We saw performance issues for quite a few players since the engine upgrade and finally narrowed it down to faulty “Garbage Collection”. These fixes should resolve the issue some players were having where the game would repeatedly stutter or freeze.

We also saw the reports that came in regarding our first heist Under the Hammer, and put together a list of fixes and changes based on the feedback. There are still a few known issues left along with general performance issues we’ll keep looking into.

• Fixed frequent stuttering related to LUA garbage collection on certain systems

• Fixed converted Zeal Heavy Swat enemies having incorrect outlines

• Updated localization files

• Fixed missing glowing indicators while playing on low graphics settings on several heists like The Diamond Heist, Lost In Transit and Under The Hammer

• Under The Hammer

  • Improved performance (Will keep trying to improve it further)

  • Added a small table in the auctioneer office to allow VR players to jump over the lasers in stealth

  • Added the ability to press the purple buttons by meleeing them (Just for fun)

  • Changed the tag color on side loot items to be easier to find

  • Increased the interaction range on the car keys

  • Increased the chances for folders and kiosks on the ground floor to contain hints

  • Increased the interrupt range on civilians running for the panic buttons from 3 to 5m

  • Removed floating counter objects that were being picked up by HUD mods

  • The fire extinguishers can now be grabbed sooner in loud

  • Fixed outside guards being able to detect players through the windows while inside the vehicle hall

  • Fixed camera operators being able to detect players through the windows of security booths

  • Fixed NPCs being able to detect players through the “Antique Car”

  • Fixed the outer sector box not providing cover

  • Fixed the “Flash Auction” achievement not triggering if anyone has ECM jammers in their inventory, instead if anyone uses one

  • Fixed a crash when closing certain security doors

  • Fixed a crash related to using the aced “kickstarter” skill on the Apollonius cutter

  • Fixed a collision issue that could prevent lootbags from being picked up inside the vault

  • Fixed a few instances where the sun was leaking

  • Fixed cowardly first responder staying in one of the police cars while his twin does the work for him

  • Fixed a potential softlock when the alarm is risen while driving the truck to the garage

  • Fixed a part of the library skylight not breaking correctly when cops jump down on it

  • Fixed laser emitters in the auctioneer office disappearing in loud

  • Changed the Auctioneers shotgun to use a short stock to prevent clipping issues

• Crude Awakening

  • Fixed an issue where the visual armor on Gabriel Santiago would be aligned differently for drop-ins

• Added new ammo pickup category for the “Breaker 12G” and “Karussell Revolving Shotgun”

  • Breaker 12G now has higher pickup rates

  • Karussell has lower pickup rates

• Fixed the “Vintage Sight” being able to drop from card drops

• Fixed the”Vintage Sight” floating when applied on the “KETCHNOV Byk-1”

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

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

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Long before the events of the White House heist, help Bain obtain an item that will lead to a lost lost fortune.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5149580/PAYDAY_2_Under_the_Hammer_Heist/

Raise up your paddles, and make your bids. Featuring a new heist, a unique shotgun, new hammer melee, 2 masks and a free sight!

• The Under the Hammer Heist

• The Karussell Revolving Shotgun

• The Last Call melee weapon

• The Comedy and The Tragedy masks

• Everyone who completes the “BFD Junior” achievement will unlock the new “Vintage Sight” regardless if you own the dlc or not!

Read more about it on the store page here:

Find the Changelog Here!

Keep those lasers burning!

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Got an new update for you all, to coincide with the new content drop. Incase you missed it, the new Under The Hammer Heist DLC has been released! Check it out:https://store.steampowered.com/app/5149580/PAYDAY_2_Under_the_Hammer_Heist/

• Added the option to change the output audio device

• Fixed a crash related to lootbags in VR

• Fixed mission ending dialog being delayed when the player has gone down multiple times

• Fixed a crash on the Epic Game Store when opening the “Edit Game Settings” menu in lobbies

Art Gallery/Framing Frame Day 1

• Adjusted culling portals to avoid vanishing props through a far away doorway when standing inside the storage room

• Fixed flamethrower firing sounds not stopping when tap firing

• Fixed enemy weapons being too loud

• Fixed missing gadget mounts when equipping “McShay Mod Pack” parts on the AK weapon group

• Arbiter Grenade Launcher

  • Increased basic fragmentation ammo damage to from 480 to 500 (This allows it to one-shot light swat on direct impact on higher difficulties)

• Commando 553 Rifle

  • Fixed using the incorrect skin pattern UVs when equipping the “Enhanced Grip”

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

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

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Another round of fixes. We’re still looking into the performance issues from the v3 engine update, thank you for understanding and helping us in the bug report forums with all the information provided!

