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For console update history in Payday 2, see Console update history (Payday 2).
Update #49.1
General
- Updated the .exe file to disable Hoxhud
Update size: 645.6KB
Update #49
General
- New LOD-system - With this update we introduce a new technical optimization that relieves the pressure of the GPU. The system introduces streaming of LOD (Level of Detail) data which is a big improvement from the previous system. The optimization will affect everyone and your experience will now be perceived as smoother; especially if you are using a graphics card that necessarily isn't "top-of-the-line".
The Diamond Heist
- Introducing the Diamond heist, an all-new loud-and-stealth heist
- Introducing Pre-planning to the heist so you can perform the perfect crime
- 4 new masks – Anubis, Medusa, The Cursed One and Pazuzu
- 4 new patterns
- 4 new materials
- 7 achievements
Clover Character Pack
- Clover, a new playable character
- Burglar perk deck
- The Queen's Wrath, a new assault rifle
- Clover's Shillelagh, a new melee weapon
- Clover's mask and Clover Begins
Skills
- Introducing Multi Skill Builds - Are you tired of re-speccing every time you want to switch from stealth to loud? Have you ever wanted to have multible skill builds but never could afford the skill costs or bother remembering your favorite set-up? If so, this is your lucky day; introducing the Multi Skill Build feature. Construct up to five Skill Builds - profiles of skills and perk decks. Need a Skill Set heavy on stealth for Framing Frame? Jumping between a Fugimind and a Techforcer set-up? No problem – create a Skill Build each, save it out and you're good to go. Going loud in Hotline? Easy. Switch back to a loud Skill Build. With a few clicks, you're always ready to bring the best skills for any heist.
Level
- Fixed an issue where players could get out of the map by standing on the helicopter.
- Fixed an issue on White Xmas where the audio stopped when the pilot said good bye in the helicopter
- Fixed an issue on White Xmas where a package got stuck in ground
- Fixed an issue on White Xmas where loot bags could get stuck in the lumber yard
- Fixed an issue on White Xmas where packages stopped spawning after three hours. They will never stop spawning now
Update size: 3.4GB
Update #48.1
General
- Fixed an issue where clients couldn't highlight guards in stealth
- Fixed an issue on the Train Heist where the alarm was triggered instantly when the player spawned
Update size: 18.8MB
Update #48
New Content
- Added the second annual Xmas heist called White Xmas
- Added a new weapon, Chicago Typewriter Submachine Gun, also known as the Tommy Gun along with its weapon mods
- Added four new masks made by heroic community members who defeated Almir in the Mechanical Bull challenge
- Added a legendary mask called "Almir's Beard"
- Added seven new achievements
- Added additional preplanning for the bank jobs, the Shadowraid job, and day 3 of the Framing Frame job
- Added Vote kicking / Vote restart and other features from the open beta
Bug Fixes
Skills
- Changed the way the Spotter asset works. It will now highlight Special enemies even when the alarm has been triggered
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes crashed when using Counter Strike on a Bulldozer
- Fixed an issue related to the player being hit by a Cloaker while the Swan Song Skill was active
- Fixed an issue where the silenced weapon related skills didn't work with the Champion's Silencer
General
- Changed the EXP countdown timer when a player is the max level.
- Fixed an issue where the team AI occasionally walked over bushes
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes crashed when the host quit a game during black screen
- Fixed a crash related to the team AI being shot by enemies
- Fixed an issue with the Hoxton NPC behaviour on Hoxton Breakout day two
- Fixed a crash related to the team AI
- Fixed a crash related to clients being traded from custody
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes crashed if a Body Bag Case was placed on a destructible object
- Fixed an issue where the button to remove perk points said "B" instead of "X" when using an Xbox 360 Controller
- Fixed an issue where the Swan Song icon got stuck in the player HUD
- Fixed an issue where enemies killed by a Grenade never despawned from the level
- Fixed an issue related to the outline on the Sentry Guns
- Fixed an issue where cameras didn't see players if they interacted with an object
- Fixed an issue where patrolling guards spotted the player too fast
- Fixed an issue where the contact video in the load-out menu paused while the game was loading
- Fixed a crash related to players interacting with pagers
Level
- Fixed an issue where players could jump out of the map on Hoxton Breakout day two
- Fixed an issue where the shutters didn't work as intended on Big Oil day two
- Fixed an issue where players could walk through some of the doors on Hoxton Breakout day one
- Fixed an issue where the players couldn't proceed on Hoxton Breakout day one if the player went into custody as the heist was completed
Achievements
- Fixed an issue where the achievement "Sound of animals fighting" didn't work on the Hotline Miami Pro Job
- Fixed an issue where the achievement "Do you like hurting other people" didn't work on the Hotline Miami Pro Job
- Fixed an issue where the Sniper Rifle related achievements didn't work with the Nagant Sniper
- Fixed an issue where players could complete the achievement "Killing is as easy as breathing" by killing civilians
Sound
- Fixed an issue where Bain said "Dallas is back from custody" when John Wick was traded from custody
- Fixed an issue where the Bain debrief lines weren't playing for players that dropped in
Animation
- Tweaked the animation on the Freedom melee weapon
Undocumented changes
- Updated steam_api.dll library
- Added missing tracking data (new deplayables, historypack+ masks and melee weapons, and interestingly how often you played as "female_1")
- Alpha Mauler now has it's own unique sounds rather than using the Ding Dong's
- Stealth kills made by the Host are no longer completely silent
- Modified courtyard guards patrol routes in Shadow Raid. Guards will actually go down the stairs to the docks.
Update size: 2.9GB
Update #47
General
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes tagged you as a cheater when using the Gecko 7.62 Rifle
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes tagged you as a cheater when using the Nagant Sniper
Alienware Alpha Mauler Pack
- Added the Alienware Alpha Mauler melee weapon
Alpha Mask Pack
- Added the Alpha Grey mask
- Added the Anomaly mask
Undocumented changes
- Increased the attack delay of the Spear of Freedom to 0.35s
Update size: 34MB
Update #46
Gage Historical Pack
- Added four new weapons
- Added 20 new weapon modifications
- Added the bayonet feature
- Added four new melee weapons
- Added four new masks, patterns and materials
- Added five new achievements
- Added twice as many weapon slots whether or not you own this DLC
General
- Fixed a crash related to the Cloaker enemy
- Fixed an issue where clients sometimes couldn't see the Trip mine laser
- Fixed an issue where players sometimes got stuck in the "Press any key"-screen
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes crashed if the host quit the game while loading
- Fixed a crash related to the alarm pagers
- Fixed a crash related to players going into custody
- Fixed an issue where the players couldn't remove perk points while using an Xbox 360 controller
- Fixed an issue where enemies were firing at players that were in the critical state
- Fixed a crash related to the enemy AI
- Fixed an issue where the Gage courier packages text where misaligned in the success screen
- Fixed an issue with the outlines on the Sentry guns
Synchronization changes
- Improved the synchronization in general. You should now experience less synchronization issues when drop-in joining
Skills and perks
- "Leadership" now works with the Akimbo weapons
- "Gunslinger" now works with the Akimbo weapons
- "Pistol Messiah" now works with the Akimbo weapons
- "Equilibrium" now works with the Akimbo weapons
- Fixed an issue where the swapping speed on Equilibrium didn't work as intended
- Fixed an issue where the Spotter asset didn't mark special enemies
- Fixed an issue where "Walk-in Closet" didn't unlock the Armor bag from the "Crook" perk deck and the "Chief" perk deck
- Fixed an issue related to "Blending in" and the player movement speed
- Fixed an issue with the "Swan Song" skill when it was activated while completing a heist
- Fixed an issue where the "Crook" perk deck and the "Hitman" perk deck didn't give the player the correct ammo pickup rate
- Fixed an issue where the game sometimes crashed when getting hit by a Cloaker while "Swan Song" was activated
- Fixed an issue where the "Champion Suppressor" mod didn't benefit from "The Professional"
- Fixed an issue with the Swan Song in-game icon
- Redesigned "Gunslinger": it now gives a flat 15 damage bonus instead of 50% damage bonus to pistols
Sound
- Added more voice lines for Hoxton
- Added more voice lines for John Wick
Level
- Fixed an issue where the male civilians sometimes were unresponsive
- Fixed an issue where the female civilians sometimes used the wrong animation set
- Fixed an issue with the armory on the Hoxton Breakout heist day two
- Fixed an issue where bags could get stuck in the stairs on Hoxton Breakout heist day two
- Fixed an issue where players could get stuck behind a door in the forensics room on Hoxton Breakout heist day two
- Fixed an issue related to the AI graph on Hoxton Breakout heist day two
- Fixed an issue where the players could use the First aid boxes through a wall on Hoxton Breakout heist day two
- Fixed a graphical issue on Hoxton Breakout heist day two
Animation
- Added third person animations for the "Inspire" skill
Achievements
- Fixed an issue with the "Full Measure" achievement
Undocumented
- Gunslinger gives only 7.5 flat bonus to akimbo weapons
- Added a new cheater check if player uses a DLC item he doesn't deserve to have
- Fixed Winstone Wolfe ace (it gave only a 25% cleaner cost reduction instead of 75%)
- Removed Halloween masks and patterns from card drops
- Miami Achievements ("Sounds of Animals Fighting", "Do you like hurting people") now also work in the Pro-version of that level.
- The Deagle Pistol has received a +15 damage boost, the .44 Bronco a +20 damage boost.
Update size: 275.3MB
Update #45.1
Features
- Removed the Safehouse Nightmare (Halloween event over)
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where "Walk-in Closet" would override "Fully Loaded Ace"
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash for clients when using the "Counter Strike" skill on a Bulldozer
Undocumented changes
- Decreased ammo pickup bonus granted by Hitman and Crook Walk-in-closet perk (from 75% to 35%)
- Crook's Walk-in-closet now unlocks the armor bag
- Removed 45% exp bonus from Crook's levels 3, 5 and 7 (now only Blending In has the bonus)
Update size: 42.7MB
Update #45
Features
- Brought back the Halloween heist (Safe House Nightmare)
- Added the Headless Titandozer From Hell
- Added the "Psycho Knife" melee weapon for free to all community members
- Added an additional 36 mask slots for you to use, expanding total mask slots by 100%
- Brought back the Halloween masks and patterns
- Added two new Halloween masks, "The One Below" and "Lycanwulf", exclusively received for free through the Humble Halloweekly Bundle at https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly
- Added a new song called "This Is Our Time" as a selectable track in the Jukebox
- Added a new song called "Clowns Are Scary"
- Added a new achievement called "Fifth Nightmare"
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue on Hoxton Breakout day 1 where players could walk outside of the intended parts of the heist
- Fixed an issue where the player could get 100% dodge through skills and other means
- Fixed a crash related to the Body Bag Case Equipment
Update size: 182.3MB
Update #44.1
Skills
- Fixed an issue with Hostage Taker Basic. It now gives you the correct amount of health.
Hotfix size: 20MB
Update #44
General
- Added the Hoxton Breakout Heist
- Added the Old Hoxton Playable Character
- Added the Fugitive Skill Tree
- Added the Crook Perk Deck
- Added the Hoxton Reborn mask
- Added the Nova's Shank melee weapon
- Added 4 new achievements
- Added the Hoxton Breakout Trailer as an intro
Skill changes
- Partner In Crime skill - Basic/Ace version now reduce damage taken by your converted enemy by 40%
- Hostage Taker skill - The Health Regeneration effect has been increased, from 0.3% to 0.6% for the basic version, while the ace version has increased from 1% to 2%
Team AI
- Fixed an issue where the John Wick team AI would have less health than the rest
Update size: 1.5GB
Update #43
General
- Added a new Primary Shotgun called the Predator 12G, a gift from Gage
- Added four new weapon mods to the Predator 12G Shotgun
- Added a new mask, a gift from the crew at Lion Game Lion
- Fixed an issue with the assets on the Watchdogs job
Update size: 45.2MB
Update #42
General changes
- Added the Art Gallery single day heist
- Added the Day and Night feature on three heists (50% random chance)
- Added Preplanning to the Art Gallery heist and Framing Frame day 1
Modding support
- The addition of Mod Overrides.
