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PAYDAY The Heist v1.6.0 Update info:

PATCH 6
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- is bigger with the OVERKILL 145+ features etc but we wanted to get this one out fast for you guys.


PATCH 5
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- Fix for custom Nvidia Settings being reset by PAYDAY
- Fix for Steam disconnect crash
- Fix so you can play PAYDAY in Steam Offline mode
- Fix for random crashes in Diamond Heist
- Fix for Drop In disabling some interactions for the dropped in clients on Slaughterhouse.
- Optimizations for more FPS.


PATCH 4
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- Features (because you asked for them)

* Filter servers by difficulty
* Possible for server to allow/disallow drop-in
* Possible for server to set a reputation limit for the server. Players with lower reputation then the set value will not be abe to join.
* Possible for server to change permission, reputation limit and allow/disallow drop-in mid game from ingame menu.

- Bug fixes

* Fix for Bulldozer trying to do acrobatics such as jump over tables and crashing the game in the FW Bank.

- Minor bug fixes

* Fix for timers on devices (drill,saw and tablets) restarting on rare occasions
* Fix for first character not being registered in chat input when chat is mapped to enter

- Improvements

* Increased the difficulty of hard and OVERKILL by tweaking some AI group logic
* Enemy AI makes decisions faster
* Enemies pause less when travelling long distances


PATCH 3
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- Added in-game drop-in ability
- Added the "Find Xmas present" achievement
- Heavily improved fighting and acting by team AI and enemies including the following features/fixes:
- New events and enemy tactics on all levels
- Team and enemies now pick better cover and firing positions, and use more intelligent firing lanes for suppression and sniping
- Enemies now master additional acrobatic moves (such as dashes and slides) and they can fire at you while doing them!
- More cover moves for team AI and enemies
- Enemy AI move in tighter formations and coordinate better
- Team AI now keeps up with human players much better
- Smoother turn and aim on team AI, and reduced animation glitches on movements
- Better looking weapon recoils on team and enemies
- AI teammates now pick weapons that better suit the current combat situation
- AI tweaked to make combat more mid-ranged and not run-in gun battles
- Team AI no longer has "ants in the pants" (they don't move around so much) when there are no enemies around
- Added advanced GFX settings menu, containing the following options:
- Texture resolution setting ("very low" to "high")
- Texture filtering "off" and up to x16
- V-synch on/off
- AA on/off
- Light streaks on/off
- Animation level-of-detail setting for better performance
- More suitable default resolutions to fit laptops etc.
- AlienwareFX on/off (for Alienware computers)
- Added eight color grade filters (inspired by a range of heist and action movies)
- Added four new masks
- Improved network code
- Minor features/fixes:
- Slaughterhouse and Diamond Heist are now available in the Normal difficulty setting
- Single Player has improved scenario and difficulty balancing
- Added more money bundles to First World Bank
- The legendary über killer sniper removed from Heat Street
- Teammate "mugshot" icons (lower left corner of the screen) now flash to indicate who is talking over VOIP
- You can now see the cash value of the "near completion challenges" in the TAB menu
- Fix to better hear team AI voices
- Fixes for random crashes
- Fixed the drill that kept resetting to full time for some people
- Fixes for fake lobby appearing
- Changed [Enter] to $Continue; to fix binding of enter to block the final stats screen.
- More camera impacts on explosions
- All weapons now have alert ranges, unique for each weapon
- Chains is no longer replaced by Wolf on rare trade occasions
- Bain will now correctly call the equipment "saws" (not "drills") in Panic Room
- Some sounds (e.g. SWAT rappel sounds) no longer get stuck in a loop
- All sounds are now connected to the sound sliders in the audio options menu
- Added huge tooth brush to Panic Room


PATCH 2
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- Problems with BF3 drivers setting render frames to 3 instead of 1 on Nvidia cards (CAUSING MOUSE LAG,stuttering in your other games....) fixed and set back to 1)
- New patch system to keep patches at 10-20 MB max. (sorry this is what took time and lots of testing)
- Re enable voice chat (down while testing Push to talk)
- Push to talk � now on mappable key � default is ON
- Key mapping fixes and prompts
- Crouch toggle option
- Text Chat in End screen of Heist
- Laptop over heating fixed
- Reduced internet traffic for less de synch issues (will still be some for high ping clients)
- Added STEAM server filter on range (close, far, worldwide)
- Addressed a bug that disabled mouse in the ESC menu while in lobby
- More frame rate for low end systems (laptops and 4-5 year old desktop computers)
- Steam Community Message in the load screen
- Single Player Pause (looping sounds loop though, but hey you got it)
- Alienware command center fix (Fix black screen at start up)
- Fix for random crash in game
- Mute individual player in options
- Mouse smoothing is removed and direct mouse input is in for faster response on low end computers
- Bank AI is fixed with ALL special team animations now functional (amongst them the stoppage of team AI at the C4 wall is gone)
- Made Team AI more aggressive and agile
- Vsynch Auto (on/off next patch)


PATCH 1
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- All USB issues - RESOLVED
- PhysX trouble - RESOLVED
- PS3 button on Chavez - RESOLVED (just for you port guys...)
- NEW FEATURE 1 - In LOBBY, show the amount of players WORLD WIDE on STEAM. - RESOLVED