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Echelon Mod Manager 0.35.6

A Mod for Helldivers 2
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Description
Echelon keeps every Helldivers 2 mod you download in one library, lets you sort them into profiles (think loadouts for your mods) and puts a whole profile into the game with one click. When you want a clean game again, one more click takes every mod back out.

Echelon is free, and every feature is for everyone. Nothing is locked.

Installation
  1. Download Echelon-Setup.exe and run it. It installs for your user only, so no admin rights are needed.
  2. Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" because Echelon is new and not code-signed yet. Click More info, then Run anyway.
  3. The first-time setup finds your game folder, asks you to accept the licence, and asks which online extras you want (all of them start off).
  4. Coming from HD2 Arsenal? Setup offers to bring over your mods, profiles, load order, separators, tags and option choices. Arsenal's own files aren't changed.
Updating: download the new installer here and run it over the old one. Your mods, profiles and settings stay where they are. If you turn on update checks in the setup or in Settings, Echelon shows an Update button when a new version is out. It only downloads when you click it, and it checks the download against its SHA-256 checksum first.

Checking your download: open a command prompt in the folder with the installer and run
Code: 
certutil -hashfile Echelon-Setup.exe SHA256
The result should match the number in the .sha256 file.

Main features
  • Library: every mod as a picture card or in a compact list, with a details panel showing its description, options, size, which profiles use it, and its web page.
  • Profiles: load order, separators, tags and per-mod options. Switch between loadouts in a second.
  • One-click Deploy and Purge: Deploy puts exactly the open profile into the game. Purge takes every mod out, including ones installed by hand or by other tools.
  • Mod options: pick versions, colours and extras. Mods that ship their variants as folders get proper options too, and all-in-one packs get a switch per part.
  • Updating mods: when you add a newer version of a mod you already have, Echelon offers to replace the old one and keeps your option choices.
  • Bingus Shared Loader support: Echelon recognises the loader and the mods that need it, warns when a profile is missing it, and keeps the loader locked in the right spot so Bingus mods start.
  • Clash and load order checks: see when two mods change the same thing, which one wins, and which mods are completely hidden by others.
  • Game Folder Check: tells you if a game update or Steam's "Verify integrity" removed your mods.
  • Crash Finder: when the game crashes with mods on, it tests half of your mods at a time until it finds the one to blame.
  • Import from HD2 Arsenal: if a mod came as several versions without a manifest, Arsenal kept only the one picked back then. Echelon lists those mods under Check options so you can get the full download and choose again.
  • Share profiles as a short code (EC-XXXX-XXXX) or a link. Friends see exactly which mods they're missing.
  • Solo-only mods: some Lua mods change the game for everyone in the lobby. Mark them as solo only and they get a SOLO badge, plus a reminder to turn them off before public lobbies when you deploy.
  • Developer Suite for mod authors:
    • Mod Builder: build a mod with options and a manifest without writing any JSON.
    • Repatcher: keeps your own model and text mods working after a game update. Mods that need it get a NEEDS REPATCH badge.
    • Mod Inspector: see what's inside your mod, check it for common problems, and compare versions.
    • Retagger: a shortcut to HD2 Retagger by soulls00 for moving an armor look onto other armors. You get it from soulls00; Echelon only starts it.
    The Repatcher and Mod Inspector are for your own mods. Before they open a mod, they ask you to confirm it's yours or that its author allows it.
  • Languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Requirements
  • Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).
  • Helldivers 2. Echelon finds the game folder automatically, or asks you to point to it.
  • No other mods or tools needed, and no account: Echelon has no sign-in of any kind.

FAQ
Will it mess up my mods or my game?
Echelon never edits your mod files in place. It keeps its own copy of each mod, and the Repatcher always works on copies, with a way to put the originals back. Deploy only touches mod files in the game's data folder, and Purge takes them all out again.

Can I go back to Arsenal or another manager?
Yes. Click Purge in Echelon first so the game is clean, then deploy from the other manager. Echelon's import doesn't change anything in Arsenal.

Does it go online?
Only if you turn it on. The update check, translating mod descriptions into your language, and sharing profiles are all off until you choose them. No tracking, no ads.

My antivirus flagged it.
Some antivirus programs flag new apps built with PyInstaller by mistake. Check the installer against its .sha256 file, and post in the discussion thread so it can be reported as a false positive.

Something went wrong. How do I report it?
Post in this page's discussion thread and attach your latest log from %APPDATA%\Echelon\logs. Settings > System > About shows the exact path.

Credits
  • RaidingForPants: Echelon's Repatcher is based on hd2-repatcher (MIT licence).
  • eigeen: the Repatcher follows rules from hd2-mod-crates (MIT licence).
  • xypwn: the text-file reader follows the format as read by filediver (BSD licence).
  • soulls00: HD2 Retagger, which the Retagger shortcut opens.
  • cowboybingus, for the Bingus Shared Loader that so many mods build on.
  • The Dolldivers community, for testing, ideas and patience.
  • Built with Qt / PySide6 (LGPL-3.0). Full licence texts ship with the app under Settings > System > Licences.
  • Developed with the help of AI (Claude).

