MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Advanced Career Start
123 Comments
antipothis 7 Nov, 2024 @ 5:18pm 
It requires Inner Sphere because that DLC adds the custom career campaigns. This mod just adds more options to the campaign that DLC adds.
BYKmatty 23 Oct, 2024 @ 10:48am 
WHY DOES IT REQUIRE THE IMechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC TO RUN?
phfor 14 Sep, 2024 @ 7:41pm 
Winterbloom - yeah that's an annoying limitation in the game engine. Import will always put you at 3015 start.
Winterbloom 21 Jun, 2024 @ 5:15am 
most annoying bug i could find, if you import and old career, it doesnt change the start date you select, and it forces you to start in house davion every time if you import. even if thats not where the imported save is from.
Blackforestguy 13 May, 2024 @ 7:36am 
Would be nice if there could be a Option to start with Medium Mechs. The Option "A Bit More" gets strange results like 2 Assaults and 2 Locusts :Owlcat_sleepless:
R4v3n-45 7 Apr, 2024 @ 11:34am 
deleted message since you have to actually pick the "Custom Career Start" option for the mod to work (didn't pay attention when I made one)
1inchGrinch 27 Mar, 2024 @ 3:13pm 
@ahedgcoth you can check the patch notes on the right side of the mod page under the date where it was published and updated
ahedgcoth 16 Mar, 2024 @ 9:38am 
not sure how to do that but thanks for letting me know
DarkMageVulnar 16 Mar, 2024 @ 3:22am 
@ahedgcoth read patch notes, It was updated to dlc6
ahedgcoth 15 Mar, 2024 @ 5:23pm 
I hope this mod gets updated for DLC6
jg9142 14 Mar, 2024 @ 11:13am 
Since the latest DLC update. You can turn on this MoD to start the game. Once you're in, make a save game. Go out turn off MoD, restart game. Works fine then.
Omnes Interficere 13 Mar, 2024 @ 6:31pm 
I don't know if it's been reported but the mod causes a crash when entering the deployment screen prior to mission start since the new update. Took me a while to isolate this because I didn't think the mod had any effect on an existing save game.
Ciaran Zagami 9 Mar, 2024 @ 10:09am 
Is there any way to set it up so I don't have to start with a junky mech that does no damage like a locust or a vulcan? I'm sick to death of going on my first mission and watching my teammates try to face tank a hunch back in their locusts.
Holycannoli 7 Mar, 2024 @ 9:10am 
Does this add any starting faction options such as Perifery states? I.E. the Marians or Canopus?
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 30 Dec, 2023 @ 11:45pm 
this mod does not change anything about the game itself, just the career start. So, no, mech spawns are not modified.
Easy AI 30 Dec, 2023 @ 11:02am 
Does this mod stop spawns of later year mechs from other mods?
Silver Wolf 15 Nov, 2023 @ 10:01pm 
problems with install. Menu indicates it is installed yet it doesn't function. Menu shows its load order as 0. Other mods listed as active seem to be functioning properly. Any ideas?
YxSleepyheadxY 28 Sep, 2023 @ 5:39am 
Thanx alot for the extremely fast update to DLC5.
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 25 Sep, 2023 @ 9:31pm 
Does not disable anything.
Lupercal-16; Hivebane 24 Sep, 2023 @ 6:33pm 
Does this disable campaigns and faction missions?
√`t0rk 8 Aug, 2023 @ 5:51am 
Thanks for the tip. 👍
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 8 Aug, 2023 @ 2:44am 
create your new career with this mod, then save and deactivate it since its not required anymore then. Even though the conflict with PO should not be an issue this is always a valid approach.
√`t0rk 3 Aug, 2023 @ 5:52am 
Conflicts with Pilot Overhaul mod. ☹️
Tirith Amar 21 Jul, 2023 @ 7:19am 
Thank you very much that was what i meant. what moogly said is true, a coop buddy still outperforms them, here is how i would phrase it:
lt are braindead
Captains are terrible
and majors are somewhat competent, but they still dont understand what it means to spam attacks
wasnt at home for a while.
