MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

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Replaces airstrike explosions with orbital drop of allied reinforcements. Mechs can even be dropped via leopard.

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Customization Options
  • Select drop composition from drop-down in Mod Options
  • Enable 'Unlimited Airstrikes' in Mod Options
  • Change drop fees cost modifier in Mod Options
  • Completely customize drop composition and spawn pools by editing the json files found in 'Resources' folder

Adding a spawn pool for your mod

  • Copy VehicleDropAR/Resources/spawn_pool.json to your mods 'Resources' folder.
  • Remove all of the unit cards and add your own to each pool.

Project Roadmap
  • JSON configurable drop composition
  • Prevent units from being dropped if their introduction date is in the future
  • Spawn pools for popular mods
  • Configurable mech painting
  • Match paint & dialogue to contract faction
  • Dropship drops
  • In game notifications showing drop costs being deducted
  • Better AI for scouts (WIP)
  • Spawn mechs from your own mech bay

Special Thanks

  • A big shout-out cszolee79 to for letting me dismantle the source code from his Orbital Drop Support mod.
  • Thank you to Garzjapan for documenting how to enable unlimited airstrikes
  • TrueG for showing me how to parse json objects in blueprints.
  • LeonMehlau for motivating me to update the mod again!
  • Majus721 for creating a more realistic set of Spawn Composition options