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OFFICIAL UPDATE · SEP 8, 2026
Is the Hell Let Loose Vietnam Hotfix 1.4.2 Live?
Hotfix 1.4.2 is now live, addressing a range of stability issues alongside several critical community-reported issues following Patch 1.4. Official notes name a tunnel-to-garrison distance-restriction fix, PSO and bone-indexing crash fixes, a DLSS & FSR conflict that could cause stability issues across both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, PC spatial-audio reverb and radio/pause VOIP stutter, mounted-gun camera stutter, Windows Store DLSS access, and Admin Camera enemy markers. Update 1.5 is OUT NOW — see /updates/update-1-5-now-live/ and the Full Changelog for Huey, M14 and Type 56 SKS.
Prior hotfix · Sep 8 · Reviewed Oct 8, 2026
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What changed
Hotfix 1.4.2 is now live, addressing a range of stability issues alongside several critical community-reported issues following Patch 1.4. Official notes name a tunnel-to-garrison distance-restriction fix, PSO and bone-indexing crash fixes, a DLSS & FSR conflict that could cause stability issues across both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, PC spatial-audio reverb and radio/pause VOIP stutter, mounted-gun camera stutter, Windows Store DLSS access, and Admin Camera enemy markers. Update 1.5 is OUT NOW — see /updates/update-1-5-now-live/ and the Full Changelog for Huey, M14 and Type 56 SKS.
SOURCE STATUS
Prior hotfix · Sep 8
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Open Hotfix 1.4.2 | Live NowCONFIRMED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Key changes and facts
- Hotfix 1.4.2 is now live, addressing a range of stability issues alongside several critical community-reported issues following Patch 1.4.
- Tunnel Exploit: official notes resolved an issue that allowed players to connect tunnels to pre-placed Garrisons without distance restrictions.
- Stability: a PSO streaming decal crash has been resolved, a bone indexing crash has been fixed, and a DLSS & FSR conflict that could cause stability issues across both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs has been addressed.
- Audio & VOIP: a PC reverb issue for players using third-party spatial audio is resolved. Closing radio comms or entering the pause menu while still talking in an active voice channel could cause the last sound to repeat or stutter — that case is fixed.
- Mounted Gun Stutters: mounted guns and, in some circumstances, Tank Gunner weapons visually stuttering when moving the camera is fixed.
- Graphics & Settings: Windows Store players now have access to DLSS as an Image Reconstruction option following the DLSS 4.5 upgrade in Patch 1.4.
- Admin Camera: enemy markers are now visible alongside friendly markers when using Admin Camera.
- The team says it is hard at work on Update 1.5, which will bring more fixes alongside the M14, Type 56 SKS and the officially licensed Bell UH-1 Iroquois ‘Huey’. Those items are announced, not shipped in 1.4.2.
WHAT PLAYERS SHOULD DO
Use the update without relying on stale advice
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If tunnel connections to pre-placed Garrisons still ignore distance restrictions after 1.4.2, record the platform and build and file a new report. Official notes do not publish new distance values.
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If a crash or freeze continues, treat it as a remaining report. Official 1.4.2 text names a DLSS & FSR conflict across AMD and NVIDIA; it does not claim every AMD-related stability issue is gone.
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If PC spatial-audio reverb or last-sound repeat/stutter after closing radio comms or the pause menu continues, file a new report. Use the Patch 1.4 page for the prior prolonged robotic Proximity Chat fix.
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Windows Store players can check Video options for DLSS as an Image Reconstruction option. Steam/NVIDIA 50 Series DLSS 4.5 5x/6x Frame Generation remains a Patch 1.4 note.
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Use the AMD Hotfix / 1.4.1 page for the prior partial AMD GPU reduction and medic-nameplate fix. Use the Patch 1.4 page for the prior full changelog.
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For Huey, M14 and Type 56 SKS, use the Update 1.5 Now Live page and Full Changelog; confirm your storefront shows 1.5 before treating them as installed.