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 16 Jul, 2023 @ 12:48am 
New version allowed to set ai level. That is what major means: highest ai level. Nothing else.
GreatGooglyMoogly 7 Jul, 2023 @ 5:00pm 
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834500688 : reference

I've only had 1 Major like ever in any of my playthroughs and that dude was as good as my buddy in Co-op
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 6 Jul, 2023 @ 2:29am 
oh, i see. tbh I dont even know what those tiers do. I guess I could set them but does that really change the AI behaviour?
GreatGooglyMoogly 4 Jul, 2023 @ 3:20am 
No I think they meant that, since AI pilots come in 3 tiers (LT, CAPT, and Majors) they want their companions to be majors.
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 2 Jul, 2023 @ 9:40pm 
Do you mean all should be level 10 at the start?
Tirith Amar 27 Jun, 2023 @ 12:58am 
Could you add the option to have all the starting pilots be Majors?
Mr_Tea_Rexx 10 May, 2023 @ 9:56am 
@Hit by a Parked Car - if your playing the Free Rasalhague Republic you have to set the year to 3035 as all the other factions start 3015
Mr_Tea_Rexx 10 May, 2023 @ 9:49am 
Just want to say thank you for this great addition, is it possible to have the Default Faction Logos?
Theorden 27 Apr, 2023 @ 6:01am 
So this won't work with the campaign?
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 17 Apr, 2023 @ 4:20pm 
Just start a new career (not a campaign) and you will be able to choose custom start settings, in addition to ready-made presets. ¯\_('—')_/¯
Also note that the mod requires you to have the Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC (just in case).
natewarrior 17 Apr, 2023 @ 4:10pm 
next question how do i use this mod
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 16 Apr, 2023 @ 1:24pm 
All mods are activated in the corresponding section of the main menu of the game. Or using the Load Order Manager [nexusmods.com].
natewarrior 16 Apr, 2023 @ 12:40pm 
how do i activate the mod
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 29 Mar, 2023 @ 12:13am 
indeed, importing a save will overwrite the starting year. not sure if I can fix that.
Hit by a Parked Car 28 Mar, 2023 @ 11:50pm 
Ah, sorry, I meant the starting year combined with importing a previous save.
Hit by a Parked Car 28 Mar, 2023 @ 9:38pm 
Hello, starting year doesn't seem to work quite right.
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 15 Mar, 2023 @ 7:12am 
i just mean that without PilotOverhaul you should not disable acs
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 14 Mar, 2023 @ 2:28pm 
Do you mean that I need to switch them at the same time, or that I need to turn on PO before turning off the ACS?
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 14 Mar, 2023 @ 12:38pm 
you can disable the mod after starting the game, but only with pilotpoverhaul enabled
Fuhrer_51[RUS] 14 Mar, 2023 @ 12:37am 
Greetings!
Is it required to keep this mod active after starting a career? Since this mod conflicts with PilotOverhaul , I would like to try to switch them after starting the game.
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 13 Mar, 2023 @ 12:54am 
lower the starting mechs from vanilla to something else to get "worse" mechs.
Spartan448 12 Mar, 2023 @ 5:13pm 
How do I make it stop giving me Heavy and Assault 'Mechs on career start? I've had to restart like 5 times because it keeps trying to give me like a Rifleman or a Charger or some bullshit like that
Matthew 2 Mar, 2023 @ 10:48am 
that could be it yes :D
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 2 Mar, 2023 @ 10:23am 
YAML and friends make use of mod options extensively. Maybe that?
Matthew 2 Mar, 2023 @ 8:22am 
then its not for this particular mod but for careers in general. sorry then i was wrong :D
SirFallsDownALot  [author] 2 Mar, 2023 @ 8:21am 
mod options is not required and not even used. there are no options for this mod.