Why don't we have an API for war thunder?

[Vonarian]

@themadseventeen

to alter the minimap be against the rules?

Yes. Modification/Altering is different from addition. You can display your own stuff over the game window, same thing WTRI is doing or any other game overlay app (Discord, Steam, MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner OSD, etc.).
If there is no modification and only playing with the already available stuff, then it’s fine. There is my own app called WTbgA that uses the same LAN API. No modifications, but only processing the API’s data.

Just know that processing the information on the game’s screen can be considered cheating, it’s best sticking to the LAN API (127.0.0.1:8111). The API is shared over the local network too, that’s why I’m calling it LAN API and not just local API. However, you can disable accessing the API via firewall rules.

You can always make a suggestion Suggestions - War Thunder — official forum
I already had a suggestion to include network metrics in the API, you can make one too :)

[themadseventeen]

@Vonarian

You can display your own stuff over the game window, same thing WTRI is doing or any other game overlay app (Discord, Steam, MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner OSD, etc.).

Perfect, I figured that was the case but I wanted to make sure.

@Vonarian

Just know that processing the information on the game’s screen can be considered cheating,

Understood.

@Vonarian

I already had a suggestion to include network metrics in the API, you can make one too :)

I am guessing it didn’t go anywhere. I am making one for sure, just need to figure our what it would need to expose. What category should I put it in? Interface seems most fitting, but I am not sure they mean that kind of interface.