Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	AnvilNext 2.0
Release dates
Windows	December 1, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	79
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Cross-game bonus
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency, Loot box, Unlock
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Rainbow Six

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a multiplayer first-person tactical shooter game in the Rainbow Six series.

General information

Official Forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Ubisoft Store		Deluxe Edition, Operator Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. Ultimate Edition included with Ubisoft+, Deluxe Version included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Origin (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition and Ultimate Edition were also available.

All versions require Ubisoft Connect and VMProtect DRM.

Version differences

The now-defunct Starter Edition was cheaper than the Standard Edition but base game content had to be unlocked and took about 5 times longer to unlock operators (see the Starter Edition FAQ for details). All Starter Edition owners have now been upgraded to the Standard Edition version of the game, as of Y4S1.

The Standard Edition all Base Game Ops are at a low cost, ranging from 500 to 2000 renown depending on how many operators from the CTU have been purchased.

The now-defunct Advanced Edition contained the base game, 10 Outbreak cosmetic packs, and 600 R6 Credits.

The now-defunct Gold Edition contained the base game and the first season pass (Buck & Frost, Blackbeard & Valkyrie, Capitão & Caveira, and Echo & Hibana) and 600 R6 Credits.

The now-defunct Gold Edition - Year 2 contained the base game, the second season pass (Jackal & Mira, Ying & Lesion & Ela, and Dokkaebi & Vigil & Zofia) and 600 R6 Credits.

The now-defunct Gold Edition - Year 3 contained the base game, the third season pass (Lion & Finka, Maestro & Alibi, Maverick & Clash, and Nomad & Kaid) and 600 R6 Credits.

The now-defunct Gold Edition - Year 4 contains the base game, the fourth season pass (Gridlock & Mozzie, Nøkk & Warden, Amaru & Goyo, and Kali & Wamai) and 600 R6 Credits.

The now-defunct Complete Edition contains the base game, the first four season passes and 600 R6 Credits.

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game and the first two season passes.

The Gold Edition - Year 5 contains the base game, the first two season passes, the fifth season pass (Iana & Oryx, Ace & Melusi, Zero, and Aruni) and VIP perks.

The Ultimate Edition contains the base game, all five season passes, and VIP perks.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Cross-game bonus	Launching Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction and Rainbow Six Siege on any platform with the same Ubisoft account, will unlock the United Front Bundle pack in both games.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Year 1 Pass	Unlocks all Year 1 Operators (Buck & Frost, Blackbeard & Valkyrie, Capitão & Caveira, and Echo & Hibana). Also includes 600 R6 Credits.
Year 2 Pass	Unlocks all Year 2 Operators (Jackal & Mira, Ying & Lesion & Ela, and Dokkaebi & Vigil & Zofia). Also includes 600 R6 Credits.
Year 3 Pass	Unlocks all Year 3 Operators (Lion & Finka, Maestro & Alibi, Maverick & Clash, and Nomad & Kaid). Also includes 600 R6 Credits.
Year 4 Pass	Unlocks all Year 4 Operators (Gridlock & Mozzie, Nøkk & Warden, Amaru & Goyo, and Kali & Wamai). Also includes 600 R6 Credits.
Year 5 Pass	Unlocks all Year 5 Operators (Iana & Oryx, Ace & Melusi, Zero, and Aruni). Also includes VIP Perks such as in-game shop discounts and a boost to earned Renown.
Year 7 Pass	Unlocks all Year 6 Operators (Azami and three others). Also includes Ash Chilled Bundle.
Ash Engineering Set
Amethyst Weapon Skin
Ash Watch Dogs Set
Bandit Football Helmet
Blitz Bushido Set
British Racer Pack
Canadian Racer Pack
Capitao Detainee Set
Capitão Loreto Set
Castle Blood Dragon
Castle Football Helmet
Cobalt Weapon Skin
Cyan Weapon Skin
Emerald Weapon Skin
Esport bundle Pro League S1 Full Set
Esport skin Pro League S1 Grade 1
Esport skin Pro League S1 Grade 2
Esport skin Pro League S1 Grade 3
Frost The Division
Fuze Ghost Recon set
IQ eSport Set
Jäger Covert Set
Kapkan Assassin's Creed Skin
Montagne Bushido Set
Mute Gravel Blast Set
Ops Icon Charm Bundle
Platinum Weapon Skin
Pro League Buck Set
Pro League Castle Set
Pro League Doc Set
Pro League Mira Set
Pro League Sledge Set
Pulse Bushido Set
Pulse Desert Grit Set
Pulse Sky-High Set
Racer 23 Bundle
Racer FBI SWAT Pack
Racer GSG 9 Pack
Racer JTF2 Pack
Racer NavySeal Pack
Racer SAS Pack
Racer Spetsnaz Pack
Rook eSport Set
Rook The Crew
Ruby Weapon Skin
Ruby Weapon Skin
Russian Racer Pack
Smoke Bushido Set
Smoke WD2 Set
Tachanka Bushido Set
Tachanka eSport Set
The Safari Bundle
Thermite Military Police Set
Topaz Weapon Skin
Welcome Pack	Includes 1200 R6 Credits, a 7-day Renown boost and an exclusive skin for the operator Twitch.
USA Racer Pack
Ultra HD Texture Pack	Available for free. Requires 36 GB of HD space. See the DLC Steam page for a download link.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace video files
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\startup. replace y0r6_logo_nvidia.bik and y0r6_logo_ubisoft.bik with empty files which have the same name

