PAYDAY 2’s Diesel overhaul is live in open beta

PAYDAY 2 has its Diesel engine upgrade in open beta now, and the test will run through the rest of July. The team says the goal is simple enough: find the rough edges early and get the game ready for a wider release.

Players who run into problems can use the new Open-Beta Bug Reporting forum, and the studio also pointed to its FAQ post for extra details. Mods are another big concern here, since the team warned that they will likely break during the beta and suggested backing up save data before jumping in.

The update brings the game to 64-bit, moves the renderer to DirectX 11, cuts the install size to roughly 32 GB, and trims load times on SSDs. It also shortens lobby codes, updates voice chat for Epic Online Services matchmaking, and folds in a pile of fixes for weapons, heists, skins, input, and the interface.

Patch Notes

PAYDAY 2: 247 Open-Beta Changelog

Download Size: 32 GB

Diesel 3.0

• 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

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

General

• The game’s language can now be specified with the command line argument -language english/german/french/etc. 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

Masks

• 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

Input

• 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

Interface

• 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

Weapons

• 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

Heists

• 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

Skins

• 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”

Known Issues

• 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

For Mod Developers

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

• Steam and EpicMM interfaces have been replaced with new Distribution and DistributionMatchmaking 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

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Source: Steam