Helldivers 2 Mod Manager CLI

Helldivers 2 Mod Manager CLI is a command line interface for managing Helldivers 2 mods. Since there is no Linux mod manager available and I like being a nerd by using CLI tools instead of GUIs, this project was born.

This script is complete, the version will always remain at 0.x.x

Installation

Pre-requisites:

• You must have the unzip package installed for zip archives;
• You might want to have the unarchiver package installed for rar archives.

The unzip package comes pre-installed on most Linux distributions. If you do not know how to install packages, search for your Linux distro and package manager.

To install Helldivers 2 Mod Manager CLI run the following command in your terminal:

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/v4n00/h2mm-cli/refs/heads/master/install.sh)"

Caution

Running this script will require sudo permissions. DO NOT TRUST random scripts from the internet. If you want to review the script before running it, check out the mod repository for yourself.

If for some reason, the installation command doesn't work you can:

1. Go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/v4n00/h2mm-cli/refs/heads/master/install.sh
2. Right click -> Save page as...
3. Open your terminal
4. Go to your downloads folders with cd ~/Downloads
5. Give the script execution permissions chmod +x install.sh
6. Run the script ./install.sh

Usage

The script gets added to /usr/local/bin/h2mm and can be used by running h2mm in your shell, which will show the help message explaining how to use the script.

h2mm

Available commands

• install or i - Install a mod by the file provided (directory, zip, patch);
• uninstall or u - Uninstall a mod;
• list or l - List all installed mods;
• enable or e - Enable a mod;
• disable or d - Disable a mod;
• order or o - Change load order for a mod;
• export or ex - Export installed mods to a zip file;
• import or im - Import mods from a zip file;
• modpack-create or mc - Create a modpack from the currently installed mods;
• modpack-switch or ms - Switch to a modpack;
• modpack-list or ml - List all installed modpacks;
• modpack-delete or md - Delete a modpack;
• modpack-overwrite or mo - Overwrite a modpack;
• modpack-reset or mr - Reset all installed modpacks;
• nexus-setup or ns - Setup Nexus Mods integration;
• nexus-update or nu - Start Nexus mods upgrade process;
• update or up - Update h2mm to latest version;
• reset or r - Reset all installed mods;
• help or h - Display this help message.

Usage

To find out how to use a command, you can run h2mm <COMMAND> --help.

Install mod(s)

h2mm install /path/to/mod.zip
h2mm install /path/to/mod/directory/
h2mm install /path/to/mod.zip /path/to/mod2.zip /path/to/mod/files
h2mm install -n "Example mod" mod.patch_0 mod.patch_0.stream # -n is mandatory when using files

It's better to be in the directory where the mod files are located, so you don't have to specify the full path. For mod downloads, you can do cd ~/Downloads and then run the command.

Also, use the Tab key to autocomplete the file names, as it will help you escape special characters likes spaces or quotes.

List installed mods

h2mm list
h2mm list -v # verbose mode

Uninstall a mod

h2mm uninstall -n "Example mod"
h2mm uninstall -i 3 # get the index from the list command

Enable/disable mods

h2mm enable -n "Example mod"
h2mm enable -i 3
h2mm disable -n "Example mod"
h2mm disable -i 3

Updating the script

h2mm update

Nexus Mods integration

Nexus Mods integration allows you to use the 1-click install feature of Nexus Mods (with the "Vortex" or "Mod manager download" buttons). You can set up Nexus Mods integration by running the following command:

h2mm nexus-setup

You will be walked through the setup process, which will ask you for your Nexus Mods API key and your preferred terminal.

Compatibility

The script is developed and tested on Arch Linux, but it should work on other Linux distributions as well. If you encounter any issues, please open an issue on the repository.

Status of platforms:

• Linux ✅
• Steam Deck ✅
• Windows - WSL ✅

The script works on WSL, but you need to specify the path to the Helldivers 2 mods directory manually, to find your Windows partition head to /mnt/ and from there go to your Helldivers 2 data directory, on a typical install it should be on /mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/steamapps/common/Helldivers\ 2/data. You also need to have unzip installed, which can be done by running sudo apt install unzip. Nexus Mods integration is not supported on WSL.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this project by creating a pull request or opening an issue.