We support the PAYDAY modding community and want to make things easier for you. Not long ago we invited Tatsuto from Last Bullet Gaming and Olipro, the developer of Hoxhud, to sit down and talk about how we can help you guys.
As a first step, we are introducing a way for you to handle your mods.
Mod instructions
- Create a root folder for your mod inside [payday2 root]\assets\mod_overrides
- Place the override files inside your mod's folder.
Example of a texture and a soundbank being overridden:
[payday2 root]\assets\mod_overrides\george_supermod_v1.01\units\payday2\characters\shared_textures\civ_female_1_df.texture
[payday2 root]\assets\mod_overrides\george_supermod_v1.01\soundbanks\accomplice_driver_2.bnk
You can override the following file types: texture, material_config, animation, model, bnk, stream.
In the Start menu, navigate to Options -> Mods. In the Mods menu you can browse your mods and check for eventual conflicts. Resources that conflict between mods will be printed in red font.
Update size 37.6MB
Update #41
General changes
- Added the 2 final Evil Clown masks to the game
- Added a new intro starring Chains
- Fixed an issue with third person view of silencers
- Fixed an issue with the reload animations on the Akimbo weapons
- Fixed an issue with third person view of the URSA Tanto knife
- Fixed weapon modification values for the Chimano Compact
- Fixed an issue with the Deagle pistol so that the long barrel does not work with new compensators
- Increased the weapon stability of the Chimano Compact
- Changed the concealment stat on the CAR-4 rifle magazine weapon mod from being 1 to 2
- Raised the costs of Akimbo by 40% as they were too cheap
- Fixed an issue with mask animations connected to John Wick
Update size 527.2MB
Update #40
John Wick DLC - for free
- Added a new playable character called John Wick
- Added the Hitman perk deck featuring Akimbo; the ability to dual wield weapons
- Added the new pistol Chimano Compact
- Added a dozen of weapon modifications for the Chimano Compact
- Added the new knife URSA Tanto
- Added three new shades; one which only John Wick can use; two which anyone can use
Update size 423.5MB
Update #39.1
Crash fixes
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash in the main menu while having a light machine gun equipped
- Fixed an issue where the game crashed as the vault opened on GO bank during stealth (only on hard or above)
- Fixed an issue where the player couldn't start the thermal drill after being electrocuted by the vault on Firestarter day three
Update size 19.5MB
Update #39
General
- Tier bonuses have been replaced by a new feature called Perk Decks, as described below
- Skill changes on all skill trees have been made, as described below
- Concealment changes on many weapons have been made, as described below
Perk Decks
- Added the Perk Deck feature, described in more detail in-game and on the Crimefest website
- Added the Crew Chief perk deck along with its 9 perks
- Added the Muscle perk deck along with its 9 perks
- Added the Armorer perk deck along with its 9 perks
- Added the Rogue perk deck along with its 9 perks
MASTERMIND
Fast Learner > Painkillers
Basic
You gain 15% more experience when you complete days and jobs.- Crew members you revive take 10% less damage for 5 seconds.
Ace
Your crew gains 30% more experience when you complete days and jobs.- The damage reduction is increased by 20%.
Inside Man > Control Freak
Basic
Reduces the asset costs in the Job Overview menu by 50%.- Civilians remain intimidated 50% longer. Noise created by you intimidates civilians.
Joker
Ace
- The converted enemy gains 55% more health and deals 45% more damage. The time to convert an enemy is reduced by 65%.
Black Marketeer > Partner in Crime
Kilmer and Partner in Crime placement in the skill tree has been changed
Basic
Reduces the cost of all your purchases by 10%.- Having a converted enemy increases your movement speed by 10%.
Ace
Further reduces the cost of all your purchases by 30% and selling items is now 25% more lucrative.- Having a converted enemy increases your health by 20%.
Control Freak > Hostage Taker
Basic
Noise created by you intimidates civilians.- Having at least one hostage makes you regenerate 0.03% health every 5 seconds.
Ace
Civilians remain intimidated 50% longer.- Having at least one hostage makes you regenerate 1% health every 5 seconds.
ENFORCER
Bullet Storm
Ace
- You can fire
510 seconds longer without depleting your ammo.
Carbon Blade
Ace
- Attacking enemies with the OVE9000 portable saw wears it down 50% less than before. Saws are 20% more effective. You can use the saw as a secondary weapon.
TECHNICIAN
Combat Engineer
Ace
- Upgrades your trip mines with a sensor mode. Enemies that go past your trip mines while in sensor mode are highlighted for you and your crew.
Improved Crafting > Tactical Mines
Basic
Your cost of weapon crafting is reduced by 10%.
Ace
Your cost of mask crafting is reduced by 10%.- Special enemies marked by your trip mines take 15% more damage.
Blast Radius > Jack of All Trades
Basic
- The radius of trip mine explosions are increased by
25%70%. - The radius of the trip mine explosions are increased by 30%.
Ace
The radius is further increased by 75%.- You can now carry sentry guns and trip mines at the same time. When you deplete your trip mines or sentry guns you will switch to the other one.
Sentry Targeting Package
Ace
- Your sentry gun rotational speed is increased by 150%. Your sentry gun is loaded with 50% extra ammo.
Sentry Combat Upgrade
Ace
Your sentry gun receives 50% extra ammunition.You can now reload your sentry gun with your own ammo.
GHOST
Nine Lives
Ace
- When you go into bleedout, you have a
10%35% chance to get right back up.
The Professional
Basic
- Weapon stability with silenced weapons is increased by 50%. Your snap to zoom is 100% faster with silenced weapons.
Ace
- Your accuracy with silenced weapons is increased by 50% and
your snap to zoom is 100% faster with silenced weaponsyou gain a 15% chance to pierce enemy armor with silence weapons.
ECM Feedback
Ace
- You will now instantly interact with a ECM jammer and the ECM feedback duration is increased by 25%. Your ECM jammer has a 100% chance every 4 minutes to recharge itself.
Weapon changes
- Added silencer weapon modifications to the light machine guns
- Changed the concealment on the Tactical Aluminium body stock for the Rattlesnake sniper rifle from 6 to 5
- Changed the M308 rifle base concealment from 6 to 8
- Changed the Locomotive 12G shotgun base concealment from 26 to 23
- Changed the Cobra submachine gun base concealment from 29 to 28 and the concealment of the 'No Stock' stock was decreased from 2 to 1
- Changed the Swedish K submachine gun concealment on the Folded stock from 6 to 3
- Changed the Compact-5 submachine gun concealment on the Bare essentials stock from 5 to 4
- Changed the CMP submachine gun base concealment from 24 to 26
- Changed the Kobus 90 submachine gun base concealment from 23 to 25
Update size 129.2 MB
Update #38
CLOWNING AROUND
- Added two new clown masks
Update size 26.4 MB
Update #37.1
General
- Fixed a streaming issue that randomly caused the game to crash when loading Rats day three
- Fixed an issue with a collision on Hotline Miami day one
- Fixed an issue where there was no sound playing when using the Fire Axe melee weapon
- Fixed an issue where the player could crouch through a door on Hotline Miami day two
- Fixed an issue where the team AI wouldn't follow the player if the yellow gate was opened with the Saw on Hotline Miami day two
- Fixed an issue with the preplan asset costs on Hotline Miami day one
Update size 25 MB
Update #37
Hotline Miami DLC
- Added a new heist
- Added 8 new masks
- Added 8 new materials
- Added 8 new patterns
- Added 3 new submachine guns
- Added 5 new melee weapons
- Added 7 new achievements
Team AI
- Added the FFA feature - Law enforcers and thugs now fight each other
- Improved the enemy AI in general
System
- Improved the network stability in general
- Fixed a crash related to the Jukebox feature
- Fixed a crash related to enemies stealing loot bags
- Fixed a crash related to clients rejoining a game
- Fixed a crash related to the Sentry Gun
- Fixed a crash related to the Grenade
Gage Assault Pack
- The sight attach point on the Clarion has been moved slightly forward
- Fixed a graphical issue on the Clarion
Level
- Fixed an issue on Big Oil day one where the team AI sometimes walked back and forth in the spawn area
Music
- Added "Hot Pursuit" to the soundtrack
- Added "Evil Eye" to the soundtrack
Update size 870.9 MB
Update #36.1
The Big Fat Music Update
- Fixed an issue where the player got stuck in the load-out menu "Soundtrack" tab while using an Xbox controller.
- Fixed so that all music is affected by the music volume slider.
- If a player has the "Same as Host" options in the soundtrack tab it will default to "Random Track" when that player starts a new server.
- The custom heist tracks will default to "Random Track" for heists not owned by the player.
- Put "Let's Go Shopping!" as an option in the custom menu tracks list.
- Put the mp3 version of "Supersledge" on the soundtrack.
- Added FLAC versions of all the tracks in the Merry Payday Christmas album on Steam.
- Slightly increased the volume of the stealth music portion of "Where's the Van?!".
General
- Improved the network stability in general.
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash when loading into a level.
Update size 81.5MB
Update size if you own the PAYDAY 2: The Official Soundtrack 91.1MB
Update size if you own the PAYDAY 2: A Merry Payday Christmas 376.4MB
Update #36
General
- Changed the int... nah, nevermind.
Sound
1. The massive Jukebox feature has been implemented.
- Create your own playlist to randomize heist music from.
- Create your own set of heist specific tracks.
- As a client, you can choose to hear the same music as the host.
- Choose music on the fly just as you are about to start a heist.
- Create your own playlist to randomize menu music from.
- Choose what music should play (or randomize) in the game's different menu screens.
2. New tracks have been added to the game.
Available as heist music:
- "Where's the Van?!"
Available as menu music:
- "Blueprints"
- "Blueprints" (Old version)
- "Let's Go Shopping!"
- "Freeze"
3. For those who own the Payday 2 soundtrack on Steam, additional tracks have been added to the game.
Available as heist music:
- "Supersledge" (Available if you own the Gage Assault Pack DLC)
Available as menu music:
- "Criminal's Ambition instrumental"
- "Ode All'Avidità"
- "Ode All'Avidità instrumental"
- "Drifting"
- "I'm a Wild One"
4. For those who own the Payday: The Heist soundtrack on Steam, these tracks have been added to the game.
Available as heist music:
- "Gun Metal Grey"
- "Double Cross"
- "Home Invasion"
- "Stone Cold"
- "Three Way Deal"
- "Phoney Money/The Take"
- "Code Silver"
- "Crime Wave"
- "Breach of Security
Available menu music:
- "Breaking News"
- "Breaking News (instrumental)"
- "See You at the Safe House"
- "Busted"
- "Criminal Intent"
- "Preparations"
- "I Will Give You My All"
5. For those who own the Merry Payday Christmas EP on Steam, additional menu tracks have been added to the game.
Available as menu music:
- "A Merry Payday Christmas"
- "A Heist Not Attempted Before"
- "If It Has to Be Christmas"
- "I've Been a Bad Boy"
- "Christmas in Prison"
- "Deck the Safe House"
- "If It Has to Be Christmas (American Version)"
- "A Merry Payday Christmas (Instrumental)"
- "A Heist Not Attempted Before (Instrumental)"
- "If It Has to Be Christmas (Instrumental)"
- "I've Been a Bad Boy (Instrumental)"
- "Christmas in Prison (Instrumental)"
- "Deck the Safe House (Instrumental)"
6. New tracks added to the Payday 2 soundtrack on Steam.
- "Ode to Greed (instrumental techno remix)"
- "Supersledge" (theme from the Gage Assault Pack microsite)
- "And now we run!" (Assault version of "And now we wait")
- "Blueprints" (theme form the pre-planning screen)
- "Blueprints (old version)"
- "Ode All'Avidità"
- "Ode All'Avidità (instrumental)"
- "Drifting"
- "I'm a Wild One"
- "Criminal's Ambition"
- "Criminal's Ambition (instrumental)"
7. FLAC versions (a lossless audio format) of all tracks have been added to the soundtrack.
8. The track "Death Wish" has been made to only be available to those who have unlocked the Death Wish difficulty, which happens at level 80.
