HellForge 0.1.5 BETA

An update to the HellForge beta: Windows Firewall is no longer needed. Download HellForge-Setup.exe below
and run it. On an existing installation it offers Update and keeps your game copy, profiles and mods.

Changed

• A new network block, no Windows Firewall required. HellForge used to keep its copy of the game offline with
  Windows Firewall rules, which broke for players whose security suite (Kaspersky, Norton, Bitdefender, a VPN with a
  kill switch...) switched the firewall off or let traffic past it. The block now lives in the Windows Filtering
  Platform, the layer underneath Windows Firewall, and holds whether the firewall is on or off. It still allows the
  copy to reach only this PC.
• Setup places the block and checks it works before it finishes. The wizard asks Windows for permission once, puts
  the block in place and proves the copy cannot reach the internet. If that fails, setup stops and says so instead of
  leaving you with a session that will not start.
• Uninstall HellForge (Settings > Installation) removes the new block, its shortcuts and the folder.

Existing installations

Updating keeps your firewall rules, and sessions keep working as before. To move to the new block, open
Settings > Installation > Check and repair and allow the Windows permission prompt.

If setup stops at the network block

• Windows permission was declined: start setup again and allow the prompt (look for a flashing shield in the taskbar).
• "Base Filtering Engine (BFE) is off": it is a core Windows service. Turn it back on (Services > Base Filtering
  Engine, or net start BFE as administrator) and start setup 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 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: E2EAE8F67BD6EDD5F352EBBD66C4A49E0782213DA6D938B7EC26FF3A3DB01A44