Echelon Mod Manager 0.36.2

Avaleine · Wednesday at 14:47

ceddyhenderson said:
That's what I thought. lol but for some reason it wouldn't let me. Restarting the application fixed it though. But yes - adding an option so you're able to go ahead and place the mod/s into a user created group after or during the "Add to Profiles" window. Like I said - it'd save just a few measly seconds. I was just wondering. Regardless, thanks for making a solid alternative manager.

Glad a restart sorted it! If dropping ever stops working again, let me know how you opened Echelon that time (from the installer, a shortcut, etc.), since that might explain it.

And picking a separator right in the "Add to profiles" window is a nice idea. Small, but it adds up when you're adding a lot of mods. I've put it on my list. Thanks for the kind words, and for giving Echelon a try!

Yukamizi · Wednesday at 14:50

Amiba said:
You can just change the mods location instead to the portable hard drive.

You do that by pressing on Settings (the cog icon) > System > Press on "Run first-time setup again" under the "Setup and Legal" section. Go through it until you reach the "Where your mods are kept". Here you can choose the folder and drive where you want your mods to be kept.

Sheiqaa said:
I see, in that case, have you tried navigating to Settings and then the "Directories" tab? You can specify where your mod loader should look for mod storage, temporary storage and logs. You should be able to do so on both PCs. If the settings don't save between swaps, you should report back here, because that sounds like it would be a bug.

I thought about it for a moment, and I don't know if you misunderstood my meaning. What I actually want to say is that I need to import the mod again after changing my computer. The mod exist in the form of a folder after installation, but the selection in the mod folder is presented by numbers, which is very troublesome.I set the mod storage folder on the mobile hard drive in Arsenal Manager, I can directly copy and paste log files without having to import the mod again.

Yukamizi · Wednesday at 14:51

Avaleine said:
Thanks Sheiqaa and Amiba for jumping in! Yukamizi, your mods are safe, they're all still on E:. The catch is that Echelon only moves the mod files there. Its list of mods, your profiles and your settings stay on each computer, in %APPDATA%\Echelon, so the desktop saw an empty library.

For now you can carry it over by hand:
1. On the laptop, click Purge, then close Echelon.
2. Close Echelon on the desktop too.
3. Copy the whole %APPDATA%\Echelon folder from the laptop and paste it over the one on the desktop.
4. Make sure the portable drive is E: on both computers, then open Echelon on the desktop. If it asks for the game folder, point it there.

You'd need to copy that folder again after changing things on one computer. A proper "everything on the portable drive" mode is a good idea, and I've added it to my list. Also convenient for me because I have a desktop/laptop setup as well.

Okay, I'll try it out next time. Thank you

Yukamizi · Wednesday at 14:56

Amiba said:
You can just change the mods location instead to the portable hard drive.

You do that by pressing on Settings (the cog icon) > System > Press on "Run first-time setup again" under the "Setup and Legal" section. Go through it until you reach the "Where your mods are kept". Here you can choose the folder and drive where you want your mods to be kept.

Sheiqaa said:
I see, in that case, have you tried navigating to Settings and then the "Directories" tab? You can specify where your mod loader should look for mod storage, temporary storage and logs. You should be able to do so on both PCs. If the settings don't save between swaps, you should report back here, because that sounds like it would be a bug.

Thank you for your help. The problem has been roughly solved.

Katzenwerfer · Wednesday at 20:01

Avaleine said:
Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\hd2arsenal\hd2a_data.json in Notepad, search (Ctrl+F) for "nexus" and copy the few lines around the first match, the part that looks like "nexusData": { ... }. Leave out anything with a folder path, since those include your Windows user name. Post it here, or in the bug forum on the Discord if you'd rather.

Every mod has a "nexusData" entry like this:

Code:

"tags": [...],
"nexusData": {
  "modId": "6882",
  "fileId": "65445",
  "version": "0.9.50",
  "updateTimestamp": 1789782485
},
"options": [...],

For reference, that snippet is for KoabraFang's Unofficial HD2 Patches UHD2P.
The "modId" entry should be the relevant part to resolve the Nexus page link, like https://www.nexusmods.com/helldivers2/mods/["modId"].
Also, manually installed mods will have their "nexusData" entry set to null, like this:

Code:

"nexusData": null,

TYHH10 · Thursday at 09:56

Can be add two deployment methods: symbolic links and hard links?
This can reduce disk writes and also make deployment faster.

Avaleine · 2026-10-09T19:52:25+0100

TYHH10 said:
Can be add two deployment methods: symbolic links and hard links?
This can reduce disk writes and also make deployment faster.

Thanks for the idea! Hard links make a lot of sense here. Echelon already uses them when importing from another mod manager on the same drive, so using them for deploying too is a natural next step: when your mod storage and the game are on the same drive, Echelon would link the files instead of copying them, and fall back to copying when they aren't. I've added it to the list.

Symbolic links are less likely, since Windows only allows them with admin rights or Developer Mode turned on, and hard links give the same savings without that.

Hekadem · 2026-10-09T22:07:24+0100

so uh, the 36.2 apparently allows you to launch the game through the launcher, but I was able to do so on 36.1

EDIT: not sure if Important, but I did install it inside of HELLDIVERS prefix (also, had to install 7zip and place it inside echelon install for it to detect it and work) the auto-updates don't work but I can just download a new .exe and install it using protontricks and it works

Avaleine · 2026-10-09T23:10:35+0100

Hekadem said:
so uh, the 36.2 apparently allows you to launch the game through the launcher, but I was able to do so on 36.1

EDIT: not sure if Important, but I did install it inside of HELLDIVERS prefix (also, had to install 7zip and place it inside echelon install for it to detect it and work) the auto-updates don't work but I can just download a new .exe and install it using protontricks and it works

Thanks, this is really helpful! A few questions so I can fix the Linux side properly:

1. Does Start game still work for you on 0.36.2? It worked on 0.36.1 because you run Echelon in the game's own prefix, but 0.36.2 changed how it asks Steam, so I want to make sure it didn't break for you.
2. Which 7-Zip did you install: the Linux package, or the Windows 7-Zip through protontricks? And did you copy 7z.exe (and 7z.dll) into Echelon's folder? I'll make Echelon look there by itself in a future update.
3. When you press Update, what happens: an error, nothing, or does the installer start and fail? If you can, send the log from that session. Settings > System > About shows where it is ("This session's log").

A native Linux version (AppImage) is planned for the 0.37 series too, which should make all of this simpler.

shadowsilv3r · 2026-10-10T01:31:09+0100

im a bit out of the loop and only heard tiny bits and pieces about it, but what's the reason for this mod's existence and people nudging to switch away from arsenal? is arsenal or its devs doing something controversial that an alternative became a demand?

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