Payday 2 save file download

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Guide Index. Making backups. Preventing Steam updates. Fixing Crashes On Startup and Others. Final Words. PAYDAY 2 is an almost 4-year old game and has received more than different updates over the course of its life, including hotfixes, that added a ton of new content and made it live on.

That means frequently updating the game to play the latest version and have access to all released content and the full playerbase. However, for varied reasons speedrunning, dissatisfaction with recent changes, missing seasonal events, curiosity you might be tempted into playing previous updates that are no longer supported.

This guide will explain you how to download past updates for the game and how to install them on Steam. Before starting, here are a few things you should know about playing updates different from the latest build: It is possible to play multiplayer with anyone who's installed the same version as you.

Save files are compatible with any update , even if you own content that didn't exist at the time. Switching back and forth shouldn't affect your save files either, but better be safe and make a back up to avoid bad surprises.

Similarly you might struggle if you have a slow internet connection. Be sure you have enough space on your hard drive to store backups of the game files and old update game files approximately three times the total size of PAYDAY 2. As said above, you should make backups of the game and your saves before installing an old update to avoid having to redownload the latest version and file corruption. For those who are part of the Update 78 group, you should be familiar with all installation methods used here: they are almost the same, based on file replacement.

In our opinion it should help a lot with the crash-related progression losses. The progress file for Payday 2 is named save Its size is about 62 kilobytes when it's empty. The more you play, the bigger the savegame file gets. There are 3 possible locations for it. Two of them are on your hard disk. The third one is in the Steam Cloud, in case the feature is enabled for Payday 2. Main savegame. Note: The following part is based on community feedback and my interpretation of it.

Please let me know if you have any more information on it. Game crashes. You start the game after a crash and realize your progress is gone. If the game prompts you to restore your backup savegame, do so see E.

If not, don't do anything in the game and don't exit. Before you start, check the size of your cloud backup and the file size of your backup savegame see E. If it didn't bring back your progress, restore your backup savegame manually see E.

If nothing worked and you have manually backed up your progress file before, restore it see E. You can prevent a loss of progress by regularly backing up your savegame. The game creates a local backup see B. How to back up your progress. Copy the savegame file save Before you restore a backup, you should check its size. If your progress file is empty, its size is about 62 kilobytes. It gets bigger the more you play. The settings file save If your cloud backup is around 66 kilobytes or your backup savegame is around 62 kilobytes, then there is no progress to restore.

Restore from the Steam Cloud. Disable the Steam Cloud synchronization for Payday 2. Right click on Payday 2 and select Properties. Check the Updates tab and disable the Steam Cloud. Open the game and you should get a prompt: or. Your progress is back, but not yet saved! Do something in the game to overwrite your main savegame open the inventory and close it. Make sure Steam is running. Note: You could have Steam closed and launch it before step 4, but there's a small chance the more recent cloud backup will be downloaded automatically.

Start the game, your progress should be back. Note: If Steam synchronizes when you start the game, you will have to temporarily disable the Steam Cloud for Payday 2 and repeat the previous step.

As soon as you restored your progress and saved once from within the game, you can turn it on again. Do something in the game such as opening and closing your inventory. This will make sure your local savegame is newer than the cloud backup. We hope this guide helped you and you won't have to deal with a loss of progress in the future. As for questions, please leave a comment below.