Stratagem Delay
Throw it. Walk away. Then it hits.
Stratagem Delay adds a customizable delay and hotkey toggle to your stratagem call-ins, giving you time to reposition, retreat or get behind cover before your ordnance, equipment or reinforcements arrive.
The extra delay is reflected in your HUD's inbound countdown, and cooldowns retain their normal duration.
Features
How It Works
Stratagem Delay modifies the arrival countdown of your deployed stratagem beacons. Once a beacon lands, the configured delay is added to its normal call-in time.
For example, with a 10-second delay enabled, a stratagem that ordinarily takes 4 seconds to arrive will instead take approximately 14 seconds.
The delay affects only your own stratagems. Squadmates' call-ins remain unchanged, and your already-deployed beacons retain their original timing if you change settings afterward.
All applicable stratagems use the same configured delay. There is no additional cooldown penalty.
Configuration
With Mod Options Menu installed, navigate to ESC > MODS > STRATAGEM DELAY.
Optional Hotkey
With Mod Bindings Menu v2.2+ installed, you can assign a key to Toggle Stratagem Delay.
Navigate to Options > Mouse & Keyboard (or Controller) > MODS and locate the binding under Stratagem Delay.
The hotkey enables or disables the extra delay during gameplay and displays a notification confirming its current state.
Mod Options Menu and Mod Bindings Menu are optional. Without either installed, the mod operates with a fixed 5-second delay across all three groups.
Requirements
Optional Dependencies
Installation
Import the ZIP into HD2 Arsenal and enable it. Install Bingus Shared Loader and HD2Runtime separately.
To customize the delay, install Mod Options Menu and adjust the settings under STRATAGEM DELAY.
Compatibility and Limitations
For troubleshooting, the mod produces StratagemDelay.log in:
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STRATAGEM DELAY: Good planning is more valuable than quick reinforcements.
Throw it. Walk away. Then it hits.
Stratagem Delay adds a customizable delay and hotkey toggle to your stratagem call-ins, giving you time to reposition, retreat or get behind cover before your ordnance, equipment or reinforcements arrive.
The extra delay is reflected in your HUD's inbound countdown, and cooldowns retain their normal duration.
Features
- Customizable Call-in Delay: Add between 0 and 30 seconds to stratagem arrival times, adjustable in 0.5-second increments. Default: 5 seconds.
- Offensive Stratagems: Apply the delay to orbital bombardments, Eagle strikes and other offensive call-ins.
- Supply Stratagems: Delay support weapons, backpacks and vehicles.
- Defensive Stratagems: Delay sentries, emplacements, mines and the Shield Generator Relay.
- Mission Stratagems Excluded: Reinforce, Resupply, SOS Beacons and mission objectives are unaffected.
- Accurate HUD Timers: The inbound timer reflects the additional delay, and cooldowns begin when the stratagem actually arrives.
- Optional Hotkey: Toggle the mod on or off during a mission without opening the mod settings menu.
- Independent Configuration: Enable or disable the delay separately for Offensive, Supply and Defensive stratagems.
How It Works
Stratagem Delay modifies the arrival countdown of your deployed stratagem beacons. Once a beacon lands, the configured delay is added to its normal call-in time.
For example, with a 10-second delay enabled, a stratagem that ordinarily takes 4 seconds to arrive will instead take approximately 14 seconds.
The delay affects only your own stratagems. Squadmates' call-ins remain unchanged, and your already-deployed beacons retain their original timing if you change settings afterward.
All applicable stratagems use the same configured delay. There is no additional cooldown penalty.
Configuration
With Mod Options Menu installed, navigate to ESC > MODS > STRATAGEM DELAY.
- Stratagem Delay: Master on/off switch. Default: Enabled.
- Extra Delay: 0–30 seconds. Default: 5 seconds.
- Delay Offensive: Apply to offensive stratagems. Default: Enabled.
- Delay Supply: Apply to equipment and vehicle call-ins. Default: Enabled.
- Delay Defensive: Apply to defensive stratagems. Default: Enabled.
Optional Hotkey
With Mod Bindings Menu v2.2+ installed, you can assign a key to Toggle Stratagem Delay.
Navigate to Options > Mouse & Keyboard (or Controller) > MODS and locate the binding under Stratagem Delay.
The hotkey enables or disables the extra delay during gameplay and displays a notification confirming its current state.
Mod Options Menu and Mod Bindings Menu are optional. Without either installed, the mod operates with a fixed 5-second delay across all three groups.
Requirements
- Helldivers 2 on Windows PC
- Bingus Shared Loader v15+ / API 1
- HD2Runtime v0.31.2+ / API 1 by skyeshade
- A mod manager (HD2 Arsenal recommended)
Optional Dependencies
- Mod Options Menu: In-game configuration and adjustable delay settings.
- Mod Bindings Menu v2.2+: Configurable hotkey for toggling the delay.
Installation
Import the ZIP into HD2 Arsenal and enable it. Install Bingus Shared Loader and HD2Runtime separately.
To customize the delay, install Mod Options Menu and adjust the settings under STRATAGEM DELAY.
Compatibility and Limitations
- Multiplayer: Solo play has been tested. Hosting or joining multiplayer sessions remains experimental and has not yet been verified.
- Player-Specific: Only your own stratagem call-ins are modified. Other players do not need the mod, although multiplayer synchronization is not yet confirmed.
- Maximum Countdown: HD2Runtime limits beacon countdowns to 120 seconds. Delays exceeding this limit are automatically reduced.
- Custom Stratagems: HD2Runtime custom stratagems with their own delivery mechanisms are not modified.
- Existing Beacons: Settings are applied when a beacon lands. Changing settings afterward will not alter its countdown.
- Older Versions: Replaces experimental builds previously named Call-in Delay. Existing settings may need to be configured again.
For troubleshooting, the mod produces StratagemDelay.log in:
Code:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\CowboyBingus\Helldivers2\LogsCredits
- skyeshade: HD2Runtime, beacon and stratagem research, HUD timing research and guarded memory-write tooling.
- CowboyBingus: Bingus Shared Loader, Mod Options Menu and Mod Bindings Menu.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by Arrowhead Game Studios or Sony Interactive Entertainment.
STRATAGEM DELAY: Good planning is more valuable than quick reinforcements.