9. The track "Wanted Dead or Alive" has been made to only be available to those who are Infamous - the track does not have a random chance of playing on all heists but rather you are required to use the Jukebox feature to play it in the game.
10. Access to the track "Armed to the Teeth" has been changed so that it is available in the game only to those who own the Payday 2 soundtrack and/or own the Armored Transport DLC.
Update size: 429.2 MB
Update Size if you own PAYDAY 2: The Official Soundtrack 1.25GB
Update #35.1
General
- Fixed a few graphical issues on the Clarion Rifle, the Gecko 7.62 Rifle and the Gewehr 3 Rifle.
- Fixed a few graphical issues on a couple of Gage Assault Pack weapon mods.
- Fixed an issue related to the Stealth bonus on Diamond store.
Update size: 26.7 MB
Update #35
Gage Assault Pack
- Added the GL40 Grenade Launcher.
- Added three new assault rifles.
- Added four new masks.
- Added four new materials.
- Added four new patterns.
- Added ten new achievements.
General
- Reduced the time for enemies to aim after dodging.
- Fixed a crash related to clients trying to rejoin a game.
- Fixed two crashes related to the enemy AI.
- Fixed a crash related to TAB menu.
- Fixed a crash related to the mask customization.
Weapons
- Increased the damage on the M308 Rifle from 75 to 95.
Level
- Fixed an issue on the Big Bank where the player could climb through the ceiling.
- Fixed an issue on Mall crasher where the player could climb through the ceiling.
- Under ”Network Options” in the ”Options” menu you can find a new setting called ”Forwarding”. Enabling this will try to reduce the risk of disconnections. If your computer loses connection with any player(s) on the server the game will try to use another player as a relay. If this situation occurs the game may experience lower response time but the connection will be kept until a direct connection can be reestablished.
- Fix for lobby being unjoinable if host terminates contract before all clients have finished loading.
- Crashfixes. The crashes happened mostly on game start or when another player spawned.
- Fix for enemies standing idle after having sprinted.
- Cloaker will animate his position correctly when doing his sprint-kick.
- Tweaked cloaker dodge pattern.
- From the help of some members of the community, we have gone through all experience and money rewards. The following changes were made:
- Experience on all jobs have been raised.
- Bag values were changed to reduce the gap between some missions.
- Heat was reduced since there should be no preferential farm missions.
- 50% of the stealth bonus was balanced to the experience reward of the stealthable jobs.
Undocumented changes
- You now get 0 EXP from day bonus. Thus, you can now only gain xp on the last day.
- Contract costs have been lowered.
- Money Bundle charge time lowered from 2s to 1s.
- ATM and some loose items value now scale with difficulty.
- Decreased CAR-4 reload time when empty from 3.73 to 3.43.
- Increased AMR-16 reload time when empty from 3.43 to 3.73.
- Increased Judge's HE Round pickup rate multiplier from 0.3 - 0.5 to 0.7 - 0.9 and lowered its AP Slug pickup rate multiplier from 1 - 1 to 0.9 - 1 (first number multiplies the minimum rate, and the second multiplies the maximum rate)
- Corrected Ghost Tier 4 description to match the real stats.
- Decreased the custody EXP penalty from 30% to 25%.
- Changed Iron Sight firing animation for the Bronco and Judge.
Update size: 335.8MB
Update #34
Crimefest
- Added the Peter mask from Bain, for free to all community members.
General
- Fixed an issue where the completion stats on Watch Dogs and Big Oil wasn't visible.
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash if the host kicked a player that was loading into the level.
- Fixed an issue where the heists were shown twice in the filter menu.
- Fixed localization issues on the Gage Shotgun Pack masks.
Update size: 14.5MB
Update #33
- The update is focusing on network related changes
- We now have network options in the start menu and ingame menu. One can choose packet throttling and compression. Packet throttling is good for those who have poor connections and want to reduce network overhead. Packet throttling is off by default. Compression costs CPU time but when enabled reduces the network traffic. The poorer the connection, the better the compression becomes. Compression is on by default.
- Drop-in synchronization is 5 times faster.
- We've optimized the use and size of the largest and most used network packets. Everyone wins thanks to this, no matter what type of connection you have.
- To summarize, the changes will be better for those who have latency, packet loss or slow connections. The network related changes will also benefit those who have trouble-free connections.
General
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash when loading the Big Oil heist
- Fixed an issue on Diamond Store where the escape wouldn't appear sometimes
- Increased the reload speed of the Striker by 15%
- Fixed a crash related to the explosive ammo type
- Added three more money piles to the Big Bank heist
- Fixed an exploit on Rats day one
- Fixed an issue where windows wouldn't break when hit by an explosive ammo type
- Fixed an issue related to the "Shock and Awe" achievement
- Fixed localization issues related to the Gage Shotgun Pack
- Fixed an issue with the pre planning drawing feature so it runs more smoothly
- Fixed an issue on the Big Bank heist where players could get stuck in the vault door
- Fixed an issue on Big Oil day one where the alarm would go off if the player shot a specific lamp
Minor graphical
- Fixed some graphical issues on the The Spectre mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the The Death Wish Skull mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the Pumpkin King mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the The Specialist mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the The Butcher mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the Optimist Prime mask
- Fixed some graphical issues on the The Crossbreed mask
Update size: 527.5MB
Update #32
Crimefest
- The Judge Shotgun secondary weapon added for free to all community members.
- Money Bundle melee weapon added for free to all community members.
Sound
- Exploding rounds sound tweaked in order to diversify the experience for the player
Update size: 95.1MB
Update #31.2
Gage Shotgun Pack
- Increased the range of the Slug ammo
- Increased the range of the Flechette ammo
- Increased the ammo pick up rate for the Slug ammo on the primary Shotguns
- Increased the ammo pick up rate for the 000 Buckshot ammo on the primary Shotguns
- Increased the damage radius of the HE round ammo
- Increased the amount of ammo with the HE round ammo
- Reduced the draw time of the Gage Shotgun Pack melee weapons
- Fixed an issue where the player could see their primary weapon while using a Gage Shotgun Pack melee weapon
- Fixed an issue with a mod on the Raven Shotgun
Level
- Increased the money and experience gained on the Big Bank heist
- Increased the heat on the Big Bank heist so it's the same as the other heists
- Fixed an exploit on Rats day two
System
- Optimized the Big Bank heist to make it run more smoothly
- Optimized the Shadow Raid heist to make it run more smoothly
- Fixed an issue where the Shield enemy had a 75% damage reduction to explosives
- Fixed a crash related to the Cloaker attacking the player character
- Fixed an issue related to the matchmaking
- Fixed a crash related to clients dropping in
- Fixed a crash related to attaching loot bags to a zip-line
Localization
- Added missing characters for Russian
Update size: 166.7MB
Update #31.1
Crashes
- Fixed a common crash related to starting the game
- Fixed a common crash related to starting a level
- Fixed a crash related to network issues
Update size: 3.5MB
Update #31
Gage Shotgun Pack
- Added three new shotguns
- Added four new melee weapons
- Added four new ammo types
- Added four new masks
- Added four new materials
- Added four new patterns
- Added 12 new achievements
Stability
- Added the stability from the open beta.
- Fixed a crash related to a client joining a game
- Fixed a crash related to the character outfit
- Fixed a crash related to players changing weapons
- Fixed a crash related to to the infamy tree
- Fixed a crash related to the loot drop screen
- Fixed a crash related to the zip line and the Sniper Rifles
Community
- Added the 000 Buckshot ammunition type for everyone
- Added the latest avatars
Credits
- Changed the credits music to "Criminal Ambitions" by Kwote1 and Simon Viklund
- Added two new community translators to the credits
Gameplay
- Added a new sound when the ECM jammer is running out of batteries
- The chance of finding the Train heist intel on the Armored Transport heists is now increased to 50%
- Fixed an issue with the graph on The Big Bank heist
- When going into custody, the special equipment will be given to another player who's still alive
Visual
- Fixed some z-fighting issues on The Big Bank heist
- Fixed an issue with the animation on the Para Submachine gun
- Fixed an issue with the recoil animation in ironsight for the Commando 553 Rifle
- Fixed an issue with the recoil animation in ironsight for the Eagle Heavy Rifle
- Fixed an issue with the recoil animation in ironsight for the Swedish K Submachine gun
- Tweaked the reload animation on M308 Rifle
- Tweaked the reload animation on Commando 553 Rifle
- Tweaked the reload animation for the AK weapons
- Tweaked the recoil animation for the Locomotive 12G Shotgun
- Tweaked the recoil animation for the Reinfeld 880 Shotgun
Update size: 876.9MB
Update #30.3
The Big Bank heist
- Fixed an issue where the player could fall out of the world
- Fixed an issue where the player couldn't interact with guards or civilians that were killed in the elevators
- Fixed a crash related to the Preplanning
- The amount of money given to the player from the money counting machine is now scaling with the difficulty
Update size: 9.7MB
Update #30.2
The Big Bank heist
- Reduced the cost of the thermite, poisoned cake, drill parts and escapes assets in preplanning
Update size: 9.7MB
Update #30.1
The Big Bank heist
- Fixed an issue where the game would fade into black when entering preplanning
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if an Xbox 360 controller was used in preplanning
- Fixed an issue where the player couldn't reach dead bodies in the elevators on The Big Bank heist.
Update size: 10MB
Update #30
General
- Added the Big Bank DLC
- Added the four new community poetry masks
- Fixed an issue where civilians sometimes wouldn't react when players shouted at them
- Changed the Sprinter Ace skill description to make it more clear
- Added a new music track
- Fixed an issue where a player would spawn in casing mode when the heist had gone loud
Undocumented changes
- Increased the reload time for the Para SMG
- New reload animation for the Para SMG
Update size: 704MB
Update #29.3
General
- Added the Humble Mask Pack masks "The Crossbreed" and "The Orc"
Undocumented changes
- Also reduced experience gained from the heist Shadow Raid.
Update size: N/A
Update #29.2
General
- Added the Dentist Trailer in-game
Update size: 240.1MB
Update #29.1
- Fixed an issue where the cameras wouldn't spawn on some difficulties on the Shadow Raid heist
- Fixed an issue related to the interaction with one of the loot crates on the Shadow Raid heist
- Added more Bain mission voice over for the Shadow Raid heist
- Added a "Somen Mempo" mask avatar in the group avatar page
Update size: 11.2MB
Update #29
- Added the Shadow Raid job
- Added the "Somen Mempo" mask
- Added 6 new achievements
- Fixed a crash related to ECM feedback while a player was in custody
- Fixed a bug where pressing the 'R' key while typing in the chat of the loadout screen would make you 'Ready'
Update size: 200MB
Update #28
- Dramatically reduced the size of the full game by 20 GB.
