Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.93 Hammers Out Y9S4.3; Anti-Cheat and Player Protection Plans Outlined
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Ubisoft has released Rainbow Six Siege update 2.93, which will show up as download version 1.000.098 on PS5/Xbx Series X|S. The devs tag this minor update as patch Y9S4.3 (Year 9, Season 4.3).
This title update improves PC boot time, and bug fixes are included as well.
Rainbow Six Siege’s Latest Patch Improves Boot Times
Improved boot time by reducing unnecessary reboots (PC Only)
- Removed unnecessary reboots of RainbowSix.exe due to BattlEye relaunches
- This streamlines the boot flow for users and reduces the time to get into the game by roughly 50%
BUG FIXES
USER EXPERIENCE
- FIXED – Squad Menu matchmaking settings are not saved after rebooting the game.
In addition to today’s patch, Ubisoft has also shared many details about the developers’ plans for player protection and anti-cheat.
Rainbow Six Siege Player Protection and Anti-Cheat Update Plans Revealed
CHEATER REPORTS DECREASING
PC CHEATER REPORTS
Cheater reports have been decreasing, and we’ve got all-new data to share on this. In the graph above, we can see that cheater reports have been consistently trending downward since the beginning of October, revealing that players are noticing the change in cheater presence. Cheater reports have now decreased by over 40% when compared to our highs of summer 2024, and year on year we’ve seen a drop upwards of 30%.
CONSOLE CHEATER REPORTS
Console cheater reports have remained largely stable throughout the year. Reports did see an increase at the start of December, though we believe the majority of these are due to the crossplay default setting bug that players had experienced at the launch of Y9S4. We remain focused on our console Anti-Cheat efforts, with more details on MouseTrap below.
MOUSETRAP – MOUSE & KEYBOARD DETECTION ON CONSOLE
NEW PENALTY LIVE
Looking at the season launch we know that console players may not have felt the full impact of MouseTrap (as shown in the graph above with a rise in cheater reports at the start of December), with a bug enabling Console to PC crossplay by default, resulting in controller players being unknowingly matched with PC players who were legitimately using keyboard and mouse.
Overall, our data shows that the system is working as expected, detecting and applying penalties to spoofing device users, forcing them into the PC pool. We are confident in our detection, though we know that some players have been able to bypass detection this season. This bypass method is currently being investigated, and we’ll be enabling a fix for this soon.
We are closely monitoring MouseTrap and will continue to do so as we ramp up its AI capabilities. Our team is looking into improvements and new ways to utilize AI, which will help us to bolster our detection of cheating on console.
There’s a lot more to take in, which you can read about in detail here.
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