Don't know if there'd be a problem or not. I haven't tried a career with that mod.

Will this work if you are well past the deadline on career creation due to an advanced career start?

Well im the mod tester of my coop group as I am by far the most "technical". I know they are going to run the campaign too, just wondering how best to instruct. ie am i am outlier and not functioning the way it did in your testing, and should suggest a different path than what I took.

For Co-op, whoever is hosting should use a pre-patch save if you want to play the DLC campaign. I don't think it matters for the clients.

OK, that works, it seems like I got it then.
So so I guess im using that slightly older save now. No problem. I had mainly just tested to make sure my weapons and mech variants I made were working.

So for my friends I coop with, do I need to tell them to use a save from before? It only worked for me with a save from before the patch date.

Mod on - Before patch date works as intended

Mod off - after patch but before DLC was installed I get the message of comstar being pissed that I ignored them, and one from Ryanna I hadnt read. After DLC date, i see no indicators at all of the DLC, either for it starting or it expiring.

OK, I was able to replicate the issue. It does appear that using a save after the patch was applied but before the DLC was installed somehow blocks the Priority Transmission from appearing so the deadline cannot be extended. Unfortunately I'm not sure there is anything I can do about that, but I'll at least update the description with that information.

Not sure why it did not work in your first scenario, feels like it should have. You are saying that save is from after the latest patch was installed, but before you bought the DLC?

The 2nd scenario sounds like it worked as expected. What is the in-game date for that save? You won't get the message from Ryana if the Priority Transmission has been triggered. It's only presented if you are past the date.

OK, went back a bit with the mod off, and got both Comstar and Ryanna messages.
Turned the mod on and tried the same save and nothing.
Went back to a save from before the patch and i got the Comstar message and an alert of like 32 thousand days to reply. But not the message from Ryanna yet which is odd. I just got the popup and saved to post here. Will Ryanna come up after I accept the comstar one?

It is odd, it seems like I needed to go to a save made before the patch for the new DLC came out, regardless of the year, then it looks to work, as long as I get the Ryanna part (hope her priority mission comes up still).

Is this what you were expecting at this point?

The DLC campaign kicks-off through a 'Priority Transmission' notice (similar to LotKL and RoR) that triggers on 7/1/3038.

If you have a save from before that period, does the notice come up at that time? Try it with and without the mod enabled, if you can.

If you load the current (year 3062) save with the mod disabled, do you get two DLC transmissions appearing? One will be from ComStar and the other from Ryana telling you that the DLC campaign is available but you are past the start date.

I just loaded up my last game and its odd, Comstar isnt listed in my standings at all. I know before I had to restart for career mode for Rasalhague i had a ton of standings and career mode removed most of them and set everything else to zero, but i loaded the game and went end to end through it twice to make sure, and Comstar isn't in there.

Should I try an older savegame?

Also what will popup showing it is starting, do i need to be somewhere specific?

No it had not been started yet. I fired the game up a few days ago to make sure my weapons mod was working still and i had t bought the dlc yet.
But i can go back to an older save to see if it triggers.
im afk now but i can check on my comstar rep later or tomorrow.
DLC is showing installed and mod is checked and the game restarted.

Had you already gotten the DLC expiration message on that save before loading with the mod? Your ComStar faction standing would have taken a -400 hit if it had. Not sure if the DLC campaign would trigger again if it's been marked as a failure.

Also be sure to double check the usual things (DLC is installed, mod enabled in the menu, etc.).

Tried your version from Nexus as well, disabled this, and retested, same issue.
Where does the new DLC start, ill fly there and see if i can force it to start.

Sept 11, 3062, been in game for a month,. and no DLC came up. Reloaded the mod, went to DCMS space, still no popup for the Dragons Gambit.
As for other mods, i have my own weapon mod and a couple QOL mods like a better HUD, compass degree marking, better temp gauge, more news after 3049.
Never had an issue with mods pushing DLC dates back before and dont use any of the BIG mods like roguetech yaml etc.

Any suggestions?

K, good to know.

Yes, if you want to extend the deadline for the other two DLC campaigns (LotKL & RoR). This one just does TDG.

So will you still need the Updated Extended Deadlines Mod by Order66 or does this replace that?