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Happy New Year, Heisters

Hello Heisters!

We’d like to wish you all a happy and prosperous 2020!

Now that the holidays are over, the FBI will be removing the Christmas decorations from their offices and you may also notice a post-holiday thaw.

There is an update to the game files today as the streets are cleared of snow and the decorations are stowed away.

We hope you enjoyed the holiday update!

Sincerely,
OVERKILL_Elisabeth
OVERKILL - A Starbreeze Studio

Update 199.1 Changelog

Date: 2020-01-09
Update size: 73.3
  • Removed Holiday Decorations from Hoxton Breakout and Breakin' Feds

Happy Holidays, Heisters!

Hey Heisters!


Here’s a short holiday greeting:

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You're an awesome community. We hope you have a great holiday, wherever you are.

Winter sale
If you happen to do a heist or two over the holidays, and you want to recruit new heisters for your crew (or pick up any missing items for yourself) we currently have some great offers on the Steam winter sale, including 90% off the PAYDAY 2 base game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/PAYDAY_2/

Free stuff
While we were taking out the holiday decoration in the safe house, we found some items in a safe. Rather than keeping them in there, we figured they'd look better on you. Have a look and see if you'd like any.

From all of us in the crew, happy holidays!

Those helmets, flying you keep them
OVERKILL_Almir OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Christmas Update 2019

Merry Christmas Heisters!


The snow is starting to fall outside the windows of the OVERKILL office and we bring a little Holiday Update to warm our heisters. Put on some festive and cozy Christmas blazers to get into the mood for eggnog and thermite. If you’re among those who need to work during the holidays, then the "Repairman" might be the outfit for you, good for manual labor and hard to tackle tasks.

Hoxton is bringing his own flavor of holiday cheer to the team. Check out Hoxton Breakout or Breakin' Feds during the holidays to celebrate in OVERKILL style. Hoxton also has something special that he wants to share with you all - you can check it out here: One DC Winter Night - A christmas Tale.

One of the things you might notice in the heists mentioned above is a new sound. That’s right - not one, not two, but three new music tracks to blast into the winter nights. If you like the new music track on Breakin' Feds you can even select it or any other stealth track on any stealth heist you want. Variety really is the spice of the heister life.

'Tis the season for a heist
OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update 199 Changelog
Date: 2019-12-16
Update size: 870.1 MB

