PAYDAY 2 News

As you noticed Update 240 was separated into multiple releases. We've had some time to add some QOL and fixes that are hard to fit into a normal production schedule. We are very happy to be able to get these final improvements into the game. For example, in update 240.0 we made the anniversary events automatically return each year the piggy, and the event weapons will come back for those who can get enough of that adorable porker. Also, some holiday cheer will come back around the winter holidays to brighten up our cold heister hearts.

In this release, however, we are adding a new feature to the game that is inspired by popular mods in the community.

[h2]Interaction Styles[/h2]
This feature lets you change how the game handles interactions. The system will lock interaction to let you release the button and avoid holding it down for the duration of the interaction timers. To cancel out of a locked interaction you simply need to press the button again. It is quite a complex system so it needs some explaining, Let's dive into the fun QOL feature.

By looking under "controls" under the options menu you will find all the settings you need. The system has two key components the "Interaction Style" where you choose how the interactions should be handled and the "Toggle Timer" that drives the system. There are four interaction styles to choose from. There is also a cancel message check box more on that later.

[h3]Hold[/h3]
This is the normal default behavior that you are used to. Holding the button to interact, and letting go will cancel the interaction.
The Toggle Timer has no effect in this mode.

[h3]Toggle[/h3]
This is the simplest way to lock an interaction. A quick click of the button and the interaction is locked. The toggle timer will be used to determine how long you need to hold the button to cancel the interaction. this is to easily cancel out accidental interactions or when you want to be able to quickly abort an interaction.
Setting the Toggle Timer to 0 will make the system function similar to the default hold mode.

For example: if you have a Toggle Timer of 2 seconds the interaction will lock as soon as you press the button but if you hold the button for longer than those 2 seconds the system will revert to the hold mode and you can release their interaction at will.

Recommendation: Have a low Toggle Timmer so you can quickly engage the system but also won't need to wait long for it to deactivate if you choose to hold the interaction instead.

[h3]Timed Toggle[/h3]
This function can be viewed as the reverse of the Toggle. You need to hold the button for a certain amount of time determined by the Toggle Timer before the interaction locks in and keeping the button held will not abort it.
Setting the Toggle Timer to 0 will make the system function similar to the Toggle mode, without the ability to automatically abort the interaction by keeping the button held down.

For example: if you have a Toggle Timer of 2 seconds the interaction will function as a normal hold interaction until you've held it for at least 2 seconds then you can release the button and the interaction is locked.

Recommendation: Have a medium Toggle Timmer so short interactions will be effectively held interaction but the system helps you with most interactions of average length and longer like setting up a drill.

[h3]Adaptive Toggle[/h3]
This is a merge between the Toggle and a Hold depending on how long the interaction is as determined by the Toggle Timer. If the interaction is longer than what is set in the Toggle Timer the interaction will instantly look in if it is shorter then it will function like a Hold.
Setting the Toggle Timer to 0 will make the system function similar to the Toggle mode, without the ability to automatically abort the interaction by keeping the button held down.

For example: if you have a Toggle Timer of 2 seconds the interaction will function as a normal hold interaction for any interaction that is shorter than 2 seconds and if the interaction is longer it will lock in instantly when you press the button and keep the button held will not abort it.

Recommendation: Have a higher Toggle Timmer so short interactions will be effectively held interaction but the system takes over for long interactions like picklocks.

You know that the interaction has been locked in by the message on the screen, it will change to "Press F to cancel", assuming you have F as your interaction key. If you want you can also get these messages while holding to interact. By selecting the "Cancel messages during hold" you will get messages like "release F to cancel" during the hold interactions.



[h2]Update Size: 29.8MB[/h2]

[h3]Heist optimizations & changes[/h3]

• Optimized Breakfast in Tijuana with portals
  
• Fixed an issue on several heists where client players attempting to interact wasn't possible
  
  • Border crossing: Connect to fuel hose on plane
    
  • Yacht Heist: Open the bags in the room
    
  • Biker Heist (Day 1): Open the gate door when taking a special part
    
  • Counterfeit: Add paper to the machine
    
  • No Mercy: pick up the telephone
    
  • GO Bank: pick up the telephone
    
  • Scarface Mansion: Insert USB in laptop

[h3]Gameplay changes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the enemy AI keeps melee attacking
  
• Fixed an issue where team AI couldn't run/jog when carrying bags. This results in team AI being able to carry bags with quicker haste
  
• Added new control settings for tap-to-interact features.
  
