Customization Mods!

Spruce up the look of your payday's UI with Mods, with or without SuperBLT!

Why would I want to?

Payday 2 while is a stylish game, it does feel a little dull after hours of play time, or maybe you just really don’t like the boring menu, hud, ect. Well you can always mod your game. You don’t even need to use BLT to customize your game! Payday 2 has been modded to hell and back. That’s no secret. This guide will focus on aesthetics. Using a mix of Mod_Override mods and/or BLT mods, you can make your Payday just a little bit nicer and suited for your taste.

--Mod Overrides method--

To install mod override mods, you need to go to (Steamfolder)>Steamapps>common>PAYDAY2>assets>mod_overrides
If mod_overrides doesn’t exist, make one.

Still stuck?

Follow this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmD8_rNovGc

Health Circles

This is a simple one, just changing the Health Circles, whether it’s colors or even the look of the circle. It’s the easiest way of giving your game a little bit of individuality. There’s loads of these sorts of mods but I’ll list out a few that jump out at me.



Colored Health Circle/Colourblind Health Circles: https://modworkshop.net/mod/22919
Despite what the name says, you can obviously use the mod even if you’re not colorblind. It offers a good amount of colors, even fun ones like Purple and Blue.


Valentine Heart Hud: https://modworkshop.net/mod/31382
It’s the main hud but with lots of love.


Rainbow Health Bar: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28206
We gay now, here’s your rainbow healthbar


Mira Mod: https://modworkshop.net/mod/27298
Neat little mod


Simple Health Thresholds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/23797
As the name implies, the hud has a health circle with little sections of stages of health. Very nice for Stoic users.


Stoic Health Thresholds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21187
This is more advanced, the mod page will explain it better.


CringeHud: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28919
(Shoutouts to carrot)


Jonty’s Radial Health: https://modworkshop.net/mod/29042
Basically the mod above but with some more flair and supports perks like Maniac and Ex Presidents


Aperture Health: https://modworkshop.net/mod/16451
(WARNING: REQUIRES THIS MOD WHICH REQUIRES BLT: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21155)
This is one I see a lot. It changes the health to the Aperture Logo from Portal.


Rainbow Variant because skittles (ALSO REQUIRES THE FIX MOD ABOVE): https://modworkshop.net/mod/16732

Interact Icons

There’s only two as far as I know and that’s


Milk’s interaction icons: https://modworkshop.net/mod/16035
They’re blue transparent interaction icons, they’re very clean.


Interaction Icon: https://modworkshop.net/mod/26581
Has lots and lots of pretty colors for you to choose from.

Interaction Circle

Well there’s 2 main mods that have a ♥♥♥♥ ton of them so here,


The Circle: https://modworkshop.net/mod/26740
Changes the interaction circle to something you see here. It has WAY more options.

The Circle: (colored): https://modworkshop.net/mod/26748

Font

I’m not too familiar with this but I’ll list some nice ones I’ve seen and used


Animal Crossing font: https://modworkshop.net/mod/24536


Lemon cat font Vag: https://modworkshop.net/mod/15235


TeX Gyre Adventor: https://modworkshop.net/mod/18031

Hud Icons

This is for the little icons you see in the vanilla hud that displays stuff like Ammo Bags or Throwing Knives


Colored Hud: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21614
This is an All in one mod so if you get this, please don’t get a health retexture, OR just over write this one with your healthbar of choice


Rainbow Hud icons: https://modworkshop.net/mod/27559
Everything needs to be rainbow, EVERYTHING


Fednet icons
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/FEDNET_Inventory/discussions/2/1354868867708496328/
Basically the vanilla icons but in color.

Weapon Sound Mods

You can actually mix and match weapon sound packs to your liking. It’s a pleasure of mine. you simply overwrite the sounds you wanna replace like this


Here’s some sound packs I recommend

Hawk’s soundpack: https://modworkshop.net/mod/1529
A very popular option

Entropic Shotgun Pack: https://modworkshop.net/mod/18891
This is my absolute favorite sound pack. Makes shotguns feel meaty.

Contract Wars soundpack: https://modworkshop.net/mod/20709 (use the outdated version if you plan on mixing sound packs)

Arsenal Soundpack: (DOESNT COVER SUPPRESSED SOUNDS) https://modworkshop.net/mod/25202

Backgrounds

Menu background:
This really helps give your payday a more comfy feel to it.


Warm Color Menu: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21660
My personal favorite


Kinda Spooky Background: https://modworkshop.net/mod/17281
For the purple lovers out there.


Night City Background: https://modworkshop.net/mod/17693


Entropic Menu Background: https://modworkshop.net/mod/18767


Hotline Miami Backgrounds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/1533#description

--BLT Mods--

For those who use SuperBLT, there’s some really neat ways to make your game just that bit nicer.

Backgrounds

Menu Backgrounds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/17160
This is a framework for backgrounds that are ANIMATED or just really nice looking ones. Here’s some notable examples


Synthwave Pack: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28372


A different Synthwave pack: https://modworkshop.net/mod/31085


Hotline Miami Backgrounds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/17269


Payday Based Backgrounds https://modworkshop.net/mod/31316


Hotline Miami Animated Backgrounds: https://modworkshop.net/mod/22044


Doctor Who 12th Doctor: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28063#description

Hud Mods

Hud Mods
Oh I know some of you were waiting for this one. I will not include info huds (yet). I’ll let you know if Health retextures will work or not for these huds.


