How come there are only 3 F-16 in the US when it is the most produced 4th gen?
We’ve had plenty of other US jets to add, and as always, we also factor in community demand for those :)
More F-16s haven’t been ruled out for the future.
For tanks, line-ups are also more relevant than aircraft too.
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Hello! I wanted to ask if there are currently any plans — or even internal discussions — regarding the implementation of an internal vehicle model editor within War Thunder. The idea is to give the community access to a limited, in-game vehicle editing toolkit that allows users to modify existing vehicle models only, without any ability to export those models externally. This ensures IP protection while enabling greater community involvement.
Why This Is Needed:
There are still many nations — particularly minor nations — that lack vehicle variety. While major nations like the USSR, USA, and Germany often receive new or even experimental vehicles regularly, countries like Japan, Italy, or Sweden sometimes go for long periods with minimal additions.
Yet, there are many possible additions that require only minor model changes to existing vehicles. A few examples:
- Ki-109 with bomb bay doors (prototype version)
- German Panzer IVs with field modifications
- Minor export variants of existing tanks or aircraft with slight turret, gun, or equipment changes
- Trainer aircraft converted into light attackers or interceptors
These vehicles could be implemented with minimal changes using current assets — a simple repositioning of existing parts, equipment swaps, or slight additions — all of which could be handled by community members if given the proper tools.
Proposal Summary:
Introduce an internal vehicle editor toolkit, accessible only through the War Thunder client, with these properties:
- Model Lock-In: Users can only modify existing, official vehicle models already present in the game files.
- No Export Functionality: Models can only be saved and used internally; there’s no way to export or rip models.
- Upload for Review: Once a model is modified, users can submit it for review by Gaijin’s model team.
- Gaijin Testing Phase: Developers verify the integrity and historical accuracy of the model, check collision, animations, and apply balance/testing changes.
- Community Recognition: If a submission is accepted and added to the game, the contributing user receives public credit (perhaps similar to user-made camos or map work).
Benefits:
- Speeds up content generation for underserved tech trees
- Engages the community beyond missions, skins, and maps
- Reduces developer workload on small, simple modifications
- Keeps the game fresh with community-curated variants
- Allows better focus on major, unique vehicles by the core dev team
I believe this could open up a new dimension of community collaboration, especially for players who are passionate about modeling and history. It also serves as a low-risk way to crowdsource non-meta or variant vehicles that would otherwise be low priority for dev time.
Would love to hear your thoughts on whether something like this is technically or strategically feasible in the future.
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Feel free to make a proper forum suggestion if you have a proposal to make. My thoughts are not relevant or something required to be added: Misc - War Thunder — official forum
We already have something similar with the revenue share program, where model creators are paid for their creations: Revenue Share program | War Thunder Wiki
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oke, i shall do that then!
I would love this personally. So long as you can use them in user missions as custom playable units. I’ve been trying to learn the CDK myself to fly some of the killstreak vehicles like the drones in a custom mission but it is unbelievable complicated with very little and honestly very poor instructions on how to do so. This hopefully would make it far easier.
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Any plan for india?
announce subtree at bison blog but only add SPAAs and event vehicles.
Always possible that all sub trees will be expanded on. Almost every one that has come to the game has had new additions since it was first introduced. And that wont be stopping.
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The suggestion is pending for approval!
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@Smin1080p_WT
I still have a suggestion pending from may 29’th… when will my suggestions be looked at?
Do you have any indication?
Please contact a member of the suggestion team if you are having some trouble. There is however a backlog that the team are working through.
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I wish you the best of luck with your suggestion. Some suggestions have laid dormant for several years, some almost reaching a decade of nothing (looking at you Fv101). It truly is a great idea.
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Yeah I’ve had some pending for a while. A suggestion for the gun to be retractable for the Comanche from the 4th of June, and one for individual RWR sounds from the 10th of May.
I think the demand is definitely there, especially since almost all of Germany’s rank V jets are mid-war examples made with the intention of being bomber destroyers and not fighters, they are frankly very difficult jets to use compared to the likes of the Meteor and Shooting Star. Especially the Me 262 with the Mk 108s.
There’s also a real lack of CAS around that BR for Germany. You have the Ar 234, but that has no ability to defend itself or strafe light targets and the 262s can only take one good bomb.
I mean as long as it isnt copy paste slop like every other sub tree, but considering most sub trees are that then I hope not
inst there literally a Ar234 with 2 20mm?
At 7.3 yeah, I’m talking more around 6.0-7.0 though
you also get the 50mm 262 which is one the best CAS planes at its BR…
Would be best to make a suggestion for it, as currently its not really showing if so. Certainly the Slovak example.
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It’s not bad, but it has the same problem as the Ar 234, can’t really defend itself if it’s in contested airspace.