Echelon is an unofficial fan-made tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Arrowhead Game Studios or Sony Interactive Entertainment. Using it means accepting its end-user licence agreement, shown during setup.

Echelon is free and always will be. If you'd like to say thanks: ko-fi.com/avaleine
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  1. Echelon 0.35.6

    Thanks for all the feedback on day one! This update is built from your requests: - Open web...
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Avaleine

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SeratriX said:
Thank you! This feature would be enough and perfect for now, since it already beats manual checking via tabs, history and website search :)

Then perhaps, optionally, a manual version tracking? An input field where I could add the current version of the mod upon updating or downloading it? I am not a modder, so I don't know if mods have any manifests from which the version could be extracted automatically.

But thank you for your work!
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Yeah I'll add a version field to each mod. Echelon will fill it in by itself when it can (from the mod's manifest, the download's file name, or the mod's name), and you can type or correct it in Edit details within your library.
 
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bigiftrue said:
Is the source available anywhere for this? I'd like to try and add support for linux, but the github is empty
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Thanks for the offer! The source isn't public right now. The GitHub repo is only for releases and bug reports, and I'm keeping development in-house for now so there's one official version. Linux support is on my list for after the Nexus launch. If you're on Linux and would be up for testing a build when I get to it, that would be a real help though.
 
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Can we add options to choose the font and size?The default font is hard to read
 
Avaleine

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LZWL said:
Can we add options to choose the font and size?The default font is hard to read
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You can already change the size: Settings > Appearance > Text size. Choosing the font isn't possible yet, but that's a fair request and I'll consider it in an upcoming update. Which language are you using Echelon in, and is it the headings or the normal text that's hard to read? That'll help me pick a better default too.
 
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great stuff here, i have a few issues on my end though, if you dont mind looking into it:
- the sort by recently added seems to either be not working or only considers the date not the time?
- when adding a mod folder, it doesnt let me pick which profile i want to add it to.
- i wish to be able to add mod to another profile while inside a profile
- there isnt a option to mass select mods in a profile to edit or turn on/off like in arsenal, also can't use shift to do that too? means that if i want to turn on all the mods i have to manually turn on every single one Nevermind i found out i can just ctrl a then right click to turn on.

these are just some things i saw/want. you dont have to act upon them (would be great if you did).
Aanyway thanks for the great work you're doing.
 
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Avaleine

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TossBoy said:
great stuff here, i have a few issues on my end though, if you dont mind looking into it:
- the sort by recently added seems to either be not working or only considers the date not the time?
- when adding a mod folder, it doesnt let me pick which profile i want to add it to.
- i wish to be able to add mod to another profile while inside a profile
- there isnt a option to mass select mods in a profile to edit or turn on/off like in arsenal, also can't use shift to do that too? means that if i want to turn on all the mods i have to manually turn on every single one Nevermind i found out i can just ctrl a then right click to turn on.

these are just some things i saw/want. you dont have to act upon them (would be great if you did).
Aanyway thanks for the great work you're doing.
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Thank you for the detailed feedback!
  • Recently added: you're right, that's definitely a bug. It only looks at the date, so mods added on the same day end up in name order. I'll fix it in the next update.

  • Adding a folder: it should ask, same as adding a file. If it doesn't, the "Ask which profiles when adding mods" box at the top of the Library page is probably unticked (ticking "Don't ask again" turns it off). Tick it and the question comes back.

  • Adding to another profile: click the ⋮ on a mod inside a profile and choose "Copy to profiles...". It works with several mods selected too. (as well as the method you used)

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Avaleine said:
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You can already change the size: Settings > Appearance > Text size. Choosing the font isn't possible yet, but that's a fair request and I'll consider it in an upcoming update. Which language are you using Echelon in, and is it the headings or the normal text that's hard to read? That'll help me pick a better default too.
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Thanks, it's much better after changing the font size to 125%.
Can I give some suggestions?
1. It would feel more comfortable if the layout was a bit more spacious.
2. When adding mods to replace old ones, it would be great to be able to locate the position of the old mod.
3. The list would feel smoother if it scrolled more fluidly with the mouse wheel.
I hope Echelon Mod Manager can completely replace or even surpass HD2Arsenal.
 
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LZWL said:
Thanks, it's much better after changing the font size to 125%.
Can I give some suggestions?
1. It would feel more comfortable if the layout was a bit more spacious.
2. When adding mods to replace old ones, it would be great to be able to locate the position of the old mod.
3. The list would feel smoother if it scrolled more fluidly with the mouse wheel.
I hope Echelon Mod Manager can completely replace or even surpass HD2Arsenal.
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Glad that helped! And thanks for the suggestions, they're good ones. <3
  1. I'll look at adding a spacing option so you can make the layout roomier.

  2. Replacing already keeps the old mod's place in your load order, but you're right that it doesn't show you where. I'll see about making it jump to the replaced mod afterwards. Every new mod you upload/replace does get a NEW tag which tells you you haven't interacted with it yet, so that's useful if you upload a bunch at once.

  3. Agreed, the wheel is a bit jumpy. I'll look at smoothing it out.
 
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