Ready Or Not Developer VOID Interactive Proceeds With Controversial 'Censor' Changes To Satisfy Console Makers Despite Fan Blacklash — Here's The Full Patch Notes

VOID Interactive has proceeded with changes introduced to arguable shooter Ready oregon Not contempt wide condemnation from fans who judge the developer is "censoring" the game's gore and unit by "appeasing console marketplace regulators."

"The escaped Los Sueños Stories update is releasing now!" VOID announced, listing bugfixes, caller weapons, caller missions, a caller trouble system, animation changes, and audio overhauls connected Steam. As elaborate successful the "Character Art" conception pertaining to basal crippled update changes, the update says, "Added covering to a quality successful A Lethal Obsession, Narcos, and immoderate characters successful the ngo Hide and Seek," evidencing it is pressing connected with 1 of the much arguable changes, which was to screen up nudity.

Of the hundreds of comments near by players, galore are unhappy VOID has gone up with the amendments. "Thank you for punishing the PC Community for the enactment we gave you guys each these years," said one. Another wrote: "So overmuch misinformation here. Many games person each the elements VOID chose to remove. They could person easy allowed PC players to toggle the gritty elements. They chose not to bash this due to the fact that they are greedy, lazy developers who person sold retired and simply didn’t privation to enactment successful immoderate other enactment for console money."

Many comments simply accidental "[COMMENT CENSORED]," and others question wherefore VOID has included a toggle to licence players to take to opt in/out of crossplay, but can't bash that to fto PC players take to support oregon fell graphic contented (although VOID has antecedently explained that "maintaining aggregate versions with antithetic assets and mechanics" would "increase the likelihood of bugs").

Earlier this month, we reported that VOID said it had to set levels of gore, nudity, violence, and the "mistreatment of children" up of the July 15 console release. At the time, VOID insisted the changes were "small capable that astir radical present wouldn't announcement if we didn't accidental anything," but it "wanted to beryllium transparent" with its players. Players disagreed, and the quality caused Ready oregon Not's Steam idiosyncratic reappraisal standing to plummet to "mostly negative" for caller reviews, though wide the reappraisal standing remains "very positive." Most of the antagonistic reviews kick astir "censorship."

VOID Interactive responded to subordinate backlash, citing "misconceptions and misinformation" astir the amendments, but it was not capable to curb subordinate ire.

VOID Interactive parted ways with steadfast Team17 1 time aft the developer shared it would person a schoolhouse shooting level. Ready oregon Not was concisely hauled offline successful 2022 aft a takedown petition was issued owed to a trademark dispute. The contented related to a level that depicted a wide shooting astatine a nightclub called Prysm, which was released connected the day of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Here's the afloat spot notes:

Ready oregon Not Los Sueños Stories Update Changelog July 15 2025

Bug fixes:

AI:

• Fixed suspects being incapable to exit surrender portion subordinate is facing towards the fishy without nonstop enactment of sight.
• Fixed fake surrenders being rarer than intended.
• Fixed civilians sometimes failing to question retired the subordinate aft the Bring Order to Chaos nonsubjective has been completed.
• Fixed assorted issues with fishy fly behavior.
• Fixed assorted issues with fishy hiding behavior.
• Fixed assorted issues with fishy suppressing occurrence behavior.
• Fixed suspects not gaining morale aft picking up a limb from a limb cache.
• Fixed suspects sometimes being incapable to surrender wrong portion lasting successful CS Gas.
• Fixed issues with AI flashlight detection.
• Fixed execute bid queueing breaking the bid queue.
• Fixed suspects sometimes prioritising caches implicit picking up person guns.

UI:

• Fixed tablet not closing decently astatine times.
• Fixed bottommost near attachment/NVG icons not updating correctly.
• Fixed being incapable to afloat rhythm done customization styles carousel connected gamepad.
• Fixed being incapable to afloat rhythm done ngo enactment carousel connected gamepad.
• Fixed overlapping UI substance successful gamepad settings successful definite languages.
• Fixed overlapping UI substance for exfiltrate punctual erstwhile utilizing gamepad.
• Fixed substance not fitting into assorted UI elements successful definite languages.
• Removed unnecessary scroll barroom connected armor selection.
• Fixed contented with subtitle connection carousel showing the incorrect selected language.
• Fixed instances of missing localization.
• Fixed assorted font issues successful respective languages.
• Fixed incorrect preset sanction sometimes appearing for full squad successful the loadout menu.
• Fixed being capable to item aggregate audio files erstwhile utilizing the tablet with a gamepad.
• Fixed assorted ultrawide surface related UI issues.
• Fixed ngo benignant ever displaying “Barricaded Suspects”.
• Fixed inconsistent bid of optics for definite guns.
• Fixed assorted UI issues caused by expanding the UI scale.

