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Installation
This APWorld requires your Archipelago launcher to be at least v0.6.7.
Make sure you have SuperBLT installed, and then extract BLT-Criminal_Dawn.zip into PAYDAY 2/mods. There are a few dependencies which BLT will prompt you to install after launching the game with Criminal Dawn. Download them, restart the game, and you should be good to go. You'll know if the mod is working because you will have a fresh save file and the game will have an orange/pink colour palette (instead of blue). After verifying that the mod is loading correctly, you need to restart the game one last time for the mod to finish some final setup steps - now you can start playing!
Installing the APWorld is done the same way as any other APWorld.
If you're comfortable modifying YAMLs directly and don't use the options creator, I'd recommend starting from one of the presets found in Players/Templates/Presets. If you use the options creator, the default settings are the same as the standard 4 heist preset. If you want to try one of the other modes with options creator, the recommended settings can be found here.
When it comes to connecting to the multiworld, always make sure you connect with the Criminal Dawn client (found in the AP launcher) before launching the game. The client automatically handles switching between different save files (if they exist), but the mod only loads saves on launch. If you connect while the game is open nothing bad will happen, but you will have to restart the game for the mod to work again.
Hotfixes (going from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2) will always be safe to download, but minor updates (e.g. going from 0.5.x to 0.6.x) are not guaranteed to be compatible and will likely have issues.