Grounded Switch Release Date, Time

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Grounded released exclusively on Xbox consoles and PC, and the game has a very stable playerbase on both platforms. Unsurprisingly, Grounded, by developers Obsidian Entertainment, is among four games that have been selected by Microsoft to end their platform exclusivity, with the announcement of its impending release on rival Nintendo’s Switch console.

Here’s what we’ve got on the release date and time for Grounded on Switch.

UPDATED April 15

 

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Grounded Switch Release Date And Time

Grounded Switch
Grounded Switch

Grounded is scheduled for release on April 16, 2024 for Nintendo Switch. No demo is available for the game. The file size weighs in at a compact 3 GB.

The game will unlock concurrently globally, at midnight 11 AM ET. Here are localized times for major regions:

The game will unlock concurrently globally, at midnight 11 AM ET. Here are localized times for major regions:

8 AM Pacific Time (PT) April 16

9 AM Mountain Time (MT) April 16

10 AM Central Time (CT) April 16

11 AM Eastern Time (ET) April 16

3 PM Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)/Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) April 16

4 PM British Summer Time (BST) April 16

5 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST) April 16

8:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) April 16

11 PM Singapore/Taiwan/Hong Kong Time April 16

12 AM South Korea Standard Time (KST) April 17

12 AM Japan Standard Time (JST) April 17

Pre-ordering and wishlisting have been open on the Nintendo Store for a while now.

Here’s the direct link to the US Nintendo Store, which should automatically re-direct you if you are in another region:

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/grounded-switch/

 

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Grounded Switch Preload Date And Time

Grounded Nintendo Switch
Grounded Nintendo Switch

No word yet on when pre-order players can preload Grounded on Switch.

 

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Grounded is one of the best co-op game experiences around, and now Nintendo Switch players can join in on that as well.

Man Can Hardly See Perfectly Organized Factorio Base Over Gigantic Pile of Shit on Desk

Posted on by Hard Drive Reporter

BOSTON – Gamer Michael Thompson, 27-years-old and surrounded by his own filth, has perfectly organized the ultimate mining and manufacturing base in Factorio, equally impressed and concerned sources confirm.

Thompson’s Factorio base, a sprawling industrial complex, is reportedly a marvel of organization and optimization that perfectly mines and manufactures all the necessary potions and components to create massive amounts of plastic, modules, and all of the game’s most advanced items. Also, it can hardly be seen over the massive pile of shit on his desk.

“In the game, he’s this genius problem solver and engineer, crafting delicate processes and multitasking perfectly,” said Thompson’s roommate, Alex Chen, 28. “In real life I can’t get him to process the notion of buying a little trashcan for his room, he just throws trash over his shoulder and keeps playing.”

Thompson’s mother, Janet, 62, expressed concern over her son’s living conditions after a recent video call.

“He started with his camera off and I had to beg him to turn it on,” she said of the call. “I couldn’t even see his face over the junk and I just kept hearing ‘click click click.’ I think he was still playing. I pray for my little Michael every day.”

Thompson remains unfazed by criticism and shrugged off the concerns of friends and family.

“A lot of the greats had cluttered desks. It’s all about priorities,” he said, delicately balancing an empty-ish Gatorade bottle on top of a tower of old Doordash orders. “I’ll get around to it eventually.”

Experts suggest that Thompson’s behavior is not uncommon among dedicated gamers.

“Oh yeah we see this alot in young gamers, but sometimes it goes the other way,” said Dr. Emily Nguyen, a psychologist specializing in gaming addiction. “I once treated a boy who had hundreds of speeding tickets and even a vehicular manslaughter charge. When he played GTA he stopped at every red light. Scary kid.”

At press time, Thompson was seen ignoring an army of ants attacking his desk in favor of defending his Factorio base from a wave of biters.

