Hell Let Loose: Radial Wheel Added in New Update

By Benjamin Paraggua Published 05/29/23 EDT

Hell Let Loose Update 14 — Update 14 Black Matter Studios

Developer Black Matter Studios deployed a hefty new patch for Hell Let Loose, which included plenty of new features and content for you to enjoy.

Do you have access to a microphone while playing Hell Let Loose? If not, there's a new feature in Update 14 that lets you communicate non-verbally to your teammates called the Radiant Wheel. This gives you access to the four most essential comms in the game, such as requests, responses, information, and actions.

Unlike similar implementations in other first-person shooters like Overwatch 2, the Radiant Wheel in this game only puts a marker on you or on a specific part of the map. This marker is only visible to your unit, but in its current state, it just looks kind of clunky. Hopefully, the company will refine this in future updates.

Update 14 includes plenty of new content as well. Here is a list of the best ones:

New Faction

Great Britain

New Great Britain Uniforms

Rubberized Macintosh Raincoat
P-37 Battledress

New Weapons

Lanchester MK1
Sten Gun
Bren MK2
Lee-Enfield Pattern 1914
Lewis Gun
PIAT
Rifle No.4 MK1
Rifle No.5 MK1
Webley MK VI
Fairbairn Sykes Knife
AP MK2
AT MKV
Boys Rifle
Flamethrower Life Buoy
Mills Bomb No.36
No.77 Smoke Grenade
No.2 MK5

Artillery

6 Pounder
25 Pounder

New Vehicles

Sherman Firefly
Cromwell
Tetrarch
Daimler
Bedford Supply Truck
Bedford Transport Truck

New Maps

Driel: Driel offers intense combat where players will need to apply a tactical approach to securing territory and traversing the small villages and farmland.
El Alamein: With structures few and far between, players will need to work together to cover their six.

HUD/UI

[Fixed] Some players 500 meters away could disappear from the tactical map
[Fixed] Smoke grenade FX popping in and out rapidly
Reworked Text Based Tutorials - updated in the Field Manual
V0.1 Video Tutorials: short gif-style videos to support Field Manual text
Vote to Kick Added for Console: allowing players to now vote to kick other players for Abuse, Cheating, or Team Killing
Improvements to the XP Screen: a new breakdown of how XP is awarded will help players better understand how to alter their play style to maximize the XP they earn
Point-and-Ping: Developing on the existing ping feature, allowing players to highlight the location of ammo, explosive ammo, and supply boxes to other players in their platoon

Optimization

Performance improvements to a range of maps
Further HLOD fixes to address transition issues
Pass over meshes to remove excessive triangle counts, additional UV sets, reverse buffer index and build adjacency enabled

To "cap" things off, the company also allows you to download the new Jericho Cap cosmetic for free.