Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

[LowPolyOWG]

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Same thing applies to Far Cry 5 I might have misinterpreted the meaning of a "cumulative" update though.

[nex]

Everyone does that, every new update includes the previous one plus some new ones.

When you look at what the previous patch "Special Operation 4"
contains compared to the latest patch "Operation Oracle"
then you will see it's two completely different patches with their
own fixes and updates.

Spoiler

Tomorrow our last update of Year 2 will be released: Special Operation 4.

This update will be available on PC, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One. The size of the patch will be 19.7 GB on PC, 20.3 GB on PS4, and 18.4 GB on Xbox One. Please note that you will need to restart and update your platform to be able to play online.

Free PvE Mode: Guerrilla
Test your endurance with our brand-new PvE mode: Guerrilla. In Guerrilla Mode you and up to 3 friends will face waves of Cartel and Unidad members. With each round, the forces rallying against you will grow deadlier as you gather resources to defend key locations.
Before each wave starts, you will enter a preparation phase in which you can strategically chose your weapons and attachments. These can be upgraded by collecting gear by defeating enemies and exchanging the gear with the shopkeeper.
Completing waves will grant you XP, Tier points, and Prestige Credits as well as an exclusive gear set the first time you beat all 25 waves.
For more information about Guerrilla Mode, head to our Developer Q&A here.
Community-Requested Features
Time of Day Setting – Solo Campaign
You will now be able to choose your time of day via a new setting available in solo campaign and solo Ghost Mode.
Once you choose your selected time of day from the menu, you will re-deploy to the nearest spawn point.
Custom Match Browser in Ghost War
You will now be able to create and filter matches using the following criteria:
• Game Mode
• Map
• Game Format
• Round Time Limit
• Supply Crates Restock
• Adrenaline Rush
• Starting Hour
• Weather
• Friendly Fire
• Realistic Magazine Reload
• Ignore Full Matches
Bleeding Notification in Ghost War
Ghost War will now contain an audio notification when your Ghost has started bleeding. Players that turn off notifications or play without their HUD will be able to hear when the status triggers.
Compass
The compass from Ghost War will now be a HUD option for all PvE modes.
Year 2 Pass
Year 2 Pass holders will get a free pack with Special Operation 4.

The Active Duty Pack will contain:
• Pencott LN [Weapon Camo]
• UMP45 [Submachine Gun]
• Blast Face Shield [Facewear]
Year 2 Pass holders will get early, direct access to the new Ghost War class for one week starting on February 27. Non-Year 2 Pass holders will have access to the new class on March 6th.
Ghost War
New Class
Special Operation 4 will contain one new class.
Sapper
The Sapper is a new Support class option. His primary weapons are the TAR-21 and 9x19 VSN. Sappers can deploy a specialized drone that shoots "concussion" mines. These mines drain stamina from players and suppresses them, slowing down their rush.
New Maps
There will be two new maps added to Ghost War.
Gas Station
A Santa Blanca gas station currently under construction at the bottom of the forest valley in South Libertad.
The map has light forest vegetation cover, with a spacious building complex near the center. Long lines of sight are available for marksmen to scope enemies from afar, whilst buildings provide cover for assault and support classes.
Airbase
A Unidad helibase located in Eastern Koani.
The elevation of this map offers some exciting opportunities for gameplay. This map provides something for every class: long sightlines for Marksmen, flanking opportunities for stealth classes, and a variety of interior obstacles that force thrilling CQC gunplay for the Assault and Support classes.
PvP Events
Two new events will be added to the rotation: Arms Race and Danger Zone.
The duration of the events will be reduced from 60 hours to 36 hours.
Heatmap
We are introducing a new Heatmap View to your TacMap. Using this view you will be able to see the most visited locations in the Wildlands, and perhaps discover some you've never visited before.
Challenges
We are moving from Challenge Seasons to a selection of Daily Challenges (thee solo, one Task Force, and one Community Challenge) with increased Prestige Credit rewards.