- Changed it so that Inspire Ace will prioritze downed team mates before enemies
- Increased the chance of intimidating an enemy in stealth
- Fixed an issue related to crouching where the player could teleport through walls
- Fixed an issue with the accuracy for shotguns in the stats menu. It can now show more than 100%
- Fixed an issue where the detection icon above cameras wouldn't appear for clients
- Fixed an issue where two players sometimes got one body bag each when interacting with a corpse simultaneously
- Fixed an issue where the player camera would clip with the sniper sights
- Fixed a crash related to the Joker skill
- Fixed an issue on Big Oil day one where multiple grenade cases would spawn
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck on Firestarter day three and Bank Heist
- Fixed an issue with the zip line on Firestarter day three and Bank Heist
Update size: 2.7 GB (0 GB for participants of the open beta)
Update #27.1
- Fixed an issue related to the bags and the zip line on Framing Frame day three
- Fixed an issue where a helicopter sometimes would arrive in stealth on Jewelry Store and Ukrainian Job
- Fixed an issue where the ladder to the vantage point on Bank Heist sometimes wouldn't spawn
- Fixed an issue with the Sniper Rifle accuracy stat. It will now show the correct numbers in the stats screen
- Added an option (options -> video -> advanced) called "Use Acceleration Camera Effect" so that you can turn on/off the acceleration camera effect, also known as "head bobbing"
- Fixed an issue where your game would crash, if a player was tased and shot an enemy Shield whilst carrying a Sniper Rifle
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if a player was tased and cloaked simultaneously
- Fixed an issue where the player could camp at a balcony on Bank Heist
- Fixed an issue where the "Triple Kill" achievement could be completed by killing civilians
- Fixed an issue where the Sniper weapon mods didn't cost anything to craft
- Fixed an issue where the Cloaker enemy tried to sprint after a player using a zip line
- Fixed an issue on Election Day day one where debris was floating in the air
Update size: 20MB
Update #27
Big changes
- Added Sniper Rifles to the game
- Added zip lines to the game
- Added vantage points to the game
- Added the Golden AK to the game
- 4 new avatars added to the community page
- Added 17 new achievements to the game
Inventory
- Added a feature so that you can move your weapons and masks in your inventory
- Added a feature so that you can rename your weapons and masks in your inventory. Simply click on the name of the item and type in whatever you like
Gameplay
- Changed it so that hitting a civilians once will make them lie down. Hitting them twice will kill them
- Added a feature so that you can see all players detection risk in the load-out menu
- Changed it so that it takes longer for enemies to detect panicked civilians
- Added so that Assault Rifle skills also affect the Sniper Rifles
- Fixed an issue where the player could interact with pagers and enemy corpses through walls
- Added a small camera tilt effect when the player starts running
System
- Added more cheater protection to the game
- Added more cheater detection to the game
- Added so that clients can also see the shotgun physics push from the host
- Fixed an issue where the tape loop sound continued to play even if the camera was disabled
- Fixed a crash related to the Cloaker enemy
- Fixed an issue where clients couldn't trade civilians that were standing up
- Fixed an AI related crash on Firestarter day three
- Fixed an AI related crash on Election Day Breaking Ballot
Level
- Fixed the garbage containers so that the player no longer can use them to teleport out of the level
- Fixed an issue where the player could pick lock deposit boxes through a wall on Go Bank
- Fixed an issue on Nightclub where the player could get stuck in the basement
- Fixed an issue on Election Day day one where a Sniper enemy sometimes would shoot through objects
- Fixed an issue on Election Day day one where the team AI would stand inside each other
- Fixed a collision issue on Escape Park
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck on Firestarter day one
- Fixed an issue on Rats day one where the player could teleport out of the level
- Fixed an issue with the backdrop on Firestarter day one
- Fixed an issue with a door missing C4 and lock pick symbols on Election Day Breaking Ballot
Animation
- Fixed an animation related to enemies stepping out of helicopters
- Fixed an issue in the main menu where the player stayed in the infamous pose while carrying a secondary weapon
Sound
- Updated the Cloaker enemy kick sound
Undocumented changes
- The Wide Stock now provides +1 concealment instead of +2
Update size: 742MB
Update #26.1
- Added a new reticle for everyone named "Dot 1"
- Added a new reticle for everyone named "Dot 3"
- Renamed the reticle "Dot" to "Dot 2"
- Fixed an issue where some reticles weren't visible on some sights and weapons
- Fixed an issue with the Muldon Stock on Shotguns
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash if a heist was completed with a converted law enforcer alive
- Fixed an issue related to the Cloaker enemy where the game would sometimes crash
- Fixed an issue related to the enemy AI where the game would sometimes crash
- Removed the Gage Mod Courier asset on the Safe house since the mod packages didn't exist in the Safe house
- Fixed an issue with the boxes on the Safe house
Update size: N/A
Update #26
Gage Mod Courier DLC
- Act as a weapon mod courier – Scattered around all of Washington D.C. are packages for the player to pick up. Gather enough packages of a certain type and you will trade those for powerful weapon modifications with Gage the arms dealer.
- 5 package types to find – Gage ships all his gun modifications in small, non-descript packages that are easy to carry and easy to conceal. There are five types of packages and they're ordered by the value of the contents, ranging from the Green Mantis packages to the Purple Snake ones.
- 28 new weapon mods to unlock – 28 new weapon mods are introduced for the player to tinker with. How about adding a rail mount for attaching scopes and sights to the Bronco revolver, turning it into a pocket sniper rifle.
- Ten new achievements to unlock – And finally, what would a DLC be without the added achievements to unlock. Gage heard that you didn't like stat based achievements and went out of his way to create 10 really, really hard achievements. He hopes you'll enjoy them.
- Introducing Reticle Switches – Gage's tech connections has allowed us to upgrade all available scopes and sights with a super useful reticle switch functionality, allowing you to individually customize the look and color of all your mounted sighting devices. Get four different reticles for free and a total of 10 reticles if you buy the DLC!
Gameplay
- Added a feature so that a phone icon will appear above guards and civilians when they pick up their phone to call the police
- Changed how the pager operator gives feedback - he will now inform the crew that they can’t answer any more pagers the fourth time a player answers a pager call
- Changed a feature so that the player can no longer shout at a civilian until the civilian has detected the player. This feature had no effect on gameplay before and it made it more difficult to highlight guards in areas crowded by civilians
- During stealth Bain now informs the crew if a new guard is about to arrive
- Changed the timer on the spawning patrol guards to make it more balanced for each difficulty
- Changed how the exclamation and question marks work on hostages so that they won’t appear when they’re cable tied
- Added a feature so that a dead guard's highlight will blink a few seconds before it’s too late to answer the pager
Level
- Changed the point of no return timer on the Train Heist on the Death Wish difficulty from 15 seconds to 300 seconds
- Fixed an issue where a fifth guard would sometimes spawn on the Go Bank heist, which made it impossible to complete the heist in stealth
- Fixed an issue where the Key Card asset wouldn’t spawn on Election Day day one and day two
- Fixed an issue where the Body Bags asset always spawned on Big Oil day one
- Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in garbage containers
- Fixed an issue where players could look into the closed train carts on Train Heist
- Fixed an issue where a team AI followed the player in stealth on Election Day day one
Sound
- Added sound for player character when highlighting cameras in stealth
- Added sound for player character when highlighting guards in stealth
- Added new sound variations for Bain when applying the drill
- Added footstep sounds for the Bulldozer
- Added sound to the garbage containers
- Added sound when opening ATM machines
- Added a sound for breaking the computer monitors on Election Day day two
Crime.net
- Added a chat in Crime.net so that you can chat with your friends while you’re looking for jobs and they’re in the planning phase
- Added a start-up message in Crime.net for new players to inform them about the basics and how Crime.net works
System
- Fixed an issue where the exclamation and questions marks wouldn’t disappear above civilians and guards for clients
- Fixed an issue where clients couldn’t trade civilians that were standing up
- Fixed a synchronization issue where scared civilians would sometimes walk through walls
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash if a converted cop was traded when a client was in custody
- Fixed an issue where the pager operator would respond while a player was answering a pager
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the host was traded on Rats day one
- Fixed an issue where text in the chat would sometimes get cut-off
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash if a client left with a converted law enforcer alive
- Fixed an issue where the team AI would get exclamation marks above their heads when civilians got scared
- Fixed an issue where the outline of a converted law enforcer would sometimes not appear
- Fixed a trading issue related to the converted law enforcers
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash when a job failed
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash in Crime.net
- Fixed a crash related to the enemy AI behavior
Update size: 1.1GB
Update #25.1
- Fixed sync issues related to the moving civilians
- Updated the load out menu with some minor changes
- Fixed an issue with the moving civilians where their hands were untied for the clients
- Fixed an issue on Election Day Warehouse where players could gain access to the bonus truck with the Saw
- Fixed an issue on Election Day day one where players sometimes got detected when they spawned
- Reduced the experience penalty when completing a heist with a team mate in custody
- Fixed an issue on Rats day two where Bain would say "No cash, no info" when the player finished the heist successfully
- Removed the Body bag asset from the load out menu on Firestarter day one
- Fixed an issue with the Steam Store Page
Update size: N/A
Update #25
General
- Changed the change
Crime.net
- Fixed an issue where the numbers were wrong on the Heat system
- The Crime.net legend has been updated
Level
- Tweaked the amount of guards on every map and difficulty
- Fixed an issue with the navigation graph on Watchdogs day two
- Fixed a hole in the backdrop on Big Oil day two
- Fixed a hole on the Nightclub
- Fixed an issue where guards on Framing Frame day three would break the stealth
- Fixed an issue where the Grenade Case Asset would not show up on the Train Heist
- Tweaked the amount of bags required on Firestarter day one on Death Wish difficulty
- Fixed an issue where law enforcers would walk through the shutters on Framing Frame day two
- Tweaked the Point of No Return time on all Escapes when playing on the Death Wish difficulty
- Fixed an issue where civilians would sit in the air on Diamond Store
- Fixed an issue where law enforcers would not climb a ladder on Watch Dogs day two
- Fixed an issue where law enforcers would grab bags through a wall
- Fixed an issue where players could use the electricity room as an exploit on Firestarter day three
- Fixed an issue where players could use the theatre as an exploit on Big Oil day two
- Fixed an issue where the player could fall out of the world because of the van on Jewelry Store and Ukrainian Job
Gameplay
- The alarm pager will go off when a guard has been dominated
HUD
- Made some cosmetic changes to the TAB-screen. You can now see how many body bags you're carrying
Animation
- Updated the SWAT shield punch animation for the Iron Man skill
- Updated the reload animation on some Assault Rifles
- Added additional animations for the Cloaker
System
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred if a grenade exploded while quitting the game
Sound
- Added footstep sounds for the Bulldozer
Update size: N/A
Update #24.2
- Made a fix and removed the 'Modern Train Robbers' achievement as it was enabling players to complete the final achievements for each difficulty.
- Please note: when you've completed all heists in a specific difficulty (not including the Train heist as that isn't necessary going forward), simply finish any heist in said difficulty and you will unlock the achievement connected to that difficulty.
- Made a fix on day 2 of Watchdogs where the boat wouldn't come back
- Added the Death Wish song for free to Soundtrack, Bandcamp and CCE-owners
Update size: 6.8MB
Update #24.1
- Fixed an issue with the "Bronco Cop" dealing too much damage
- Fixed an issue with four achievements not unlocking on Death Wish
- Fixed an issue on Park Escape where players could see through the world
- Fixed a localization issue on Russian
- Fixed an issue where the ATM icons were visible on Four Stores on Death Wish
- Fixed a crash related to the grenades
- Lowered the cost when buying contracts on Death Wish
- Updated some achievements icons
- Fixed an issue where the escape van would not show up on Diamond Store
- Fixed an issue where the player could open a door and fall out of the world on Armored Transport: Underpass
- Fixed a localization issue in English
- Fixed an issue where the escape helicopter sometimes didn't arrive on Big Oil Day 2
Update size: 13.7MB
Update #24
Death Wish
- Added the new Death Wish difficulty
- Added the "boost system" for Crime.net
- Added 35 new achievements
- Added four new masks
- Added two new enemy types
- Added a new melee weapon
General
- Fixed a glitch where the The Troubled War Veteran Mask would add a collision to the player spawn point
- Fixed a Chatbox glitch where the last word would sometimes get cut off
- Fixed a glitch with a missing texture when getting a knife as a reward
- Fixed a crash related to the trip mines
- Fixed a glitch where the menu did a mouse button click when deselecting the chat
- Fixed a crash related to clients dropping in a current game
- Fixed a glitch where the ICTV would show up as new each time the game was started
- Fixed an issue where players could interact with body bags through walls
- Fixed an issue where the offshore PAYDAY wasn't balanced for infamy players
- Fixed an issue where a part of the RPK would glow in third person
- Fixed an issue where a civilian would spawn in a "panic" animation on the Bank Heist
- The paygrade icons has been replaced by difficulty icons on jobs in crime.net
Weapons
- The KSP LMG stability has been increased from 15 to 17
- The KSP LMG accuracy has been increased from 4 to 6
- The RPK LMG damage has been increased from 28 to 30
Level
- Fixed a crash related to drop-in joining clients on Escape Park
- Fixed an issue where a sniper could shoot through a roof on Rats Day Two
- Changed Rats Day One so that it will take time before the escape van arrives
- Removed the van in the Mallcrasher job
AI
- Fixed an issue when the Bulldozer would crouch after being damaged by a grenade
- Fixed an issue where the Shield SWAT would face the opposite direction of the player
- Fixed an issue where the Taser wouldn't rotate when walking around him
- Fixed an issue with special enemy path finding
- Note: These fixes can make the game to be perceived as harder, when it actually just improves the intended functionality of the AI
Skills
- The number of body bags a player can carry has been reduced to two
- The player can no longer convert law enforcers during stealth
Community
- Added more screenshots
- Added more avatars
Localization
- Improved localization in all existing languages in game
Undocumented changes
- The Death Wish soundtrack was added
Update size: N/A
Update #23
Gage Pack #02
- The Brenner-21 Light Machine Gun is back + the KSP Light Machine Gun and the RPK Light Machine Gun
- Experience close combat with the Ursa Knife, Krieger Blade, Berger Combat Knife and the Trautman Knife
- Added new weapon statistics
- Four new masks, materials and patterns
- Ten new achievements to unlock
Menu
- Added the new Light Machine Gun tab in the inventory menu
- Added the new Melee tab in the inventory menu
- Added the new Community Highlights feature in the main menu. Participate and have a chance to win prizes!