Gameplay
  • Fixed an issue with ragdolls that made enemies sometimes appear to hit an invisible wall after being killed by a shotgun
  • Fixed an issue where host and clients could get stuck in the results screen when the payout was very large
  • Fixed an issue where the armor bag would not work if you started a stealthable level with your mask on
  • Improved the way you attach bags to your team AI
  • Fixed an issue where pausing an offline game would not stop the player’s forward momentum
Level
  • Added stealth bonus to White House, Border Crossing and Car Shop
  • Added an objective description to the last objective on Hotline Miami Day 2 (visible when pressing TAB)
  • Fixed an issue where marking a female biker enemy in stealth would remove textures from her face
  • Fixed so that The White House has Casing Mode showing up in the right corner until you mask up
  • Fixed an issue on Firestarter day 1 where it took several magazines of regular bullets to get the gas tank to explode
  • Fixed a floating flag behind the bar in Border Crossing
  • Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where the pump was making pumping sounds when you start on the Mexico side
  • Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where the left door leading up from the vault would be blocked by a wall
  • Fixed an issue in Border Crossing where detaching the hose at the same time as going loud could block the player from completing the level
  • Removed burning money flying around if the C4 in the briefing room blows up in Border Crossing
  • Fixed an issue on Transport: Train Heist where the player could jump out of the level near the van where you secure bags
  • Fixed an issue where The Big Bank did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  • Fixed an issue where Four Stores did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  • Fixed an issue with guards walking on top of vending machines in the beginning of Breakin’ Feds
  • Fixed an issue where you could jump out of the world in one of the offices in First World Bank
  • Fixed an issue where Big Oil Day 1 did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
  • Fixed an issue where Diamond Store did not have the proper Titan cameras on the higher difficulties
Audio
  • Changed music and sound effects volume sliders to have 20 steps instead of 10 when using a controller
  • Added the “Sly Gloves” stealth music track, and made it play by default on Breakin’ Feds
  • Added the “Blast our way out” music track, and made it play by default on Hoxton Breakout day 1
  • Added the “Propulsive Force” music track, and made it play by default on Hoxton Breakout day 2
Skills
  • Fixed issue where the Graze skill counted all enemies healed by medics as headshot kills, instead of only those that you hit with a headshot
  • Removed the icon for LB on Jack Of All Trades when using keyboard and mouse
Weapons
  • Fixed so that you can attach the 45 Degree Iron Sights to the Desert Fox Sniper Rifle
  • Fixed so that you can equip the Hurricane Compensator to the Akimbo Bronco .44 Revolvers
  • Fixed so that you can equip the Titanium Skeleton Grip on the Akimbo Para Submachine Guns
  • Fixed so that the Signature Magnifier Gadget does not float when using it together with the See More Sight on certain weapons
  • Fixed so that the AMCAR can now use all the grips and magazines in its weapon class
  • Fixed an issue with the Maelstrom Sight and the alignment of the cross reticle
  • Fixed an issue with the Compact Laser Module floating when attached to the Akimbo Cobra Submachine Guns
  • Fixed an issue with the alignment of the reticle on the SKOLD Reflex Micro Sight
  • Fixed so you can change the color of the Acough Optic Scope
  • Fixed an issue with the alignment of the Riktpunkt Holosight when using the Pistol Crossbow
  • Fixed an issue where magazines would look empty when reloading when using LEO and Signature .40 pistols
  • Fixed an issue where the bolt of the Akimbo UZI Submachine Gun would not animate on the weapon in the right hand
  • Fixed an alignment issue when using the Acough sight on an assault rifle
Localization
  • Changed the name of The_Basics to The_Tutorial_Heists in Crime.net
  • Changed the name of the back button from Exit to Back in Offshore Payday
  • Changed the name for minimizing the Crime.net sidebar from Crime.net/Shortcuts to Minimize_Sidebar
  • Changed the word contour to outlines in the user interface menu
  • Changed the word coins to Continental Coins on the button for buying mods in the weapon modding screen
  • Clarified text for Gage pack rewards to make it clear what the player unlocks
  • Clarified certain achievement descriptions that stated the player needed to pick up a number of items but did not explain that you could not do it in one run
Outfits
  • Fixed a bug that would cause issues with the outline of players and team AI when using the raincoat outfit
  • Added new Christmas blazer outfits
  • Added Bodhi’s Pool Repair outfit
Skins
  • Fixed an issue with the Exotique Receiver when skinning weapons
  • Fixed so that you can switch safes while inspecting them in the Steam Inventory
  • Fixed so that you see what armor skin you get in a safe even if you are wearing an outfit
UI
  • Made Contact Database scrollable
  • Changed the button for "Show In HUD" in the achievement interface to Y instead of R
  • Moved the search bar in the contract broker to make it more visible
  • Fixed so that the filter window on Crime.net does not change position when switching game mode
VR
  • Fixed a crash that could occur if a player would switch to melee while reloading and having arm animations enabled

PAYDAY 2: Hotfix 198.2

Hello Heisters!


We bring you another hotfix today. We are addressing two issues that been brought up and we felt could not wait for a future update.

Seems like Hoxton got himself a flat tire.
OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update 198.2 Changelog

Date: 2019-11-15
Update size: 243 MB
  • Fixed a crash on Hoxton Breakout Day 1.
  • Fixed the achievement "Two Step Verification" to be triggerable at any point during the heist

PAYDAY 2: Hotfix 198.1

Hello Heisters!


We are super happy with how many of you have joined us in our assault of the Coyopa Cartel and Murkywater. We hope you are enjoying playing the new content as much as we have had making it. Of course, there are always things that get missed so we bring you a hotfix that addresses the most urgent issues.

Poor Dallas, his face :(
OVERKILL_Tobias OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.

Update 198.1 Changelog

Date: 2019-11-08
Update size: 43.5 MB
  • Reduced the drill timers on the Border Crossing heist for the storages on the American side from 240s to 120s
  • Fixed a VO issue on the Border Crossing heist, where Locke would comment on taking out the cameras while playing the Mexican side in loud
  • Lowered the frequency of Lockes banter VO while playing the Border Crossing heist on the Mexican side in stealth
  • Restored Dallas' model that had inadvertently been reverted to an outdated version
  • Fixed an issue where players could get stuck behind a sofa on the Border Crossing heist
  • Fixed an issue where all AI teammates would use the loadout specified for the first AI
  • Fixed an issue where the statistics for the Bolivian guards would not count correctly
  • Reduced the timer before the waypoint for the explosives would appear on the American side of the Border Crossing heist to 30s
  • Lowered the number of snipers that Spawn on Normal difficulty while playing on the American side the Border Crossing heist to 1
  • Lowered the number of times the drills can jam on the American side of the Border Crossing heist to 1
  • Move the spawn location for the addition keycard that can spawn on the Mexican side of the Border Crossing heist for solo players, to an easier to find location in the small warehouse