client update Update 2.13.0.109 (2.13.0.109 - Xbox, PlayStation)

[Stona 72,495]

Ground vehicles

• The first four rounds of an artillery strike in ground battles are now targeting shots that leave orange smoke trails. Targeting shots may damage vehicles only with direct hits (no splash damage). The total number of shots in artillery support has been increased from 12 to 15.
• Ariete, Ariete PSO, Ariete (P) — the number of forward and reverse gears have been increased, the gear ratios have been adjusted.
• Chieftain Mk.3, Chieftain Mk.5, Chieftain Mk.10 — pivot radius has been reduced.
• M4A2 (76) W — targeting time on the AA machine gun has been increased from 30 to 90°/sec, similar to other open MG mounts.
• 2А11 37mm gun 一 burst fire spread has been increased, muzzle velocity spread has been increased when firing in bursts.
• M7 76mm gun一 muzzle velocity of the M42A1 HE round has been specified from 800 to 853 m/sec (report).
• M1 76mm gun 一 muzzle velocity of the M42A1 HE round has been specified to 823 m/sec (report).
• MIM146 SAM missile — a bug has been fixed that prevented armour fragmentation.

Aircraft 

• A bug has been fixed that caused the incorrect launch direction of the right catapult on the AI carrier USS Forrestal (rерort).
• Yak-38,Yak-38M 一 incorrect indication of the thrust direction in the cockpit has been fixed .
• F3H-2 — a bug with the aircraft’s armouring has been fixed (report).
• He 111 H-16 — a bug has been fixed where the lower turret was able to fire through the fuselage (report).
• B-10B — separate bomb drop from the bomb bay has been added for the 1,000 lb AN-M65A1 bombs (report).
• I-180S — separate bomb drop with low calibre bombs has been added.
• Meteor F Mk.8 Reaper — separate bomb drop has been added for 1,000 lb G.P.Mk.I and  M.C.Mk.I bombs on the fuselage pylons, as well as for the 500lb Mk.IV bombs.
• S-199 — a bug has been fixed that prevented separate gun control.
• IAR 316B — the secondary weapon menu has been corrected.
• Sa’ar — weight of the FFAR Mighty Mouse pods has been corrected.
• m/56D rockets — a bug that prevented armour fragmentation has been fixed (report).

Naval

• HMS Blackpool — a bug has been fixed with the depth setting of the Mk20 Bidder torpedo that prevented damage to destroyers and boats (report).

Other changes

• The incorrect display of shadows in areas of accumulation of destroyed and operational armoured vehicles has been corrected.
• Long names for missiles in air battles have been shortened in the HUD (report).
• FPS drop has been fixed when firing AA machine guns in naval battles.
• A bug has been fixed with an interpolation switch to the remote key point when watching replays.

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The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.

 

 

[[email protected] 1,484]

You still haven't fixed the trust reverse on the Viggen...

[spacesoldier117 876]

Can we get a fix for PL-5B thrust and Shafrir 2 maximum overload, pretty please?

[Harry_El_Hacha 172]

Artillery should be buffed, not nerfed, now you will still see the warning "Artillery attack" and also this orange smoke. So probably it would be better if you increase the effectiveness (more rounds?) at the same time that you improve the ability of the enemies to avoid it.

 

Also, command vehicles should have a better artillery barrel, or extra rounds or some kind of advantage.

[[email protected] 219]

Can we get the saltire decal back sometime soon? It's just sitting there in a dev blog picture, taunting me.

[ZackZooter 55]

SKR 1 & SKR 7 rocket launcher seems to fly upward above 3km even when the enemy ship is under 600m range.... why is that.... also... why coastal ship cant damage bluewater ship superstructure as before???

[Stona 72,495]

1 hour ago, [email protected] said:

Can we get the saltire decal back sometime soon? It's just sitting there in a dev blog picture, taunting me.

Which one is that?

[Onovo 2,099]

and crash after every 3-4 games....still here

[tangerine_flugel 457]

1 minute ago, Stona said:

Which one is that?

