Ubisoft releases massive Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 updates

It has only been little over a month since Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 was released, unfortunately fans have been complaining about a number of bugs and glitches in both the single player campaign, and the multiplayer. Thankfully Ubisoft, the makers of Rainbow Six, have had their ears to the ground and are taking into account the issues that its fans have been having with a large update to the popular game.

These following updates however, are only for the Xbox 360 players and are available now as an automatic download when you log onto Xbox Live. Ubisoft did state in its official forum that it is currently working on an upcoming update for PS3 users, but there hasn’t been any release date planned for these fixes.

The following is a list of improvements and fixes as stated on the Ubisoft official forum.

Improvements

• Weapon Switch
  Swapping to & from Pistols are now faster in Multiplayer.
• Sound Loops
  Optimized sound bank to improve weapon firing and helicopter sound clips that loop over and over.
• Pings
  Servers now update their pings more often so that players have a more accurate value of server performance.
• Team Leader Respawn Modification
  Spawn Shield is shorter when respawning with the Leader.
• XP Modifiers
  When there are more people on a team than the other, there is an overall XP modifier applied to all XP gained during the game.
• Outfitting
  By pressing the start button, players now have access to the outfitting menu in observer mode.
• Team Deathmatch Respawn Modification
  Respawning in Team Deathmatch now work like regular Deathmatch (random points throughout the map) which intensifies gameplay and minimizes spawn camping/trapping.
• Faster Respawns
  Faster respawns for Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. You no longer have to wait a full 10 seconds!
• Custom Search
  Players who enter a room using custom search then exit will be brought back to an automatic search with the same criteria.

Fixes

• Rank Reset Glitch
  Fixed. Players will be able to use their Xbox guide during the game loading without risk of losing their rank.
• Private First Class – Achievement
  If you are ranked Private First Class or above, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.
• Freedom Shall Prevail – Achievement
  If you’ve passed all checkpoints on Story Mode on Realistic and finished the game, you will automatically get the achievement after the title update is complete and you load your gamer profile.
• That Wasn’t So Hard – Ribbon
  Your ribbon now unlocks when you get the achievement.
• Light Machinegun Sound Glitch
  When firing continuously with any light machinegun, the sound of the weapon will no longer get cut off.
• Civilians & Hostages on Tactical Map
  No longer are displayed as terrorists.
• Shield Teleport Glitch
  Players can no longer teleport when trying to take cover with a shield
• Out of Map Glitch
  Players can no longer cover-peek into each other to raise a team mate above their heads that allows them to walk into areas outside the designated map.
• Friend Invite in Ranked Matches
  Inviting friends in Ranked Matches now work correctly.
• Custom Face
  Previously, Custom faces were sometimes copied over to another player’s face. This is no longer the case. Custom faces will display the proper faces.
• Radar Jammer
  Radar Jammer now work for clients, not just hosts.
• XP Farming
  That one famous area in ACT 1 “Ambush” will no longer allow XP Farming.
• Observer Mode
  Players will no longer be stuck in the respawn screen at 0 seconds while in observer mode.
• Weapon Restriction
  The weapon restriction configuration is no longer kept in Terrorist Hunt, Story and Co-op Story.
• Custom Camo 3 Save
  The colour and pattern of Custom Camo 3 now saves correctly.

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