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Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart
"Cut the intro, loot card and restart waits out of every PAYDAY 2 heist."
How do I install Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart do?
Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart for PAYDAY 2 has three switches, and each one works on its own. Skip Intro Black Screen ends the black screen with the heist's name and the opening voice line by itself. The game lets the host skip it by holding Enter for a second once everyone has loaded; with this switch on, that happens without a key press about a second after the voice line begins, the same wait as holding the key, and you spawn about two seconds after that. It works when you play solo or host. When you join someone else's lobby, their game decides when the intro ends. Instant Card Flip is for the loot card screen after a heist. Normally the card you pick waits through a five-second countdown before it turns. With the switch on, your card starts turning right away, the short reveal still plays and you get the same item. Other players' cards keep their usual timing on your screen, and Continue shows up when everyone is done, as always. The Holdout reward screen is a different screen and isn't changed. Instant Restart removes the countdown after a restart is confirmed. Pick Restart in the pause menu, answer Yes, and the heist reloads at once, with no countdown lines in your chat. The question still comes up, and in lobbies that use restart votes the vote still takes place. It works solo and as host, wherever the pause menu offers Restart. When you host, the whole lobby restarts with you right away, in public lobbies too, and your crewmates may still see the first countdown line before their game reloads. Nothing here changes money, experience, loot or your save.
</>What is Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart?
This PAYDAY 2 mod from ProjectMods takes the dead time out of repeated heists. Skip Intro Black Screen ends the opening screen without holding Enter, Instant Card Flip turns your loot card without the five-second countdown, and Instant Restart reloads the heist as soon as you confirm. The intro skip and the restart work solo or as host; the card flip works in any lobby and only changes your own card.
</>Common questions about Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart
Does the intro skip work when I join someone else's lobby?
No. In PAYDAY 2 only the host's game can end the intro black screen, which is why the game shows the hold-to-skip prompt to the host alone. Skip Intro Black Screen does the same job in a single-player heist or a lobby you host, and it ends the intro for everyone in that lobby, just like holding Enter would. As a client the switch does nothing and the host decides when the heist begins.
Does Instant Card Flip change which item I get?
No. The game has already decided your item before the three cards appear. The switch only removes the five-second countdown between picking a card and the card turning. The short reveal still plays and the same item lands in your inventory as usual.
Can a heist reload by accident with Instant Restart on?
No. You still pick Restart in the pause menu and answer Yes to the game's question, and in lobbies set to vote on restarts the other players still vote. Only the five-second countdown that normally follows is removed, so the heist reloads right after the answer. The switch adds no Restart entry of its own, so where the pause menu doesn't offer one, nothing changes. If you host, keep in mind that your crewmates restart with you the moment you answer.
How is this different from holding Enter to skip the intro?
The game lets the host skip the intro by holding the confirm key for one second after every player has finished loading, and you have to do it again on every load. Skip Intro Black Screen makes that skip happen without a key press, after the same one-second wait, so the heist's name and the opening voice line are cut short and everyone spawns a moment later. If someone in the lobby is still loading, the intro waits for them exactly as it does in the unchanged game. The other two switches cover waits the game has no setting for: the countdown before your loot card turns and the countdown before a restart.
What options does Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart include?
Skip Intro Black Screen
Ends the black intro screen by itself about a second after the opening voice line begins, as if you had held Enter. Works solo or as host and skips it for everyone in your lobby; as a client the host decides. Off by default.
Instant Restart
After you pick Restart and answer Yes, the heist reloads at once instead of after a five-second countdown. The question and any restart vote stay. Works solo or as host, and as host the whole lobby restarts with you. Off by default.
Instant Card Flip
On the loot card screen after a heist, your card starts turning the moment you pick it instead of counting down from five. The short reveal still plays and the item is the same. Only your own card changes. Off by default.
Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart for PAYDAY 2 removes three waits: the intro black screen ends by itself, your loot card turns as soon as you pick it, and a confirmed restart reloads the heist at once instead of after a five-second countdown.
System Requirements
What features does Skip Intro, Instant Card Flip & Restart include?
- Skip Intro Black Screen: the intro ends by itself about a second after the opening voice line begins, with no key to hold
- Instant Card Flip: your loot card starts turning the moment you pick it instead of counting down from five
- Instant Restart: a confirmed restart reloads the heist at once, with no countdown in your chat
- The restart question and restart votes stay in place, so nothing restarts by accident
- Your loot card gives the same item; only the wait before it turns is gone
- Three separate switches, all off until you turn them on
Best For
- Retry a stealth heist over and over without sitting through the intro and the restart countdown each time
- Get through the loot card screen faster when you are grinding short heists for cards
- Host for friends and get everyone into the heist sooner without holding Enter on every load
- Practice a speedrun route where every failed attempt would otherwise cost extra seconds
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