Helldivers 2 Freeze Bug Fixes

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Helldivers 2 continues to explode in popularity, and with an ever expanding player base comes the discovery of numerous bugs. This particular issue arises when picking up items in the game, causing the player to freeze in place. Read this Helldivers 2 guide to figure out how to mitigate the issue, or recover from it if it’s already happened.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Pickup Freeze Bug Reason

If you’ve been running around farming resources left and right, then you have undoubtedly spammed the gather button when you see two or more items in close proximity. And that is exactly when things go wrong, since attempting to pick up a second item immediately after the first is what causes the freeze.

Speculation is that, since Helldivers 2 is an online-only, Games-as-a-service (GaaS) title, every action involving currency collection is closely monitored server-side in order to prevent exploits and cheating. With each pickup action being communicated back to the server, and server connectivity issues already being as they are, a freeze occurs when that data can’t be transmitted properly. This is also the reason why some players report not receiving or even losing some resources post-mission completion.

 

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This is especially true for Warbond Medals and Super Credits, both of which are accrued directly into your account on recovery. Even if you were to crash out of the game at some point, or simply abandon the mission, all your collected Medals and Super Credits thus far would still be available.

The same is not true for all the Samples, and XP, which are accrued client-side and must be successfully extracted to count towards your reserves.

 

Helldivers 2 Freeze Bug Fixes

If you’ve already been frozen in place by the bug, and came looking for this guide, here are some things to attempt to unfreeze yourself:

  • First, try waiting for up to three minutes for the server to catch up to you. This has been the maximum length of time that players have experienced being frozen in place, before the game acknowledged the pickup properly.
  • Your mileage may vary with this one, but saluting has worked for some players to snap your Helldiver back to reality.
  • Failing that, cook off a grenade while holding it in hand. Yes, it is in fact possible to do that. This will effectively kill you, and force a new drop nearby, thus unfreezing you.
  • You can avoid having to respawn if you’re in a squad by simply asking one of your squadmates to melee you out of the frozen bug.

 

Helldivers 2 Prevent Freezing Bug

Here are some tips to avoid the freezing bug entirely.

Slow down a little while gathering. The issue most often happens immediately after spam-looting a downed pod or a container with multiple pickups that you couldn’t see until after it was cracked open. Wait a beat, for the loot to appear and then pick it up one by one.

If in doubt about exactly how long to wait, make note of the animations: your Helldiver will put their hands back down after completing the loot action. It is after that point, that you will want to loot again.

 

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That’s every solution for getting frozen when collecting Medals, Super Credits, and other pickups.

 

Helldivers 2 Unlock Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Helldivers 2 has deployed its first mech or Exosuit, and some players are having some difficulty with the requirements for using the Stratagem. This Helldivers 2 guide has everything you need to know about unlocking the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit, as well as acquiring one in the wild.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Unlock Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

The Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit is the priciest of all Stratagems thus far, and requires 20K Requisition Slips. Additionally, your Helldiver must be at least Level 25. It is buried at the very bottom of the list in:

  • Ship Management
    • Stratagems
      • Engineering Bay
        • Robotics Workshop

Once unlocked, the Exosuit will offer you:

  • Call-in Time: 0 sec
  • Uses: 2
  • Cooldown Time: 600 sec (10 minutes)

How to use the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit on the battlefield continues below.

 

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Helldivers 2 Use Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

Be sure to add the Stratagem to your loadout before deploying to the surface.

The dropship that delivers it can and will fire upon any enemies encroaching on the dropzone, so use that to your advantage in a pinch.

Once deployed, the Patriot Exosuit must be mounted from the rear hatch.

Ammunition is in limited supply, with 14 rockets on the left missile pod, and a thousand minigun rounds on the right.

 

Helldivers 2 Reload Ammo Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

 

Use of a deployed Patriot Exosuit is not locked to a single Helldiver, so you can call one in for your squadmates while you continue on foot. It is a good strategy to exclusively designate one squadmate as the squad’s Exosuit pilot, and have the remainder call in their Exosuits in succession, for that player to use.

If you have a Guard Dog Rover deployed as well, it will leap up onto the Exosuit’s pilot pod, but will not engage the enemy as long as you are piloting the mech.