• 400 Prestige Credits for completing three Solo Challenges
• 200 Prestige Credits for completing the Task Force Challenge
• 25 Prestige Credits for completing the Community Challenge
Completing a certain number a Daily Challenges per week will grant you additional rewards, such as Prestige Crates and a Battle Crate.
• Three Prestige Crates for completing five Solo Challenges
• Five Prestige Crates for completing 10 Solo Challenges
• One Battle Crate for completing 15 Solo Challenges
Ubisoft Club Rewards
Year 2 Anniversary Pack
Celebrate the second anniversary of Ghost Recon Wildlands with us! If you have played Wildlands between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019, you are eligible to unlock the Year 2 Anniversary Items in the Ubisoft Club.

• FAL [Assault Rifle]
• Year 2 [Parachute Wing]
• Year 2 [Gear Patch]
Voice Line Pack
Unlock 48 new voice lines for 40 Ubisoft Club Units.
Shifumi (Rock-Paper-Scissors) Emotes
Get all three emotes to play Shifumi (Rock-Papers-Scissors) for free.
XP Boosters
Extra boosters will be added to the Club.
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Audio Recordings
Discover an exclusive new audio story set between the events of Tom Clancy's The Division and Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Hidden in the world, there are six audio recordings.
At the location of the final recording, you will find a reward to unlock.
Store Updates
Frontline Pack
A new pack with the following items has been added to the store:

• Mk 16 [Assault Rifle]
• M110 [Sniper Rifle]
• Riot Control [Vest]
• Heavy Riot Control [Vest]
• Armored Pants
• Tigerstripe [Weapon Camo]
Battle Crates
All voice lines have been removed from Battle Crates and moved to Prestige Crates. We are also moving a selection of emotes to the Prestige Crates.
There will be 30 new items added to the Battle Crates in Special Operation 4:

