Recently, we’ve seen many players reporting that Hell Let Loose keeps crashing on their PC. If you’re experiencing the exact same issue, don’t worry. Although it’s quite frustrating, the good news is that you should be able to fix this issue easily!
In this article, we’ve put together the latest fixes that helped other PC gamers resolve the HLL crashing issue. Whether The game crashes on startup or crashes in the middle of the game, you can find a fix to try in this article.
The system requirements of Hell Let Loose
Before trying the fixes listed in this article, make sure your PC meets the system requirements of HLL first. If your PC fails to meet the minimum system requirements of the game, you may need to upgrade your PC first.
| System requirements | MINIMUM | RECOMMENDED |
|---|---|---|
| OS: | Windows10 64bit | Windows10 64bit |
| Processor: | Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| Memory: | 12 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics: | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB |
| DirectX: | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Network: | Broadband Internet connection | Broadband Internet connection |
| Storage: | 30 GB available space | 30 GB available space |
If you have a powerful PC but still run into the HLL crashing issues, read on and try the fixes below.
Try these fixes
You don’t have to try them all, Just work your way through the list until you find the one that does the trick for you.
- Verify the game files
- Update your graphics driver
- Install the latest game patch
- Disable Steam overlay
- Stop overclocking
- Perform a clean boot
Fix 1: Verify the game files
Corrupted or missing game files may lead to game crashing issues. In this case, you need to verify and repair the game files. Don’t worry. It’s quite easy! Here’s how to do it:
- Launch Steam, navigate to the LIBRARY tab and right-click on Hell Let Loose. Then select Properties.
- Click LOCAL FILES on the left, then click Verify integrity of game files…. If Steam finds anything wrong with the game files, it will re-download them from official server. It may take some time to complete the verifying process.
Launch the game after the verifying process completed and see if HLL crashes again. If this issue persists, try the next fix, below.
Fix 2: Update your graphics driver
Graphics driver is essential to the functioning of video games. The outdated or broken graphics driver often crashes the game.
The graphics card manuafacturers like Nvidia and AMD keeps releasing new graphics drivers so that they can fix bugs in the previous versions of graphics drivers and enhance graphics performance for their products.
Whether you choose to update the device drivers manually, using Windows Update, or you use a trusted third party product, it’s essential that you have the latest correct device drivers for your operating system at all times.
If you’re not comfortable playing with device drivers, you can use Driver Easy.
Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for it. You don’t need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you don’t need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you don’t need to worry about making a mistake when installing.
You can update your drivers automatically with either the FREE or the Pro version of Driver Easy. But with the Pro version it takes just 2 clicks (and you get full support and a 30-day money back guarantee):
- Download and install Driver Easy.
- Run Driver Easy and click Scan Now. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
- Click the Update button next to a device to automatically download the correct version of their driver, then you can manually install the driver (you can do this with the FREE version).
Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system (this requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All).
- Restart your PC after you finished updating your graphics driver.
If you need assistance, please contact Driver Easy’s support team at support@drivereasy.com.
See if the latest graphics driver stops the Hell Let Loose from crashing. If not, don’t worry. Try the next fix, below.
Fix 3: Install the latest game patch
The HLL developers release regular game patches to fix bugs and improve gaming performance. It’s possible that a recent patch has caused the game crash issue, and that a new patch is required to fix it.
If a patch is available, it will be detected by Steam, and the latest game patch will be automatically downloaded and installed when you launch the game.
Run Hell Let Loose again to check whether the game crash issue has been resolved. If it didn’t work, or there was no new game patch available, move on to next fix, below.
Fix 4: Disable Steam Overlay
Although Overlays are handy, sometimes they may interfere with the game. According to some PC players, it seems that the Steam Overlay doesn’t pair well with HLL. Try disabling Steam Overlay for HLL and see if the game crashes again. Here is how to do it:
- Launch Steam and navigate to the LIBRARY tab. right-click on Hell Let Loose. Then select Properties.
- Uncheck Enable Steam Overlay while in-game.
If you’re using other apps with overlay features like Discord, Nvidia GeForce Experience, Twitch, etc., ensure that you’ve disabled the in-game overlay in those apps feature before you restart the game.
Launch HLL and see if the game crashes. If the issue persists, try the next fix, below.
Fix 5: Stop overclocking
In order to get a better FPS, many players may try overclocking the CPU or turbo boost the graphics card. However, overclocking often crashes the game.
To reduce the frequency of game crashing issues, you may need to reset the CPU or the graphics card to the manufacturer specifications.
See if HLL crashes after you stopped overclocking. If this fix failed to resolve this issue, try the next fix, below.
Fix 6: Perform a clean boot
Another possible cause of the HLL crashing issue is program conflicts. If there is a certain program conflicting with HLL, it will lead to the crashing issues. In this case, you need to perform a clean boot to find out the problematic program that crashes the game. Here's how to do it:
- On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to open the Run Dialog. Type msconfig and press Enter to open the System Configuration window.
- Navigate to the Services tab, check Hide all Microsoft services and then click Disable all.
- Select the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
- On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click Disable.
- Go back to the System Configuration window and click OK.
- Click Restart to restart your PC.
Restart Windows OS and launch tha game to check if HLL crashes again. If HLL doesn't crash, you need to open the System Configuration window again to enable services and applications one by one until you find the problematic software that crashes HLL.
Once you find out the problematic software that crashes HLL, you need to uninstall it to avoid game crashing issues in the future.
If the game still crashes after you disabled all the 3rd party apps and services, try reinstalling Hell Let Loose.
Normally, after reinstalling the game, you’ll be able to fix the crashing issue.
Tips: If these common fixes on this article didn’t help you fix Hell Let Loose crashing issue, you can also try investigating Windows crash logs to analyze and troubleshoot the causes of the crash. For more details, see the article: How to view crash logs in Windows 10.
Hopefully, one of the fixes above helped you fix Hell Let Loose crash issue. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave us a comment below. Thanks for reading!