Helldivers 2 Hotfix Fixes Crashes When Dropping Into Missions, Changing Settings

Arrowhead Game Studios has a new hotfix for Helldivers 2, which looks to resolve crashes occurring in specific situations. It also looks to prevent cases where players in the Hellpod loading screen would get stuck.

Some instances where crashes and glitches have been fixed include when dropping into a mission or right after changing your settings. The last update was supposed to fix the latter, but it “didn’t stick the landing.” As a result, the engineer responsible has been understandably assigned to a “Super Earth re-education camp.”

Arrowhead also confirms that the Superior Packing Methodology ship module upgrade was fixed on the server side as of July 1st, so that’s nice. Plenty of known issues exist, like deploying mines sometimes going invisible, Arc weapons misfiring, Reinforcement not being available for players who join a game in progress, and the Bile Titan not taking damage to its thick skull. Expect more fixes in the coming weeks.

Helldivers 2 is available for PS5 and PC. Check out our review here.

Patch 01.000.404

Overview

• This hotfix aims to resolve crashes and to reduce the number of people stuck in the hellpod drop-in loading screen.

Fixes

• Fixed the ‘Superior Packing Methodology’ ship module upgrade (technically this was fixed on the server side and has been working since July 1st).
• Fixed crashes and glitches occurring when dropping into a mission.
• Fixed instances of players becoming stuck in the hellpod loading screen.
• Fixed a crash that occurs after changing settings (this should be fixed for real this time, the last fix didn’t stick the landing and we have sent the responsible engineer to a Super Earth re-education camp).

Known Issues

These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.

• Sending friend requests via friend code in game currently does not work
• Players may be unable to be joined or invited to the game
• Players added to the Recent Players list will appear in the middle of the list
• Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts
• Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions
• Deployed mines may sometimes become invisible (but remain active)
• Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire
• Most weapons shoot below the crosshair when aiming down the sights
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but will deploy to its original location
• Hand Carts ship module does not reduce Shield Generator Pack’s cooldown
• Bile Titan sometimes does not take damage to the head
• Players may become stuck in the Loadout when joining a game in progress
• Reinforcement may not be available for players who join a game in progress
• Planet liberation reaches 100 % at the end of every Defend mission
• Raise Flag of Super Earth objective does not show a progress bar
• Mission count in the Career tab is being reset to zero after every game restart
• Some weapons’ descriptions are out-of-date and don’t reflect their current design
• Personal orders may not display correctly. (Kill 5!)