• Mk 18 [Assault Rifle]
• Gorka Outfit [Costume]
• FAST + Panoramic NVG [Headwear]
• FAST + Monocular NVG [Headwear]
• FAST + Special NVG [Headwear]
• High Cut + Spec. NVG [Headwear]
• HALO Mask [Facewear]
• Khaki Netting [Weapon Camo]
• PenCott SD [Weapon Camo]
• PenCott MP [Weapon Camo]
• KT Pontus [Weapon Camo]
• UCP-D [Weapon Camo]
• British DPM [Weapon Camo]
• Urban ERDL [Weapon Camo]
• MO5 Snow [Weapon Camo]
• MO5 Woodland [Weapon Camo]
• Tactical Taylor MAV [Vest]
• Insulated Sleeveless [Top]
• Adaptation Jacket [Top]
• Hiking Backpack
• WW2 [Parachute Wings]
• SEAL [Parachute Wings]
• American Eagle [Parachute Wings]
• Golden Eagle [Parachute Wings]
• Owl [Parachute Wings]
• Nuke [Parachute Wings]
• Shooting Star [Parachute Wings]
• American Viking [Gear Patch]
• Knife CQC [Emote]
• Knife Twirling [Emote]
Prestige Crates
The drop rates for items in the Prestige Crates have been modified to be increasingly generous with items of higher rarity.
• Rare Items: 55%
• Epic Items: 34%
• Legendary Items: 11%
All social items (victory poses, emotes, and voices lines) are now considered rare.
Tactical Hand Signs Pack
Get 11 new emotes based on real military signs.
Weapons
The following weapons will be available for individual purchase:
• Mk 18
• M110
• Mk 16
• ACS-12
• Honey Badger
Bug Fixes and Improvements
PvE/General Fixes
All Platforms
• Fixed an issue where the M60E4 weapon was not held by the handle during emotes.
• Fixed an issue while using the ACS-12 where the hand was overstretched while in crouch or prone position, and during idle animation.
• Fixed an issue where Nomad disappears from the vicinity in cutscenes if the player has a female character.
• Fixed an issue where the mission discovery blade appeared after deploying on any Rally Point, once the mission had been discovered.
• Fixed an issue that caused Nomad to disappear from the vicinity in cutscenes if the player has a female character.
• Made various improvements and fixed several glitches with the Optical Camo.
• Fixed an issue that caused some suppressors to retain the Optical Camo cloaking effect under certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where changing certain weapons or costumes in the load out would affect Optical Camo.
• Fixed an issue that caused Scott Mitchell's belt to clip through his body.
• Fixed a missing line of space between the handgun text and the level text.
Photo Mode
• Fixed an issue where the player's NPC teammates glitch through the ground when opening photo mode and some icons were glitched.
• Fixed an issue that caused a delay and HUD issues with the camera option icon when opening Photo Mode.
PC
• Fixed an issue where the aim assist option doesn't save after applying the change and confirming the save change prompt.
• Fixed an issue where Missions and Tacmap HUD was displayed in Cinematics when using mouse in Kingslayer Files menu page.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong selection is made in Store after purchasing credits pack.
Store + Items
• Fixed an issue where the M1911 Golden and Luger didn't have a store watermark and redirect.
• Fixed an issue where a gap was present in the Dokkaebi icon when crouching.
• Fixed an issue where patches that were unlockable through Deluxe edition redirected the player toward Featured Content.
• Fixed an issue where the Infantry Pack items do not redirect the player towards Year 2 Pass offers.
• Fixed an issue where there was a missing description for the 416 weapon pack preview.
• Fixed an issue where credits asset overlapped the Featured Content tab when returning from the Prestige Store using the mouse.
• Fixed an issue where the beard was clipping through Airframe Chops on the item Crate Card.
• Fixed an issue where the R93 LRS2 sniper rifle dropped in Ghost War crates even though it's an item only available in PvE.
• Fixed an issue where the weapons from the Ghost War classes redirect the user to the featured content tab.
• Fixed an issue where the Cross Draw Vest was clipping with tops for the female character.
• Fixed an issue where the Windblocker Jacket clipped through several Vests.
• Fixed an issue that caused holstered weapons to clip through the character model if holstered on the left side of a female icon with no backpack.
• Fixed an issue that caused weapons to clip through backpack while running if holstered on the Maestro Icon.
• Fixed several clipping issues with the Scott Mitchell Icon.
• Fixed an issue that caused the CBRN Half Mask to clip through caps and skin.
• Fixed a clipping issue with items and the CBRN Half Mask on several heads.
• Fixed clipping texture issues of several weapons in victory pose Kneeling.
• Fixed an issue that caused the PenCott GZ camo on the Trapper Mask to not turn the front area into a matching color.
• Updated the animation on several emotes.
• Updated several Victory Poses.
• Updated the Coyote Brown and Sand Storm camos so they are identical on all compatible pants.
• Updated the text for the Gendarmerie Parachute to fit better with the canopy.
• Fixed an issue that caused The Vanguard and Sharpshooter weapons to clip while doing the Come and Get Me! emote.
• Fixed an issue that caused the character model to have no facial expression in-game while doing emotes if they're wielding the crossbow.
• Fixed an issue that caused inconsistency in the sound quality and origin point of voice lines while in co-op.
• Improved an issue where the character grabbed the magazine instead of the grip on bullpup weapons for certain emotes.
PvP
All Platforms
• Fixed an issue where the user could holster their weapon by throwing grenades, activating abilities, or deploying drones while performing emotes that holster your weapon.
• Fixed several issues that allowed players to enter closed buildings.
• Fixed an issue where players could pass through a rock collision and gain an advantage on Zinc Mine map.
• Fixed an issue where players could get out of bounds on maps through some corners.
• Fixed an issue where players could climb inside the lithium reservoir through a specific spot.
• Fixed an issue where the SR-635 weapon magazine still counted 30 bullets instead of 20 as stated in the patch notes for Special Operation 3.
• Fixed an issue where the silencer for the Assassin's primary weapon Vector Spectra was not shown and could not be removed.
• Fixed an issue where the user was unable to scroll from the first tab of the Ghost War menu to the last one by scrolling up on the list.
• Fixed an issue where the icon for the Edit button was misplaced on the customization screen.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong message was displayed when the user tried to unlock an Armory Pack without enough Prestige Credits.
• Fixed an issue where Toxic's Toxic gas would not affect players when deployed on certain props.
• Fixed an issue where Echelon's Sonar Vision was not deactivated when the character was swimming.
• Fixed an issue where the Doc/Surgeon had aim assist present while walking with stim pistol near an enemy.
• Fixed an issue where some languages had information going out of text-designated areas in Event descriptions.
• Fixed an issue where the Event Voting Page transitioned from Voting Closed phase to Event Ended phase for some users until session restart.
• Fixed an issue where the vote card was not highlighted when the user voted for an event unless they switch between tabs.
• Fixed an issue where Time doesn't show days in the landing page.
• Fixed LOD issues that were present when approaching the concrete pillar props near the recon tower area on Outskirts.
• Fixed an issue where Lock Spectate Camera could be deactivated by spamming the options button.
• Fixed an issue where the observer player would see the same objective for all the players in the session.
• Fixed an issue where the observer sees proximity mines and C4 deployments as Recon Towers on Tacmap.
• Fixed an issue where the observer player will notice the wrong notification activating the Recon Tower.