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rainbow Six - Siege\<user-id>\GameSettings.ini HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ubisoft\Rainbow Six - Siege\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/359550/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\635\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/359550/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

The game uses Ubisoft Connect cloud syncing on all platforms

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Key bindings and player profile.
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game display settings.

In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			HUD is centered to 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60-90° vertical.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Linear-16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA, and TAA2x/4x (TAA + SSAA). Includes a Render Scale option capped at 100% that can be used with SSAA options to fine tune IQ and performance.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.3, FSR 1.0 Only available for Vulkan API.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		The setting seems to change the optics in game, not the UI or anything else.

Input

In-game controls settings (1/4).

In-game controls settings (2/4).

In-game controls settings (3/4).

In-game controls settings (4/4).

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DualShock 4, may have problems with Steam Controller[citation needed]. Aim assist, vibration, full customization.
Full controller support		Uplay prompts requires XInput controller or keyboard/mouse.
Controller remapping		Limited to 2 presets; Default and Southpaw.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Static blue if unused, health from green to red when playing.
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		DualSense Adaptive Trigger
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse sensitivity

The game's sensitivity is set up to give more sensitivity than usual.

Changes horizontal/vertical and aim down sights mouse sensitivity multipliers

Go to the configuration files location. Open GameSettings.ini. Locate lines and set values to MouseSensitivityMultiplierUnit=0.010000 and ADSMouseMultiplierUnit=0.010000. Start the game and set your desired sensitivity via sliders through the settings. Notes This change will modify in-game sensitivity multipliers to be more precise and give a better mouse response while looking and aiming. Normally sensitivity horizontal/vertical and aim down sights at its default values should be fine.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX and Dialog.
Surround sound		Supports up to 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Can be changed in-game.
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		10	Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	6015

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Game changes microphone gain at launch

Modify microphone gain ingame
Start the game. Go to the audio settings. Set Voice Chat Record Level to your preferred microphone gain.

Attempting to purchase R6 credits leads to infinite loading screen

Issue is caused by Uplay overlay not starting correctly.

Enable Overlay in Uplay settings

Overlay may be enabled but might not be activated in-game (with ⇧ Shift+F2 by default).

Disable other overlays such as MSI Afterburner and FRAPS

Mouse Input lag, keyboard and mouse freezes

This issue is caused by Raw Input.

Go to the game settings and deactivate the "Raw Input" function.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Vivox SDK	Used for voice chat.
Interface	Scaleform	Part of Autodesk Gameware suite.
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.995b
Anti-cheat	BattlEye	Added in patch 3.4.1. Can be disabled with /belaunch -be parameter.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-560 3.3 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz	Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8120 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	61 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5870 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible (5.1)
Controller	Controller with XInput support
Other	256 kbps upload speed	512 kbps upload speed

A 64-bit operating system is required.

CPUs with less than 4 logical cores don't work anymore as of Y4S1 update (Core 2 Quad support was also broken with Y4S3 but it was fixed in Y4S3.2)