- The load-out menu has been re-customized
- Changed item color on all DLC items so they are consistent (yellow instead of mixed)
General
- Fixed an issue so that flashlight/laser is turned back on if it was on when throwing grenade or using melee attacks
- Added a new blood effect when the player is hit by an enemy melee attack
- Added a new hit effect when the player is hit by an enemy melee attack
- Fixed a sentry gun related crash
Animation
- Remade the reload animations for the AK weapons
Localization
- Made a big update to French, Italian, German and Spanish localization
Sound
- Added the Cloaker sounds and the Cloaker voice
- Added sounds to the places where the Cloaker can spawn from
Law enforcers
- The Cloaker was added to the game on every heist and in every difficulty except for normal.
- Law enforcers can now use melee weapons. Being hit by a law enforcer no longer makes the player crouch, instead the player's sprint will be interrupted.
Heists
- Fixed an issue so you can no longer jump yourself up and over in the blocked parts of the heists
- Fixed an issue on day three of the Firestarter job where the player could escape after securing a bag
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the player was in custody and there were no civilians left
- Fixed an issue on day two of the Firestarter job where two clients would crash when the third client would deploy a sentry gun in the server room
- Fixed an issue on day one of Firestarter where a group of enemies would get stuck at their spawn point
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if a player converted a Gensec guard.
Update size: 877.6MB
Update #22.1
PAYDAY 2: Official Soundtrack
- Track "Wanted Dead or Alive" added to the PAYDAY 2: Official Soundtrack
- Track "Sirens in the Distance" added to the PAYDAY 2: Official Soundtrack
- NOTE: These tracks have been added for free for all PAYDAY 2: Official Soundtrack owners.
Heists
- Fixed an issue on the Nightclub job where the bouncer wouldn't act as intended
- Fixed an issue on day 1 of the Framing Frame job where a law enforcer would spawn after a while during stealth
- Fixed an issue on day 3 of the Framing Frame job where a crash would happen when players marked the cameras
Infamy
- Corrected and fixed an issue where an explanation was missing in the skill tree
- Added a feature where the infamy tree provides 5% XP reduction per Infamy point invested (a maximum of 25%)
- Fixed an issue where the "Swedish flag" particle effect on the Plague Doctor mask now works as originally intended
Undocumented changes
- The new tracks have not been added to CCE owners.
Update size: 12.7MB
Update #22
Infamy
- Added the Infamy system (currently five levels)
- Added five new Infamous masks obtained through the Infamy tree
- Added four new Infamous patterns obtained through the Infamy tree
- Added four new Infamous materials obtained through the Infamy tree
- Added five new achievements connected to the Infamy system
- When selling infamous masks and mask modifications that return to the inventory, a dialogue box will tell you that they do so
- When you are Infamous, an infamy icon will be shown infront of your name in the chat
- Added new sound effects for the Infamy system along with an Infamous soundtrack that has a chance to play if someone in the crew is Infamous
Localization
- Mijn kameraden! Dutch localization has now been added to PAYDAY 2! If you have feedback, please go to the localization sub-forum in the PAYDAY 2 forum on Steam
- Мои товарищи! Russian localization has now been added! If you have feedback, please go to the localization sub-forum in the PAYDAY 2 forum on Steam
- You can change language by yourself by right-clicking on PAYDAY 2 in the library
- Go to the the language tab
- Change to the preferred language
- Play the game!
- Fixed some strings in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, expect a bigger update soon
Single player
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash in the mission briefing screen if a texture was missing
Multiplayer
- Added a feature where system messages will explain what other players are doing in the chat
Weapons
- Fixed a third person size issue with the Compact-5 Submachine Gun
- Fixed an issue with the AK5 Rifle where the ironsight was clipping
- Added a feature where the killing bullet when the enemy turns into a ragdoll gets extra power, making it look more sweet
- Added third person animations for when you throw grenades
Menu
- Revamped the inventory system making it a much smoother experience when you scroll through and use weapons, masks and modifications
- The mouse pointer now switches to the right icon depending on what you do in the menus
- Added Melanie Schneider to the credits under Leveldesign - welcome to the crew!
- Fixed a crash that would occur in the PAYDAY lootdrop phase
Enemies
- Made a fix for law enforcers and others that would sometime prematurely reset their actions and skip their animations
- Made a fix for law enforcers and others that would turn in the wrong direction
- When joining a game, converted law enforcers now show their outline properly
- If you convert a highlighted law enforcer the red outline will be replaced by the blue outline as originally intended
Heists
- Fixed a crash for all players during end-game in the GO Bank heist
- Fixed a crash on day 1 of the Rats job that would occur during normal play
- Fixed a crash on day 2 of the Watchdogs job where the host would crash during an assault
- Fixed an team AI issue on the Framing Frame job
Sounds
- Sound effects added to skill tree and infamy tree such as investing in a skill and a general "menu error" sound
Undocumented changes
- New heist-successful-menu-backgrounds.
Update size: 424.6MB
Update #21.2
- Fixed a sever crash on Nightclub that was occurring for some players
Update size: 13.3MB
Update #21.1
- Removed the festive Christmas theme in the main menu
- Removed Offshore Payday - see you next time!
Update size: 4.9MB
Update #21
A Merry Christmas Soundtrack
- Added a new Soundtrack to purchase
- Added three new Santa masks for those who own the Soundtrack
- Updated the content updates page
Firestarter (Day 2)
- Made a fix to the Bain voice over
GO Bank job
- Added various improvements to the heist to increase playability
- Added additional voice over to civilians and the bank manager
- Added additional voice over to the pilots; they now confirm they picked up the cage
- Increased the volume on civilian voice overs
Update size: N/A
Update #20.1
General
- Made a fix for mission progression that was stopping certain missions (such as the meth not cooking and the escape van not arriving). You can now proceed in all heists as usual
- Made a fix for crashing the host when the host is in custody and someone gets tased
- Made a fix for losing accuracy stat in end screen when sawing open deposit locks
Undocumented notes
- This update fixed some but not all of the completion-preventing bugs from Update 20. Players are still reporting a very large number of bugs on the forum, including uncompletable heists, crashes, AI bugs, and other issues.
Update size: 4MB
Update #20
Update 20 introduced the first annual Christmas event, featuring a new heist and a new sight.
Crime.net
- Removed the Offshore Payday - see you next time...
Menu
- Added a holiday theme to the main menu in the spirit of Xmas
- Added credits for all the winners in the prank call competition - check out the credits to see if you won
Music
- Added the track "Sirens in the Distance"
Weapons
- Grenades now deal 50% more damage
- Added the Acough weapon sight for free
Enemies
- Enemies can now sprint short distances
Achievements
- Added nine new achievements
- Fixed a bug with the "It's Alive! It's ALIVE! achievement
Heists
- New Heist added for free, "The GO Bank Job", also known as the Charlie Sierra Heist (note: the heist is automatically added, just restart Steam and update the game)
Assets
- New assets have been added for the GO Bank Job for free
Masks
- New mask added, the "Happy Santa" mask has now been added for free to anyone who joins the Official PAYDAY 2 group on Steam
Bugs
- A major bug caused roughly half of the heists to become uncompletable, as certain events never trigger and some objectives are never marked as complete. Afflicted heists include Rats (day 1), Watchdogs, Framing Frame (day 2), the Train heist, and others.
- The game can crash if host goes into custody
- Sawing lockboxes or ATMs reduces the player's accuracy statistic at the end of the heist
Update size: 1GB
Update #19.1
Crime.net
- Removed the Offshore Payday - see you next time...
Menu
- Fixed a bug where "buying weapon slots" had a "buy mask slot" text
- Changed the Gage Weapon Pack #01 picture in the Contents Update section into a correct one
Weapons
- Fixed a bug where grenade explosions would cause glass to crack and would then be indestructible
- Updated the icon for the SpecOps Submachine Gun specific silencer
General for heists
- Collision has now been added to beams
Update size: 11MB
Update #19
Gage Weapons Pack 01
- The paid DLC adds 3 new weapons, two new weapon modifications, four masks, and several additional mask parts, as well as frag grenades.
- DLC owners spawn with 3 grenades. A new Grenade Bag asset is available on some heists when the host owns the DLC. Any player can get grenades from the asset.
General
- A new function was added to the controls that allows players to toggle the rate of fire on automatic weapons between single shot and full auto. The M308 can be toggled to full auto as well. (The default key for toggling the rate of fire is V, but the game does not check if the player already has V bound to a key. The key may therefore become double-bound, which is normally impossible).
- The number of primary and secondary weapon slots has been quadrupled. As with the mask slots, the player must pay $800k to unlock a new weapon slot (the slots are even incorrectly labeled as mask slots in the interface).
- Any player can purchase the assets, not just the host
Undocumented changes
- The gaps underneath the doors in the Train heist have been removed, preventing players from looking under the doors to see which cars the vaults are in
- Heavier units, such as the green and tan FBI and the Bulldozer, have increased resistance to explosives. The Bulldozer can no longer be downed by a single trip mine.
- The gang members in Big Oil day 1 now patrol the yard in addition to the house. They can notice and be alerted by cuts in the fence.
Update size: N/A
Update #18.4
Crash fixes
- Fixed an issue where the player would crash when quitting the game to menu
- Fixed an issue where the player would crash because of an AI movement issue
Update size: 3.5MB
Update #18.3
Armored Transport Heists
- Changed environment on Transport: Crossroads
- Increased the chance of the intel drop that leads to the Train heist
- Fixed AI navigation issues in stairs
- Fixed issues related to the bag collision
Jewelry Store Job
- Fixed an issue with the safe collision
Sound
- Fixed an issue where the volume of the load-out music was too low
Update size: 9.7MB
Update #18.2
General
- Fixed an issue where the Commando 553 assault rifle wouldn't make any sounds.
- Fixed an issue where hackers would crash other players.
- Removed the ability to interact with security consoles behind walls.
- Removed the Offshore PAYDAY casino - see you next time!
Armored Transport Heists
- Fixed an issue where the player could fall out of the level.
- Fixed an issue where the ammo shells would cast a shadow even though they weren't there.
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in certain places.
- Fixed an issue where the player could pick up shells and the turret behind walls.
Framing Frame Day 3
- Fixed a bug where a flash grenade could explode in stealth mode.
Diamond Store Heist
- Fixed an issue where the van wouldn't open when the player was in stealth mode.