The Shield Generator Pack Stratagem works from within the Exosuit as well, but only as far as the bubble itself extends around your Helldiver.

While you do have two uses from the Stratagem itself, it is possible to acquire a third opportunity to pilot the Exosuit. Continue reading below.

 

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Helldivers 2 Free Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

While it is necessary to be Level 25 in order to unlock the Patriot Exosuit, you don’t have to be that level to simply pilot one. Aside from riding an Exosuit deployed by your squadmates, you can also find free Exo-45 Patriot Exosuits in the wild in certain locations.

Terminid planets tend to not have any bonus Exosuit spawns, but Automaton planets will. These will mostly be at Places of Interest, and often near factories.

Found Exosuits have the same stats and supplies as deployed mechs. There is no cooldown time after losing a wild Exosuit, so you can call in one of your own Stratagems immediately after, and continue stomping around the battlefield.

 

Helldivers 2 Repair Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

 

That’s everything on unlocking the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit in Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2 Repair Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Now that Helldivers 2 finally has mechs, or Exosuits as they are known in-game, you might be wondering how to go about repairing it once it takes damage. Let’s jump right in with this guide on maintaining the longevity of your Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit for as far as possible.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Repair Patriot Exosuit

The bad news is that you can’t fix the Patriot Exosuit at all. There are no Stratagems, no in-game pickups, no in-world repair stations, nothing. Having said that, there are a number of things you can do to mitigate incoming damage and keep striding across the map in-mission.

 

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Helldivers 2 Patriot Exosuit Health Bar

The Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit does not have a visible health bar currently. It’s unknown if this is a bug, design oversight, or intentional game mechanic.

You can make a visual assessment by observing the condition of the mech:

  • Full health: on making landfall, all systems go, melee works
  • Half health or less: smoking, melee non-functional
  • Critical health: on fire, imminent explosion

These are very broad guidelines, and the mech has been known to explode for no apparent reason. This is most likely a bug that will be addressed soon enough.

 

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Helldivers 2 Patriot Exosuit Health Tips

First off, the Exosuit’s damage hitbox is somewhat unpredictable. While most players report being one-hit killed by Terminid Chargers, others have survived multiple hits.

If your Shield Generator Pack Stratagem is active when you mount the mech, the bubble obviously won’t magically make the whole mech invulnerable, but will only protect it from incoming fire that actually makes direct contact with the forcefield. Tank shells have been known to deflect off of the bubble, so try and keep your mech aligned properly in ranged combat.

The Shield Generator Pack is especially useful if you’re using the Exosuit in melee combat with larger opponents, as it can mitigate random strikes to the front face of the mech, but not the legs since that is visibly not covered.

There is no contact damage from simply stomping on smaller Terminids, but they can damage the mech ever so slightly if they can get a melee strike on the Exosuit.

Mere contact with explosive barrels has been known to kill Exosuits.

Some of the random foliage is also doing damage to the mech for no apparent reason. This is very likely a bug, and will probably be patched at some point in a future update.

 

Helldivers 2 Unlock Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

 

Firing the missile while the torso is in a full turning move, causes the hitbox detection to consider it a collision and blows up the Exosuit. This can even happen when the Exosuit is stationary, but the torso is turned fully.

Melee stops functioning entirely at half health.

The Shield Generator Relay Stratagem is large enough to completely enclose the Exosuit, and is best used in last stand scenarios, to preserve the Exosuit as long as possible.

The Exosuit is invulnerable to both EMS Strike and Gas Strike, as well as the Napalm Strike, BUT only the fire itself, not the initial impact explosion which expectedly does explosion damage.

Fire is not the only environmental hazard the mech can walk through. Deeper water can be waded through as well, with the water coming up to the hips or pelvis, as it were, of the Exosuit. This should let players bypass or avoid certain areas.

Using the Exosuit, bodies of water might also be used to bait and effectively stun lock certain enemies that won’t follow you into the water.

You can even take a fellow Helldiver along for the ride, if they leap atop it using the environment, like a ledge or crate.