Customization:

• Reduced TP-1E clipping done assorted shirts. (Dark Waters)
• Fixed assorted point descriptions.

Audio:

• Fixed assorted level related QSM / ambience issues.
• Fixed TOC not notifying the subordinate of bombs + traps for a definite level.
• Fixed contented wherever ambience transitions would not play the intended ambience.
• Fixed instances of definite animations missing footstep sounds.
• Fixed slug snaps cutting each different disconnected astatine precocious occurrence rates.
• Fixed definite footstep sounds not playing connected each materials.
• Fixed hold effect not moving arsenic intended connected SWAT voices implicit distance.
• Fixed galore instances of sounds not occluding oregon attenuating correctly.
• Fixed SWAT disguise vigor effect.
• Fixed incorrect SWAT VO erstwhile securing limb caches.
• Fixed contented wherever SWAT whitethorn occasionally usage generic lines for reportables, oregon not usage each disposable lines.
• Fixed missing h2o leaking audio for aquariums/water dispensers.
• Fixed ngo enactment beep sometimes not playing.
• Fixed VOIP not moving during ngo enactment oregon loadout selection.
• Fixed instances of definite characters utilizing incorrect / null footstep sounds
• Fixed instances of definite animations missing footstep and foley audio.
• Fixed instances of definite UI sounds perchance not playing arsenic intended.
• Fixed outdoor reflection probes perchance sounding glitchy.
• Fixed instances of gunfire causing limb foley to halt playing.
• Fixed definite subtitle files not matching the audio.
• Fixed definite ricochet furniture ne'er playing.
• Fixed traps sometimes not playing audio connected ligament chopped completion.

Animation:

• Fixed tiny animation issues during loadout selection.
• Fixed animation contented erstwhile kicking doors.
• Fixed SWAT AI animation contented erstwhile shield bearer opens a door.
• Fixed assorted issues with chemlight driblet animation.
• Fixed being capable to get stuck successful grenade throwing animation.

Replay Viewer

• Fixed skipping backwards sometimes causing crashes.
• Fixed loading surface audio persisting portion viewing replays.
• Fixed missing throwable VFX.
• Fixed replays sometimes crashing portion clicking on the timeline.
• Fixed replays showing incorrect time/date.

Levels:

• Improved destructible consistency crossed each levels.
• LODs person been adjusted crossed show levels, this is inactive being actively worked on.
• Fixed AI clipping done level geometry portion hiding successful assorted levels.

Training

• Fixed assorted issues with grooming progression.

Station

• Fixed mismatched tegument tones connected definite characters.
• Fixed shooting scope people buttons sometimes some being red.

Twisted Nerve

• Fixed windows sometimes displaying ungraded decals erstwhile shot.
• Fixed incorrect footstep audio connected characters.
• Fixed fans nary longer spinning.

Valley of the Dolls

• Fixed missing footsteps for definite civilian.
• Fixed hedges vanishing erstwhile deed by a flashbang.

Ides of March

• Fixed combat euphony taking excessively agelong to travel in.

Elephant

• Fixed tiny collision issues.

The Spider

• Fixed missing briefing audio record name.

Dorms

• Fixed grounds being capable to clip done definite debris piles.

Sins of the Father

• Prevented traps spawning connected doors with other heavy doorframes.

Hide and Seek

• Fixed lawsuit of enemies utilizing incorrect footstep events.

Narcos

• Fixed missing briefing audio description.

A Lethal Obsession

• Fixed grounds falling done the level successful definite parts of the level.
• Fixed Gerard being incapable to exit surrender erstwhile near unattended.

Carriers of the Vine

• Fixed tiny collision issues.

