Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter. As an early access game released on 18 Dec, 2021, it has received overwhelmingly positive user reviews on Steam. However, just like any other early-access game, Ready or Not is not free from bugs and crashes. If Ready or Not keeps crashing on your PC, don’t worry! You’ve landed on the right page, and you should be able to fix this issue easily after reading this article.
System requirements of Ready or Not for Windows PC
Make sure that your PC meets the system requirements of Ready or Not first. If you don’t know the system requirements of the game, just take a glance at the table below:
| System requirements | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS: | 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| Processor: | Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300 | AMD Ryzen 5-1600 / Intel Core i5-7600K |
| Memory: | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics: | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or better |
| DirectX: | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Storage: | 50 GB available space | 50 GB available space |
If your PC fails to meet the system requirements of the game, you may need to upgrade your PC first.
If it keeps crashing on your powerful PC, read on and try the fixes below.
Try these fixes
Whether the game crashes on startup or crashes in the middle of the game, you can find a fix to try in this article. You don’t need to try them all. Just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.
- Verify integrity of game files
- Update your graphics driver
- Install the latest game patch
- Disable overlays
- Temporarily disable anti-virus software
- Perform a clean boot
Verify integrity of game files
If some important game files are missing or corrupted, the game would crash. But don’t worry, you can verify and repair game files easily on Steam. Here’s how to do it:
- Launch Steam and go to your Library.
- Right-click on Ready or Not and select Properties.
- Click Installed Files on the left, then click Verify integrity of game files. If Steam finds anything wrong with the game files, it will re-download them from its official server.
Depending on the size of the game files, it may take some time to verify all your game files.
Launch Ready or Not after the verifying process is complete and see if it crashes again. If this issue persists, try the next fix, below.
Update your graphics driver
Graphics drivers are essential to the functioning of video games. If Ready or Not keeps crashing on your PC, you likely have a corrupted or outdated graphics driver on your PC. So you should update your drivers to see if it fixes the game crashing issues.
You can update your graphics driver manually: first, go to the manufacturer’s download page (AMD / NVIDIA), then search your model and download the correct driver installer.
But if you don’t have the time, patience, or skills to update the driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy.
Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to be troubled by the wrong driver you would be downloading, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing. Driver Easy handles it all.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to automatically updating your drivers with Driver Easy:
- Download and install Driver Easy.
- Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
- Click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system. (This requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All. If you’re not ready to buy the Pro version, Driver Easy offers a 7-day free trial which includes access to all the Pro features such as high-speed download and one-click install. You won’t be charged until the trial ends.)
- Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Install the latest game patch
VOID Interactive, the developer of Ready or Not, releases regular game patches to fix bugs and improve gaming performance. It’s possible that a recent patch has caused the game crash issue, and that a new patch is required to fix it.
If a patch is available, it will be detected by Steam, and the latest game patch will be automatically downloaded and installed when you launch the game.
Launch Ready or Not again and check if this fix works. If it didn’t work, or there was no new game patch available, move on to the next fix, below.
Disable overlays
According to many PC gamers, sometimes overlays may interfere with the game and even cause the game to crash. If you’re using overlays and the game crashes, you may need to disable those overlays.
If you’re using the Steam Overlay, try disabling Steam Overlay for Ready or Not and see if the game crashes again:
- Launch Steam and navigate to the LIBRARY tab. right-click on Ready or Not. Then select Properties.
- Toggle off Enable Steam Overlay while in-game.
If you’re using other apps with overlay features (e.g. Nvidia GeForce Experience, Discord, Twitch, etc.), ensure you’ve disabled the in-game overlay in those apps feature.
Run the game and see if it crashes again. If this fix doesn’t work, try the next fix, below.
Temporarily disable anti-virus software
3rd party antivirus software may also interfere with game files. The game will crash when some game files are blocked by the antivirus software.
Try adding both the game folder and Steam as an exception to your third-party antivirus application. If necessary, temporarily disable the 3rd party antivirus application before launching the game.
Launch Ready or Not to see if it crashes after you disable the anti-virus software on your PC.
See if this fix works. If not, try the next fix, below.
Perform a clean boot
Ready or Not would crash when there’s a certain app conflicting with the game. If you’re not sure which app is conflicting with the game, just follow the steps below to perform a clean boot, and you’ll find it out:
- On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the Run Dialog. Type msconfig and press Enter to open the System Configuration window.
- Navigate to the Services tab, check Hide all Microsoft services, and then click Disable all.
- Select the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
- On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click Disable.
- Go back to the System Configuration window and click OK.
- Click Restart to restart your PC.
Restart your PC and launch Ready or Not to check if the game crashes again. If not, open the System Configuration window again to enable services and applications one by one until you find the problematic software.
Once you find out the problematic software that crashes Ready or Not, you can uninstall it to avoid game crashing issues in the future.
If the crashing issue reappears after you disable all the 3rd party apps and services, try reinstalling Ready or Not.
Normally, after reinstalling the game, you’ll be able to fix the crashing issue.
Tips:
If these common fixes didn’t help you fix the Ready or Not crashing issue, you can also try investigating Windows crash logs to analyze and troubleshoot the causes of the crash. For more details, see the article: How to view crash logs in Windows 10.
Hopefully, one of the fixes above helped you fix the Ready or Not crashing issue. Feel free to drop a line in the comment area below if you have any questions or suggestions. Thanks for reading!