If and when the Exosuit blows up, the blast radius is similar to that of a grenade, and can kill both you and any Helldiver standing in the vicinity. Use this to your advantage by intentionally abandoning it near enemies and blowing it up yourself.

Do not attempt to mark or ping the minimap while in the Exosuit, as it is affected by the same design oversight as grenades—the action will fire the mech’s weapons, and may blow you up under the right circumstances.

 

Helldivers 2 Reload Ammo Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

 

That’s all we’ve got on repairing the Exosuit in Helldivers 2, and keeping it running for as long as possible.

Helldivers 2 Reload Ammo Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

The Exosuit mechs in Helldivers 2 seem formidable at first glance, but players are quickly discovering shortcomings in its design philosophy. For one, it it woefully under-supplied with ammunition. This Helldivers 2 guide is all about whether you can resupply or reload ammunition in the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Reload Patriot Exosuit

There is absolutely no way to resupply the Patriot Exosuit in Helldivers. Not a single pickup, no in-world resupply points, and the Supply Pack Stratagem is no use here either. Your only hope is to make the absolute best use of the 14 rockets and 1000 rounds of gatling gun ammo you receive when the Exosuit makes landfall. Read on for tips and strategies for most enemies when using the mech.

 

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Helldivers 2 Patriot Exosuit Weaponry

The Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit is expected to be the smallest and lightest of all the mechs we will eventually see in Helldivers 2.

It is equipped with a single missile pod holding 14 rockets on it left shoulder hardpoint, and a gatling gun or minigun on its right shoulder hardpoint.

The Patriot Exosuit can stomp low-to-the-ground enemies when in striking distance.

Read on in the next section, on how to make the best use of these three attacks.

 

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Helldivers 2 Patriot Exosuit Conserve Ammo Tips

The first and best thing to know about calling in the Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit is that the dropship itself will fire away at any enemies in the vicinity while dropping off your mech. This is especially useful when you want to get some free shots in on a larger adversary at no expense to your reserves or that of your mech itself. Clamber inside and mop up the leftovers.

The Patriot Exosuit can melee! Use it! On the smaller or low height Terminids it is invaluable for conserving ammunition, as Scavengers, Hunters, and the like are a one-stomp kill. While the mech can be very slightly damaged from incoming melee strikes, it is negligible overall. There is also no damage from just making physical contact with enemies.

The Exosuit is also immune to bile, poison, gas, fire, electrical/EMS, and any other environmental damage, so use that to your advantage with certain strike package Stratagems when in close contact.

 

Helldivers 2 Repair Mech Exo-45 Patriot Exosuit

 

The Patriot Exosuit minigun has medium armor penetration, and can slice right through Sentinels for one, but is wasted on the Charger carapace which requires upwards of a hundred rounds to strip away.

Chargers are a two-shot rocket to the leg to tear of the armored carapace. Instead of wasting a third, finish it off with a short burst from the minigun instead.

Devastators are also shredded by the minigun, but only directly in the face or unarmored power pack on their back. The waist and arms are secondary points of weakness. The shield is considered heavy armor, and is a complete waste of a target for either weapon.

Ideally, you will conserve the minigun for small to medium sized, lightly armored enemies, especially if they are of the swarm behavior type.

Rockets, on the other hand, have little to no splash damage and thus are wasted on mobs of enemies.

Bile Titans are a two rocket shot to the face, or just one if you can land it perfectly in the mouth itself.

Turrets are a two shot to the weak spot, as are tanks. However, it appears that it can be deflected if it makes contact at just the wrong angle. This is likely an oversight, as this behavior was patched for some other weapons based on player feedback.

Three missiles to Automaton Dropship thrusters/engines will down it with all aboard, effectively crushing them on impact with the ground, and blowing up any remaining survivors in the ensuing explosion.

 

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That’s everything we know about not being able to reload the Exosuit in Helldivers 2, along with every tip and strategy for conserving its ammunition.

