Attention Officers,

In the v1.5 Update for RoN we are releasing the Mission Editor, a new feature allowing granular tweaking of gameplay variables within an existing mission, with a particular focus on customizing non-playable characters.

This is our initial introductory launch for the Mission Editor feature; be on the lookout for improvements to Mission Editor in the future, along with more bug fixes and content for the game.

Free New Styles of the Triple Weapon Pack Weapons, Released to All Players:

The Ready or Not Triple Weapon Pack weapons, which were initially added with RoN’s console release, are now being released for free as three new cosmetic styles to all players regardless of platform or game edition. These new free styles are the MK-V ‘HC’ (Hard Chrome) pistol, 590M ‘FDE’ (Flat Dark Earth) shotgun, and M32A1 ‘LSPD’ Blue rotary grenade launcher.

Players who were already eligible for the triple weapon pack weapons previously (i.e. PC platform players, console pre-order owners, or console Triple Weapon Pack owners) will now have access to both the original style and the new style of each of these weapons.

We are continuously monitoring your bug reports. Please report any bugs you find in our official Ready or Not Discord, using the bug report channels! There they can be structured and collected in one place so we can most effectively deal with them: Ready or Not Bug Reports 

Please check our official Discord for an updated list of some known issues in the  #known-issues-and-fixes channel. 

Update Day General FAQ:

1. Q: ‘My game mods broke on PC with this update, why did that happen?’
   > A: When Ready or Not or games in general release updates to the game, the files for the game in areas related to new game content or fixes then changes. If mods were using the old files to function that have since changed to new files, those mods will likely need to update in order to work properly with the new version of the game’s files.Ready or Not Modding Update Tips:Community Resources
2. Q: ‘Why does an update download initially seem frustratingly large in data/gigabytes, even when the game doesn’t actually take up that much more storage when the download finishes’
   > A: Game service platforms such as Steam etc. may update games by overwriting the game’s files with the new files to replace it. For example, this means a update download that initially shows as 6GB during the download may actually only expand the game by 1GB in size, since it is largely just overwriting old game files for the other 5GB of data.
3. Q: ‘Why does an update take so long to download despite my fast internet’
   > A: Other routine checks that a game service platform does to confirm game file integrity on the local storage device (e.g. your hard drive such as a HDD or SSD) during an update download can extend the perceived download size/time.
4. Q: ‘Why didn’t my game update yet on my console platform?’
   > A: Console platforms do not necessarily support auto-updates, so you may have to trigger the update manually within your game library with an internet connection.

Gameplay

AI

Engineering

• Mission Editor Playable in Singleplayer and Multiplayer Friends-Only Lobby
• Mission Editor Options (‘Basic’ and ‘Advanced’ tabs)
  • ‘Basic’ tab
    • Player
      • Limited Bandages (2)
      • Damage Cap (max amount of damage received by player in a single hit)
    • Mission
      • Door Trap Count
      • Door Trap Types
      • Default NPC Spawn Points (Enabled/Disabled)
  • ‘Advanced’ tab
    • Player
      • Player Health
      • Limited Bandage (Expanded Selection)
      • Shielded Melee Damage Multiplier
      • Rules of Engagement: Friendly Fire
      • Rules of Engagement: Friendly Fire Penalty
    • Mission
      • Door Trap Count (expanded selection)
      • Max Locked Doors Percentage
      • Max Open Doors Percentage
      • Chance of Suspect Death by Suicide

Weapons

• Free ‘Triple Weapon Pack’ Cosmetic Styles, available for use by all players regardless of platform or game edition. (Note: The original styles for these weapons will still also be available for all players who are already eligible for the triple weapon pack items.)
  • MK-V ‘HC’ (Hard Chrome) Pistol
  • 590M ‘FDE’ (Flat Dark Earth) Shotgun
  • M32A1 ‘ LSPD’ (LSPD Blue) Rotary Grenade Launcher

User Interface and Experience

• Mission Editor added to main menu screen

Bug fixes: 

AI: 

• Fixed suspects sometimes being unable to surrender, move or shoot.

