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War Thunder |OT| Tanks, Planes And Automobiles

Wace

Member
Oh, for fuck's sake, I've just started to love MiGs...
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More info
 

Wace

Member
1.63 preliminaries:

New tracks:
KV-122
GAZ DShK
ZSU 23-4 “Shilka”
M163 "Vulcan”
T20
M56 “Scorpion”
FV438 “Swingfire”
FV4202
A1E1 “Independent”
8.8 cm FlaK.37 Sfl.
Leopard A1A1
FlakPz I “Gepard”
RakjPz 2 HOT

New wings:
Su-6
F9F8
Brigand B1
Hudson MkV
BV-238v-1
P1Y1 mod11
Ki-87
J1N1 mod.11

New maps:
Greece
Sinai

New details:
Tier V tanks get proper zooming on sights
Better tracers
Animations of killed crewmen in open vehicles

Lots of fixes/corrections of DM and FM
 

Wace

Member
For those of you still here (...here...here...here... answered the echo):

- 1.63 comes today. gonna be huge.
- major performance improvement with "texture streaming"

While I guess it means more pop-ins and glitches, at the same time it should vastly improve PS4 gameplay, especially at the beginning of the battle.

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See you in the skies!
 

Wace

Member
Full patchnote released

What I really liked is the best way to fight rage-quitting: "When a player is disconnected from the Network, an AI player takes over control of their aircraft."

They really should introduce it to all the MP games.
 

Wace

Member
I can confirm that the VR isn't supported at the moment in WT. You can use it in game, but it's essentially just a floating television screen in front of you. I'm eagerly awaiting the day that Gaijin patches in the support for it; the full 3D immersion is going to be incredible.

JFYI. So much for the day-one.
 

Wace

Member
Has there been any news on the PSVR support? Did that get benched for the time being?

Nothing official, but not canceled as well. Our PC friends mentioned somewhere in the forums that there's been about 1.5 months between Oculus Rift release and WT support for it (even though the claimed to have devkits), so we should have some news before Christmas... or not.
 

Wace

Member
Watched Baron some minutes playing boats on Youtube today.

And it looked pretty bad. Anyone playing the closed beta?

Played it. Not liking much right now, but potential is there, assuming they will listen to tons of worthy suggestions.
 

Wace

Member
Next ships testing is coming, no details on changes, most probably different setup only.

Dec 2nd: 20:00-24:00 MSK (17:00-21:00 GMT)
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Dec 3rd: 04:00-08:00 MSK (01:00-05:00 GMT), 20:00-24:00 MSK (17:00-21:00 GMT)
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Dec 4th: 04:00-08:00 MSK (01:00-05:00 GMT)
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Wace

Member
Two pieces of news today, and the second one is BIG

First, another banzaimachine
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...that is actually American

Second... Second...

COCKPITS FOR EVERYONE
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Most of them won't be 100% historically accurate, but all will have the historically accurate field of view and all the needed instruments.

OMFG. Really, OMFG.

Also incoming:
- better bomb management (simultaneous drop, manual bay opening, etc.
- better x-ray view with details about each piece of the vehicle,
- removal of arcade bomber sights in RB and SB.
 

Wace

Member
Way of Samurai
aka
major patch 1.65
is coming tomorrow, Dec 20, at about midnight pacific.

Have a good day tomorrow!
 

Wace

Member
Fresh Q&A with BVV_d, chief tank designer, rough translation.

Ammo belt selection bug?
Of course we know about it, who doesn't? Fix is on the way.

With cockpits for every plane now, do you plan to add tanks interior to SB as well?
No. We don't plan to add more than we have now: driver, gunner and commander's view.

Reverse for swimming tanks?
Maybe.

Manual reload without wasting a shot?
Not planned.

Remote detonator for AA guns?
Maybe for medium caliber ones.

Historical sight grids?
Yes, though they are not a priority.

Smokescreens?
Yes, they are a priority for ships, planned for tanks as well.

Improvements for solid shells?
Yes, we're planning to improve secondary fragments algorythms.

Overheating for AA guns?
Maybe.

Type 87 Japanese SPAAG?
It's too modern, right now we're looking into its' prototype, simpler but with the same armament.

US T30 and T34, USSR IS-7?
We plan to add T30 and T34 as regular tanks. IS-7 won't be neither regular nor premium. Might be a reward for some event.

MD-8 shell for Su-76M?
Will be added.

USSR T-55?
In the nearest update, hopefully.

Dynamic defense
No promises here. We're investigating it, if we find enough data for all the countries (prototypes included) - we'll think about it.
 
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