  • Hold (Default from before)
    
  • Toggle
    
  • Timed Toggle
    
  • Adaptive Toggle

[h3]Others[/h3]

• Fixed a crash where a player throws snowball throwables and a player attempts to connect to a match
  
• Fixed an issue where steel sight speed multipliers were affecting crouching & standing speed
  
• Added an inventory search function (compared to previous release where we only had it on store functions

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

Heisters! The day is finally upon us! PAYDAY 3 descends to the world, ready to unleash a new brand of chaos upon the innocent and guilty alike in their new base, New York City.

If PAYDAY 3 sounds like its up your alley heisters, check it out here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272080/PAYDAY_3/

Keep those helmets flying!

SBZ_Almir Starbreeze Entertainment.

[h2]Update Size: 11.1MB[/h2]

[h3]Heist changes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where some objects were disappearing from player vision on San Martin Heist

[h3]Others[/h3]

• Improved the search bar functionality in stores
  
• Fixed an issue with 2-15 skill profiles being shuffled around on game restart
  
• Fixed an issue where the chat didn't work in the end, loot, and failure screens
  
• Fixed an issue where menu interaction was impossible for clients in crime spree menus

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

[h2]Update Size: 114MB[/h2]

[h3]Heist optimizations & changes[/h3]

• Optimized Hell's Island with portals
  
• Optimized Border Crossing Heist with portals
  
• Optimized Bulucs Mansion Heist with portals
  
• Optimized San Martin Heist with portals
  
• Optimized White House with portals
  
• Fixed a bug on Hell's Island where team AI could get stuck out of bounds
  
• Fixed a bug where "Buy all assets" in mission briefing no longer lets you buy all assets if you do not have enough cash
  
• Fixed an issue on Diamond Heist where a guard would get stuck in a certain position

[h3]Gameplay changes[/h3]

Special enemies are now being tagged to register as special enemies. This means

• Mini dozer, medic dozer, and headless dozer now counts as dozer spawns.
  
• Medic dozer also counts as a medic spawn
  
• Marshal shields counts in the spawn shield cap
  
• Marshal shields and marksmen now counts as special enemies for skills & achievements
  
• Fixed a bug with the enemy accuracy being too accurate at times
  
• Fixed some weapon preset modifications intended for the minigun dozer applying to dozer instead of minigun dozer
  
• Adjusted the fire mode tables for enemy AI to function more towards it's intended functionality

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Adjusted so that weapon skins of same quality & bonus now stacks.
  
• Adjusted so that "equipped to weapon" icon can be seen in weapon skin of the steam inventory menu.
  
• Doubled the amounts of skill loadouts along with new requirements for some of the new ones.
  
• Doubled the amount of mask & weapon inventory slots
  
• Doubled the amounts of profile loadouts
  
• Client players can now access sidejobs in lobbies
  
• Added a new function to allow players to scroll through the history of chat messages in lobby menus and in-game heists using the arrow keys
  
• Added a search box functionality for
  
  • Store- Masks
    
  • Store- Weapons
    
  • Outfits
    
  • Gloves
• Near damage bonuses are now displayed in the optimal range stat with a "+"
  
• Updated the preplanning icon in the mission briefing for Branchbank & Firestarter Day 3 to use the proper Branchbank icon.
  
  • Fixed a couple of bugs regarding UI-elements
    
  • renaming weapon/skill no longer opens lobby chat when pressing t
    
  • lobby chat no longer gains focus from mouse press on input or scrolling when renaming weapon/skill
    
  • Fixed scroll bar visibility issues in hud chat
• Added a toggle setting to show ammo in reserves instead of total magazine & reserve ammo

[h3]Weapons & mods[/h3]

• Fixed a bug with weapon reload stop not working when it's meant to be interrupted
  
• Allow weapon mods that add falloff to display it on a weapon in the inventory
  
• Optimal range stat in the inventory will now be able to display how mods have an effect on it
  
• Fixed a crash with updating weapon charms
  
• Fixed a crash when updating the bullet belt on SG Versteckt 51D LMG
  
• Fixed a crash when syncing under-barrel switch
  
  • Added weapon stats boosts normally only obtainable through skins to be purchasable for continental coins.
    
  • Total Ammo (+4) for the IZHMA 12G Shotgun.
    
  • Damage (+1) for the MA-17 Flamethrower.
    
  • Stability (+8) for the Deagle Pistol, AMR-16 Rifle, Eagle Heavy Rifle and Tempest-21 Rifle.

