1.4.2|Mar 20, 2026
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Ready or Not Changelog v1.4.2

2/5 Minor

Hard difficulty AI reaction times have been nerfed alongside significant performance optimizations for the 'No Good Deed' and 'A New America' maps.

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Key Changes

  • 1Suspects on Hard difficulty no longer open fire faster than intended
  • 2Fixed performance drops caused by sprinklers in 'A New America'
  • 3Resolved performance issues related to rubber ducks in 'No Good Deed'
  • 4Fixed lighting breaking when using magnified optics
  • 5Fixed a crash when manipulating replay speeds for 'A New America'
  • 6Fixed Xbox graphics presets failing to apply on launch
  • 7Resolved invisible shelf issues on Xbox and PS5 in 'All Gods Burn'
  • 8Fixed mission endings triggering while the player is dead in 'A New America'

All Changes

🤖AI(1)

  • nerfSuspects: Fixed an issue on Hard difficulty where suspects would open fire quicker than expected.

🗺️Maps(5)

  • fixNo Good Deed: Fixed 'No Good Deed' haunted house being unnaturally dark.
  • fixAll Gods Burn: Fixed invisible shelves on Xbox and PS5 versions of 'All Gods Burn'.
  • fixA New America: Fixed endings sometimes incorrectly triggering while the player is dead.
  • fixA New America: Fixed explosion not triggering for clients in multiplayer if the VIP suspect was apprehended but not disarmed before the jammer timer ran out.
  • fixA New America: Fixed invisible microwave on Xbox version.

🚀Performance(3)

  • fixNo Good Deed: Fixed performance issues caused by rubber ducks in 'No Good Deed'.
  • fixA New America: Fixed sprinklers causing performance issues in 'A New America'.
  • fixXbox: Fixed Xbox graphics presets not correctly applying on launch, causing performance issues.

🛠️Stability(3)

  • fixReplay Viewer: Fixed crash when skipping back and forth through, or changing the speed of, 'A New America' replays.
  • fixPhysics: Fixed rare crash related to physics particles.
  • fixXbox PC Store: Fixed rare crash occurring during regular gameplay on the Xbox PC Store version.

👁️Visuals(1)

  • fixMagnified Optics: Fixed lighting breaking when looking through magnified optics.

Summary

Following the Boiling Point release, version 1.4.2 focuses on stability and performance. Key updates include balancing suspect reaction speeds on Hard difficulty, fixing map-specific frame rate drops caused by sprinklers and rubber ducks, and resolving several console-specific visual bugs and crashes.