Railgun Warning & Auto Unsafe
(formerly Railgun Overcharge Warning)
Charging the RS-422 Railgun in unsafe mode is a guessing game: fire too early and you lose damage, hold too long and it explodes in your hands. This mod adds a warning that tells you exactly when the charge is at its best.
Features
Requirements
None for the warning sound. Auto unsafe mode: Bingus Shared Loader.
Install / update
Uninstall
Disable it in your mod manager, then Purge and Deploy, or delete the three patch files.
Compatibility
Known limitations
How it works
One sound is added to the game's own Railgun sound bank. It starts with the charge-up, delayed so its first warning beep lands 2.5 seconds in (90% charge), and its volume follows the game's Railgun charge value, so it stays silent until the charge is past what safe mode can reach. No stats, damage or gameplay are changed. Auto unsafe mode is a small Bingus Shared Loader script: right after you pick up a Railgun it hasn't seen before, it switches that Railgun's mode setting to Unsafe, the same setting the game's own Safe/Unsafe switch changes.
Source code
Source and every release are on GitHub: Th3chef/Railgun-Warning-and-Auto-Unsafe
Credits
Inspired by "Railgun Max charge warning sound" by uskummel. Built from scratch: new sound, new timing logic, no files from the original.
(formerly Railgun Overcharge Warning)
Charging the RS-422 Railgun in unsafe mode is a guessing game: fire too early and you lose damage, hold too long and it explodes in your hands. This mod adds a warning that tells you exactly when the charge is at its best.
Features
- While you charge in unsafe mode, a low, growling electric surge with building crackle plays over the charge-up.
- Fast warning beeps start exactly as the charge reaches 90%, where the Railgun does full damage. Fire on the beeps. A discharge snap follows them.
- Silent in safe mode (it reads the game's own charge value) and silent on quick shots (it stops as soon as you fire or let go).
- Adjustable volume: pick Loud (default), Medium (-8 dB) or Quiet (-16 dB) in your mod manager's options (Arsenal: the sliders button on the mod's row).
- Mixed to stay clear over the Railgun's own charge-up rumble.
- Every other Railgun sound stays exactly as the game has it.
- Optional: Auto unsafe mode (on by default): every new Railgun you pick up starts in Unsafe mode instead of Safe. Set once per Railgun, so if you switch back to Safe it stays Safe; a new Railgun from a new call-in starts in Unsafe again. Only your own Railgun is changed. Needs Bingus Shared Loader; turn the option off if you don't use the loader.
Requirements
None for the warning sound. Auto unsafe mode: Bingus Shared Loader.
Install / update
- Mod manager (Arsenal / HD2 Mod Manager): add the zip (it installs over the previous version) and enable it, then Purge and Deploy.
- Manual: copy the three 9ba626afa44a3aa3.patch_0 files from one Volume\<level> folder into Helldivers 2\data, renaming them to the next free patch number if needed (plus the Auto Unsafe folder's three files for that option).
Uninstall
Disable it in your mod manager, then Purge and Deploy, or delete the three patch files.
Compatibility
- Conflicts with other mods that replace the Railgun's sounds (content/audio/wep_railgun). Only one can be active.
- Built on the game's current Railgun sounds (unchanged since the September 2026 game version). Patch-proof by design: it only adds to the Railgun's own sounds and keeps working after a patch; if a patch changes the Railgun's audio, an update simply rebuilds it.
- Client-side only. Auto unsafe mode only changes your own Railgun and finds what it needs in the game's code at start-up, so a game patch doesn't break it; if it can't find something it stays off and says so in its log.
Known limitations
- Timed for the normal unsafe charge (90% after 2.5 seconds).
- The surge stays silent until the charge is past what safe mode can reach, so its first moments may be quiet or cut.
- You may also hear it from other players' Railguns.
- Auto unsafe mode is new in 2.0.0. If a Railgun ever stays in Safe, its log says why: RailgunAutoUnsafe.log in %LOCALAPPDATA%\CowboyBingus\Helldivers2\Logs (type %LOCALAPPDATA% into the File Explorer address bar); attach it to a bug report.
How it works
One sound is added to the game's own Railgun sound bank. It starts with the charge-up, delayed so its first warning beep lands 2.5 seconds in (90% charge), and its volume follows the game's Railgun charge value, so it stays silent until the charge is past what safe mode can reach. No stats, damage or gameplay are changed. Auto unsafe mode is a small Bingus Shared Loader script: right after you pick up a Railgun it hasn't seen before, it switches that Railgun's mode setting to Unsafe, the same setting the game's own Safe/Unsafe switch changes.
Source code
Source and every release are on GitHub: Th3chef/Railgun-Warning-and-Auto-Unsafe
Credits
Inspired by "Railgun Max charge warning sound" by uskummel. Built from scratch: new sound, new timing logic, no files from the original.
