Ready or Not News

[h2]Attention Officers[/h2]

Welcome to the 7th in our series of monthly newsletters dedicated entirely to community creations and contributions to Ready or Not. Today we will be featuring some of the content creators that keep the Ready or not community vibrant and generate no end of informative and/or entertaining content.

Please note, they are in no particular order of quality, it is simply how they landed.
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Community Spotlight – Content Creators

[h3]1.) Karmakut[/h3]

While Karmakut isn’t a dedicated Ready or Not content creator, he and his crew show off the tactical aspects of any game they play, be it RoN, Squad, ArmA, or Hell let loose.

With content that varies from tight and uncompromising tactical gameplay to wild and barely controlled tears across wide open battle zones, there’s bound to be some time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqgyk_mKsd8&ab_channel=Karmakut

[h3]2.) GLID Gaming[/h3]

GLID Gaming is another variety content creator, this channel distinguishes itself by being hosted by a cadre of personalities with backgrounds in both the military and law enforcement. Their combined experience lends wonderfully to every game they choose to engage with leading to them excelling, game mechanics notwithstanding of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Ejeg402uI&ab_channel=GLIDGaming

[h3]3.) FAC TAC[/h3]

An almost exclusively RON-flavored content creator, FAC TACs content sparkles not in long form gameplay videos or commentary, but in short bursts. An even mix of AI oddities, clean tactical takedowns, or just perfectly timed encounters.

https://youtu.be/spoQpnWetF0
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Closing

There are a host of quality content creators that have not been listed here that may be featured in the future, while I would love to have them all listed here, if I did that then this particular list would have no end.

Always be sure to support your favorite content creators with your comments, your subscriptions, and your attention!

Keep your feet on the ground,
Void Interactive.

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Attention Officers,

Back in June we released our biggest update to date. Little did we know that the Adam Release was going to take that throne right away.

[h3]This update will be available to everyone soon![/h3]

Featuring five new levels, four new weapons, new AI behaviors, and MUCH more!

Let’s dive right in:

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[h2]General[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Levels: Agency, Data Center, Ridgeline, Hospital, Importer
  
• Entire re-work of all existing levels lighting to new PBL standards for realism
  
  • All visual effects like muzzle flashes, flashlights, and other gameplay-related lights are also re-worked to fit the PBL, so they may appear very bright in modded maps that do not follow this!
    

[h3]Updated[/h3]

• mod.io / Mods
  
  • mod.io Mods are now stored in the game install directory, instead of C drive
    
    • A migration will occur at the first launch of the game. However, if issues continue to arise, remove mods and data from the following folders:
      
    • C:\Users\Public\[mod.io](http://mod.io/)\3791
      
    • %LOCALAPPDATA%\ReadyOrNot\Saved\Paks
  • Mod restart indicator is now present until the game is restarted
    
  • WorldGen data in mods is now handled, instead of generating new WorldGen data

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Mods are not cleaned up when unsubscribing in mod.io
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• MP7 floating in the preview character’s hands when seen in the loadout menu
  
• Rules of Engagement will be inconsistent with the new AI system in some cases
  
• Ragdolls in high-latency multiplayer may have issues with clipping and flying, we are continuously working on this implementation throughout the Supporter testing stage
  

[h3]Deprecated[/h3]

• Some of the game modes in Hotel were removed as Hotel is pending a future rework.
  

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[h2]Gameplay[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Ammunition spalling and ricochets.
  
  • Spalling happens when bullets hit steel surfaces thick enough for them to not penetrate. Ricochets happen when bullets hit surfaces at an angle.
    
    • Steel armor will cause spalling when hit. It will not cause injury to the wearer, but anyone around the spalling radius will receive damage.
      
    • Every ammunition type will have its own chance of ricocheting.
      
  • Arterial bleeds.
    
    • Hitting an AI in a spot that has major arterial veins can cause them to start bleeding, severely injuring them and dealing damage over time until they succumb to blood loss. Every ammunition type has its own chance to cause an arterial bleed.
      
  • Gore effects.
    
    • Decals now stick to AI properly instead of projecting on their model.
      
    • Bullet holes in AI will cause blood to seep around the wound and clothing slowly.
      
    • Headshots now cause head deformation.
      
    • Blood splatters on walls may be animated with blood trailing effects.
      
  • Incapacitation
    
    • AI now has a chance to fall into incapacitation when shot instead of outright dying.
      