Spoiler

OPERATION ORACLE Patch
With this free update to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, starting on May 2nd, you will have access to two brand-new missions.
BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
PvE/General Fixes
Guerrilla Mode
We've been following the feedback from our community regarding Guerrilla mode at the launch of Special Operation 4. We believe several issues were contributing to the difficulty, including errors with matchmaking and launching sessions without full squads.
Our team has taken care to address those issues, which we hope will help create a more balanced experience in Guerrilla mode.
• Improved Guerrilla mode's matchmaking process, which launched sessions after a friend joined a player in Matchmaking search before four players were present.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where the game would start without forming a full squad in public matchmaking.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where the player would not be moved to the lobby after accepting an invitation.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where the player would not win the Cosmetic Rewards if they left before the Victory Score screen.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where AI teammate's customization would reset after entering a new session.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where you could unequip the mission.
• Fixed an audio issue in Guerrilla mode when the Game Lost Score screen is shown.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where vehicles with dead NPCs in them would not despawn at the end of a wave.
• Fixed an issue where the last NPC enemy of Guerrilla mode would despawn immediately after killing him.
• Improved replication issues present in Guerrilla mode during co-op sessions.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where a Game Over can be triggered without the timer being displayed.
• Fixed an issue where some skills bonuses could be canceled by changing the difficulty during a Guerrilla mode session.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where the shopkeeper's subtitles and voice over would be cut off due to the ending screen.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where enemy alert levels would downgrade to Undetected / Suspicious under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where all weapons and attachments bought in Guerrilla mode appeared as "New" in the main game afterward.
• Fixed an issue preventing to unlock Survivor pants and Survivor shirt cosmetic items in Ghost Mode after winning Guerrilla mode.
All Platforms
• Fixed an issue with the M110 Bullet Drop being too strong.
• Removed the requirement to complete Silent Spade and Snafu missions to unlock the Mission Master trophy.
• Fixed a localization issue where there was no spacing between Continue Campaign text for Asian localizations.
• [SILENT SPADE] Fixed an issue with Kozak where he would slide away when a user shoots him while he is giving his briefing.
• Fixed an issue with the Buchon Marcus Jensen causing him to have the wrong animation in certain cases.
• Fixed an issue where completing all Main Game missions showed only 98% completion.
PC
• Improved performance when using Nvidia Ansel with Nvidia driver 418.91.
• Fixed an issue in Ghost mode where weapons switch back to default between play sessions.
• Fixed an issue in Guerrilla mode where subtitles would only show for the host of a party in a co-op session.
Store + Items
• Fixed a visual issue with the ACU shirt clipping with female character costume parts.
• Fixed an issue where players would not receive their bonus XP from XP boosters.
• The Night Vision effect from Fast Panoramic NVGs, Fast Special NVGs, and High Cut Spec. NVGs no longer use the old Night Vision (Green) filter, instead of using the newer (yellow) filter.
• The AOR1 camo now uses more authentic colors/patterns.
• Fixed an issue where the Hiking backpack would clip with the Molle vest and Crossdraw vests.
• Fixed several issues present with the Gorka outfit.
• Fixed a customization issue with the Crossdraw vest clipping with female characters.
• Fixed a clipping issue with the Gunfighter Jacket and ACU shirt clipping with pants.
• Fixed an issue with the Mic Drop emote where the syringe was stuck in the character's wrist.
• Fixed an issue with the Heavy Riot Control vest not showing the patches on its shoulder pads.
• Fixed an issue on some vests where the ammunition was following the player's movements rather than the vest itself.
• Fixed an issue forbidding the player from buying Crates & Boosters in DLCs.
PvP
All Platforms
• Limited the number of simultaneous mines deployable by the Sapper's drone to 3.
• Reduced the health of Sapper's drones to bring it more in line with the drones used by Medic and Guerrilla classes.
• Fixed an issue in Ghost War allowing an exploit (known as Crouch-run) by using emotes and Pistol-specific abilities.
• Fixed several collision issues on several PvP maps.
PC
• Improved the ping function in Ghost War where spamming the Ping input caused high ping conditions.