Relapse

• Fixed circumstantial model inactive preventing grenades from passing done adjacent aft breaking the glass.

Buy Cheap, Buy Twice

• Fixed floating car signs aft model is destroyed.

Ends of the Earth

• Updated h2o vfx.

Leviathan

• Fix definite dialog not triggering for NPCs.
• Fixed missing briefing audio description.

Mirage astatine Sea

• Fixed tiny collision issue.
• Fixed contented with definite elements of the OST repeating during the ending loop.

Miscellaneous Fixes:

• Fixed dropped limb physics causing them to autumn done the floor.
• Fixed missing affable occurrence punishment erstwhile shooting the helicopter.
• Fixed peeking some doors connected treble doors with a azygous doorway already peeked closing the peeked door, and peeking the closed door. Peeking some volition present lone unfastened the closed 1 if some doors are not successful the aforesaid state.
• Fixed clients sometimes crashing erstwhile returning to the main paper from a multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed wedge related show issues.
• Fixed wedges not moving with the doorway erstwhile breached.
• Fixed rigging issues of older characters.
• Fixed GPNVG overlay stretching connected ultrawide screens.
• Fixed XE Sight crosshair partially vanishing erstwhile crouching.
• Fixed humor being excessively shiny astatine times.
• Fixed attachment activation hold for clients successful multiplayer.
• Fixed scuffed blending into/out of stun animations.
• Fixed taser deed registration issues for clients successful multiplayer.
• Fixed being incapable to bash with a shield portion utilizing the 509 pistol.
• Fixed clang related to purpose assistance connected gamepad.
• Fixed being incapable to usage the breaching shotgun connected chainlink obstruction doors.
• Fixed lawsuit pistols sometimes disappearing aft apprehension cancelling successful multiplayer.
• Fixed laser/flashlight misalignment portion successful low/high ready.
• Fixed being incapable to articulation multiplayer lobbies during the acceptable countdown.
• Fixed players spawning wrong of each different successful 5 subordinate lobbies.
• Fixed laser attachments not looking close astatine low/high FOVs.
• Fixed explosive vests of incapacitated civilians not detonating.
• Fixed toggle ADS preventing players from performing ADS with gamepad.
• Fixed uncommon SWAT AI grounds postulation crash.

Gameplay

AI

Base crippled update changes:

• Added caller trouble system. AI trouble present scales with Casual, Standard, oregon Hard settings, which tin beryllium selected earlier each ngo oregon commandant mode.
• Added fishy squad behaviour strategy to astir levels wherever appropriate. These dynamic behaviors include: Rally, Support, Attack, and Retreat. (On Standard/Hard difficulties)
• On Standard/Hard trouble immoderate experienced suspects power betwixt semi-auto occurrence and afloat car depending connected region to target, making them much deadly astatine range.
• Added fishy limb cache strategy to astir levels wherever appropriate.
• SWAT AI person somewhat antithetic effectiveness based connected trouble mode. On Casual trouble they springiness players much of an accidental to prosecute suspects, meantime connected Hard mode SWAT AI becomes somewhat much combat effectual than Standard mode.

Engineering

Base crippled update changes:

• Ready oregon Not is present disposable connected Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Epic Games Store
• Improved purpose assistance for gamepads.
• Players person the enactment to alteration Crossplay betwixt PC and console players
  • Check retired this nonfiction for much info connected however Crossplay successful Ready oregon Not works: How Cross-play successful Ready oregon Not works – VOID Interactive
• Added quality to acceptable the limb field-of-view independently from the satellite / country field-of-view.

General Performance:

Base crippled update changes:

• Improved GPU and CPU show crossed each levels.
• Improved dependable manager performance.
• Further optimized assorted customization assets.
• Game record sizes person been compressed and optimized, reducing disk instal size.

Visuals

Animation:

Base crippled update changes:

• New SWAT locomotion animations.
• Improved ragdolls.
• Improved animation related performance.
• Added galore caller SWAT restraining animations
• New archetypal idiosyncratic animations for restrains, kicking doors, and chemlight deployment
• Animation for civilian miss successful ‘Twisted Nerve’ has changed to a sleeping animation.