This update focuses on some small fixes along with some inventory cleanup to help with some mods removing items from inventories when being disabled. We’re developing a new cleanup system for inventories to not destroy items forever if you accidentally open your inventory with mods disabled but with all save data related changes we’re testing it thoroughly.

This is the first build on our new build automation so this will be larger than usual- future patches will be much smaller.

• Added a special cleanup case for weapons to prevent modded charms from erasing the entire weapon if the charm stops existing – better late than never!

  • Note: Because of the limited information present in saves charms have the ID prefix wpn_fps_upg_charm_ and only modded charms that follow that naming scheme will clean up in this way, thankfully that is most weapon charm mods!

• Fixed the “Aran G2” sniper rifle mistakenly not using skill based damage bonuses

• Fixed some akimbo variants of some guns not using their respective stat boost mods

• Fixed Kross Vertex SMG default sling mount vanishing

• Fixed some graphical errors in the main menu background

• Fixed meth cooking instructions being blurry when playing on lower texture quality

• Fixed shadow when the roulette table is not present in Bonnie’s corner

• Fixed more misc props having arbitrary lower texture quality

• Fixed team Ai getting stuck above the elevator shaft if a peer leaves the lobby there

• Fixed several bag stuck spots around the rooftop windows

• Fixed the left side door not being openable ;)

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

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

We’re working on fixing the performance issues some users seem to be getting, in the meantime we have some misc fixes and small QoL improvements.

• Fixed players on the Epic Game Store being unable to get past the Press Any Key screen if they have no friends on their friendslist

• Added safety checks to prevent some crashes related to custom perk decks

• Fixed no audio playing for people with low-end CPUs.

• Fixed no lobbies appearing when using -steamMM

• Fixed crash when loading custom models

• Fixed some modded textures being rendered incorrectly

• Fixed crash when closing the game on Epic

• The “Custom Heist Tracks” menu now tags map variants like Holdout and Escape

• Bows and Crossbow weapons now have a default arrow head icon for ammunition mods when no special arrow types are applied

• Lab Rats

  • Fixed a sniper spawn location sinking into the ground

• Undercover

  • Fixed missing collision that would allow a sniper to hit players through the larger building on Undercover Heist

• Fixed the “Flintlock Freddy” event weapon not granting the “Royal Bayonet” item

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

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

Got a small update here that fixes some bugs people found in the initial Diesel 3.0 release.

• Fixed save files not loading for Epic games players (Your save file is not gone or corrupted! Sorry for the stress)

• Fixed a bug where the saving indicator would spin faster and faster

• Fixed Brazilian Portuguese localisation not working

• Fixed some broken lighting on AMD systems

• Fixed SystemFS not deleting folders with files that started with full stops ‘.’

The time has come to push the upgraded engine update.

For the following month we will temporarily leave the legacy game in the beta branches for players that have immediate issues can swap to a playable build.

With this release we are also retiring the old native Linux branch, as it is no longer in development and causes confusion for new Linux users.

Linux players will need to use the Proton features of steam, additionally we have prepared a guide on how to transition save files over to the current build of the game: Linux Migration Guide

• The engine is now 64bit!

• The renderer is now DirectX 11

• Better CPU utilization, especially for “performance” cores on CPUs that support multi-threading

• New asset compression system, the game will now be much smaller on your storage drives

• Faster loading times!

• New content ownership system

• Native VR, the game no longer needs 2 different EXE files to play flatscreen and VR

• In-game voice chat has been implemented for “Epic Online Services” matchmaking

• Updated localization files

• The game’s language can now be specified with the command line argument [c]-language english/german/french/etc.[/c] instead of having to edit context.xml

• Fixed mask clipping on “Joy” and “Jacket” with some masks

• Fixed “Dead By Daylight” entitlements on Epic Games platform not awarding when a Nebula account is linked

• Mouse input in menus is now based off of the real position of your mouse

• The game will no longer “eat” your mouse courser while Alt+Tab’ing out of the game

