August 31st Title Update | Forums

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A new Title Update is now available for Ghost Recon Future Soldier. The update is currently available worldwide on Xbox 360 and will be available for the PlayStation 3 on September 4th. When launching GRFS, you will be prompted to download and install the update.

Changes, except where explicitly stated, are for both platforms.

General:

• Fixed several issues which would cause the game to stop responding.
• Permanent fix for Arctic Strike “Trial Expired” issue on PS3.
• Fixed an issue with Rich Presence not always displaying correctly for players on DLC maps.
• Fixed an issue with PS3 voice chat cutting out.
• Fixed an occasional issue with loading the Uplay Browser on PS3
• Fixed several localization issues.
• Fixed several UI display issues with long usernames

Adversarial:

• Removed the Respect Token requirement

• Players are no longer required to have or consume respect tokens to reset their gear.
• To clarify functionality, the UI now says “Reset Gear”.

• Improved Cloud Update download and messaging.

• Players will automatically attempt to re-download the Cloud Update if it fails.
• Players who fail the update 3 times will receive a warning popup/alert.

• Bonuses are now awarded to both teams for the completion rounds and matches.
• Players who are forcibly disconnected from a match (eg. Host Migration Failed) will still be awarded their accumulated XP.

• Players who leave a game via network manipulation or voluntarily quitting a match will not be awarded accumulated XP.

• Players will be able to switch teams in Private/LAN matches up to a maximum of 8 players on a team.

• The limit per match is still 12 players.
• This change facilitates faction switching and allows for asymmetrical play.

• Decreased the frequency of party splits.

• Players in parties of 6 should no longer be split within the lobby.
• Note: It is still possible for parties to be split when joining a match in progress.
• Dynamically changing the minimum number of players required to start a match.
• eg. A party of 6 will need a minimum match size of 11 to begin (instead of 8)

• Factions will now be swapped automatically after every Quickmatch
• Improved the peer host selection process.
• Improved diagnostic tools and messaging.
• Changed the behavior of the default battle type

• Players who have selected a battle type will default to their last selected battle type.
• Players who have no selected a battle type will default to the most recent DLC (Battle – Arctic Strike).
• The selection will persist across sessions.

• Fixed an issue causing a player's weapon selection to sometimes revert to default.
• Removed the Cover Reticle.
• Fixed an issue with the end of round display in the Siege gametype.
• Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause the maps in Quickmatch voting to disappear.
• Minor Improvements to the replay camera (“Killcam”)
• Fixed an occasional issue with point awarded from the final objective in Conflict.
• Fixed several adversarial exploits.
• Fixed several other minor gameplay issues.

Cooperative:

• Fixed an issue in the Office Guerrilla map that could prevent enemies from spawning;
• Fixed an issue in the Arctic Base Guerrilla map that was causing reduced FPS;
• Fixed an issue in the Firefly Rain campaign mission where a weapon was not presented correctly.
• Fixed several other minor campaign issues.

To verify that the title update is installed on your console: In the Extras menu, in the bottom right corner, you can check the version number. It should read 1.5.6