell.
-Clubhouse
- Fixed – Attacker drones can see through the ceiling underneath 1F Lobby and Bar.
-Consulate
- Fixed – Drone has no collision with the terrace edge from West Front Yard.
-Hereford Base
- Fixed – Ranked Match Action phase lasts for 4 minutes on Hereford Base.
- Fixed – Equipping a shield drops the fps by 10–20 on Hereford Base.
- Fixed – Unstable FPS in Hereford Base.
- Fixed – Maestro’s gadget is vulnerable by breaking cosmetic destruction, Small pinstripe carpets across the map.
- Fixed – Players can hide under a desk in 1F Prep Area.
- Fixed – Defuser cannot be picked up after being dropped between the wall and the ammo box in 1F Garage.
- Fixed – Defuser cannot be picked up after being dropped between the wooden planks located in EXT Barnyard.
- Fixed – Thatcher’s EMP grenade does not turn off the faux volumetric glow from the ceiling lights in EXT Barn.
- Fixed – Small gap in 2F bathroom ceiling on Hereford base rework.
-House
- Fixed – Players can clip inside a wall using a deployable shield at 2F Workshop.
-Kafe
- Fixed – Players cannot pick up armor plates if the armor bag is deployed on a kettle in 3F Cigar Lounge.
-Oregon
- Fixed – Operators can get stuck inside a pile of boxes in 1F Office.
- Fixed – Player can vault inside the washing machine on Oregon.
Operators
-Buck
- Fixed – If Buck mounts Tachanka’s LMG Turret with the Skeleton Key on and leaves it, no interaction can be made with the turret afterwards.
-Clash
- Fixed – Clash can instantly go into ADS with her secondary after un–equipping her shield.
- Fixed – Clash is not able to use Observation Tools while her CCE shield is extended.
-Echo
- Fixed – Instead of disappearing when Echo’s Yokai hover drone is disabled, the “Jump” button appears greyed out.
- Fixed – If a disabled Yokai hover drone is picked up and re–deployed, it will still be in the disabled state when redeployed.
-Finka
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- Fixed – Finka’s Spear308’s damage falloff over distance is too high.
-Maverick
- Fixed – Maverick’s blowtorch makes no sound on the first use on a wall.
- Fixed – Blowtorch SFX persists after Maverick is killed while using it.
-Mira
- Fixed – Black Mirror can be destroyed from the other side of a reinforced wall.
- Fixed – Mira can place her Mirror under another destroyed Black Mirror.