Armory Preview Cache v16

A Mod for Helldivers 2
Armory Preview Cache akl_mod_preview_image
Make sure you have the latest version of Bingus Shared Loader before downloading this mod.
This mod speeds up equipment thumbnails in the Armory and mission briefing by caching rendered previews and preloading their assets.
  • Faster repeat visits: Reuses completed equipment thumbnails instead of waiting for native regeneration each time you switch tabs or reopen a menu.
  • Broader coverage: Applies to helmets, armor, capes, primary weapons, secondary weapons and throwables, including Armory pre-select screens and mission briefing's overview and equipment pickers.
  • Earlier asset loading: Preloads equipment packages and weapon attachments, prioritizing current requests and recently viewed equipment.
  • Learned startup preparation: Remembers recently viewed equipment between launches so its assets can start loading earlier; first-time previews still need native rendering.
  • Session image cache: Keeps rendered thumbnails when leaving and reopening menus, within memory limits; rendered images are rebuilt after restarting the game.
  • Original presentation: Keeps the game's equipment appearance, thumbnail quality and live character preview.
This mod is client-side only and does not affect how the UI of other players operates.

Due to the nature of this mod, despite my extensive testing you may still experience crashes. If you do, please send the following files to me, from your %LOCALAPPDATA% folder, in a DM with details on what you were doing when it crashed:

  1. BingusSharedLoader.log
  2. ArmoryPreviewCache.log

While all of my mods will always remain free and open source, you can help support my work and stay up to date on development over on Patreon:
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TriggerLFA

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Sep 10, 2026
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Might be an issue on my end but the thumbnails of pretty much every piece of equipment and armour are taking really long to load in.
 

CowboyBingus

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Might be an issue on my end but the thumbnails of pretty much every piece of equipment and armour are taking really long to load in.

Hi Trigger, can you send me the logs mentioned in the description? That'll help me identify what's going wrong there.
 

Larity

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Aug 25, 2025
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Works perfect, thank you.
I wish I could join in on the modding but I understand nothing here admittedly lol
 

CowboyBingus

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sure, I'll send them on Patreon

EDIT: Scratch that I can't dm you through there

Unfortunately I think DMs are reserved on there for paid members.

There's no sensitive information in either logs. They're purely performance diagnostics. No hardware details, or any identifiable information, so you can also just copy and paste it here if you'd like.
 

Mionkjn

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Jun 23, 2025
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I'm not sure if this is a problem with the MOD or with my own setup. After installing this MOD, it does work as intended. However, if I also install other appearance MODs, it may conflict with one or all of them. The specific issue is that when I enter the dropship preparation phase, as soon as I switch armor, or when a teammate joins my squad, the game crashes immediately.

I originally thought it was a problem with my appearance MODs, so I disabled some of them, but the crash still happened. Then, while keeping all other MODs the same, I simply disabled this one MOD, and the problem disappeared. So I suspect this MOD might need some optimization, though I'm not entirely sure. I'm just reporting the issue I encountered in the hope that it might be helpful for your future MOD development.
 

Arcarius

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Man, I hated this always happening. Installed to a high read/write SSD and still took long to load.

What are you gonna fix next? Invisible Bot Landmines? I keep stepping on them when they aren't even there.
 

Larity

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Man, I hated this always happening. Installed to a high read/write SSD and still took long to load.

What are you gonna fix next? Invisible Bot Landmines? I keep stepping on them when they aren't even there.
There are mods for that already, baseling Unofficial patches on Nexus address that
 

CowboyBingus

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I'm not sure if this is a problem with the MOD or with my own setup. After installing this MOD, it does work as intended. However, if I also install other appearance MODs, it may conflict with one or all of them. The specific issue is that when I enter the dropship preparation phase, as soon as I switch armor, or when a teammate joins my squad, the game crashes immediately.

I originally thought it was a problem with my appearance MODs, so I disabled some of them, but the crash still happened. Then, while keeping all other MODs the same, I simply disabled this one MOD, and the problem disappeared. So I suspect this MOD might need some optimization, though I'm not entirely sure. I'm just reporting the issue I encountered in the hope that it might be helpful for your future MOD development.

Hi Mionkjn, can you send me your performance log from %LOCALAPPDATA% (or %LOCALAPPDATA%/CowboyBingus if you have the newest Loader) for the Armory Preview Cache mod?

There's one known issue for people with low-end rigs that are having issues with the mod due to low memory space, so I'm curious if this could be the cause. I'm working on some fixes for these particular systems, but having a log goes a long way to helping me track down these issues.