Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 out in U.S., patch 1.01 released
The PC version of Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is now available in North America. Interestingly enough the developers have also rolled out the game’s first patch on the same day. To find out more, head on over to the full article by clicking on the “read more” link below.
Download: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Patch 1.01
Tom Clancy‘s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for the PC (also available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is now out in North America. The developers from Ubisoft have also released a patch for the game which fixes some of the bugs as well adds some features to the game.
While it may seem tedious to patch the game on the day of the release it looks like the added features are well worth the effort. Since the download weighs in at a hefty 49.9 MB, you might want to take that time going over the complete patch 1.01 notes as taken from community moderator kazzoo’s forum post on the official Ubisoft forums:
Features:
- Added Voice Chat Support
- Pressing F5 now refreshes the match search list
- Fix for spawn camping
- Switch weapon is now faster in adversarial
- Lower respawn timer for deathmatch and team deathmatch
- Added Team balance XP penalty
- Enabled outfitting option in observer mode.
- Team Leader respawn modification: Respawning with the leader is now the default option
Bugs fixed:
- Fixed hang time when playing matches on certain graphics hardware
- Fixed delays for clients when using the custom face feature in-game
- Fixed game crash when the user would click in a certain area from the Leaderboards menu
- Fixed textures corruption when changing antialiasing repeatedly on certain graphics hardware
- Reviewed some achievements unlock when playing online
- Fixed game mode selection bug after being kicked from a dedicated server
- Fixed online problem of client being thrown out of a game when host uses Alt Tab
- Fixed problem related to weapon templates switch when using only a keyboard
- Fixed the map update in the games list when the SADS uses map cycle
- Fixed issue with The Ace Always Wins! reward
- Fixed malfunction with mouse/keyboard uses in menus
- Fixed a client crash related to host changing server for the Comcast Event map
- Fixed issue with the Face Scan on certain camera hardware
- Added fix to prevent opening console while chatting
- Fixes allowing better support of ATI Crossfire configuration
- Fixed HUD problems when using all of the Rainbow’s grenades
- Fixed issue when the host would get stuck in the pause menu by kicking the clients while he is respawning
- Fixed a black screen issue when client would join a game in progress.
- Fixed problems related to weapon restriction configuration in Terrorist Hunt
- Fixed experience boost exploit in the first act in single player
- Fixed issue of the crosshairs that disappear when taking cover and aiming simultaneously.
- Fixed sound issue when Bishop’s weapons are lost if the user shoots and kills Dennis Cohen.
- Fixed the wrong behavior of a hand gun after changing it from Outfitting menu.
- Fixed issue where client gets stuck in the respawn screen at 0 seconds while in observer mode
- Fixed respawn issue when playing terrorist hunt game at realistic difficulty
- Fixed issue of the laser beam shifting off target after shooting with a pistol