• Fixed the mouse wheel being able to scroll on other monitors while ingame

• Added native support for PlayStation 4 controllers

• All text boxes now support modern text editing features like Ctrl+Arrows for navigation, Ctrl+Backspace for deletion and more

• The “Lobby Code” UI is now only 6 alphanumeric characters long, making it easier to share your lobby

• Matchmaking distance filters have been updated to Country/Region/Worldwide instead of the older Close/Far/Worldwide options

• Added more frame rate limit options

• Fixed a crash when placing a spy camera deployable just before the end of a heist

• The “Tag Team” perkdeck ability can now be activated through enemies and has improved hit detection on teammates

• Fixed dropped Marshal Shields sometimes beeping and flashing indefinitely for clients

• Fixed an issue causing the concussion explosion from shooting a Marshal Shield’s light to sometimes not sync when a triggered by a client

• Potentially fixed an issue that could sometimes cause instant detection when entering a room with enemies

• Corpse and Shield disposal are now limited to disposing up to 4 corpses and shields per frame, respectively, and will continue after a short interval when this limit is reached

  • This will prevent lag spikes when switching from higher corpse limit settings to lower ones, and help with big multikills that go over the limit

• Fixed reflections on the “Kunai Knife” melee weapon

• Increased the damage on the “China Puff 40mm Grenade Launcher” from 960 to 1000

• Fixed the “Hailstorm Mk 5” set to Volley mode not being able to pierce body armor

• Fixed a bug with the Flaregun airdrops that caused them to land on bag-only collision

• Removed the concealment penalty on the “Pocket Laser” gadget to fall in line with other laser gadgets

• Included the “Pocket Laser” and “Tactical Pistol Light” to the low-tier card drop pool as no other weapon mods had this limitation

• Enabled gadgets on the “Midas Touch” Legendary weapon skin

  • Players may need to re-apply the legendary skin for the gadget slot to unlock

• Fixed sticker placement on “UAR Rifle | Longclaw” on the “Raptor Polymer Body” mod

• Fixed sticker placement on “UAR Rifle | Peacekeeper Blue” on the “Raptor Polymer Body” mod

• Increased the texture resolution of the “Apocalypse | Locomotive 12G Shotgun”

• Fixed props on multiple heists using low resolution textures

• Holdout Gamemode

  • Added the job’s name to the holdout contract box to display “HOLDOUT: HEISTNAME” rather than just “HOLDOUT”

• The Safehouse

  • Fixed the briefing video being too loud

  • Removed John Wick IP from the “Shooting Range”, the location is now available for all players

• The Yacht Heist

  • Fixed being able to pick up the money bundle loot items multiple times

• GO Bank Heist

  • Fixed outhouse doors and failing to remove collision when exploded

• Border Crossing Heist

  • Fixed a barrel that could accidentally being removed when spawning in the Mexican section of the heist.

  • Fixed a “Lost Tapes” keycard spawning mid-air in some variations of the map.

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

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

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This is just a quick announcement to say the open-beta for the V3 engine will be extended to further weed out the oddities we’ve been getting reports on. We are now aiming to release out of beta on the 13th of August 2026.

If you’ve been having issues recently please do make a post about it in the open-beta bug reporting subforum!

As a reminder when the beta is complete anyone already in the open-beta will be able to play immediately, anyone not in the beta will need to update.

The time has come to trial the upgrades coming to PAYDAY 2. The Diesel engine has been restructured, and even though most of the changes are under the hood, it brings along with it a number of technical improvements players have long been asking for.

This is a huge change, there will be bugs and issues that need addressing. The open beta will be going for the entire month of July to make sure the transition goes smoothly. That being said…

We have created a new forum on the steam discussions called Open-Beta Bug Reporting. Please use it to report issues you may encounter. Before reporting, please make sure that the issue is related to the beta. Any reported bugs that existed prior to the beta will be moved to the regular bug reporting forum.

For more information, head over to the \[FaQ] Engine Upgrade Open-Beta steam post.

1. Open your steam library

2. Right-Click on the game PAYDAY 2

3. Select “Properties” from the dropdown

4. On the left side of the properties panel select “Game Versions & Betas”

5. Now select the beta branch “open_beta Diesel 3.0 Beta”

Mods will likely be broken and for the beta we want to find un-modded issues, we recommend uninstalling all mods for the duration of the beta. Backing up save data is recommended as some mods (like custom weapons) will be removed from your inventory when uninstalling mods.

