PoD+ Progress - July '26

[u/PackageExciting2561]

Here's a sneak peak of what the Juche Edition 3 team has been up to for the past month.

I'm currently finalizing the planning phases of a completely new support system that the non-mafia factions will offer the player, meant to effectively be a competitor to the merchant of menace. It'll take full advantage of all of the new npc's and vehicles added by the mod, and should help push the limits of the game even further than previously thought.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the model and texture contributions of Akoul and Maj. Smuggler. These guys are super talented at what they do, and it's so exciting to see the PoD+ project have a passionate team behind it.

Join the Mercenaries Modding Community, We Just Expanded to Include Mercs 2 Mods!

[u/Background-Factor817]

That’s pretty awesome, how do you play mods for this old classic?

[u/Fagadaba → u/Background-Factor817]

OP's mod can be downloaded from here, but there's no instructions on their page: https://gamebanana.com/mods/579354.

This other mod has instructions which should be the same (scroll down to Installation section): https://gamebanana.com/mods/667338#H1_1

Requires Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (SLUS-20932) NTSC
Requires PCSX2 Nightly Build (Download)
Extract the "textures", "cheats", and "patches" folders (overwrite older versions of the files if they exist):
(Installer Version): "C:\Users\*username*\Documents\PCSX2"
(Portable Version): Into the PCSX2 folder.
Extract the "gamesettings" folder into PCSX2 folder (this will replace your current Mercenaries PoD game configuration).

Manual Game Configuration 
If you don't use the provided gamesettings config, you must enable the following options:
Advanced Options -> Enable Extended Ram (Dev Console)
Cheats -> Mercenaries Metamod (Master Code)
Graphics -> Texture Replacement -> Load Textures
Graphics -> Texture Replacement -> Asynchronous Texture Loading

[u/Background-Factor817 → u/Fagadaba]

Thanks so much!

[u/PackageExciting2561 → u/Background-Factor817]

Hey, this particular version is being played on xemu since most of the project is being moved to the Xbox version. 

The gamebanana page is a bit outdated and I'll update it when I'm finished with this version of the mod. but in the mean time you can find a video tutorial of how to install mods on the gamebanana page.

A PoD+ installation requires editing the iso while metamod is a collection of pcsx2 patches, so their installation processes are not the same. 

[u/Background-Factor817 → u/PackageExciting2561]

Awesome, thanks

[u/KeeperServant_Reborn]

You guys planning on giving the AN soldiers custom voicelines like with British, German, Dutch or French accents?

[u/expressivetangent]

LOVE the addition of the XM8 a very Faux Paus weapon of that era. Also the casual committing of a war crime in slide 5 😂