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Free Camera
"Leave your heister behind and fly the camera anywhere in a PAYDAY 2 heist."
How do I install Free Camera?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Free Camera for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Free Camera do?
Free Camera for PAYDAY 2 switches on the fly-around camera that the game's developers left in its scripts. The shipped game never starts it, so this mod does. Turn Free Camera Enabled on during a heist and your view detaches from your heister. You look around with the mouse and move the camera with the keyboard, through walls, over rooftops and out past the edge of the map. Your heister stays exactly where they were and takes no input while the camera is on, and the HUD is hidden so nothing covers the picture. A line on the screen tells you to press F or C. Those keys open the camera's two short lists. The settings list changes the move speed, the turn speed and the field of view, from a 2 degree zoom to a 170 degree wide shot. The action list can hide your own weapon and arms, or attach the camera to whatever you are looking at so it travels along with it. In single player the action list also has Pause, which freezes the heist while the camera keeps moving. The camera only changes your own view, so it works solo and in any lobby, as host or as a guest. Other players see your heister standing still, and enemies can still hurt them, so pick a quiet corner first. Switch it off and your normal view, your controls and the HUD return, with your weapon shown again and the heist unpaused. The camera also turns itself off when the heist ends, so the end screens work as usual, and it starts again in the next heist if the switch is still on. Nothing is saved.
</>What is Free Camera?
This PAYDAY 2 mod from ProjectMods starts the fly-around camera that ships inside the game's scripts but is never switched on. Use it to take screenshots without the HUD, scout a map from above, watch a firefight from outside or follow a guard on patrol. It has its own speed and field of view settings, changes only your own view, and saves nothing.
</>Common questions about Free Camera
How do I control the camera?
Turn the switch on during a heist. You look around with the mouse and move with the keyboard, using the keys the game itself binds to this camera. A line on the screen tells you to press F or C, and those keys open the camera's action list and settings list. The settings list holds the move speed, the turn speed and the field of view. While the camera is on your heister takes no input, so you can't walk, shoot or open the menu. Turn the switch off in the launcher to get your normal view and controls back.
Can I use the camera while playing online with other people?
Yes. It changes only your own view and your own input, so it works solo, as host and as a guest in any lobby, and it sends nothing to the other players. They simply see your heister standing still. Remember that the heist keeps running while you fly around: enemies can still shoot your heister and your crew is one player short until you come back. The Pause action is only offered in single player, because an online heist can't be frozen for one player.
What happens to my heister while the camera is on?
Your heister stays at the spot where you turned the camera on and does not move, shoot or interact, because the game hands your keyboard and mouse to the camera. The heist does not stop for you, so guards can still spot your heister and cops can still hurt them. Find a safe spot before you switch it on, or play in single player and use the camera's Pause action to freeze the heist first. When you turn the switch off you are back in your heister's eyes at the same spot.
Why does nothing happen when I turn it on in the menu?
The camera only runs while a heist is being played. In the main menu, the lobby, the briefing and the end screens the switch waits, because the camera takes over all input and those screens need it. Leave the switch on and load into a heist: the camera starts as soon as you are in play. It turns itself off again when the heist ends so you can click through the result screens, and it comes back in the next heist while the switch stays on.
Does it change my save or my progress?
No. Free Camera reads and writes nothing in your save. It adds no money, experience or items and unlocks nothing; it only moves the point you see the heist from. Turning the switch off puts everything back: your normal view, your controls, the HUD, your weapon and arms if you hid them, and the heist's clock if you paused it in single player. The same happens on its own at the end of every heist.
What options does Free Camera include?
Free Camera Enabled
During a heist your view detaches and flies wherever you steer it with the keyboard and mouse, while your heister stays put and the HUD hides. Press F or C for the camera's own action and settings lists. Turn it off to get your normal view and controls back. Works solo and in any lobby. Off by default.
Free Camera for PAYDAY 2 turns on the developers' own fly-around camera during a heist. Your view moves wherever you steer it with keyboard and mouse, your heister stays put and the HUD hides. It works solo and online.
System Requirements
What features does Free Camera include?
- One switch: your view detaches and flies anywhere in the heist, through walls and above the map
- Your heister stays where they stand and takes no input while the camera is on
- The HUD hides while the camera is on and returns when you switch it off
- Press F or C for the camera's own lists: move speed, turn speed and field of view from 2 to 170 degrees
- Hide your own weapon and arms, attach the camera to whatever you look at, or pause the heist in single player
- Works solo and in any lobby as host or guest: only your own view changes
Best For
- Take clean screenshots of a heist with no HUD, weapon or arms in the picture
- Scout guard routes, cameras and loot rooms from above before you move
- Pause a single player firefight and look at it from every angle
- Attach the camera to a guard or a teammate and travel along with them
- Explore the parts of a map you can never reach on foot
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