Sora’s Hud (incompatible with Health retextures): https://modworkshop.net/mod/22152
A very nice and sleek looking hud, it even has the ability to put skins in your health bar.




HoloUI: https://modworkshop.net/mod/12501 (Works with Health Retextures)
A personal favorite of mine. It effects BOTH the Menu and Hud. You can customize the colors of almost everything, EVEN the objective waypoints. If you love customization, give this one a whirl


MUI: https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/15/620713633850948964/?l=french
(Works with Health Retextures)
This turns every single part of your hud into a small but clean and clear size which your can size and place anywhere you’d like. The choice is yours.


VoidUI: (Don’t even bother UNLESS you wanna turn off the health bars) https://modworkshop.net/mod/20997
A very popular choice for those who want a completely different experience to Payday huds. This overhauls the hud completely. [WARNING: I have heard people having crashes with this hud lately so proceed with caution]


PDTH Hud Reborn: https://modworkshop.net/mod/19900
Recreates the hud from the first game, Payday the Heist. Awesome mod.


Hotline Miami Hud: https://modworkshop.net/mod/27294
For you Vaporwave addicts


NobleHUD: https://modworkshop.net/mod/26100#description
Recreates the Halo Reach Hud.
(Shoutouts to NeoBushido)

Don’t like any of the mods here but wanna spruce up your vanilla hud, check out this combo:

Hud Scaling and Spacing: https://modworkshop.net/mod/20849
Let’s you scale parts of the vanilla hud.
+
Hud Cleaner: https://modworkshop.net/mod/31127
Allows you to hide certain elements of the Hud.

“But I want Wolfhud”

Good news, stuff like the health retextures work with Wolfhud!

“But I want those cool Hud mods instead”

Fine, if you want an info hud, I recommend using


Pocohud: https://steamcommunity.com/app/218620/discussions/15/2980781849379353493/
Additional Trackers for Pocohud: https://modworkshop.net/mydownloads.php?action=view_down&did=26167

“Why pocohud?”

Pocohud is a lot more flexible. While Wolfhud is more like a framework, Pocohud is like a wrapper. You can “wrap” it around any and I mean ANY hud mod whether it’s PDTH Hud or Sora’s Hud. AS LONG as you know what to turn off and turn on in the Hud. Stuff like Bottom Infobox won’t play nice but stuff like enemy Health and buffs trackers will work just fine. To customize, PRESS BACKSPACE

“I also want the neat little timers from WolfHud”

Use Infobox: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21055
This does overlap with Pocohud so mess around with the settings to keep your Hud clean.

"I prefer wolfhud"

If you’re hellbent on using Wolfhud, use the Hudlist Standalone: https://modworkshop.net/mod/29067

Music

Music mods require Beardlib, Music mods mostly go under mod_overrides unless stated otherwise.

Hotline Miami Ultimate Pack 2: https://modworkshop.net/mod/24893
A very popular music pack

If you wanna make your own music mods, please check out this guide by Sunset. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2422665790

Bonus Mods

Some nice little bonus mods:

Legendary Cursor Skins: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28530
Lets your customize your cursor.


Enhanced Hitmarkers: https://pd2mods.z77.fr/enhanced_hitmarkers.html
Allows you to customize 3 different sets of hitmarkers. With different hit marker images and colors


Kill feed: https://modworkshop.net/mod/20055
+
Hoplib: https://modworkshop.net/mod/21431
Adds a customizable PVP styled killfeed.

Joy Score Counter: https://modworkshop.net/mod/24730
Adds a little score system to your Hud, pairs well with Joy.


Hotline Miami Combo Counter: https://modworkshop.net/mod/28362
It’s in the title


Custom Name Color (May conflict with HUD mods, HoloUI comes with this feature): https://modworkshop.net/mod/22935
For those who are sticking to the Vanilla Hud


Random Drill Skins:
https://modworkshop.net/mod/14772
Personal favorite of mine. Changes the drills to be one of the drills that were used to open skin safes

Conclusion

I hope you guys found a mod you liked from this list. I dunno I got tired of seeing the green circles and such on a lot of screenies so maybe this will help people spruce up their game a little. Again, I hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading!

[Diacute]

Hop Hud

[Reetformer10]

what mod has that dot to the left of a players name?

[Live Charles II Reaction]

Every copy of Payday 2 is personalized

[DTK Cxalis]

Aaaaa, thanks for including my hud mod :3

[Nugget.]

hey, how can i find the proving map, i install it and now i can find it, helpp please

[carrot]

Smh didn't even include CringeHud

[NeoBushido]

i would add noble hud to hud suggestions ,its overall a really fun one and very functional and very visible without poking your eyes

[Sunset]

@parrot and no one asked your opinion.

[NA³]

what man no one asked ur mod list XD LOL))

[akcha1910 ♡ N εїз]

oh okay