    • Incapacitated AI must be reported to TOC (Pending additional voice acting. SWAT will use civilian incapacitation report lines for now)
      

[h3]Improved[/h3]

• Hitscan client simulation accuracy significantly improved
  

[h3]Updated[/h3]

• Restricted Q and E leaning degrees to 15 sideways instead of 40, matching the third person leaning much more accurately and preventing players from peeking suspects without exposing their bodies
  
• Slowed down ALT leaning to prevent leanspam and allow more accurate leaning increments
  
• Increase damage for 7.62 ammo variants
  
• Increase limb damage for JHP ammo variants
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed bullet exit effects appearing even when rounds are not fully penetrating
  
• Fixed injured screen blur effect not fading while the player is moving
  

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[h2]AI[/h2]
[h3]General[/h3]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Completely rebuilt Civilian and Suspect AI. They now use a mathematical system to weigh and make continuous decisions they deem are best for their current situation and objective, instead of randomly choosing actions to take
  
• “Factions” system. Each AI in every level now can have unique behavior specific to that level, and each individual NPC can act differently than the other
  
  • Some AI can have a “faction leader.” Arresting or killing the leader may cause a morale drop for the rest of its faction
    
• “Rathole” system allowing AI to evade the player through vents and spaces through/between walls. Only some levels have this behavior
  
• Hostage Taking for suspects on certain levels when specific conditions are met
  
• AI suspects now have a limited ammo capacity. They can run out of ammunition after a set amount of reloads, what they do next depends on the situation
  

[h3]Improved[/h3]

• Suspect AI now use animations to aim and lower their weapons, instead of a simple blend between the two poses. This locks their raise-to-aim behavior causing fewer issues related to snap-shooting
  
• AI will play appropriate reaction animations when encountering players. Suspects no longer immediately raise their weapons to shoot if they don’t expect your arrival, and depending on their personality they might be more easily scared than others!
  
• AI now use a movement blend system. They will have to accelerate first from walking before moving at their maximum speed. This prevents erratic and unreadable AI movement suddenly moving at full speed in close quarters
  
• AI reactions to being stunned by grenades have been improved, playing fullbody animations appropriate to the stun type
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed grenades not lowering suspect morale enough. They should cause surrendering much faster
  

[h2]Suspects[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Hostage taking. Some suspects can take hostages by using them as a human shields. Use grenades to break them up, or risk an accurate shot to take them down
  
• Rat holes. Some suspects can shimmy and crawl through gaps in the wall or ventilation systems, evading the player and gaining an upper hand
  
• Reworked AI player detection and sensing. Will essentially stop them from “sensing” players through objects, lessening chances of them shooting through walls
  
  • Editor’s note: This was a necessary feature in the past to prevent them from losing track of the player if they move past small gaps and objects, but has been replaced with better and more accurate detection
    
• Reworked reaction time. A larger amount of their actions when unaware will be buffered by a determined amount of milliseconds instead of making decisions at the very first frame of detection. Should improve readability
  
• Tweaked suspect focal point blends, slowing them down to prevent them from making flick shots
  

[h3]Improved[/h3]

• Suspect reaction times have been lowered, but they will also be much more aware of their surroundings, and will appropriately hold angles and corners where they expect players to come from if there has been a lot of noise. The same level of deadliness, but now with a higher level of awareness
  
• They will wander around the level and investigate gunshots, and their reaction times will be heightened if they think danger is incoming
  
• They will take cover much more strategically and use it to conceal themselves, ambushing the player from behind objects. Be careful!
  

[h2]Civilians[/h2]
[h3]Updated[/h3]

• Civilians will react to combat more appropriately by seeking hiding places when hearing gunfights and other aggressive noises, and flee when they are in the midst of a firefight
  
• Multiple civilian profiles and behavior for each level depending on the level’s situation and circumstances
  

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[h2]Settings[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Add motion blur intensity slider
  

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[h2]Weapons[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• P90
  
• MP7
  
• SPC9
  
• M11 Compact
  
• Bullet penetration values have been reworked for more consistency. Material parameters, thickness, and bullet velocity is now calculated
  
• Improved bullet zeroing to optic dot over distance
  

[h3]Updated[/h3]

• 57 USG now ejects 5.7x28mm shell casings when firing
  
• Updated old attachment models into newer versions. New SRS model, new Pistol Flashlight model, and SMGs now have their own unique flashlight model
  
• 3P grip poses! Players now hold onto grips properly in third person, for those sick screenshots
  
• Significantly increased damage for 7.62 ammo variants
  
• Increase limb damage for JHP ammo variants
  

[h2]Animation[/h2]
[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Death animations.
  
  • AI will play death animations when dying instead of playing a full ragdoll. This improves sync between AI death poses in multiplayer games.
    