Animation:

• Fixed death animations sometimes playing at the wrong time for clients in multiplayer.
• Fixed being unable to see shield wielding clients’ pistols as host.
• Fixed sliding third person animations while flipping the magnifier.
• Fixed G18-C magazine clipping through the gun at the end of the quick reload animation.
• Fixed taser cartridge leaving the taser during arrest/bash animations.
• Fixed clipping when changing scope magnification during canted aim on certain guns.
• Fixed stuttery SWAT AI grenade throw animation.
• Fixed M14S-16 fire selector not rotating properly when changing from single fire to full auto.
• Fixed RWTC-6.5, F90, ARWC and SCP9 trigger pull animations not playing correctly.
• Fixed teleporting pistol magazines during certain pistols’ reloading animations.
• Fixed pump action shotgun dry fire trigger pull animations not playing.
• Fixed misaligned backup iron sights when equipping the XE Sight on the MP5A3.
• Fixed 590M magazine leaving the gun during arrest animations.
• Fixed slight hand misalignment after changing magnification of the SDR optic.
• Fixed C2 detonator clipping in first person.
• Fixed hands clipping into optics during 870CQB empty reload first person animation.

Levels: 

Station

• Fixed clipping during certain animations of NPCs in the holding cell.
• Fixed twitchy facial animations of certain NPCs.
• Fixed static mop.
• Fixed missing head.
• Fixed rifle magazines appearing in certain station NPCs’ shotguns.
• Fixed instances of necks clipping through the shirts of various station NPCs.

Narcos 

• Fixed TV screen not breaking when shot.

Stolen Valor

• Fixed SWAT AI getting stuck on bathroom doors when ordered to slide.

No Good Deed

• Fixed certain windows not breaking when throwing grenades through them.
• Fixed being able to walk onto bumper car’s antenna.

All Gods Burn

• Fixed bandana LOD issues of bandana wearing suspects.
• Fixed necks clipping through the shirts of various suspects.

A New America

• Fixed curtain desync between clients and host.
• Fixed certain windows not breaking when throwing grenades through them.
• Fixed being able to climb onto an ammo box in the press conference room.
• Fixed certain suspects using voicelines from the 3 Letter Triad mission.

UI:

• Fixed being able to open the loadout menu/mission selection screen and the pause menu simultaneously.

Miscellaneous Fixes: 

• Fixed G18-C not changing magazine upon reloading.
• Fixed crash when pressing L1/LB when using a controller in the loadout menu while having the M32A1 launcher equipped.
• Fixed softlock when lockpicking a door while simultaneously activating night vision.
• Fixed 6.5×48 JHP ammo being weaker than intended.
• Fixed performance issues when firing shotguns at certain surface materials.
• Fixed mismatched skin tone between certain SWAT heads and arms.
• (PS5) Fixed being unable to unlock the ‘Eye of Providence’ achievement.
• (XBOX & PS5) Fixed being unable to unlock the ‘Nosce Te Ipsum’ achievement.
• (XBOX) Fixed rare crash when suspending the game while attempting to link an Epic account.
• (XBOX) (Possibly) fixed lobbies hosted on XBOX only having a single available slot for clients.
• (EGS) Fixed rare crash when loading into Neon Tomb.

Known Issues:

• Active shooter suspects can still be present in default active shooter levels even when disabled in the Mission Editor.
  • Workaround: After disabling active shooter, enable any other suspect archetype.
• “G18-C” pistol is missing “-C” from it’s name in languages other than English
• Suspects assigned the Tactical Archetype via Mission Editor use MLO Voice Over
• “Suspect Fire Rate” setting’s changed value does not get saved
  • Workaround: The difficulty you select at beginning of Mission Editor mission creation will dictate what Suspect Fire Rate is used.
• MK-V magazine-check third person perspective animation does not fully complete
• Bomb count modifier does not change the number of the bombs on the level
• Replay viewer camera may have issues with cycling between actors and orbiting

Attention Officers,

Welcome to the 90^th edition of our Ready or Not Development Briefing, Thursday July 30^th, 2026. 

In this briefing we are introducing the Mission Editor, a new feature allowing granular tweaking of gameplay variables within an existing mission, with a particular focus on customizing non-playable characters.  

The Mission Editor will be releasing for free along with bug fixes to all platforms in the coming weeks as part of the v1.5/1.5.1 Update for Ready or Not. 

This is our initial introduction launch for the Mission Editor feature; be on the lookout for improvements to Mission Editor in the future, along with more bug fixes and content for the game. 

Note: These development briefings serve to keep you in the loop about parts of our ongoing support for Ready or Not. However, the briefings do not encompass everything that we’re working on at a given moment. Please keep in mind that the content in our development briefings may still be a work in progress and subject to change. 

