Why does the mouse wheel switch weapons instead of zooming the scope?

It happens after any action is rebound to the mouse wheel: the scope zoom actions lose their key in GameUserSettings.ini. Close the game, find the ScopeZoom entries in the file and give them Key=MouseScrollUp and Key=MouseScrollDown back, or delete the settings file so the game recreates it.

What should I do about the WD-L004, WD-L014 and WD-L020 launch errors?

Team17 links WD-L020 to the Windows 11 preview update KB5124010 — uninstall it for now. WD-L014, WD-L004 and WD-L009 usually mean a broken Elytra anti-cheat: run its installer from the game folder, choose Repair, then verify the game files in Steam and reboot.

How do I get rid of ghosting and smearing with DLSS or DLAA?

The workaround that helped players on NVIDIA cards: in the NVIDIA app, force DLSS preset M or L instead of K for the game. There is no official fix yet.

Where are the WARDOGS settings stored and how do I reset them?

Every setting, including key bindings, lives in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\GameUserSettings.ini. Delete it while the game is closed and the game recreates it with the defaults.

Known bugs

WARDOGS is in Early Access, and the developers haven’t fixed every bug yet. This section collects the ones you can fix yourself, with methods we’ve checked.

Bug list

Bug	Symptom
Mouse wheel switches weapons while scoped	Scope magnification won’t change; the mouse wheel cycles weapons
Launch errors WD-L004, WD-L014, WD-L020 and crashes	The game won’t start or crashes, the error shows a WD-L0xx code
DLSS/DLAA ghosting	Moving targets smear, enemies are hard to spot

Open issues without a fix

Players report these, but there is no verified fix yet. Information from the Steam problem reports as of 14 November 2026.

Issue	What is known
Can’t join official servers after Season 3	Since 12 November, after Update 0.3.0, many players report that a match starts loading and drops them back to the main menu about 30 seconds later (sometimes with the message “no valid heartbeat within window”), while the official server list is empty or shows only a few half-empty servers. On 13 November Team17 support replied that it has received similar reports and passed the issue to the team; no fix date was given. For an empty list, support suggests: in the region button at the bottom of the list pick only one region, move the filter sliders and apply them twice, switch the region to North America, refresh the list and switch back to your region. Support also asks players to check that their NAT type is open. What also helped players: picking your regions by hand in the bottom-left corner of the server list instead of the automatic choice, and raising the ping filter to 250, the official-server limit set by the patch. Thread, another thread, support reply, empty-list steps
Jerry can won’t refill at base	Since Season 3 the jerry can won’t refill at the HQ fuel station, including the Valkira station on Sabatulo; one thread author says it happens on every map. Several players report it. On 12–13 November Team17 support confirmed similar reports and passed the bug to the team. No workaround yet. Thread, another thread, Sabatulo
Downed player can’t give up or call for help	When downed, Give up and calling for help don’t work, so you have to wait. On 13 November Team17 support said it has had such reports from other players and the team is aware. Thread, another thread
Voice chat stops working mid-match	Team17 support’s advice (13 November); the bug was seen in testing: `Tab` → scoreboard → `U` (disconnect from voice) → wait 5 seconds → `U` again. If squad or local chat still shows a red cross, restart the game. Thread
Text chat window disappears	Team17 passed the report to the team on 17 September. Only a full game restart helps, and only temporarily. Thread
Periodic freezes of 5–30 seconds	Players describe freezes with CPU at 100%, sometimes ending in a disconnect. File verification, clean driver installs and removing overclocks did not help. Thread
In-game currency lost on community-server auto-kick	One report with no developer reply. Thread

Before any fix

Close the game. Settings live in a file the game overwrites when it exits. Edit it while the game is running and your changes will be lost.
Back the file up before changing anything. If something goes wrong, just put the copy back.
The in-game “Reset to default” button doesn’t always help. It leaves some broken entries alone, and those have to be fixed in the file.

Where the game settings live

All settings, including key bindings, are stored in:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\GameUserSettings.ini

How to open the folder:

Press Win + R.
Paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\Wardogs\Saved\Config\WindowsClient and press Enter.
Open GameUserSettings.ini in Notepad.