 

Helldivers 2 Skip Queues

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Days since release, Helldivers 2 players continue to experience all kinds of connectivity issues to the game’s online servers. And even when loaded in to the game, you can expect queues and wait times if you’re unlucky. But there is a way to glide right past both game loading issues as well as in-game wait times. Read this Helldivers 2 guide to find out more.

UPDATED April 16

 

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Helldivers 2 Queues And Limits

If you weren’t already aware, Helldivers 2 has two different caps placed on player connectivity numbers. The first is the number of players that can connect per minute, which is currently 20K, after being raised from 10K. The second is the concurrent player count which is currently capped at 450K, from a previous maximum of 360K (earlier 250K). These numbers are shared by both supported platforms: Steam PC and PlayStation 5.

SteamDB numbers indicate that just on Steam PC, Helldivers 2 has a peak concurrent player count of 411K, leaving precious few slots for PlayStation 5 players. And those PC numbers can only go up from here, despite all the problems the game has at this time.

While there are other fixes for the various queue/limit associated error messages such as “Servers at capacity. Please try again later” and “Login limit reached. Please wait to be let in” and “Defrosting Helldiver”, there is one method that cuts to the chase almost every single time. 

Outlined below are two methods: one that requires friends, and one that works without. With either method, if you run into any of the aforementioned error messages, simply try again and more often than not it will resolve itself.

 

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Helldivers 2 Skip Queues With Friends

On Steam PC, do NOT launch Helldivers 2. Instead find the profile of an Online friend who has already successfully connected to Helldivers 2, and select Join Game. This will boot up the game automatically and load you directly into their ship after a brief black screen, lasting up to a minute.

 

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On PlayStation 5, you can join a friend that has successfully loaded into the game, either though an invite, or manually from their profile or party screens. PlayStation 5 players can also attempt the method mentioned in the following Reddit post:

 

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This method works even in CrossPlay using invites, but is one-way only at this time: PlayStation players can receive invites from Steam PC players, but not the other way around. The Steam PC player must also set status to Online for the invite to be received.

 

Reminder: you can bypass the queue if you have a friend online
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The working theory is that either there is a social priority given to friends, especially since Helldivers 2 is an inherently social, co-op game, or that this is an unforeseen exploit of systems intended to allow squadmates that crash out to quickly rejoin a session.

 

Helldivers 2 Skip Queues Without Friends

Steam PC players can find a step by step guide to skip Helldivers 2 queues without a friend according to this Steam Community forum post. To clarify the method:

  • Ensure that Helldivers 2 is NOT running
  • Find a random forum poster on the Steam Community board for Helldivers 2 with a green outline around their profile pic: this indicates that they are Online currently.
  • Click their profile, and look on the right side for “Currently In-Game”. Ideally they will be playing Helldivers 2, so go ahead and click the green button below it that reads “Join Game”.
  • Helldivers 2 will automatically boot up, as that button is a steam://joinlobby link.
  • Don’t panic if you see a black screen, as that’s normal. Wait a beat or two, and you should be able to launch directly into the game.

Your mileage may vary on your first try, so don’t hesitate to make a second attempt if it seems like you’re hung on a black screen for too long.

There are even people reporting getting past the concurrent player cap of 450K after being denied with this method, though there is no way to accurately determine if a slot simply opened up during the brief wait time.

If the forums don’t work, try the looking-for-group (LFG) services on Reddit and both official and unofficial Discord servers for the game.

 

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That’s how to queue skip in Helldivers 2 on Steam PC and PlayStation 5.

Helldivers 2 GameGuard Hack Attempt Detected Bug Fix

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Did you just get a ‘Fatal Error!’ pop up that suggests that you are hacking your game of Helldivers 2? If you’re innocent, don’t panic—it’s been happening to other people too, and there’s a couple of things you can do to address the issue.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Hack Attempt Detected Bug Fix

Assuming that you’re totally innocent, it is possible that this is just an error from an overzealous anti-cheat system. In this case, it would be the ‘GameGuard’ referred to in the same error dialog box.

