1 — BEFORE YOU START
| CHECK | WHY |
|---|---|
| Windows 10/11 x64 | the loader is x64 only |
| VMware / VirtualBox / Hyper-V guest | will not run. a virtual machine is detected and the loader exits quietly rather than half-working |
| Antivirus exclusion for the loader folder | av products quarantine the loader on sight; an exclusion avoids a false alarm and a broken install |
| Run as administrator | requested automatically; the prompt is expected |
2 — LAUNCH
1. Run WeepingAngel_Loader.exe (accept the UAC prompt) 2. Sign in with the email and password your licence was issued to 3. Press LAUNCH once 4. Start Escape from Tarkov whenever you like
You only press LAUNCH once. It arms an attachment that waits for Tarkov to appear — you do not need to re-launch it between raids, and raids are not separate processes, so the overlay survives entering, dying and extracting without being re-injected.
3 — IN GAME
| INPUT | ACTION |
|---|---|
INSERT | open or close the overlay menu |
| mouse | the menu unclips the cursor while it is open and restores it when it closes |
F1… | every bind is listed, and rebindable, inside the menu |
The menu is drawn by the loader, not injected into the game, so it is unaffected by game resolution changes.
4 — WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG
| SYMPTOM | CAUSE AND FIX |
|---|---|
| Loader closes immediately, no window | you are in a virtual machine, or a debugger is attached. Both are deliberate refusals |
| "invalid email or password" | credentials, not the licence. Passwords are case-sensitive |
| "no active licence on this account" | the licence expired or was revoked. Check store or the forum |
| "this machine does not match the licensed one" | the licence is enrolled elsewhere. Open a forum thread with your HWID from the loader window |
| Menu does not appear in raid | the game launched before LAUNCH armed, or the overlay is bound to a key you have rebound. Restart the loader, then the game |
| Game update broke things | it will. Check status; the loader refuses rather than running against offsets it has not verified |
5 — HARDWARE CHANGES
Your licence is bound to a weighted set of machine identifiers, not a single hash, so real upgrades are tolerated: a new GPU, a re-cabled NIC or a moved drive keeps working. Changing the motherboard and the system disk together does not — that is a different machine, and it will be treated as one.