Update size: 38.4MB
Update #18.1
- Made a fix so that the Commando 553 counts as an assault weapon (thanks c4ndlejack).
- Dominator skill - Removed a new skill bonus that was added in order to increase the number of hostages.
- Went through the Train Heist achievements and made sure they work as intended.
- Fixed a bug with the mask stash where the number of slots would be reduced when you sold masks.
- Fixed a Taser related issue where there was a small collision gap between a door and a truck.
- Fixed an ATM related issue on the Transport heists.
- Fixed a collision issue on the Transport: Underpass heist.
Update size: 17MB
Update #18
General
- Armored Transport (DLC) was added - 6 new heists, 3 new weapons, 4 new masks, assorted materials and patterns. Those who do not own the DLC can still join servers hosted by DLC owners and play the new heists.
- Hockey Heat Community mask was added.
Undocumented changes
- Deactivated Offshore Payday.
- Loadout Theme was changed.
- Snipers were buffed.
- Some new music was added.
- Masks do not auto-rotate in the mask-crafting screen anymore.
- Player health was reduced by 20.
- Armor speed and stamina buffed.
- Interceptor .45 received new animations and sounds.
- Base ammo bags changed from 400% to 300%.
Update size: N/A
Update #17
- Deactivated Offshore Payday.
- Deactivated Safe House Nightmare.
- Halloween items will no longer drop.
- Removed concealment bonus from being displayed on weapon skill stats.
- Added Black Armored Dozers.
- Fixed Enforcer Tier 5 Skill Bonus (Properly adds 5% damage).
Update size: N/A
Update #16
- Added Safe House Nightmare.
- Added Halloween Achievements.
- Added Halloween Patterns and Masks.
- Added Interceptor .45.
- Activated Offshore Payday.
Update size: N/A
Update #15
General
- Removed Offshore Payday.
- Lowered XP payout by 33%.
- Added Steam Achievements for Halloween Update.
Undocumented changes
- Removed Mastermind Tier 5 bonus: Health Regeneration.
Update size: N/A
Update #14
- Added Mark Mask.
- Added Mark Achievement.
- Added Offshore Payday for the next 5 days.
- Raised XP payout by 33% for the next 5 days.
Update size: N/A
Update #13.1
- Fixed an issue where Shields would spawn in oversized groups.
Update size: 3.4MB
Update #13
System
- XP buff for HARD, VERY HARD, OVERKILL to account for increased difficulty, making it more rewarding.
- Pro Job XP payout increased on OVERKILL difficulty, making it more rewarding.
- Failure XP payout reduced slightly.
- Special enemies will now be marked when seeing them through security cameras.
- You can now mark special enemies when in bleedout.
- Fixed a bug where skills that reduces purchase cost did not reduce cost of buying Premium Contracts.
- Changed suppression to threat.
- Changed visibility to concealment.
- Changed recoil to stability.
Masks
- All masks are now shown in your mask stash - now you know how many masks there currently are and which ones you have.
- Fixed a mask exploit where the player could abuse the mask system to gain money.
Stealth
- Major changes to the stealth system, balancing how much weapons, skills and armors affect your concealment.
- Fixed a bug for suspicion meter not decaying when same enemy has more than one suspicion object in sight.
- Decreased most SMG weapons and Assault Rifles concealability.
- Increased Pistol concealability except for the Deagle Pistol and Bronco .44 Revolver.
- It will no longer be possible to sneak right in front of enemies.
- Added a Detection Risk ring in the inventory instead of the Concealment bar.
- Fixed various issues with Suspicion and Detection related skills.
- Adjusted armor concealment values to make the first four armors more forgiving and the last three more punishing.
- Adjusted the weapon concealment values to be less punishing.
- Security cameras have been improved and will now detect you faster - GENSEC have been hard at work.
- Tweaked the detection values based on QA and community feedback.
Law enforcement
- Increased Sniper difficulty on OVERKILL so that they now deal massive damage.
- Tasers can now team up together with Shields.
- Law enforcers can now carry the Bronco .44 Revolver - go on, make their day.
- Fixed a crash regarding Sniper on the OVERKILL difficulty.
- Bulldozers can now throw smoke grenades - Oh my god.
- Bulldozers can now use the IZHMA 12G Shotgun - Sweet baby Jesus.
- Added new VO when law enforcers are suppressed.
- Fixed a crash related to flashbangs.
- Fixed a crash when a player tries to convert an intimidated law enforcer.
- Added hearing loss sound for flashbang.
- Added new VO for police officers and S.W.A.T.'s.
- Decreased damage output of law enforcers carrying the CAR-4 Rifle.
- Decreased damage output of law enforcers carrying the AMR-16 Rifle.
- Reduced the distance that the Taser can tase you.
- Added SFX to the Taser when his taser malfunctions and increased the damage the taser takes.
GUI
- Three icons have been added for the drill monitor so players can now see which skills have been activated.
- Weapon modification icons have now been added to the inventory and the loadout menus.
- Increased volume of player armor regeneration sound.
Gangsters
- Gangsters have been balanced so that they are less deadly, yo.
Armor
- Armors have received a dodge value - the lighter you are, the higher chance you have of dodging bullets.
- Further balanced movement rates for all armors.
- Armor penalty now affects steelsight speed, crouching speed and in-air movement speed.
Skills
- Rewritten skill descriptions, introducing numeric values in the spirit of Mekonlips' www.pd2skills.info.
- Complete overhaul of skill descriptions to more accurately describe what the skills do.
- ECM Feedback radius has been extended to 25m.
- Improved the Fast Learner skill by increasing its effect.
- Balanced the Bulletproof skill by decreasing its effect.
- Improved the Cat Burglar skill by increasing its effect.
- Improved the Lockpicking Expert ACE skill by increasing its effect.
- Improved the Gunslinger skill by increasing its damage and reload time.
- Improved the Cable Guy skill by increasing the interaction speed.
- Balanced the Inspire ACE skill so that it works 75% of the time.
- Improved the Sentry Combat Upgrade skill by increasing the armor %.
- Balanced the Chameleon skill, decreasing its effect.
- Balanced Tier 4 of the Ghost tree.
- Balanced Tier 6 of the Enforcer tree.
Drill
- Add ability to upgrade drills with your skill upgrades - you can now upgrade other players drills.
- Fixed bugs with the drill and hacking device, sound getting stuck and unavailable upgrades for clients.
Weapons
- A complete overhaul of the weapon system, introducing numeric values instead of bars.
- Selecting equipped mod will display the base, mod and skill stats.
- CMP Submachinegun - Increased the damage, spread and recoil.
- AMR-16 Rifle - Decreased the damage and recoil.
- AK.762 Rifle - Decreased the damage.
- Krinkov Submachinegun - Decreased the rate of fire.
- AK5 Rifle - Lowered the recoil.
- Kobus 90 Submachinegun - Lowered the recoil.
- Deagle Pistol - Lowered the recoil, increased the damage.
- Mark 10 Submachinegun - Increased the damage and spread.
- Locomotive 12G Shotgun - Increased the full and fall-off damage.
- Crosskill Pistol - Decreased the damage, lowered the recoil.
- Mosconi 12G Shotgun - Modifications for the Mosconi 12G Shotgun now have higher concealment.
- The Ergo Grip modification of the Crosskill Pistol now has a stability statistic.
Nightclub
- Fixed a bug with a shelf with no collision in the kitchen.
Watchdogs
- Watchdogs Day 2 - Fixed a bug with the trucks collision.
Four Stores
- Fixed a bug where a camera wasn't spotting players properly.
Diamond Store
- Fixed the AI navigation graph so they move properly.
Big Oil
- Fixed a bug so that the players can't shoot through the round windows to the left and right of a door.
- Modified cost for Big Oil Pro.
Jewelry Store
- Fixed a bug where throwing jewelry bags on top of street lights will cause progression to be stopped.
- Fixed a bug where the player and bag collision wouldn't work properly with the dump truck (this is also fixed on the Ukranian job).
Rats
- Rats Day 2 - Fixed an issue where one of the money bag isn't secured when it spawn in the van.
- Modified cost for Rats Pro.
Framing Frame
- Framing Frame Day 2 - Fixed a bug so that players now are able to pass through the train door before it closes.
- Framing Frame Day 2 - Fixed an issue with the phone when multiple players would answer it at the same time.
- Framing Frame Day 3 - Fixed a bug where bags weren't reachable.
Undocumented changes
- Added Mastermind Tier 5 bonus: Health Regeneration (0.1%/s for 5 seconds, upon being shot).
Update size: 1.3GB
Update #12
Systems
- Made tweaks to the economy system - added a whole lot more money to PAYOUTs and matched that with prices. Bags are super important! Or go check out Big Oil...
- Made tweaks to the skill costs, higher tiers are now more balanced.
- Increased the XP payout depending on difficulty.
Law enforcement
- Included a feature where law enforcement now can spawn and move in groups of tanks, tasers, shields and heavy SWATs.
- Tweaked the tactics of the law enforcers - tasers grouped with tanks now charge instead of providing support and are more aggressive.
- Balanced the tank spawn rates on the different difficulties.
- Balanced the tan FBI spawn rates on the different difficulties.
- Made a change where we buffed the snipers.
- Balanced the Officers so they do less damage but still hurt.
- Balanced the Gangsters so they do less damage but still hurt.
- Taser now has increased taser range, are also harder to headshot.
Skills
- Made a fix so that the Cleaner skill is disabled in casing mode.
- Buffed the Bulletproof skill, now absorbs more damage.
Nightclub heist
- Made several fixes connected to AI movement pattern and collision.
Diamond Store heist
- Made a fix to the ATM machines.
- Made a fix to the Expert Driver asset.
- Made a fix where the escape van wouldn't be enabled in some cases.
- Tweaked the number of guards that spawn.
Weapons
- Balanced the Mark 10 Submachinegun, lowering its damage output.
- Balanced the Para Submachinegun, lowering its damage output.
Ghost
- Buffed the ECM jammer by increasing the range.
Titan safes
- Made a fix to the Titan safe timer, lowering it to great extent.
Undocumented changes
- No money is received until the last day of a multiday heist. All contract payments for intermediate days are disabled.
Update size: 32.6MB
Update #11
Team mates
- Improved killer instinct for the AI team. They are more aggressive and more prone to stay alive even on the OVERKILL difficulty. Single player never looked more tempting.
Difficulty
- Much harder OVERKILL! Yes you got it - now dont cry.
- SWATS now have much better flashbangs - use the shades!
- More balanced single player sessions
- BULLDOZERS are now EVIL
Police AI
- Added more and better run and walking animations for our dear enemies.
Crime.net
- Improved Payouts!:
- The Crime.net economy has got a major upgrade. After looking at massive amounts of data and collecting player feedback we have implemented and tested a new economy system.
- Each contract now has reward dependant on the mission specifics. Some contract amounts can seem low but the REAL value is in stealing the LOOT BAGS. If you sling a lot of Coke for Hector he will compensate you greatly. The reward is different depending on the number of coke bags you clear. On the other hand, if you hit Big Oil + it is not at all about bags and more about completion. If you get the engine to the helicopter and escape you get a hefty contract pay. This makes the game more tactical and you have to fight greed on almost every map.
- Thanks to everyone who helped out with this!
- CrimeNet is now balanced so you can choose to play for XP or Money or a middle way. Learn this by playing the heists on different difficulties. There are some anomalies to be found and taken advantage of!
- NOTE: If you are in a BAG focused mission, go for the additional bags - they pay out several 100% more than the mandatory bags (for which you get the contract pay). BUT remember - GREED KILLS!
- Multiday jobs pay out greatly and are very rewarding once you figure out how to move additional bags through them.
Presentation
- Crime.net has reduced its somewhat cluttered info when counting the PAYDAY and contract money for you. You will be presented with a PAYDAY number that shows the amount of money the contract is worth EXCLUDING the LOOT BAGS. This is the offshore account money and 10% of that becomes you spendable cash. Look into it. it is simpler and more straightforward.
