HD2 Mod Quick Deploy 0.13.0 (developer build)

HD2 Mod Quick Deploy 0.13.0 (developer build)

A mod manager for Helldivers 2 that deploys incrementally with hard links: a
typical deploy takes 0.13–0.29 s and writes no mod data. It also
settles conflicts resource by resource and looks after the Lua mod loaders.

This is a developer build: it has no Nexus Mods integration (no sign-in,
no Mod Manager Download button, no Nexus update checks). Everything else is in
it. Its own update check also counts pre-releases like this one.

New since 0.12.0

• MDL3 installs fully. When MDL3 is added or deployed, the manager also
  puts its native part in place, as MDL3's own installer would. Only a DLL
  signed by MDL3's publisher is copied, and the package's script is never run.
  MDL3 is now recognised by its signed package.
• Lua loaders page after Deploy, in three tabs:
  • Loaders and conflicts: the loaders side by side, the one in effect,
    and what clashes;
  • Lua mods: every Lua mod and whether it starts;
  • Logs: the loaders' logs, filtered by level.
• A mod's new version takes its place. A dropped mod from the same source
  (the same GitHub repository or Nexus Mods page) replaces the old one at once.
  One whose name only matches is asked about: new version, or a separate mod.
• The manager's own log: every change, from the window or the command
  line, and how it ended. It is on the Settings page (a click on the status
  line opens it) and in the problem report.
• Settings in two tabs: General, and About and diagnostics.
• Damaged archives said plainly. An incomplete 7z or zip is refused with
  "incomplete or damaged; download it again" instead of being half installed,
  and a password-protected archive is named as such.
• The problem report now says whether MDL3's native part is in place, and
  holds MDL3's logs.

Download

• HD2.Mod.Quick.Deploy.exe: the window. Put it in any folder and run it.
• hd2qd.exe: the command line, optional.
• HD2.Mod.Quick.Deploy.0.13.0-dev.zip: both, with the license.

Nothing to install: both need only the .NET Framework 4.8 included with
Windows 10 (1903 or later) and 11.

Before you start

• Use one manager for deploying: another manager's deploy undoes this one's.
• Do not edit a deployed patch file in place: it is the library's own file.

Full documentation: README.