Mission Editor

The Mission Editor is a precise modification tool that allows you to custom tailor Suspect, Civilian, SWAT AI, and player along with some other gameplay related variables for a given mission. This feature is arriving in the coming weeks to all platforms in the free v1.5/1.5.1 update for Ready or Not. 

Suspect AI Modifiers

Suspect AI modifiers make up the brunt of the content in Mission Editor. These modifiers allow you to fine tune behaviors and combat effectiveness of suspects. Appearance presets from other missions can also be selected, including their associated voice-over sets. Note that mission-specific characters who are objectives, named, or otherwise required may remain. 

[Image below: Body of a paramilitary suspect spotted by the flashlight of a SWAT officer on Thank You, Come Again]

For players that want more elusive encounters, suspects can be assigned the cowardly archetype so that they are more likely to hide behind or under objects in missions. If you want to go against a more coordinated threat, assign the ‘tactical’ archetype to suspects. 

If multiple archetypes are included within a mission’s archetype pool, the mission will randomly use archetypes from that pool for eligible AI— subject to mission-specific rules and required characters. The same archetype pooling approach is present in Civilian AI customization too.

[Image below: Suspect from the Carriers of the Vine mission surrendering on Buy Cheap, Buy Twice]

Choose the pool of primary weapons that your suspects are using from an M249 to a bolt action rifle, and which backup weapon they may have. If you’re comfortable maintaining a 21-foot distance, assign your suspects knives, bomb vests (the total number of which in a mission can be changed), irrational archetype, and no primary weapons. 

[Image below: Image below: Suspect from Sinuous Trail seen on the Leviathan mission with an M249 light machinegun and explosive vest]

Perhaps you only want one suspect on 23 Megabytes A Second, you can do that too. Or on another level you might like a manhunt by setting maximum civilians, but just one suspect that is also using the cowardly archetype with a concealed weapon. 

SWAT AI Modifiers 

SWAT AI modifiers are geared toward modifying the combat effectiveness of your SWAT NPC officers, although containing less variables than Suspect AI. These modifiers include SWAT visual stimulus reaction time, Morale Damage by SWAT Activity, and Morale Damage by SWAT Activity Multiplier. Examples of SWAT activities that cause morale damage include compliance commands, less lethal weapons, kicking in doors, gunfire, and ordinance usage. 

Civilian AI Modifiers

Civilians share a subset of the modifiers available for suspects, without the same emphasis on combat. These modifiers will let you change how compliant civilians are and adjust their civilian behavior archetypes. 
 
For example, the prisoner archetype will result in civilians being pre-restrained upon entering a level. This can be used as a quality of life measure for players who want runs with less civilians to restrain, or to emulate hostage-type scenarios. 

Player Modifiers

The amount of player health can be modified, as can the max number of bandages. With this setup, players can choose to enhance how hardcore a given mission is. With only 50hp, any shot that defeats armor could be immediately lethal to a player. With only one bandage, players only have one opportunity to stem a bleeding wound. 

Miscellaneous Modifiers 

A select number of miscellaneous mission-related modifiers can be changed too, which affect how the mission presents itself or how much complexity is offered. 

The length of bomb timers in a bomb threat mission, multi-selectable door trap types, enabling/disabling default character spawns, max locked doors percentage, max open door percentage, and chance of suspect suicide can be modified. 

Being able to change the maximum amount of doors open can create an increased challenge due to suspects having increased sightlines throughout the level. This contrasts with the max locked doors, which generally can be a quality of life change since you won’t need to make as many forced entries. 

Short Patch Preview

A video containing a short preview of some of the fixes coming in v1.5/1.5.1 went up on our YouTube channel today. This video only contains a handful of the fixes that will be included in the full changelog:

Conclusion 

The Mission Editor affords you increased replayability and unique gameplay situations through its deep modifier suite for AI characters and gameplay variables.  

From swapping appearance of suspects of one level with another, giving all suspects knives or M249s, tweaking the behavior of civilians, to giving yourself only 50hp, there are countless new ways to engage with missions with this feature. 

Get ready to create, save, and share edited missions with your squad mates and the community in the v1.5 update for RoN, arriving in the coming weeks.  

This is our initial introduction launch for the Mission Editor feature; be on the lookout for improvements to Mission Editor in the future, along with more bug fixes and content for the game. 

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