- All cash numbers are now presented as Offshore money until converted to spendable cash.
- The Contract filter is back!
- Kick Filters. You can now set Kick enabled and filter on that on Crime.net.
HUD
- We now display mission bags value on PAYDAY for both mandatory and additional bags in TAB stats screen during gameplay.
Skills
- Boosted Aced Combat Medic revive bonus from 25% to 40%.
- Enemies more affected by ECM feedback and civilians are no longer affected.
- Added Inside Man Assets on almost all levels so that you can buy a EXPERT DRIVER that 100% takes away the Escape.
- Made sentry gun tier 6 more effective.
Loot Drop
- Added EXP cards in the loot drop for fast leveling
- Added much better cash cards!
Weapons
- New reload animations for the Deagle!
- Texture fix for the "professional" sight.
- IZHMA 12G Shotgun damage is buffed.
- M308 Rifle has had its damage adjusted correctly.
- Kobus 90 Submachinegun got a damage increase with long barrel weapon mod. added.
Sounds
- Improved the ambient sounds to loop seamlessly.
- Added more and cranked up existing car sounds.
- Gun sounds improved and allowed to be 100% more at the same time
Masks customization
- Added four new masks!
- Added four new patterns!
- Added four new materials!
VO
- Added VO to the Sniper in Watchdogs! He is awesome.
Escapes
- Changed how escapes work, now civilian death increases chance and not time. Also a no alarm hit gives you NO escape.
- Fixed minor graphical issues on Street escape.
Nightclub
- So many fixes... and Dmitri has changed up the club. There is tons of more variation and evil russian thugs around.
- There is a rumour of a fight club, but we are not supposed to talk about that.
Watchdogs
- Watchdogs number of bags now depends on difficulty.
- Tweaked chances of random events and walls.
Big Oil 1
- Completely new layout!
Rats
- Fixed collisions on Rats 1&2
Mallcrashers
- Balanced property damage values.
Art
- Endless updates and fixes, just enjoy.
Undocumented changes
- Some Skill and weapon stats were changed.[1]
- Diamond Store heist was added. This is another heist involving robbing a jewelry store, but it is an almost completely new map, not the same location used for Jewelry Store and Ukrainian Job.
- Nightclub has three additional security doors leading to new rooms that can contain safes. The cash's position is now random between the rooms. If there are multiple safes, another safe is likely to contain several bags worth of coke. Security cameras have been added. A new exit point at the back of the level was added.
- A bug disabled multipliers for cash bonuses on higher difficulties, causing players to receive much less spending cash for most heists.
- A bug caused certain low-damage enemies to receive massive damage buffs. Players in even the heaviest armor will be downed almost instantly by police armed with pistols or gangsters and guards using their submachine guns.
- Big Oil pays far more in terms of contract pay, with equal payouts on each day.
- The prices of all weapons and attachments have approximately doubled.
- The prices of all skills have increased significantly.
- Uncrafted masks sell for significantly more.
- Damage increasing barrel extensions such as the Firebreather and Stubby received additional boosts to damage. The magnitude of the damage increase is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the recoil reduction increase, meaning Stubby will be increasing damage the least and decrease recoil the most.
- Titanium safes, colored silver, were added to the game. Certain safes will always be titanium, while other may be randomly. Titanium safes can only be opened by drilling. The safes are printed with the brand "Titan" and the slogan "Suck It".
- The OVE9000 saw's default sawblade durability has increased from 100 to 150.
- The car standing inside of a van in the Park Escape was fixed.
- A clipping lamp in Ukrainian Job/Jewelry Store was fixed.
- One of the skylights in Mallcrasher was bugged. It has been fixed in this patch.
- The sentry gun is disabled more easily.
Update size: 801.9MB
Update #10
Gameplay
- For all stealth crews out there, you can now highlight cameras as long as the alarm hasn't been triggered.
Interaction
- Fixed an issue where we changed the interaction point for lockpicking safes, making it work better.
Safe house
- Due to popular demand from the community, we've improved the safe house vault - if you're rich enough, you'll know what we mean ;)
Skills
- Shinobi - Ace - Changed skill description to more accurately describe what the skill does.
- Iron Man - Ace - Sprint and shoot upgrade added to the skill.
- Kilmer - Ace - Sprint and reload upgrade added to the skill.
Weapons
- Stubby can now be modded on the CMP Submachinegun.
- Silenced guns are much better silenced - Try it and see if you like it!
Bug fixes
- Infamous ALT Space bug and BEEP keyboard is gone + dead + no more!
- Fixed an issue with the pager yellow highlights on gangsters killed before cops are alerted.
Update size: 64MB
Update #9
General
- Fix for looping sounds getting stuck for host (while interacting with something giving a bag) when client finishes interacting with the same object.
- Fixed an issue where texture bleed would occur on uppercase "H".
- Fixed some collision issues.
- Fixed an issue where the player would get stuck in a toilet on the Framing Frame job, Day 1.
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck behind doors.
- Made some minor GUI tweaks.
Armors
- The two heaviest armors now makes you move slower than before.
Weapons
- CMP Submachinegun has a new animation and a vertical grip.
- Third person barrel extension (nozzle) named Stubby has an updated texture.
PAYDAY
- There now is a higher chance to drop weapon mods for weapons you currently own.
- Some masks are now more rare than they were previously.
- Chance for cash drop cards in PAYDAY is now reduced depending on your reputation level.
Ghost
- Ghost Tier 4 now reduces the movement speed penalty for armor.
- Ghost Tier 6 now gives your weapons a chance to pierce enemy armor plates.
- Skill - SMG Specialist - ACE - skill has been replaced: it now increases rate of fire for all SMG weapons.
- Skill - Silent killer - ACE - skill has been upgraded: all your silenced weapons now have a chance to pierce enemy armor plates.
- Skill - Lockpicking Expert - ACE - skill has been upgraded: you now also interact even faster while lockpicking.
Update size: 32MB
Update #8
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the player was trading a hostage to get the host out of custody.
Update size: 3MB
Update #7
- Tweaked the escape rate on several heists, lowering the chance of an escape happening.
- Cable ties will no longer be replenished if dropping out and then into a game again.
- Backup save is now saved automatically every time the user loads back to menu.
- Because backup save is saved automatically, the player is no longer asked to save while quitting the game.
- Skill - Silent Drilling - Lowered the drill sound volume when skill is activated.
- Implemented a fix connected to player movement crashes.
- Implemented a fix where players would crash, seemingly because of connection problems, but actually because of host issues.
Update size: N/A
Update #6
- Fixed a Steam disconnect Crash.
- Fixed collision on Watchdogs Day 1.
- Added so that the ECM blocks pagers if deployed BEFORE they go off. Warning: they come back after the ECM is done. Then you need to deal with them as usual. The ECM is a delay of the call not a terminator of it.
Update size: N/A
Update #5
Gameplay
- We got word from Bain that the Washington PD is really stepping up their car chase unit - keep an extra eye out in the back mirror heading out of your heists.
- Bags can no longer be grabbed through walls, fences etc.
- Players can no longer revive other players through walls.
- Loot bags now show up in a growing pile in the escape car and chopper.
Skills
- Updated several skill descriptions.
- ECM jammers can now be used to open ATMs.
- Tweaked ECM feedback potency.
- Silent Killer buffed.
- Silent Drilling - now lowers the drill sound effect volume when skill is activated.
- Chameleon skill description text is now updated and more descriptive.
- Drill Sergeant BASIC and ACE bonuses increased.
- Buffed Cable Guy ACE.
- Buffed converted cops damage.
- Buffed Underdog BASIC.
- Stockholm Syndrome - Civilians revive the player faster now.
Saves
- Fixed that the progress backup save language wasn't clear enough.
HUD
- HUD viewpoints no longer clip at the edges.
Sound
- Added beeping call sound for the pager call.
- Cranked up the volume on the ECM jammer.
- New Bain-lines added.
- Added new footsteps.
- Weapon animations now stop at mission end to prevent them from triggering sounds.
Weapons
- Fixed some pistols not using "aiming sensitivity".
Crime.net & Menu
- Added More filter options in crime.net. Pick difficulty, server numbers, new (1 player in) and old (2-3 players in) servers.
- XP tweaks to 1 day jobs versus 3 day jobs, it is now much more worth doing 2-3 day jobs.
- Prevent terminate contract option if signed out (server in failed/disconnected state).
- Fixed a crash when host sign-out and sign-in during loading.
- Fixed support for ultra widescreen / eyefinity.
- Magically fixed controller for in game manual.
Enemies
- Enemies will now be highlighted when they are behind glass, while player is looking through cameras, and the "box" marking heads of enemies will work through glass.
- Gangsters can be highlighted during sneak phase.
- Tweaked enemy surrender chances.
- Sniper shoots less often but packs more punch.
- Taser has more health and is a bit more sadistic.
- Bulldozer has now a higher damage tolerance, and is more evil.
- Taser volume cranked up.
- Converted guards on players side don't try to sneak off a call for backup.
Animations
- Fix on saw melee.
Network
- Fixed a Steam disconnect issue caused by slow hard drives stalling the network thread.
- Optimize the network code for less waiting.
Mallcrashers Job
- Lots of new art for the mall such as lamps, barista furniture and more.
- New asset icons for Mallcrasher gas cans are in.
- Blocked off a place in the gym where the player could get stuck.
- Fixed a wonky door on Mallcrasher.
- Made the AI move around better on the map.
- Removed the small rooms with the gas cans.
Framing Frame Job - Train Trade
- Fixed issues where bags wouldn't count when traded in the Train Trade.
- Bag collision on roof of train fixed.
- Fixed collision in the secret tunnels.
- Removed a floating stone.
Ukrainian Job
- Safes that would spawn inside of walls have been removed.
Bank Heist Jobs
- Moved the ATM machines in the lobby a bit so they don't intersect.
- Thermal drill now gets Technician bonuses for speed, alert radius and fixing itself.
Framing Frame Job
- Fixed disappearing environment on the roof on the penthouse.
- Fixed a light bug.
- Fixed some rare objectives bug.
Four Stores Job
- ATM machines now have a random chance on appearing.
- Changed civilian animations so that there no longer are stonecold civilians during assaults.
Rats Job - Trade
- Fixed a crash related to the client drop-in joining and crashing after a couple of seconds.
Art - Miscellaneous
- Made glass double sided on player van.
- Added window damage on office dividers with glass in them.
Escapes
- Added Park Escape in daytime and Cafe Escape in daytime for better variety.
- Removed some flying bushes on the Park Escape.
Watchdogs Job - Truck load
- Fixed a gate that reacted in a strange way when C4 was used.
- Fixed an issue where bags could be thrown in unreachable places.
Firestarter Job - Day 1
- Fixed so cameras stop beeping after the alarm goes off.
Firestarter Job - Day 2
- Fix for cuffed guard that is not detected as suspicious activity.
- Fixed breakable glass in the server room.
Safe house
- Fix for one secondary slot missing in weapons rack.
Update size: 1.4GB
Update #4
- Fixed a bug on the bank job(s) where sometimes the van door wouldn't open, causing progression to halt.
- Fixed a bug on the Firestarter 3 job where sometimes the player could not secure bags.
- Fixed a bug where a secondary gun would not show up in the safe house.
Update size: N/A
Update #3
- Fixed a bug so that Players can now use the "invite friends" feature in-game again.
Update size: N/A
Update #2
Bain
- CCE gets +10% cost reduction on all purchases on the Black Market.
Controller support
- Expanded Xbox 360 controller support by demand!
- Text on title screen showing xbox controller support when controller is connected (so you know it is working).
- You can now do text scrolling with the controller.
- Ingame-Chat is now visible when using a controller.
- Ingame-Voice chat is now available through push to talk with controller (press upwards on directional pad).
Miscellaneous
- You are no longer told that you will be released from custody as you get into custody.
- Fix for a crash when joining a spectator camera at times.
Loot Drop
- When 2 or more of the same weapon mod is in inventory, that weapon mod no longer drops.
