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Payday 2 - Freezing on Windows 11
By Jary
Payday 2 Freezes

There is a possible fix for the Payday 2 freezing on Windows 11(Some freezes take 2-3 seconds, some others even more, and some others can even disconnect you from the match), i tested and it seems to stop the freezes.
The fix consists in using a Software called Borderless Gaming, and you also should disable a Windows option called "Game Mode". I'll list it on order to help those who aren't familiar with it.

-Download Borderless Gaming (You can buy on steam or download on Github)
-Disable "Game Mode" (It can be found just by searching it on your windows search bar, reset your PC after disabling it)
-Open payday 2, uncheck Fullscreen option on VIDEO settings
-Alt tab from Payday 2 to desktop
-Open your Borderless Gaming Software, click on payday 2 in the left list, throwing it to the right side, hit the button with an icon of "expand"
-Alt tab back to your payday 2 (If there is any visual bug with the window, just alt tab again and click to minimize the Payday 2 window on the Software, then Maximize to Borderless Window again (All this inside de software)

If you feel that your game is way too dark, read bellow about a possible tweak

-If you feel the Gamma is too low (Common for Windowed Games), there is a alternative to it.
-Search on Windows search bar for Calibration Tool for display
-Click on "Next" 3 times, until you have a slider to control gamma, put a gamma that fits for the game, alt tab back to payday 2 (keep the calibrator open), when your done playing, you can get back to the calibrator window, and hit the reset gamma option to get back to your default NVIDIA gamma.

PS: Steam recorder may cause freezes. I normally disable steam and discord overlay.

I hope this can help someone.
   
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Sebi 8 hours ago 
Well I don't care i'd still play the game :steamhappy:
Peves 18 hours ago 
Yeah I usually wait a bit for a bunch of stuff to be optimized for a new version of windows before I jump over to it because this sort of stuff does happen. It's a known thing. New Windows versions need a bunch of optimization for things to be compatible. I'm always very reluctant to switch over lol.
Jary  [author] 20 hours ago 
I understand your point, it’s definitely risky changing to those recent versions. I’ve played many games on Windows 11, and it seems this issue only happens with Payday 2. It’s probably some kind of incompatibility problem or something along those lines. Hopefully, the upcoming Payday 2 updates will fix it. Otherwise getting back to older versions can be worth a try.
Peves 21 hours ago 
This is why you don't use the most recent version of windows. How do people not know this yet? Never use the most recent version. That will only cause problems for you.
Jary  [author] 1 Nov @ 9:12am 
Really cool man, i also tried once this solution, but it didn't work for me. Btw there is a Software called Process Lasso, in this software you can set Afinity and Priority easily using the option "Always" in case you want to test it. Just open Process Lasso (You can set to start with Windows), open Payday 2, alt-tab back to Process Lasso and then you can select what you want to do with the game. Thank you so much for sharing another possible fix in this section! Enjoy your game!
[tmdn] 1 Nov @ 4:22am 
Morning!

I've completely resolved the issue by going into task manager, selecting payday 2, then details, then right clicking and selecting affinity. In this menu you can disable the first few entries on the list (ex: core 0, core 1, & core 2)

For whatever reason this fixed it all for me.

You can ask chat to help you make a launcher that automatically sets the affinity for payday 2 when you launch it so you dont manually have to set the cores each time
Jary  [author] 31 Oct @ 7:25am 
When my game used to freeze, there was nothing i could do, not even alt-tab. The PC was completely froze.
Jary  [author] 31 Oct @ 7:24am 
Yeah, alt-tabbing midgame all the time isn’t really an option. If you try those extra tweaks I mentioned, let me know — good luck, mate!
[tmdn] 31 Oct @ 7:21am 
I've found that alt-tabbing during a freeze seems to free it back up but it's annoying to do every few mins... idk maybe I'll actually email them or someting
Jary  [author] 31 Oct @ 7:20am 
Hi mate, thanks for your comment! Yeah, it’s definitely a tough issue to completely get rid of at the moment. I still get some freezes when joining certain public matches, and I suspect it happens because of the huge amount of mods some hosts use. When I play with friends or host games with more common mods, it doesn’t freeze.

As for extra tweaks, you can try running the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7 or 8 (right-click the Payday 2 .exe → Properties → Compatibility), and also try disabling Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling — it’s easy to find in the Windows settings. It’s probably a good idea to restart your PC after doing that.