We’re working with the modding community to keep old modded file formats compatible with new game versions.

• The game is now 64bit!

• The game’s renderer is now DirectX 11

• New asset bundling system with compression (game is now down to ~32gb!)

• Faster load times for SSDs

• Completely rewrote the “Epic Online Services” implementation

• In-game voice chat has been implemented for “Epic Online Services” matchmaking

• Reduced lobby codes to just 6 characters

• The “Modern CPU Support” launch option no longer needs to be selected

• VR and non-VR versions of the game are now one executable file, there should be no interruption caused by this

• The game’s language can now be specified with the command line argument [c]-language english/german/french/etc.[/c] instead of having to edit context.xml

• The “Tag Team” perkdeck ability can now be activated through enemies and has improved hit detection on teammates

• Removed a startup video advertising the legacy collection

• Fixed Cheater tag not being applied correctly in certain scenarios

• Fixed mask clipping on “Joy” and “Jacket” with some masks

• Fixed “Dead By Daylight” entitlements on Epic Games platform not awarding when a Nebula account is linked

• Mouse input in menus is now based off of the actual position of your mouse

• The game will no longer “eat” your mouse courser while Alt+Tab’ing out of the game

• Fixed the mouse wheel being able to scroll on other monitors while ingame

• Added native support for PlayStation 4 controllers

• All text boxes now support modern text editing features like Ctrl+Arrows for navigation, Ctrl+Backspace for deletion and more

• The “Lobby Code” UI now no longer appears above certain UI elements

• Matchmaking distance filters have been updated to Country/Region/Worldwide instead of the older Close/Far/Worldwide options

• Added 180Hz frame rate limit option

• Fixed reflections on the “Kunai Knife” melee weapon

• Increased the damage on the “China Puff 40mm Grenade Launcher” from 960 to 1000

• Fixed the “Hailstorm Mk 5” set to Volley mode not being able to pierce body armor

• Fixed a bug with the Flaregun airdrops that caused them to land on bag-only collision

• Fixed a crash when placing a spy camera deployable just before the end of a heist

• Added the job’s name to the holdout contract box to display “HOLDOUT: HEISTNAME” rather than just “HOLDOUT”

• The Safehouse

  • Fixed the briefing video being too loud

  • Removed John Wick IP from the “Shooting Range”, the location is now available for all players

• The Yacht Heist

  • Fixed being able to pick up the money bundle loot items multiple times

• GO Bank

  • Fixed outhouse doors and failing to remove collision when exploded

• Fixed sticker placement on “UAR Rifle | Longclaw” on the “Raptor Polymer Body” mod

• Fixed sticker placement on “UAR Rifle | Peacekeeper Blue” on the “Raptor Polymer Body” mod

• Increased the texture resolution of the “Apocalypse | Locomotive 12G Shotgun”

• Switching monitors in the video settings does not work, please use Win+Shift+Arrows for now

• Missing textures on low texture settings

• Bloom effects aren’t visible

• Some sounds are distorted

• Occasional physics bugs and slowdowns may occur

Below is an abridged list of a few major changes, more details can be found in the forum post: HERE!

• [c]Steam[/c] and [c]EpicMM[/c] interfaces have been replaced with new [c]Distribution[/c] and [c]DistributionMatchmaking[/c] interfaces that share identical features no matter where someone is playing the game

• The new “Crate” bundling system allows custom map mods to write their own packages to be able to access units found in maps in-game without loading the package for the entire map

• Animation and SoundBank editing mods will be broken for the time being until auto-upgraders can be implemented in the popular mod loader

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

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

Sidetrack Games ː2ː

It is time to announce the next update coming for the game, and its quite a big one…

This is a huge milestone for PAYDAY 2 and it has been a massive undertaking for our team.

Some of the improvements are but not limited to:

• The long awaited port to 64 bits

• An upgrade from DX9 to DX11 rendering

• Game file size reduction to ~32gb

• Faster load times on SSDs

• 6 character lobby codes

• And more…

With any big change, there are bound to be some bugs, therefore we will have an open beta period running starting from June 30th until the end of July. This should give us time to iron out any potential quirks, and also for modders to get their mods updated. More information will be revealed about the beta test on the 30th.

Welcome to the world of tomorrow!

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