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Tap to Interact
"Press once to interact. No more holding the key down."
How do I install Tap to Interact?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Tap to Interact for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Tap to Interact do?
PAYDAY 2 asks you to hold a key for almost everything: picking a lock, bagging loot, answering a pager, getting a teammate back up. Tap to Interact turns each of those holds into a single press. Press the interact key once, let go, and the bar fills by itself. Press the key again and it stops, the same as letting go would in the normal game. The game treats three other holds the same way, so they work with one press too: placing your equipment, putting on your mask and getting out of a vehicle. While one of them is running, the game's own "press to cancel" line shows on the HUD so you know how to stop it. Nothing gets faster. Every timer stays as long as the game made it, so this is about comfort and not speed. Looking away from the object or walking out of reach still cancels, as it always has. It works solo, as host and when you join someone else's lobby, because it only changes how your own key presses are read. It doesn't touch your save or your options. PAYDAY 2's control options have a tap setting of their own, and that stays as you left it; the mod's one-press mode is used while the switch is on. Turn the switch off and holding works the way it did before. A hold that is running at that moment stops.
</>What is Tap to Interact?
Turn on the Tap to Interact switch, walk up to a lock, a loot pile or a downed teammate and tap your interact key. You can let go and the bar keeps filling. Tap again, look away or step out of reach to cancel. Placing equipment, putting on your mask and getting out of a vehicle work the same way. It reads only your own key presses, so it works solo, as host and in someone else's lobby, and it leaves your save and your options alone.
</>Common questions about Tap to Interact
What does Tap to Interact do in PAYDAY 2?
It changes hold-to-interact into tap-to-interact. Tap your interact key on anything with a progress bar, such as a lock, a loot pile or a ringing pager, and the game keeps the interaction going after you let go, until the bar is full or you cancel it yourself.
How do I cancel an interaction I started?
Press the same key again. Looking away from the object or moving out of reach also stops it, as it does in the normal game. While the bar is filling, the HUD shows the game's own "press to cancel" line with the key to use, so you don't have to remember it. If you turn the mod's switch off in the launcher while a bar is filling, that hold stops too, and the next one needs the key held down as usual.
Does it make interactions faster?
No. Lockpicks, pagers, revives and every other timer take as long as they always did, and your skills count the way they normally do. The mod only changes whether you have to keep the key down while the bar fills, so it's a comfort change and not a speed one.
Does it work in multiplayer?
Yes, solo, as host and as a guest. It only changes how your own key presses are read, and the other players' games get the same start and stop they would get if you held the key. Nobody else needs the mod.
Which actions besides interactions does it cover?
The three other holds the game handles the same way: placing your equipment, putting on your mask at the start of a heist and getting out of a vehicle. Each one starts with a single tap of its own key and stops when you tap that key a second time.
PAYDAY 2 has a tap setting in its control options. Does this change it?
No. Your setting stays as you left it, and the mod never writes to the game's options. While the mod's switch is on, the game uses the mod's simple one-tap mode with no hold time, and when you turn the switch off your own setting applies again.
What options does Tap to Interact include?
Tap to Interact
One press of the interact key starts a timed interaction and it runs to the end without holding the key. Press again to cancel; looking away or walking out of reach cancels too. Placing equipment, putting on your mask and getting out of a vehicle work the same way. No timer changes. Off brings back hold to interact.
Tap to Interact is a ProjectMods mod for PAYDAY 2 that turns hold-to-interact into a single key press: the interaction keeps running after you let go. A second press cancels it, and no timer gets shorter.
System Requirements
What features does Tap to Interact include?
- Anything with a progress bar starts with one tap and keeps going after you let go of the key.
- A second press of the same key cancels, and so does looking away or walking out of reach.
- Placing equipment, putting on your mask and getting out of a vehicle take one press too.
- The game's own "press to cancel" line shows on the HUD while a hold is running.
- Every timer keeps the length the game gave it. Nothing is sped up.
- Works solo, as host and as a guest in another player's lobby, and nobody else needs the mod.
Best For
- Holding a key through a long lockpick makes your hand ache, so press once and rest your fingers while the bar fills.
- You're bagging a whole vault of loot, so tap the interact key at each pile and skip dozens of long holds.
- A pager goes off mid-stealth, so press once to answer and keep your hand free for the mouse.
- You play with one hand or a controller layout where holding a key is awkward, so every hold becomes a press.
- You started picking the wrong door, so press the key again and the interaction stops at once.
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