Hello. It's been a while.

For the past few months, I've been in-and-out with regards to updating this add-on. The release of the 'Fugitive Weapon Pack' DLC for PAYDAY 2 back in June further convinced me that I had to update it since that DLC contained one of the weapons I haven't included in this add-on yet (the M60). I was still hesitant at first due to college life, but everything changed on August 26 and September 17...

On August 26, 'The Last Stand Update' was teased by the L4D Team. It is a community-made and Valve-backed major update for Left 4 Dead 2 that - at first - I thought would only port the 'The Last Stand'[left4dead.fandom.com] survival campaign from the first game; and while I was excited, I didn't find it a big deal until yesterday.

Yesterday, September 17, the official trailer of the update was released, and after reading the list of upcoming changes I was ecstatic. Not only did it contain a new official campaign based on the original 'The Last Stand', but it also featured more goodies such as more achievements, additional map support for the Survival and Scavenge gamemodes, two new melee weapons, a lot of bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, and more. What caught my attention with regards to my add-on are the reworked animations of every gun and the official integration of the International/Counter-Strike: Source weapons in the game.

'The Last Stand Update' finally convinced me to make an effort to update this add-on. I find that it's both an interest and a necessity that I update it; an interest because I've had my sufficient break from the two games and so I'm ready to work on my add-on again and a necessity because the upcoming major update for the game introduces new animations, which may become incompatible with my work. It also makes official the International Weapons (two of which I haven't included in this add-on yet) so it's better that I work on finally including it.

Here's my plan (which may change over time):

• Due to this add-on's "success", I will redo everything from the ground up. I will try to learn how to extract the sounds directly from PAYDAY 2 again, and if I still think it's too complicated to do I will stick with the same method I've used before (now making sure I get the best quality I can).
  
• Since the M60 now has a counterpart in PAYDAY 2 but the other three don't, I will just assign substitutes for the remaining weapons for the sake of providing a complete package upon release of version 2.0. I have decided to use the Thanatos .50 cal[payday.fandom.com] sniper rifle for the .50 cal, the R93[payday.fandom.com] sniper rifle for the Scout, and the Rattlesnake[payday.fandom.com] sniper rifle for the AWP (see below for more information on this one)
  
• I may separate the sounds for the AWP to another, optional add-on because I honestly can't find a substitute for the iconic AWP in PAYDAY 2 and I'm (along with others, I'm guessing, are) not entirely satisfied with using the Rattlesnake for it.

Again, I will not promise a release date or deadline because college life has been busier than ever. What I may be able to guarantee, however, is that I will (seriously) be working on version 2.0 of this add-on from time to time.

To the people behind the 'The Last Stand Update' and to the people who have subscribed to and had interest in this add-on, I would like to express my utmost gratitude. Thank you, and I hope I can finally release a complete 'PAY4Dead 2' for you all.
- Ivan