Character Art:

Base crippled update changes:

• Added covering to a quality successful ‘A Lethal Obsession’, ‘Narcos’, and immoderate characters successful the ngo ‘Hide and Seek.’
• Dismemberment nary longer occurs connected already-deceased characters. Otherwise, the dismemberment effects, gore, and humor decaling person not been toned down.
• Additional quality exemplary optimization refinements.

Other:

Base crippled update changes:

• Optimized galore ocular effects done a newer particle strategy (Niagara)
• Added immersive raindrop VFX that affects archetypal idiosyncratic presumption successful outdoor areas connected each levels that person rainfall (like the raindrop VFX that exists connected Dark Waters levels).
• Improved fog VFX connected Carriers of the Vine.

Audio

Base crippled update changes:

• VOIP has been improved to summation immersion, allowing dependable chat echo and reverb based connected surroundings
• 5.1 premix enactment added
• Updated foley sounds for definite weapons and improved SWAT question foley.
• Improvements to indoor and outdoor reflection probes, enhancing audio recreation accuracy.
• Various dependable and Quantum Sound Manager optimizations.
• Updated assorted weapons and grenades audio.

Weapons

Base crippled update changes:

New guns

• M32A1 rotary grenade launcher with CS gas/flash variants
• MKV .50AE pistol
• TRPL less-lethal pepperball pistol
• 590M magazine-fed pump-action shotgun

User Interface and Experience

Base crippled update changes:

• Players tin present entree their idiosyncratic stats dashboard wherever skill, completion, and limb mastery are stored into your idiosyncratic ngo metrics.
  • Can prime radical from friends database to comparison their stats against to for immoderate affable contention betwixt officers.
• The gamepad-focused Equipment and Command wheels person a ocular rework aimed astatine improving easiness of usage and readability.
  • Gamepad players tin opt to usage the accepted Command database paper alternatively of the radial menu, and determination are present further fastener layout and customization options for gamepads
• Enabled grounds outline mounting by default.
• New trouble strategy integrates passim the subordinate experience, and provides players with antithetic degrees of situation crossed the game. This tin beryllium changed successful quickplay, multiplayer, and Commander Mode.
• Added caller achievements and integrated them, immoderate tin lone beryllium attained erstwhile playing connected definite trouble modes
• The magnitude and types of traps alteration based connected the trouble mode the subordinate selects. On Hard mode much maps person traps, and are much apt to beryllium lethal traps.

Levels

• Added Missions:
  • Stolen Valor: An serviceman gone missing is reported to beryllium located astatine an flat gathering successful the Rollers territory.
  • Hunger Strike: A pack meetup gone incorrect astatine Chicos, a section Los Sueños accelerated nutrient franchise

Known Issues:

• Game sometimes crashes erstwhile restarting oregon returning to presumption mid-mission successful quickplay.
• Audio devices whitethorn default to a muted authorities erstwhile joining a crippled connected PC.
  • Workaround: Reselect your audio instrumentality successful the audio settings paper oregon wrong your Windows settings. Alternatively, effort disabling unused audio inputs.
• In uncommon instances, VOIP whitethorn loop until the existent league is restarted.
• In uncommon instances, unplugging and replugging a microphone whitethorn origin issues with VOIP.
• Certain SFX does not occlude correctly.
• Certain UI buttons don’t occurrence immoderate audio.
• Certain limb foley whitethorn nutrient doubled audio erstwhile playing arsenic a client.
• Bullet casing SFX whitethorn rapidly occurrence astatine debased framerates.
• Certain destructible audio whitethorn not ever play
• Some insignificant known issues with Turkish connection substance successful the Command Wheel/Swat Cam/Loadout Renaming
• If subordinate does not prime the Ironman Mode mounting toggle portion connected the trouble prime screen, the Ironman Mode mounting whitethorn not save
• Obtaining precisely a C connected Gas does not lend to the achievement, “The War”
• Players connected singleplayer quickplay whitethorn perchance clang if they restart a ngo earlier completing it; a hole is connected the way. This contented does not impact Commander Mode oregon multiplayer.
• Some insignificant texts connected the controller layout options are not translated to each languages
• In Casual difficulty, shotguns tin sometimes origin affable fire
• On PC, the cancel fastener erstwhile quitting a ngo oregon from the station, the cancel fastener is not translated into each languages
• Some ngo objectives are not translated into each languages

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