[h3]Gamemode[/h3]

• Special events will now be re-enabled on specific time & dates

[h3]Achievements & Side jobs[/h3]

• Daily side job "Target Practice: Sentry Practice" now counts kills from suppressed sentry gun
  
• Daily side job "Bulldozer" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Daily side job "Build a raft of shields" now counts kills of marshal shield
  
• Daily side job "A Trip Down Memory Lane" now counts No Mercy as a classic heist
  
• Event side job "Dozers killed" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Event side job "Special Enemies Killed" now counts kills of all types of specials (adding minigun and medic bulldozer, marshal shield, and sniper)
  
• Achievement "Close Shave" now counts kills of marshal shield and sniper
  
• Achievement "Precision Aiming" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "Bang for the Buck" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "Are You Kidding Me" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "The Man With the Golden Gun" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "Surprise Motherfucker" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "Knockout!" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun and special bulldozer)
  
• Achievement "Knock, Knock" now counts kills of marshal shield
  
• Achievement "Police Brutality" now counts kills of marshal shield
  
• Achievement "Fool Me Once, Shame on..." now counts kills of marshal shield
  
• Achievement "UMP for Me, UMP for You" now counts kills of all types of Russian specials (adding minigun and medic bulldozer, marshal shield, and sniper)
  
• Achievement "A Trip Down Memory Lane" now counts No Mercy as a classic heist
  
• Achievement "Maximum Penetration" now counts kills of marshal shield
  
• Achievement "Hedgehog" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun, and special bulldozer)
  
• Safehouse trophy "Medic" now counts kills of medic bulldozer
  
• Safehouse trophy "Dozer" now counts kills of all types of specials (adding minigun and medic bulldozer, marshal shield, and sniper)
  
• Safehouse trophy "Big Daddy" now counts kills of all types of bulldozers (adding medic, minigun and special bulldozer)

[h3]Others[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where some platform players had a loud sound at the start of the intro video
  
• Updated the translator plauqe in the safehouse
  
• Fixed a crash in civilian damage if the unit was missing some features
  
• Fixed a crash when civilians are damaged by fire
  
• Fixed an issue where recently played with on Steam didn't work properly
  
• Fixed a crash when joining a game
  
• Fixed a crash when players enter a vehicle
  
• Fixed an issue where unaquiring the melee weapon now unequips it instead.
  
• Fixed an issue with melee weapons using idle animation of guns

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

Well heisters, that wraps up the 10 year celebration of PAYDAY 2, we hope you’ve enjoyed taking this journey with us. If you missed any of the days, you’ll still be able to access the event website and view the days separately.

We started celebrating with a very special 10-hour stream. The first 7 hours were hosted by Almir, he was joined by guests from the development team and told lovely stories about his memories from years past.
The remaining 3 hours were hosted by our friends and former OVERKILL founders now at 10 chambers. They likewise told stories about their time developing PAYDAY 2.

We followed up with a memory wall, letting you heisters share your memories from PAYDAY 2 with the rest of the community. Friendships found, good times had and a lot of stolen goods later, 10 years passed. We’ve loved seeing your stories heisters, we hope to hear them from you for years to come.

Of course, it wouldn't be much of a celebration if there were no in-game items, right? So we added a whole bunch of items and tied them to a community challenge. What brings heisters together more than working together for profit?

The event revolves around feeding a giant golden piggy with the fruits of excessive violence. Check out the details and what items have been unlocked on the event page.

We got the soundtracks updated! The Original Soundtrack Vol.2 by Simon Viklund and later the Chinatown Music Pack by Gustavo Coutinho were both added to spotify after what can only be described as a truckload of legal tape. We hope you enjoy them both!

Next, the lost tapes! What were they, what story did they convey? Who’s after the Payday Gang and why did the Gang come back from retirement in PAYDAY 3? We added a helpful link to one of our partners who made a handy video. To the bottom of this day’s event page.

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Next up was the Live Action teaser! We’ve seen a lot of heisters doubting that we’d return to making live action, fortunately for everyone, we did! Check out the teaser here. You can also now see the full version here.

Where would PAYDAY be without modding? Hard to say, but we feel grateful to our modding community regardless. We made a donation to mod workshop and encouraged our heisters to check out modding if they haven’t before.

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The Thank You video, a heartfelt thank you from the PAYDAY 2 team to you, without whom this would all have been for nothing. Our appreciation is hard to impart in just one video, but we hope you know that we do appreciate your support.



Dead Game suit! Now you can match in-game and out. It might feel a bit dark, but remember that this isn’t an end, but the start of something new - and hopefully great. See you on crime.net heisters.

The cross-promotional event where you can use your PAYDAY 2 achievements to unlock items in PAYDAY 3 will continue to run even after the event. So get those achievements done so you can show your legacy heister credentials when PAYDAY 3 launches!

Keep those helmets flying
OVERKILL_Tobias