Enemies
- Bulldozer now talks!
- Tazer also talks!
- Fix for client not being able to melee a Bulldozer.
Weapons
- Added sound to the AK5 reload.
- Improved Ak47 reload.
- Fixed bug with extended mag for r870 giving more ammo than intended.
Skills
- DOMINATOR - Clients are now able to trade intimidated enemies.
Bank Heist
- Bank Deposit is more rewarding and more risky.
- Fixed an assets problem with cameras not highlighting the control box.
- Fixed catwalk on bank roof that bugged out collision wise.
Firestarter Day 3
- Fixed some objectives staying even though they were finished in some cases.
- Fixed the vault door glitch.
Mallcrashers
- Reduced the amount of time between Bain saying damage values.
- Fixed bug that gave players 30x the worth of small windows when destroying 3 bugged windows.
- Rebalanced values of vases, bottles etc. so they have a higher destruction value.
- Gave car windows destruction values.
- Increased car destruction value.
Art Gallery
- Fix for rare crash when client shoots at enemies while host leaves the game.
- Changed private lobby properties and changed how invite is send/accepted.
- Invites to private games now work.
Nightclub
- Fixed the pickup asset. Sometimes the guy took a day off and did not show up!
- Fixed crash sometimes when host was trading hostages.
- Added real bad music to the bad music asset that reduces the amount of civilians in the club.
- Changed so music stops sooner. This prevents the too long overlap when the assault starts.
Big Oil
- Fixed keycard asset in the Big Oil Job – it spawned 4 cards. Now it spawns 1 card and on the ground in front of the team when they start. The keycard is highlighted. Pick it up and open the door of choice.
Framing Frame
- Optimized collisions on the Train.
Jewelry store
- Fixed that if you stand on the safe door on Jewellery store while it's drilling, and then keep yourself on the door while it opens, as soon as you get off the door you fall through the floor to the base of the map, and then teleport back to the playable area.
- Fixed so that Bain does not tell you the police are sending in harder units, even though there are no police as you are in full stealth.
- Made it so the small parking lot booth does not allow the police to spawn in it if you are inside.
Rats
- Bain speaks the correct line when player gets money and intel.
Update size: N/A
Update #1
- Fixed the "card / loot drop crash" that community members would experience while in the money screen or in the PAYDAY.
- Fixed the "achievement crash" that community members would experience whenever gaining certain achievements. This also solves the issue where players are disconnected from the server.
- Fixed the "Bad Music" asset on the Nightclub level. It now correctly lowers the amount of people willing to dance to elevator music.
- Fixed the "Pickup Truck" asset on the Nightclub level. It now works.
- Removed the TV's in Four Stores' 24/7 store.
- Removed civilian alert on the office windows facing the street in the Nightclub level. The music is too loud for civies outside the office to hear. Kinda like in that Hotline Miami level.
- Removed civilian alert on the fancy striped lamps in the Nightclub level.
- Fixed alley door in the Nightclub level.
Update size: 6MB
Beta Update #4
August 7, 2013
- General GUI tweaks has been made, the PAYDAY cards now have higher resolution.
- During a PAYDAY, only weapon mods for weapons that you have unlocked can be dropped.
- You can now toggle if you want AI or not in the Planning Phase.
- Shotgun reload animations have been updated.
- Balanced the control phase - the more hostages you have the longer the law enforcers wait before they initiate.
- Fixed a bug where the "new drop" icon would not disappear in the main menu.
Beta Update #3
August 5, 2013
- Owners of the CCE version of the game will have pre-order items from now on, gifted players will not get these items anymore.
- Characters should no longer walk in the middle of the air close to objects.
- While the player is in casing mode, civilians, guards and police will look at the player(s).
- Technical fixes on levels, fixed several graph issues, characters should generally move better now.
- Updated localized text based on community feedback.
- Updated several text strings.
- Fixed issues related to animations depending on the FOV.
- Fixed other FOV related issues.
- Fixed a disappearing monitor in the safe house.
- Fixed spots where the player could get stuck.
- Added orange text on DLC items, which should make clear now that the skull mask is a "loot bag dlc" item in orange text, just like an infamous item would.
- Fixed an issue where bags could be thrown out of the world.
- Fixed a bug where the game would crash if the player would view a corpse through a camera.
- Fixed a bug so that team AI now properly follows the player in missions.
- Fixed a bug where a converted enemy would stop to follow the player who converted it.
- Fixed a bug in the safe house where the player could throw the bag into a place where he couldn't reach it again.
- Fixed an issue where police officers would be "popping" on top of cars.
- Added minor tweaks to level details.
- Bulleted list.
- Reduced the drop chance of a "money" card during a PAYDAY.
Beta Update #2.1
August 1, 2013
- Added Nightclub.
- Raised Reputationcap to 30.
Beta Update #2
July 31, 2013
- FEATURE: You can now Terminate a on-going contract from the menu if the server wants. This will allow the PARTY not to split up after a failed heist and try something else.
- FEATURE: Decrease Mouse lag/Overheating slider is now in the advanced video options. This will give frame rate and decrease mouse lag if you find the right setting for your computer. Don't mess with this if you are not having any problems.
- FEATURE: Player Menu Action. You can now see what the other players are browsing while you wait in the planning phase.
- FEATURE: To kickstart the game we added a player starter kit for mods. You now have a pistol silencer and a rifle extended mag to play with at the get go.
- Fix for Team AI not exiting hurt action when downed.
- Sniper AI shooting through roof fixed (thanks for all the screenshots!).
- Van collision fixed on Jewelry store.
- Added new animations for rifle 870.
- Fixed some civs not reacting to gun fights in the Four Stores.
- Moved some windows in Four Stores that kept messing with collision.
- LOTS of Anti Cheat fixes. Not all but we are getting there :).
- Fixed Civilians that could not be bagged.
- Fixed outline for pager so that it does not stay after being used.
- Fixed Crash when dropping into a game while the was host interacting with pager.
- The Good Luck Charm was tweaked to better drop infamous items.
- Removed Level Limit for EXP and just calculate your EXP dependant on your current level. Much more fair without breaking the game with power leveling.
- Collision fixes in the Kung Bo store (you guys have been EVERYWHERE :)).
- Added some more randomness to Jewelry Store.
- Fix for team AI getting stuck in the chill out pose for too long (no, not even they are this cool).
- Tech skill Rifleman ACE tweaked to ZOOM in more than before.
- Mastermind skill JOKER - life of the police units is now balanced.
- Masterman LEADERSHIP BASIC/ACE tweaked to give more recoil dampening effect than before.
- Electric Center is now infamous, because it's fun. You WILL miss this :).
- Players interaction is not auto interrupted on drop-in (solves issue where the alarm goes off cause a pager interaction is interrupted or lock picks get aborted).
- Tweaks to make the games difficulty more balanced. Normal is easier OVERKILL is harder.
- Initial Police response on Jewelry store is now dependant on the difficulty. They WILL also use the siege behavior more. Try it.
- BIG ONE! The LOOT DROP system is now tweaked to drop much more towards the level of weapons available to you. Also more weapons drop than masks or money.
- MONEY drops now have their own CARD. Also, the money drops are more valuable if you are in luck.
- More masks were added. (Wikinote: has not happened in update 2.0 but in update 2.1)
- Optimized the network traffic to be lest tasking for larger coop sessions.
- Made Normal level heists pay out a little more money to get you started and not make prices too steep in the start of your career.
- Fixed all weapon animations to fit with the new maximum FOV slider setting.
- Fixed Sprint animations to work with maximum FOV.
- Fixed issues with bus doors on Rats being closed on some drop in players.
- Added windshield breakage to cars.
- Made the invite system less prone to drop invites in the boot up of the game.
- Added a Updates news ticker to the bottom left corner of the main menu. Uses announcements from PAYDAY 2 gamehub (5 latest).
- Moved menu item help texts to the upper right corner.
- Changed name of menu option to go to crimenet from lobby (Choose new contract instead of Crime.net). This when you already have a lobby up.
- Small rearrange of menu options in lobby menu to match main menu, also added dividers for spacing.
- Depth of Field help text in start menu bug fix.
- Fixed that occasionally the mask pattern icon will be on top of all of the message texts when entering the inventory.
- Reduced the chance of infamous drops (yep :)).
- Network fix for host dropping "connection_established" message if it arrives before it has finished loading.
- Solved the conflict when multiple users interact with the alarm pager simultaneously.
- Fixed a rare crash on clicking the contract box in CrimeNet.
- Added a Back button in options.
- Added Images of all Mods, Weapons, Masks and items in the "you got a new X" prompt. Much sexier.
- The Skill icon is now always showing in wallet (when you got skill points).
- The black borders after changing the resolution is now gone and fixed.
- Resolution menu now shows which is the current resolution.
- Crime.net is now showing the state of the host to let you know if it a game is in session or waiting for joins.
- RISK LEVEL is now correctly represented by YELLOW SKULLS - and they are added to the Black Screen to psyche you up before the heist :).
- Sound updates to the intro and attract videos.
- The AK rifle is now unlocked at level 1 to give starting gangs a variety of choice and make more sense with how the weapon mods now drop.
- Fix for some animations that freeze when not in peripheral view.
- Improved the look of the body armor.
- Police now better at turning around when alerted.
- Fixed glitch in how many police that could be intimidated at once.
- Fix for ECM Overdrive travelling too far and through statics.
- Menu dialogs to show save game loaded from other user and loaded wrong version (instead of corrupt).
- Fix for player landing sound using wrong material.
- Fix for slow-mo sound effect getting stuck if restarting a level during slow-motion.
- Fix crash when being detected by a cop and automatically put on mask while in slow motion.
- Added more fixes for dynamic deployables such as ammo bags and health bags.
- RATS - Chemicals should no longer be able to pickup from the outside of the house.
- RATS - Bain will play the wrong dialogue when player completes the heist.
- RATS - Player is no longer able to throw meth on top of a tree making it inaccessible.
- RATS - Fixed Unresponsive AI gang member.
- RATS - Fixed gun sounds when the cooks get shot.
- BANK - Officers in police car should now disappear on drop in.
- BANK - Cuffing the surveillance guard now disables the cameras (only death before).
- JEWELERY -Fixed animation link for enemies in back alley.
- JEWELERY - Fixed invisible safe (NO it was not a secret.. Ilija was just very tired....:)).
- SAFE HOUSE - Player cannot get the money bag stuck and prevent progression.
- SAFE HOUSE - Money bundle in the tall safe is now easier to pickup and doesn't require crouch.
- FOUR STORES - Windows in 'The Pear Store' now connect with the wall.
- FOUR STORES - Fixed stores window for Smoother jump troughs.
- AI tactics tweak to make them storm you a bit less when you are weak and hold of when you are strong (remember to tie those civs down ppl - it will slow down the Assault).
- Drank a couple of Red Bulls... Thanks all!
Beta Update #1
July 25, 2013
- Crimnet Icons no longer twitch.
- Added Difficulty to the Crimenet Mouse over info (like NORMAL, HARD, VERY HARD and OVERKILL).
- On/Off to Depth of Field in the VIDEO options. This turns the distance blur on off per your request.
- Moved Armour upgrades to earlier in the game. The Ballistic Vest is now given at level 1 instead of 12 and all other vests come about 10 levels earlier. This should make life as a noob easier and less punishing.
- Added the growing money pile in detail in the Safehouse
- Ammo and medic bags become dynamic instead of disappearing when surface is moved/rotated/removed.
- Graphical tweaks to the safe house.
- Crash fixes for when players drop in on a game where another player has placed a trip mine but it hadn't been armed yet. It was a RARE crash.
- FOV Slider
- New optimized Character level of detail upgrade to cater for new changeable FOV system.
- Security fixes
- SKULL Mask fix. Now EVERYONE should be able to go to the MASK slot and buy a SKULL mask for free. Then you can mod that for the money you have with the patterns and color you got form you Pre Order. The Red Dot sight will show up once you get a better rifle than the standard AMCAR rifle.
- Network fixes