• A large batch of head models are now rigged for facial animation support
  
  • AI will now have different facial expressions depending on the situation
    
  • Real-time lip sync to dialogue is not currently supported but is planned in the future
• Added a larger variety of idle poses for AI, ensuring that a group of AI NPCs can have a different and much more natural silhouette from one another
  
• AI now play a variety of flinch animations when shot, making gunplay feel more responsive
  
• AI now play recoil animations when shooting
  
• Added IK animation exceptions to many animations, fixing broken arms when AI is doing animations like surrendering or fake surrendering
  

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[h2]Scoring[/h2]

• Removed the requirement that all civilians must be reported to pass the “Rescue all of the Civilians” objective
  

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[h2]UI[/h2]
[h3]Loadout[/h3]

• Added a scroll box to the Preset dropdown to handle long preset lists
  
• Preset names now have a character limit. Names made prior will be cut off rather than extend beyond the boundary.
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Double-clicking a new weapon selection while in the Quartermaster (weapon modification) screen will properly return to the attachment list for the newly selected weapon.
  
• Quick-removing attachments from the Loadout Detail Panel will now work consistently
  
• Reducing ammo slots should no longer remove secondary ammo type and always keep at least one of each ammo type if multiple are selected or slots are reduced to 1
  
• Fixed issue with adding ammo slots not automatically adding a magazine when two ammo types were selected until Loadout was reopened
  

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[h2]Voice Over[/h2]

• Many new voice lines for a variety of situations
  
• Increased frequency of random AI idle chatter
  

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[h2]SFX[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Tons of new weapon SFX
  
• New level SFX
  
• Bullet spalling SFX
  
• Gore SFX
  

[h3]Updated[/h3]

• Many sounds that would previously not occlude (footsteps/gunshots / etc) now occlude (sounding muffled behind walls). Woohoo!
  
• Major optimizations across all levels to many core sound components
  
• Major optimizations/tweaks to core sound mix
  
• Major optimizations to many FMOD events
  
• First person weapon full auto firing smoothed significantly
  
• Tweaked timings for ADS sounds
  
• Weapon foley updated to have more prominent pouch sounds
  
• Bullet ricochet sound is now independent from bullet impact sound
  
• Updates to various weapon sounds
  
• SBR reverted to use older variant of gunshot sound
  
• Bodyfall sound can now play at gentler velocity
  
• Smoother reverb transitions as player moves across a level
  
• Tweak sound size for door alarm sounds
  
• Tweak sound size for keycard pickup sounds
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fix issue where certain weapons would make no sound when fired from a third person
  
• Fix issue where taser contact sound wouldn’t play
  
• Fix issue where certain incorrect environmental ambience parameters could be assigned on level start
  
• Fix issue where a certain gas canister would sound like a nuke if shot
  
• Fix rare issue where certain important sounds could cut out during intense gunfights
  
• Rerender many assets to remove pops
  

[h3]Club[/h3]

• Club music can now be shut off from the DJ booth
  
• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambience
  
• Fix issue where certain ambient layer wouldn’t play
  

[h3]Dealer[/h3]

• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambience
  
• Fix instances of wrong ambience playing in certain areas
  

[h3]Gas[/h3]

• Disabled key card deny sound for fire exit door
  
• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambience
  

[h3]Meth[/h3]

• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambience
  
• Separate environmental ambience beds so one doesn’t play before the other during transition
  

[h3]Penthouse[/h3]

• Penthouse TV now uses alternative propagation solution to pan sound around wall
  
• Fix issue where certain outdoor SFX sounded clear regardless of player position
  
• Fix instances of wrong ambience playing in certain areas
  

[h3]Ridgeline[/h3]

• Added / Updated existing SFX
  
• Certain sounds should now flow more dynamically across environment (i.e. Trees)
  
• Fix instances of certain ambience parameters not updating in certain areas
  

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[h2]Music[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]

• Club OST
  
• Data Center OST
  
• Agency OST
  
• Main Menu OST
  

[h3]Updated[/h3]

• Updated Ridgeline OST basement cue
  

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where Ridgeline OST could repeat certain cues twice
  
• Fixed an issue where Hotel Upper Rooms OST could potentially stop playing
  
• Fixed an issue where certain areas on Dealer would incorrectly play music
  

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[h2]Level Specific[/h2]
[h3]Club[/h3]

• Club music can now be shut off from the DJ booth
  
• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambiance
  
• Fix issue where certain ambient layer wouldn’t play
  

[h3]Dealer[/h3]

• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambiance
  
• Fix instances of wrong ambiance playing in certain areas
  
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[h3]Gas[/h3]

• Disabled key card deny sound for fire exit door
  
• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambiance
  

[h3]Meth[/h3]

• Additional sound detailing / updates to level ambiance
  
• Separate environmental ambiance beds so one doesn’t play before the other during transition
  

[h3]Penthouse[/h3]

• Penthouse TV now uses alternative propagation solution to pan sound around wall
  
