Loadout

A mod manager for Thunderstore games: Lethal Company, R.E.P.O., PEAK and about 250 others. Free, for Windows 10 and 11.

Download Loadout-Setup.exe
Version 0.3.0, 112 MB

Install

Click the download link above.
When it finishes, double-click Loadout-Setup.exe.
Windows will probably show a blue box that says "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway. It appears because the installer isn't code-signed.

There are no questions to answer and it doesn't ask for admin rights. Loadout opens by itself and puts an icon on your desktop.

Use

Pick your game.
Open Find mods and press Install on the ones you want. Anything a mod needs is installed with it.
Press Play modded.

The My mods list with an on/off switch next to each mod — My mods. Every mod has an on/off switch, and updates show up here.

Find mods

Not sure what to get? Find mods shows what's popular right now, mods that go with what you already have, and what your friends use.

Or say what you're in the mood for. You get the best of each, tick the ones you like and install them together.

Picking moods and ticking three mods to install together — Pick a mood, tick what you like, install in one go.

Every mod has a page with its description, what it needs, and the mods people most often use with it.

A mod page open on the Goes with tab — The "Goes with" tab on a mod.

Play with friends

Everyone needs the same mods. Open Friends and connect Steam once. Friends who use Loadout show up there with the game they have open. If your mods match, press Join. If they don't, one button gets you their mods first.

The Friends page listing friends who are ready to play and friends with different mods — Friends. Names here are made up.

You can also do it without connecting Steam: open the Profile menu and choose Paste a profile code to get a friend's setup, or Share with friends to send them yours.

Mod settings

Mods come with settings. Loadout shows them as switches and boxes with the mod's own explanation next to each, so you don't have to edit files.

Mods that aren't on Thunderstore

Got a mod as a file from a friend? Drag the .zip or .dll onto Loadout. It shows up in My mods marked Custom, and anything it needs from Thunderstore is installed with it. Only add files from people you trust: nobody has checked them.

A custom mod open in My mods, marked Custom, with its readme — A custom mod added from a zip.

Making mods

Loadout is also a workbench if you write mods yourself.

New mod project writes a C# project that already points at the game's code, builds it, and installs it in your profile.
Link a mod folder copies your build into the profile every time it changes. Build, press Play modded, done.
Game log shows what the game and your mod print while it runs, with errors picked out.
Pack for Thunderstore makes the zip you upload, or send to a friend.

The Game log page with a warning and an error highlighted — Game log.

Coming from r2modman

Your r2modman profiles show up inside Loadout. Press Copy over to bring one in. r2modman's own files are left alone, and profile codes made in r2modman work in Loadout.

Remove

Windows Settings, then Apps, then Loadout, then Uninstall.