Support Weapon Backpacks
Bring your preferred backpack with your support weapon in a single stratagem drop.This mod adds a separate backpack selector for 17 non-expendable support weapons that do not come with their own backpack. Choose from 13 backpack options using CowboyBingus’ in-game Mod Options Menu.
The weapon and selected backpack arrive together in the same pod. Weapon ammunition, damage, stratagem cooldowns, and available uses remain unchanged.
The first menu option, Enable paired drops, switches the entire mod on or off. Turning it off and pressing Apply restores normal drops without clearing your saved backpack selections.
Current limitation: the TX-41 Sterilizer is not included because HD2Runtime currently lacks a writable mapping for its pod. Expendable weapons and weapons supplied with ammunition backpacks are excluded.
Requirements
Install these dependencies separately:- Bingus Shared Loader — v18 or newer.
- HD2Runtime — v0.28.1 or newer.
- CowboyBingus’ Mod Options Menu.
Installation
- Close Helldivers 2.
- Install and enable all three dependencies through Arsenal or your preferred compatible mod manager.
- Import this mod’s zip and enable it. Disable older versions and any other mod that changes the same support-weapon pod contents, including the original Quasar care package.
- Give Bingus Shared Loader the winning load priority: last with Arsenal’s default priority, or first if using first-mod priority.
- Purge and Deploy, then start the game.
- Open Options → MODS → Support Weapon Backpacks. Choose your backpacks and press Apply.
Allow the selected backpack’s assets to load before calling a new pod. Changes apply to future drops; equipment already on the ground remains unchanged.
Public Lobby Disclaimer
Do not use this mod in public lobbies or matchmaking.It changes gameplay and equipment availability. Use it only in solo sessions or private lobbies where everyone knows about and agrees to the changes.
Credits
- Clover886 — creator of Quasar + Shield Pack Care Package, which provided the inspiration and example for combining a support weapon and backpack in one pod. If he wants this mod taken down I will, as I did not ask for his permission before using his work as a base for this mod.
- CowboyBingus — creator of Bingus Shared Loader and Mod Options Menu.
- SkyeShade — creator of HD2Runtime.
- OpenAI ChatGPT/Codex — implementation, packaging, debugging, and validation assistance.
Permissions
Anyone is welcome to use, modify, improve, redistribute, or build upon this mod. No additional permission is required for this mod’s original code.Please retain credit to the contributors. These permissions apply to this mod; third-party dependencies remain subject to their authors’ permissions.
Multiplayer requirement: All players must install this mod and its required dependencies. Players without it may see a purple question mark instead of the added backpack and be unable to interact with it. Additional testing is still needed to verify if 2 players using this mod will still see the purple question mark or not.