[LowPolyOWG]

Ah I see. Also, maybe some assets are left uncompressed (textures/audio) for reduced CPU load during decompression

[Art Blade]

Everyone does that, every new update includes the previous one plus some new ones.

I seriously doubt that. Wouldn't that lead to monumentally big updates for every frequently updated older game?

For example, Kingdom Come Deliverance doesn't do that:

26.6GB update v1.4 on March 30, 2018
907MB v1.4.1 on the same day, March 30, 2018
249.4MB v1.4.2 on April 9, 2018
3.4 GB v1.5 on June 5, 2018
and so on.

[nex]

Only with small patches Art, but when it gets as big as what these are they might include one or two fixes they couldn't 
fix with the previous patch.
GRW devs do one or two major patches during the year which includes an extra mission,
the reason for the size of the patch. With some of the patches they even add an extra player mode or two and that in it self
will increase the size of the patch.

[Art Blade]

alright

[LowPolyOWG]

Pretty sure you don't need several gigabytes of data for a simple mission/game modes/bug fix. Unless, they basically packed the DLC items within, which can eat up storage.

This means that each title update contains the updates that we had previously published

Basically, "we didn't bother to make smaller packages due to technical issues/engine breaking stuff"

[Art Blade]

the extreme of that would be delivering the whole game each time they put in a new mission or items.

[LowPolyOWG]

 

[nex]

the extreme of that would be delivering the whole game each time they put in a new mission or items.

To give you an idea Art, in the main menu you have a choice of
playing the main campaign, Guerrilla, Ghost Mode and Ghost War
each of these are almost a full game on it's own, I have only played, and is still playing
the main campaign and Ghost Mode.
Ghost Mode in itself is the entire GRW game only with restrictions, which means,
they had to take the main campaign do the necessary changes and add it to the patch.
Now, I'm not such a very bright boy, but don't you think that specific patch would be
a few Gb in size.

[Art Blade]

If I got that right they were essentially adding a whole new game based on the old one, so two in one. That surely takes up a lot of space so yeah, big patch/update. Much like what I've got for Hitman 2, I got a "DLC" that puts the whole old game Hitman Season 1 into the new one but works with the new environment and rules. That download was massive.

[LowPolyOWG]

Most likely, it's just a few lines of code or "flags" you disable for a player. Those files are packed into large archives and they give you the entire package, with the changes. We edited some XML files (usually few KBs in size for FC2), but we had to repack them in a larger archive which was some megabytes. However, we could decide the contents of the patch.dat, which potentially made it smaller

[PZ]

Two things from my aspect:

• It is a good thing I purchased an external drive for my PS4
• I'd better start the download now if I want to play some time this summer.

[Art Blade]

PZ: No. Start the download now but play something else during summer: your download will be ready when winter comes

G: that is a good example, those .pak files. That's the same as a .zip file. So the real problem is the sloppiness of the programmers that they can't patch that one file into the pack but instead require us to open the pack, put in something new, and repack it. Then feed the whole thing back into the game.

That is something like: you picked 15 apples from a tree and tossed them into one basket. You realise that by accident, there are only 14 apples in that basket. Now, rather than tossing in that last apple, they decide that you had to pluck another 15 apples from the tree, empty the basked, and put those new 15 apples in. Yeah.. very economical

[PZ]

 

I'm still playing modified JC2 because it has been long enough since I last played, I forgot most of the missions until I get part way into them.