🛠️ HELLDIVERS 2 Known Issues ⚙️

This list contains the most common issues reported by players or found in QA. It is kept to known, confirmed issues due to be fixed rather than design and balance choices. This is not an exhaustive list of all issues we are aware of. 

Most crashes, performance, and connectivity problems are ongoing issues that are always being worked on and are not listed here.

🆕 New

• Using Chinese and Japanese IME will prevent movement and controls in-game. 
• The Lumberer and Flame Sentry are not correctly dealing damage at very close range
• MGX-42 Bullet Storm's muzzle flash may not be aligned with the weapon
• The Terminate Illegal Broadcast objective can sometimes not be completed
• Changes to weapon patterns reset to default after restarting the game
• 'Remember weapon functions' may not be working correctly on some weapons
• Illuminate Stingray may not always attack Helldivers 
• Conflagration Devastator's shields cannot be destroyed like their normal Devestator counterparts.
• The game is unable to launch on Linux/Steam Deck
  • Update! Proton has released a hotfix that resolves this issue, and should let you play again! To do this, go to the properties for Helldivers 2 on Steam, select the Compatibility tab, check "Force the user of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" and choose 'Proton Hotfix' from the list!

🔧 Technical

• Players who are using the Microsoft IME languages are unable to type Korean, Japanese and Chinese symbols in chat.
• User may not hear other users on Voice Chat in a cross-play lobby.

🎮 Gameplay

• Explosives can cause Helldivers hidden behind terrain to ragdoll
• Weapon customization doesn't correctly display stats for sway and reload times
• Some attachments and their stats are not changed in preview until purchasing and equipping.
• Melee kills are not being correctly counted in the end-of-mission stats or career stats
• MLS-4X Commando unguided mode does not work
• Network Desync between players can cause the collision to be inconsistent on enemy corpses
• Oil/dirt/blood and other visual effects sometimes stain armor and/or helmet, making it jet black
• Network Desync can cause SEAF Artillery shells to not be inserted properly, causing a soft lock
• The 'Operated By' text under the Super Destroyer name is not showing the Player's nickname 
• LAS-7 Dagger Beam can sometimes hit the player’s own SH-51 Directional Shield
• Points of interest do not grey out on the mini-map when found within a colony
• Hellpod Avoidance Areas are inconsistent with the Player's POV

• Red Beacon Stratagems do not follow the beacon when it changes location

If you encounter an issue not listed here, feel free to submit a bug report to the helpdesk with as much information as possible. If the issue is not already known, we will look into it.