• Fix issue where certain outdoor SFX sounded clear regardless of player position
  
• Fix instances of wrong ambience playing in certain areas
  

[h3]Ridgeline[/h3]

• Added / Updated existing SFX
  
• Certain sounds should now flow more dynamically across environment (i.e. Trees)
  
• Fix instances of certain ambience parameters not updating in certain areas
  

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[h3]Misc[/h3]

• Map analytics added to help identify gameplay issues / improve gameplay (Defaults to off)
  
  • When enabled will stream actor locations / events to a server for further analysis
    
    • No user identifiable information is sent
      
    • Will be used for tracking down AI issues
      
  • Added a permanent message indicating if map analytics is recording or not, and if so what the Game ID is
    
• Nvidia DLSS implementation updated to 2.3.11
  

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That concludes the patch notes for the long-awaited Adam Release. The VOID Interactive team could not be more grateful to everyone for their support along this journey. It’s been a couple of months of hard work behind the scenes, and we can’t wait to bring you more updates in the future!

Join our Discord server to chat about the update!

https://discord.com/invite/readyornot

Keep your feet on the ground,
Void Interactive.

[h2]Attention Officers,[/h2]

Ready or Not is a Tactical FPS game; thus, working together and having remarkable coordination is paramount. While going solo is an option, playing with friends is what truly delivers the full Ready or Not experience and what shows how strong your chemistry is with your squad. We all need someone watching our six.

This is why we humbly ask for your help nominating Ready or Not for Steam's 2022 Better With Friends Award!

We really appreciate your continuous support, officers!

Keep your feet on the ground.
VOID Interactive.

Attention Officers!

If you've been waiting to get Ready Or Not then now is a perfect time to do so. Make sure to grab it on the Steam Autumn Sale, starting TODAY and ending on the 29th of November!



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Don't miss out on grabbing both the regular and the supporter editions at 15% off for the Steam Autumn Sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144200/Ready_or_Not/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1844910/Ready_or_Not_Supporter_Edition/

Be sure to join us on Discord to stay in the loop of our latest news and updates!

Keep your feet on the ground.
VOID Interactive

Attention Officers,

Welcome to the 43rd edition of our biweekly newsletter! This week we will be showing an in-depth first look at our new map, “Importer”, playable in our next major update. Developers and artists have been working very hard towards this update and are excited to showcase exciting changes and additions!

[h3]The Curse of Los Suenos[/h3]

The Los Suenos Postal Service (LSPS) has long been a staple within the community, meeting the demands of a growing population and bringing fast international shipping to the residents of Los Suenos. Like many businesses in Los Suenos, LSPS found themselves victims of corruption and crime. A formal investigation was launched, investigating the disappearance of almost 10% of total packages transported through this facility.

All of the LSPS staff were all fired and new procedures for both hiring and package handling were introduced to prevent theft and building closures. Due to large media coverage and the large amount of distrust from the general public, a federal government employee was hired to directly oversee the movement of packages within the facility to ensure trust within the community.

Above: This might look functional on the outside but the inside is a different story.

Years later the LSPS grew and became the largest operating facility in Los Suenos. Unfortunately no amount of staff hires and anti-theft procedures can prevent crime in Los Suenos. Police now suspect the facility is illegally importing weapons from hot spots around the world for the local gang, Los Locos. Detectives were dispatched to visit the premises in order to interview suspected staff and ended up walking right into an in-progress deal. A shootout ensues and SWAT is called to scene.

Above: There's going to be a lot of trucks and packages to search, be thorough.

[h3]Untraced and Unknown[/h3]
In response to the LSPD crackdown on the sale of illegal firearms within Los Suenos, LSPS has turned into a hub for the import of firearms from outside the city. Every firearm your average Los Suenion gangbanger could wish for, Select fire AR15s, G19 Compacts, AK pattern rifles, G21SF machine pistols, among other models continue to flow into the city at an unprecedented rate. That amount of firepower are things that every Gang dreams of and every officer fears.



Above: Heavy machinery and gunfire don't mix very well.

Approach carefully, the tall and everlasting clutters of boxes and equipment provide good coverage and hiding spots for suspects. Be aware of the corrupt staff, they know the building better than you and may be armed. Multiple entrances and exits are around every corner; the suspects have the advantage and opportunity to flee.
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Conclusion

This concludes our 43rd biweekly briefing where we introduced the newest map, Importer. Be sure to tune in next time for more development news!

If you’d like to help us test new content during playtesting periods on the Supporter exclusive experimental branch, provide us with your game feedback, and keep up with the Supporter community; you can become a supporter at www.voidinteractive.net or at our Steam store page.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144200/Ready_or_Not/

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Keep your feet on the ground.
VOID Interactive