 

Restart Your PC

As always, proceed with the simplest thing first: just restart your PC. Maybe there’s another application resident in the memory on your PC that is being flagged as suspect by the anti-cheat, or maybe the system clock is out of sync with the server. Whatever it is, take this simplest step first.

 

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Update The Game

If that fails, it’s time to check if your Helldivers 2 local files are properly up to date. Anti-cheats are also set off by discrepancies in file dates and sizes. Since Helldivers 2 is an online-only, Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) title, if your game version isn’t synced with the server, you will not be able to launch the game properly.

 

Verify Game Files

Assuming that there isn’t a patch or update pending, then it’s possible that your files are corrupted, and tripping up anti-cheat for the same reason as above. 

A corrupted installation is said to be the cause of the issue for some players on Steam PC. You may want to either perform a fresh install, or simply use the “Verify integrity of game files” function by right-clicking Helldivers 2 -> Properties -> Installed Files. Here’s a detailed guide to verifying game file integrity from Steam itself.

 

Reset Config File

Could a setting that you changed be the source of the problem? You can force the game to reset its settings to default. Navigate to C:\Users\[your PC name]\AppData\Roaming\Arrowhead\Helldivers2 and rename user_settings.config to user_settings.config.old or anything of your choice. This will create the config file anew.

 

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While users on the SteamCommunity that have had success with this method generally recommend deleting the file, you’re better off renaming it just to be safe, but also so that you can handily restore the same settings if that wasn’t the issue.

 

Disable VPN

Players with VPNs may want to skip the middleman for once, as it is known to trip up server connectivity, and now potentially anit-cheat, in Helldivers 2. If the VPN is vital to your online security, try switching to another city or country.

On the other hand, have you been consistently using a VPN before, and only now connected normally? A change in connectivity might be the issue, so revert to your VPN and test it.

 

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Disable Security Software And Hardware

This is really not recommended, as it opens you to attack from third-parties unrelated to the game. It’s possible that the anti-cheat is conflicting with your firewall, anti-virus, or other security software.

A good compromise would be to add Helldivers 2 to the list of exceptions maintained by the software, i.e. the whitelist, but this is a one-sided solution and won’t necessarily stop the anti-cheat itself from detecting the software.

 

Reinstall The Game

We saved this one for last, because while it may seem relatively painless for people with fast internet, it’s still quite disruptive, potentially losing all your settings if you’re careful. Consider this a measure of last resort, before opting for a full, fresh install of Helldivers 2.

 

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Contact Support

Yes, you should contact support last of all, simply because they’ll most likely run you through at least one or two, if not all of the steps above, themselves.

While there’re plenty of ways to make contact with their support team, your best bet as of now is the Official Helldivers 2 Discord:

 

https://discord.gg/helldivers

 

That’s just about everything you can possibly do to fix the false positive ‘Hack Attempt Detected’ bug in Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2 Major Order Bug Fix

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

If you’ve been playing Helldivers 2 and attempting the Major Order that is currently active, you might be wondering why you haven’t been able to claim the listed number of Requisition Slips. No, Major Order is not bugged, it’s just a common misunderstanding of the mode. Check out our guide to Helldivers 2 Major Order to understand the game mechanics.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Major Order Progression

Major Orders in Helldivers 2 are a community-wide objective intended to unify the player base in a common cause. While you can play other missions to your heart’s content with the intent of farming currencies and samples, you won’t receive the Major Order’s listed number of Requisition Slips until the order is successfully completed by the player base as a whole.

The order overview for the current Helldivers 2 Major Order reads as “Win at least 8 Defend Campaigns against the Automatons”, over a period of a fortnight, or 14 days. This can be seen in the countdown timer on the right side of the Major Order screen. This is distinct from the Personal Order and its timer beneath.

 

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Helldivers 2 Major Order Defend Campaign

Major Order is effectively a system-wide war that has you defending the currently listed planets within the time specified above each, as they are being overrun by the enemy. The bars represent the strength and success of the Helldivers (in blue), and the enemy (in red), the former being filled slowly by players successfully completing Missions. Filling it to completion before the enemy red bar reaches capacity is the goal.

