Ready or Not March Content Update

Gameplay

New

• Carry Arrested AI
  

Updated

• Increased melee bash range
  

Fixed

• Fixed SWAT AI becoming 'Injured' to CS gas when wearing a gas mask
  

AI

General

New

• Bomb vests for Suspects and Civilians in certain levels and scenarios
  

Settings

New

• NVG Phosphor display option (Green or White)
  

HUD

New

• Paper doll UI showcases when you're carrying AI
  

Updated

• Team View is no longer tied to HUD visibility. (HUD can now be turned off and team view will still visible)
  
• Player nameplates independent of HUD visibility
  

Performance

Improved

• HUD optimizations
  
• Team View optimizations
  

Fixed

• Fixed a performance issue with the significance manager causing hitches on certain maps
  

Networking

Updated

• No longer able to join co-op games in progress
  

Weapons

New

• M32A1 Launcher (Flashbang Rounds)
  
• M320 Launchers (Flashbang, Stinger and Gas)
  

Fixed

• Fix for pepperball projectiles hanging in the air when firing at sky
  
• Fixed shotgun ammo inaccurate counting
  
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Physics

• Greatly improved player physics interaction against physics props
  
• Physics props no longer affect player movement
  

UI

• Fixed shotgun ammo UI display
  

VO

New

• Shared death screams now added to all NPCs
  

Fixed

• Swan no longer repeats certain lines
  
• Removed duplicate death sound from GenericSuspectMale voice batch
  

SFX/Music

New

• Foley sounds for various SWAT and NPC actions
  
• Knife attack audio
  
• SWAT Breaching
  
• Compliant and fake surrenders
  
• Universal rifle draw / holster sounds
  

Updated

• Gunshot stereo width is no longer as thin as Zack’s hair
  
• Volume balance across tons of sounds
  
• Python snubnose gunshot now slightly different than non-snub gunshot
  
• Surface impacts now more pronounced in the overall mix
  
• Tweaks to certain step foliage sounds
  
• SWAT footstep gear foley sound now plays slightly more often
  
• First-person dirt footstep sound sounds more like dirt now
  

Fixed

• Metal impacts now use shared metal impact sound for better audibility / consistency
  
• Fixed instances of incorrect impact sound being applied to various surfaces
  
• Fixed tons of instances where doors would incorrectly sound occluded on various maps and modes
  
• Fixed certain step sounds not firing for all characters
  
• Optimized many events so they don’t continue playing even after stopping
  
• Fixed instances of SWAT steps being waaaaay too quiet
  
• Fixed instances where pre-game music wouldn’t play
  
• Optimized certain gunshot tail layers
  
• Optimized bash sound
  
• Optimized first-person footstep sounds
  
• Increased sound size for all weapon foley to mitigate left / right channel switching if sound fires while player is moving mouse
  

Hotel

Updated

• Hotel now uses updated ambiance backend
  
• Massive amount of tweaks to existing sounds/ambiances across all game modes(sizing, adding, deleting, etc)
  
• Massive amount of tweaks to existing 3D sound sources across all game modes(stereo width, positioned closer to sound sources, etc)
  
• Implemented 3 unused ambiances (Bar, Kitchen, Gym)
  
• Implemented unused occluded traffic effect in parking garage
  
• Fixed instances where sprinklers on Bomb Threat game mode wouldn't all play
  
• Fixed instances of bomb threat puddles not producing splishy splashy sound
  
• Increase stereo width of certain sounds for better realism
  
• Game music now stays quiet until player is in certain areas on the first floor
  
• Upper rooms music section now plays during upper rooms game modes
  

Meth

New

• New Areas: Attic, Meth Lab, new rooms in tent house
  

Updated

• Changed and removed sounds to match updated visuals
  
• Re-implemented second combat theme
  

Fixed

• Backend improvements to Meth music
  
• Optimize certain sounds
  

Dealer

Updated

• Game music fades to silence when close to rockin' stereo song
  

Fixed

• Fixed instance of ambient tension not playing during certain combat outro
  

Gas

Fixed

• Fixed instance of incorrect ambience playing in certain areas
  

Port

Updated

• Game music now fades out when inside and around the Auction room
  
• Optimized/balanced most ambiances
  
• Apply LFO to rain sound / rain on clothes to simulate rain gusts
  
• Increase stereo width for certain sounds
  
• Slight adjustment to add reverb to certain areas
  

Fixed

• Fixed instances of certain warehouse rooms not having reverb
  
• Fixed instances of rain sounds continuing indoors on Port
  
• Fixed instance of incorrect ambiance playing on Barricaded Suspects spawn
  
• Added invisible wall to hostage rescue to prevent players from jumping out of map
  
• Added invisible wall to prevent players from getting stuck in certain external warehouse area