The Live-Action Gang Is Here

Do you remember this concept art? I was so hyped upon seeing it, finally after so many years, they are giving us the live-action shaped masks in PAYDAY 3! Well, that did NOT happen, they went after the PD2 style instead, and I was left disappointed about the masks. I don't want to knock the artists that worked on these masks, they did great, I just think they needed better direction towards the live-action style of the masks.

Luckily, I have the experience, means, some patience and passion, to do it myself, so I've put on my Thanos Gauntlet and here we are.

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So, what's going on here, exactly?

Some quick and simple vanilla model modifications gave decent enough results, I've modified the textures as well, only a tiny bit here and there, minor color changes etc. I removed the piss yellow colors, especially on the blank masks. Houston's mask went through the biggest transformation, both the model and the texture received a complete makeover, so that it would closely resemble Hoxton's original mask from the artworks. I do not claim they are perfect recreations. I did my best to stick with the live-action shapes of the masks, mainly focusing on PAYDAY: The Heist Artworks and Hoxton Breakout Trailer.

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NOTICE: All masks are split into individual .PAK files, so that you can download what you like, without me forcing all masks onto you.

Other mods used in the previews:
No Color Grading by @ema
PAYDAY: The Heist Outfits - PAYDAY 3 by @columbus
Bald Wolf by @agojyt
Concept Art Dallas by @gambyt
Dallas Concept Coat Restoration

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INSTALLATION: Place the downloaded .PAK file right here - \PAYDAY3\PAYDAY3\Content\Paks\ ~mods

⚠️Hoxton: "It's not working lass."⚠️

If the .PAK mod is not working, make sure you have added the -fileopenlog launch argument to PAYDAY 3. For example, on Steam you can add that argument by right-clicking on PAYDAY 3, then Properties and lastly, General -> You should see the "Launch Options" box there, that's where -fileopenlog launch argument goes.

If it's still not working, make sure you don't have any conflicting mods.

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Extra tip: If your game renders some textures properly while other ones look like garbage, add -dx11 to your launch options, see how that works, and if your game is gasping for FPS, try this mod out.