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Bprovisional B-tierPAYDAY 3 VR - Real First-Person (UEVR) by Claynetic (Nexus page by damien3mf)

See PAYDAY 3's arms and weapons in a head-tracked VR view that works in online heists.

Needs a gamepad. No motion-controller gameplay: you hold a controller (or use keyboard and mouse) and look around with your head.

The catch: It uses no motion controllers, and game updates can break the arm fix.

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Launch Kit

Get PAYDAY 3 running

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Steps are general until you ; then the runtime step matches your headset.

  1. Set your VR runtime

    Pick your OpenXR runtime: the Meta Horizon Link app for Link or Air Link, Virtual Desktop's VDXR for Virtual Desktop, or SteamVR for Index, Beyond and Pico. The creator supports SteamVR too; if a later step says "start SteamVR or your VR runtime", this runtime is enough and you can skip SteamVR.

    General step from us

  2. Install PAYDAY 3 (Steam)

    Install it and launch it once in flat mode to finish first-time setup, then quit. The creator says it needs Tested on PAYDAY 3 build 24964769 (Aug 2026); updates may break it.

    General step from us

  3. Have these ready

    UEVR nightly-01143 (installer downloads it) · OpenXR runtime (Meta Link or SteamVR) · Keyboard+mouse or gamepad

    From the creator's guide

  4. Creator step 1

    Download PAYDAY3-VR-2.0.zip from Releases.

    From the creator's guide

  5. Creator step 2

    Run '1 - INSTALL PAYDAY 3 VR.cmd'.

    From the creator's guide

  6. Creator step 3

    Set your headset runtime as the active OpenXR runtime.

    From the creator's guide

  7. Creator step 4

    Run the PAYDAY 3 VR desktop shortcut; UEVR injects after about 25 seconds.

    From the creator's guide

  8. First launch in VR

    Put the headset on, then start PAYDAY 3 the way the creator's guide says. Calibrate your height in the first area.

    General step from us

Stuck?

Motion controllers are not used

Reported on the creator's page or the linked sources. Known issue

No depth of field on the weapon

Reported on the creator's page or the linked sources. Known issue

A game update can rename the TopPass property and make arms vanish

Reported on the creator's page or the linked sources. Known issue

Tested by the author on one headset and GPU setup

Reported on the creator's page or the linked sources. Known issue

Black screen in the headset

This mod uses OpenXR. Check the active OpenXR runtime matches how you connect (the Set your VR runtime step), then start Link or Virtual Desktop before the game. General tip from us

Controllers don't show up

Start Link, Virtual Desktop or SteamVR before the game, and make sure the controllers are awake before launch. General tip from us

Stutter or low frame rate

Lower the in-game resolution or render scale first, then shadows and volumetrics. Close overlays you don't need. General tip from us

The mod didn't load at all

Recheck the game version against the creator's page; a game update is the most common cause. Then reinstall the mod files. General tip from us

Prefer a guide that talks back?

Copy a prompt for Claude Code on your PC. It asks before every download or change, and only uses the official page.