PAYDAY 2 News

[h2]Update Size: 30 MB[/h2]

Savefiles

• Fixed an issue that caused corrupted save files for some players. This should no longer be happening.

We are unable to recover corrupted and overwritten saved files. However, if you had a saved file during the Linux save split late last year, you might have a Linux save file that you can copy and rename. See the guide below.

General

• Added more texts explaining why a player might be rejected from joining a heist while playing online. (Previously only said "Failed to join game")
  
• Fixed an issue where crime spree wasn't working correctly for clients since update 237
  
• Fixed an issue where crime.net online kept rapidly updating multiple visible heists at the same time
  
• Fixed an issue where UI elements of crime spree didn't work as intended for clients
  
• Fixed an issue where the wolf pack didn't work for some players when owning a legacy pack
  
• Fixed an issue where clicking banners in the main menu would result in incorrect URLs for some players

Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any problems with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.

If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the Steam library; right-click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...".
The process may take some time to finish.

Restoreing a Linux savefile as a Windows savefile
Go to your main savegame location: Steam\userdata\\218620\remote
Move your save098.sav out of the folder
Copy the linux_save098.sav and rename the copy to save098.sav
Start the game, your progress should be back.
Once you confirmed it worked you no longer need the older file you moved out of the folder


Keep those helmets flying!
OVERKILL_Tobias

[h2]Update Size: 27.7 MB[/h2]

Social Hub

• Fixed an issue of where the lobby code remained on screen
  
• Fixed a crash of where using the mouse wheel crashed in social hub
  
• Fixed wrong icon for socialhub lobby search in crimenet
  
• Fixed an issue of where social hub invites had the wrong level names
  
• Fixed an issue of where the friends list in Social Hub didn't sort alphabetically
  
• Fixed an issue of where the lobby code kept being visible after hiding it
  
• Fixed an issue of where lobby code search button was activated & visible in "Play offline"
  
• Fixed an issue of where Ctrl + V didn't work into the searchbox of social hub areas.

General tweaks & fixes

• Potentially fixed an issue of where users crashed after redeeming sidejob rewards
  
• Fixed an issue of where a player could see "2 block buttons" in players list
  
• Fixed an issue of where players got marked as cheaters for wearing nebula items
  
• Potentially fixed a crash with the save game data which could corrupt save game files.

Updates may be incompatible with the mods you may have installed. Even seemingly unrelated mods may cause unexpected issues. If you are experiencing any problems with the game; try removing any mods you may have installed and try again.

If you are having issues with an unmodded game you can try to verify the integrity of the game files. In the Steam library; right-click on PAYDAY 2. Select "Properties" from the menu. Under the tab "LOCAL FILES" select "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES...".
The process may take some time to finish.

Keep those helmets flying!
OVERKILL_Tobias

We’re writing this to address your feedback and the state of the game following update 237.
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to report bugs and leave feedback, it might sound strange given the nature of the feedback in this case, but we really do rely on and appreciate it.

We are very sorry for all the issues you’ve had to endure. We did everything we could think of to make the process as unnoticeable as possible, but didn’t reach all the way. We tested everything we could think of and really did put in hours trying to figure out how to best implement the update without any negative side effects. Needless to say, we missed the mark in a few key areas.

Below, we’ll go through the big-ticket items. What we intend to fix as well as share information on what we didn’t explain properly the first time. We want to do right by our players, you deserve as much.

Matchmaking
Matchmaking is facing a combination of problems that we are trying to fix. It is difficult to tackle them all at once. We’re going to need to iterate to get this right, meaning there will be a series of smaller updates taking care of the matchmaking issues one step at a time. During this time, we’ll rely on your feedback to make sure we’re moving in the right direction. We are committed to fixing the matchmaking issues for all players.
The complexity of the issue we need to ensure it’s working properly however, so we’re not ready to commit to any date for when the fix will be in place.

Data sharing
We know a lot of you are rightly concerned about your data and who gets it, we hope we can reassure you that nothing nefarious is happening. To make sure we’re accurate, we confirmed the following with our programmers.
In summary, the only data that gets sent to the matchmaking service is your public Steam ID. No other company not specifically mentioned in our terms of service gets access to your data in any way if you play via Steam, there’s no data beyond your public Steam ID being sent outside of the Steam environment.
In fact, one of the reasons matchmaking isn’t functioning as you’re used to is that we don’t even share basic location information. Going forward we will be including what country you are matchmaking from in order to ensure a better matchmaking ping for everyone.

Linux
Linux is a complicated beast. To get the game working on both native Linux and at the same time updating the older version of the diesel engine that PAYDAY 2 for Linux was using proved unfeasible. This was one of the things we spent the most time trying to solve, yet didn’t reach our goals in the end.
Linux players can still access the game using Proton, we’ll keep testing new updates with Proton to make sure it keeps working for the upcoming patches and releases.

Crude Awakening Heist Delay
Lastly, to give us more time to focus on the above-mentioned solutions, we’re delaying the upcoming heist release by a week, from June 20th until June 27th. This will give us more time to implement a few of the matchmaking fixes before the heist is out and you need to start finding games for it.

OVERKILL_Tobias