i have seen the differences and its harder to spot now… but i think most are not affected because for a seasoned player or veteran, he’ll still spot the tanks even now, at least that’s for me.
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Yes I agree. I can see them if I really try, but it shouldn’t be this way, they should stand out really well with thermals. I usually play with USA all the time, but yesterday I tried something. I played Germany a few games. And the thermals actually seemed better with Germany, like the problem might still be there but it’s not as bad with Germany. The vehicles were a little brighter. Not sure about other nations though. It still wasn’t how it normally was or should be. But with USA it’s absolutely terrible just like the pictures in this post by @Corona_Chan69.
@Miragen yes yours seems correct. So I don’t know why some of us are having problems. But clearly we are. My pictures are exactly the same as @Corona_Chan69.
@maxidaxy 猫が大好き no, if you really look at yours especially the 2nd picture, you can see the tank is more gray and blends in with the background. See that 2nd tank below to the right, in the 2nd picture? It’s the same color as the rocks etc. Often it’s even worse than that. I have many screenshots. Much more darker than it used to be and is not how it should be. In battle it is almost impossible to clearly pick out enemies. I’m starting to just play without thermals it’s so bad. Can’t tell difference between the tanks and the buildings or ground and trees.
I’ve noticed in Test Drive the tanks might start out bright but then fade in brightness, so it is deceiving. But definitely in battle it is incorrect.
Seems fine in test drive, I think they’re not as bright as they used to be in the past, but they don’t change.
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@T_reaper_01 I played a match to check and I honestly have no idea what you mean, I can see enemys very clearly with my thermal sight
Even in test drive the tanks don’t have the thermal glow anymore compared before the last update besides the real problem starts when a a tank is beside a boulder or a house then it starts to be indistinguishable. By just using common sense there’s no way a house would have the same heat signature as an active tank.
Like in this screenshot, there’s actually 3 tanks about to snipe me.
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@maxidaxy 猫が大好き Um, you’re literally posting pictures showing the problem. Look at your 1st, 2nd and 4th pictures. They’re all gray and the same color as the background around it. How do you not see that? No they are not clearly visible. Nothing like it used to be. I don’t understand how you’re saying you don’t see the problem, it’s right here in your pics too. You see the 3rd picture of yours? With the bright white? It should be even brighter but it should be that way with every vehicle all the time.
That 1st picture if you didn’t know the shape of the turret there is no way you’d spot that especially quickly in battle. That 2nd picture, the tank is the same color as the big rock it’s in front of, blending right in. No, it is not correct. Again, not sure how you’re not seeing what you literally uploaded yourself. It’s nothing like before or how it should be.
Now if you look at the pics of the green test drive @Miragen uploaded, that looks correct. The tanks are visibly much brighter. Not sure why his is but many of us aren’t correct. Again, sometimes my test drive starts out ok but they fade to gray.
I dunno if you’re being sarcastic or not but the problem is actually in your screenshots. Try to compare the tank to the surrounding buildings they almost blend in together. This wasn’t the case before the patch.
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@Miragen yes that picture seems ok. But if you look at mine, the OPs, and @maxidaxy 猫が大好き you can clearly see something is wrong. Lol not sure about @maxidaxy 猫が大好き not seeing his has issues as well but his pictures clearly show it. Everything is the same color as the background. That is not how it should be nor has been but one time, and that was 4 months ago in March. Because it was a bug after the update and after bug reports they quickly fixed it. Not sure why this time everyone might not be affected.
@Miragen If you would do us a favor, and go into some battles and take pics of the vehicles to see if they appear like your test drive, or if they look like our pictures do? I’m thinking the in-game is different than the test drive. Although like I said even my test drive is affected too.
@Miragen yes in game it appears that you have the same problem. I wonder if Gaijin uses test drive or actual gameplay to view bug reports? Because in test drive it might appear to be ok. For some.
Maybe scenery is too bright now or something so it blends in
No I believe it is the same issue as 4 months ago, the heat signature of the vehicles has been muted, because the background to me appears as it always has. Only the vehicles are darker now. I believe it is more noticeable if you use the thermals in the “white mode”, because the gray colors show how dark and similar it all can appear. The green and red are much brighter in general.