Saltire is the Scottish Flag, and used to be usable in the game as seen in this old video from Phly on JackSc0t's plane

[Insanerobert 294]

6 hours ago, Stona said:

 

Aircraft

• IAR 316B — the secondary weapon menu has been corrected.

Hello, any chance we will see this beauty back in store?
I would really love to get it, since it's the only Romanian helicopter in-game - and would really love to see a BR separation in Heli EC as well, there is no room for lower BRs against Vikr-equipped helicopters and other long-range missiles.

[[email protected] 219]

1 hour ago, Stona said:

Which one is that?

 

This one:

Spoiler

 

IIRC it's in the game as an old weekly decal (because back when there were Scottish units that operated tanks they painted it on them) instead of as a flag.

[III Xman [email protected] 86]

Still no fix for Mig-27K and Mig-27M about their bombs not tracking and activate target point  its been more than a month 

Edited February 9, 2022 by III Xman [email protected]

[[email protected] 1,949]

Wow didn't think that catapult bug would ever be fixed, can we expect the tv guidance control bug to be fixed anytime soon or will it be left unusable for the rest of the year? it was reported almost 4 months ago

Edited February 9, 2022 by [email protected]

[Renamed25930 83]

7 hours ago, Harry_El_Hacha said:

Artillery should be buffed, not nerfed, now you will still see the warning "Artillery attack" and also this orange smoke. So probably it would be better if you increase the effectiveness (more rounds?) at the same time that you improve the ability of the enemies to avoid it.

 

Also, command vehicles should have a better artillery barrel, or extra rounds or some kind of advantage.

Absolutely not. Gaijin did something good. Don't spoil it.

[PROx 576]

Thank you for fixing the missing pylons on the J Phantom II. Looks great!

[Sir_Armand 203]

On 09/02/2022 at 09:27, Stona said:

The first four rounds of an artillery strike in ground battles are now targeting shots that leave orange smoke trails. Targeting shots may damage vehicles only with direct hits (no splash damage). The total number of shots in artillery support has been increased from 12 to 15.

First impression: I LIKE it!
Arty serves a purpose in the game, but should be less of a direct fire weapon, and more of a "flush out the entrenched tanks" tools. This change emphasises that, while at the same time, it becomes a useful a tool for marking enemy prescence outside of minimap ping.

Providing a way for information exchange via ingame "real world" mechanics rather than arcade mechanics increases immersion and makes the game better IMO.

I wish we had something similar to mark enemy aircraft as well. But I'd settle for _any_ way to point out enemy aircraft - not needed in arcade mode of course, but would sure be helpful in Realistic (don't know if sim has a way t do it).

[WTMarc 162]

Did you change the damage model for ships with this update and not mention it in the patchnotes?

[[email protected] 1,771]

Arty change is awesome, finally fixing the rare but annoying issue of being damaged/killed by the sighting shots, and also making it more obvious where it's landing too. This has actually been most helpful with regards to teamplay, as now we can all tell when and where arty has been called, which helps with knowing when to move in on or target specific enemies.

 

What I'd really love to see added to this is the ability to customize the colour of the arty smoke shells, just like we can for aerobatic smoke on planes (no white option though, to prevent it being confused for normal smoke grenades/rounds).

[Bulletspam 234]

On 09/02/2022 at 03:27, Stona said:

The first four rounds of an artillery strike in ground battles are now targeting shots that leave orange smoke trails. Targeting shots may damage vehicles only with direct hits (no splash damage). The total number of shots in artillery support has been increased from 12 to 15.

Do you think we can get pink for friendly and purple for enemy artillery grounds?  I have a problem deciding if its enemy or friendly artillery going off.

 

no I'm not serious...just what we needed to do.  Mark the area we are dropping smoke on to warn enemy players.  As if the flashing text "artillery fire" wasn't already enough.  That and the explosions going on in that area... This is just another sad change trying to make this "historic" game more friendly for 12-year-olds.  There is an arcade mode for a reason, leave the arcade mechanics in that game mode.  I do not play world of tanks because of arcade mechanics and war thunder is slipping further and further that direction ever year.

Edited February 13, 2022 by Bulletspam

[Cpt_Bel_V 4,759]

When will come the Radar of the Étendard IVm as reported by myself like 2 years ago?