Payday 2

Payday
Payday: The Heist	2011
Payday 2	2013
Payday 3	2023

Key points

Active modding community.

General information

Port Report

Steam Community Discussions

Master List of Fixes

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Steam
Amazon.com
Green Man Gaming
GamersGate

All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Improving Graphics

There are multiple ways to improve the way Payday 2 looks, using GEM is a good place to start, using an injector such as SweetFX will also help.

The game utilizes a chromatic aberration filter (color separation) which blurs textures and increases the effects of aliasing. The GEM project's Payday 2 package includes a utility to delete this filter from the game's data files, but the change may be reverted by game updates.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/218620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Key bindings are probably stored inside <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\218620\remote\saves\save000.sav which is encrypted

Save game data location

Demo version saves only in the backup path and it will always ask of loading this savegame. Refusing the question will start a new career

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/218620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Basic and advanced video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	9899

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Main Menu gets excessively brighter upon launching the game

Instructions

Instructions

Not fitting fullscreen despite running at 1080p/Black screen when selecting 1080p

Instructions

Mouse input delay

Instructions

Instructions

Play on Intel HD3000 & HD4000

Instructions

Double mouse cursor after Alt+Tab

Needs verification; option not present on Windows Vista.

Instructions

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Intel Dual Core	2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 8800 Radeon HD 2600 256 MB of VRAM	GeForce GTX 460 Radeon HD 5850 512 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/218620/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (218620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/218620/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (218620) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/218620/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (218620) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Overkill Software
Publishers
	505 Games
Engines
	Diesel
Release dates
Windows	August 13, 2013