HellForge 0.1.3 BETA

An update to the HellForge beta: co-op fixes for custom stratagems. 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 must update to 0.1.3. Friends on different versions are told so and can't join each
other (before, they could join and then see things differently).

These co-op fixes are new and not yet tested in a full co-op game. If something still looks different on a
friend's screen, or a game crashes, please send the session logs from both PCs (the launcher's Save logs to Desktop) on the Discord.

Fixed

• Co-op: the Shredder Silo now works as the game's own silo does: the PC in charge of the missile launches it and
  everyone sees the launch, the flight and the blast. In 0.1.2 a host could crash when a friend launched it.
• Co-op: custom Pelican stratagems (Stratagem Compendium's gunships) no longer sit on the ground for the other
  players; they fly for everyone.
• Co-op: friends who order the same mods differently now get the same stratagems, weapons and Pelicans. Before,
  what a mod added could be numbered differently on each PC and turn up as another mod's on a friend's screen.

Changed

• Old session logs are cleaned up: the launcher keeps the newest 10 sessions' logs. Crash dumps had added up to
  gigabytes.

Known issues

• In co-op, a custom Pelican's gun may aim a little differently on the other players' screens than on the caller's.

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 an account that owns the game or has it through Steam Family Sharing
• 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: 460D41FE74DBA04BD42F78DCE19CE40862C8E93AD7DED18EB2C925DF93A21CEC