Community stats are listed on the left side, including sector progress and control. Successfully defending eight planets (i.e. “8 Defend Campaigns”) as a community is what will earn you your final reward of 12,500 Requisition Slips.

 

Helldivers 2 Personal Order Bug

As far as an actual bug is concerned you may encounter one where turning in the shorter 24-hour Personal Order doesn’t net you your rewards. This is a server connectivity issue and is easily resolved by:

  • Restarting the game
  • Restarting your console if you’re playing on PlayStation 5

Once you reconnect to the Helldivers 2 servers, your rewards should count just fine.

 

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That’s how Major Order progression works in Helldivers 2.

 

Helldivers 2 Find Samples Super Credits And Medals

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Helldivers 2 has a lot of biomes and mission types to drop in on and explore. Figuring out where to go to make the most of your mission time, is critical. Read this Helldivers 2 guide for tips on easily locating Places of Interest, Samples, Super Credits, and Medals.

UPDATED April 16

 

Helldivers 2 Update Patch Notes 01.000.203 Apr 16

 

Helldivers 2 Compass

The compass at the very top of the screen is often ignored for the most part, since it generally doesn’t display much more than the cardinal directions. Or does it? If you’re traipsing through low visibility maps and are in proximity to a Place of Interest, then a question mark will appear on the compass bar, indicating the direction you should continue travelling.

This is also happens with partially subterranean locations. Because only a section of the compass is visible at any given time, the undiscovered Place of Interest will have to be within a semi-circular arc of about a 150 degrees in front of you. Once you’ve arrived at the location, the question mark will disappear.

 

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Helldivers 2 Minimap

The minimap can be interacted with, including scrolling and zooming in and out. The map is detailed enough that you will be able to recognize the outlines of structures and Places of Interest, if you zoom in.

Moreover, if you carefully hover over the map, text tooltips will appear indicating a “Minor Place of Interest” when you chance upon something of importance, including the locations of Samples, Super Credits, and Medals. You can then force it to display by tapping the location of the popup, and it will mark and identify it properly.

If that’s a little too slow for you, you can even spam-ping the map based on recognizable shapes and end up marking Places of Interest.

 

Helldivers 2 Radar Towers

Helldivers 2 Radar Tower
Helldivers 2 Radar Tower

The radar tower side missions are great for locating all Places of Interest, once you have accomplished the mission. Upon completion it will display grey diamond symbols over all the Places of Interest on the map, and exploring them will change some of the symbols to a diamond over a bullseye, while causing most to simply disappear. It is currently unknown what the new icon signifies.

Radar towers are difficult if not impossible to recognize on the minimap, and you will have to rely on a visual scan of the horizon to locate them, but the payoff will make the effort worth it.

 

Helldivers 2 Beacons

Helldivers 2 Radar Tower 2
Helldivers 2 Radar Tower 2

The pulsing vertical beams of light that you will see across the horizon are the locations of downed shuttles or drop pods, and which more often that not contain precious Medals and Super Credits. These shuttles will be dotted everywhere and are the primary source of currency pickups.

 

Helldivers 2 Bunkers

The bunkers are partially underground and requires two Helldivers to work together to pry open the doors. The payoff is usually worth your while, with up to four Medals and three Super Credits. Up to two bunkers can be found per mission.

 

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Helldivers Hidden Containers

These are also dotted around the map, but don’t necessarily have a particular map marker associated with them. Explosives are the only way to crack them open, and there are several ways to do it. If there’s an explosive red barrel close enough, shooting it will blast open the container. Grenades will also work, but can be hard to come by if you’ve expended them all. The Autocannon Stratagem can be used to crack open containers. Lastly, the SG-8S Slugger shotgun is reportedly able to explode the container open as well.

That’s every bit of information to be had about finding Medals, Super Credits, and Samples in Helldivers 2.