HellForge 0.1.1 BETA

An update to the HellForge beta: co-op fixes, DirectX 11 and more ways to add mods. Download HellForge-Setup.exe
below and run it. On an existing installation it offers Update and keeps your game copy, profiles and mods.

Co-op: everyone in a group needs 0.1.1. The modlist check changed, so friends on 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 with two or more
gameplay mods won't match.

New

• Launch options (Settings > Launch options), as in Steam: --use-d3d11 starts the game with DirectX 11. Steam's
  %command% --use-d3d11 form works too. The first DirectX 11 start can be slow.
• Add mods... takes .7z as well as .zip and .rar, for mods and cosmetic packs alike.

Fixed

• Co-op: a game crashed when a friend's Shredder Silo missile landed (the player who didn't fire it).
• Co-op: joiners kept their own values for mod stratagems (such as the Stratagem Compendium's silos) instead of the
  host's. A joiner's editor now takes its own off while joined and puts them back afterwards.
• Co-op: friends with the same gameplay mods in a different order were refused. The order no longer has to match;
  keeping it the same still avoids surprises (where two mods change the same thing, the top one wins on each PC).
• Cosmetic packs with a "VANILLA" or "Default" choice (Better Aim Reticles, Better Map Markers, Improved Railgun
  Sights...) were refused as "includes a folder outside the pack". They load now.
• The in-game editor's category list can scroll when it doesn't fit (a large UI scale on a smaller screen).

If a session won't start

• Windows never asked for permission to add the firewall rules: look for a flashing shield in the taskbar, or start
  HellForge once with Run as administrator. The rules stay, so later starts need neither.
• "Required loopback/egress controls failed": something on your PC is letting traffic past Windows Firewall,
  usually a VPN with a kill switch or another firewall (Kaspersky, Norton, Bitdefender, ESET, Portmaster...). Close or
  pause it and start the session again.

You need

• Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), and HELLDIVERS 2 on Steam, build 25480438
• Steam running and signed in to the account that owns the game
• About 25 GB free on the drive you install to, and one Windows administrator prompt
• Windows Firewall switched on for every network type (setup checks and tells you)

Windows SmartScreen may warn that the setup is unrecognised: it is not code-signed yet (More info > Run anyway).

Support, news and mods: the Discord link in the launcher's sidebar.

Share this release by linking to it, not by reuploading the setup (licence). Mods made with the SDK are
yours, under any licence (MIT-0 SDK).

SHA-256 of HellForge-Setup.exe: F35D337A4188706CE8A1211EB24A2E2BB8D989F0B6AF9B413B62706B7428DA85