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Payday: The Heist

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Payday: The Heist
Payday: The Heist cover
Developers
Overkill Software
Publishers
Sony Online Entertainment
Engines
Diesel
Release dates
Windows October 20, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 76
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Payday
Payday: The Heist on HowLongToBeat
Payday: The Heist on IGDB
Payday: The Heist on MobyGames
Payday: The Heist on Wikipedia
Payday
Payday: The Heist 2011
Payday 2 2013
Payday 3 2023

Key points

Officially compatible with Linux via Steam's Proton compatibility tool.

General information

Unofficial PAYDAY Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Wolfpack Buying this DLC also gives you the "Wolf Pack" DLC for Payday 2.
Windows
Soundtrack Unlocks additional masks.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with the -skip_intro parameter[1]

Mods

DAHM formerly known as DorHUD, provides HUD improvements, fixes for many issues, cheat prevention measures, a mod framework and controller support. It comes in two variants, with the main version having a collection of other mods included.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\PAYDAY\renderer_settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\PAYDAY\saves\<user-id>\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\24240\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 MB available.

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Both in-game and menu UI may become too small on displays with a high pixel density. Use dgVoodoo 2 to scale them.
Field of view (FOV)
Has adjustable sliders for normal (60-100°) and ADS (50-75°) view.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA forced via Nvidia Inspector: Performance(0x004412C1) IQ(0x004032C1)[2]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Defaults to 60 Hz. See Run the game at screen refresh rate. 130 FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
No out-of-the-box official support.[3] Use DorHUD.
Full controller support
See DorHUD. XInput is required.
Controller remapping
Use DorHUD. Not remappable in-game, but can be done by modifying the mod files.
Controller sensitivity
Use DorHUD.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Use DorHUD.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Use DorHUD. Can choose between graphical DualShock layout (default) or plain-text Xbox layout.
Controller hotplugging
Use DorHUD. Chosen at the start screen. Cannot switch between controller and keyboard without restarting.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Character chatter not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
4 Co-op
Requires an internet connection for Steam authentication.[4]
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 98-99
UDP 98-99
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Crash just before level starts

Happens simultaneously to all connected players with an access violation in AK::MemoryMgr::SetMonitoring
Can possibly be worked around by waiting some seconds before pressing ready, after loading has finished for everyone[5]

Issues fixed

Black screen on start up or random crashes during the game

Don't run PAYDAY with Teamspeak 3 or Ventrilo - both will likely cause the game to fail to load.
ALIENWARE users make sure you have AlienFX installed.
Update DirectX and PhysX[citation needed]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode only runs at 60 Hz by default.
Override refresh rate set by game[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open renderer_settings.xml with a text editor.
  3. If the resolution doesn't look right despite setting screen native one, find resolution= and make sure it's followed by your resolution, e.g. "1920 1080".
  4. Find refresh_rate= and make sure it's followed by your refresh rate, e.g. "120".

PhysX redistributable installation aborts

Fix everlasting first time setup[citation needed]
  1. Open a command prompt
  2. Run reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Valve\Steam\Apps\24240 /v PhysXNew /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX 3.2.0.1
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.9a
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon XP 3400+
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5.4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1900
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. How to skip the intro? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  2. NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Twitter / OVERKILL_TM: @NewerBark Not at the moment, ...
  4. "lan?" - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Guessingly verified by User:Mirh on 2017-9-9
  6. Verified by User:Keith on 2019-11-11