over 3 years ago - Ouiche - Direct link

Additions to the Dagor Engine that include updated gunfire for naval and ground vehicles, 3 new helicopters for Italy and 30 new machines for other countries.


Additions to Dagor Engine 6.0


New tracks for many vehicles, GPU objects on maps and new visual effects for all ground and naval vehicle gunfire.


New vehicle tracks and their effects will become available some time after the major update has been released.






Physically-accurate caterpillar tracks



Additions to Dagor Engine 6.0:

Visual effects of all ground and naval vehicle gunfire have been updated.


Physically accurate vehicle tracks.


Spark effects have been added for the new ground vehicles tracks


Game locations have received their own set of GPU objects



Aircraft


Buccaneer S2, A-7D Corsair II, F-84F and more!



USA


A-7D



PBM-1



F-84F


Germany


F-84F


USSR

MiG-21PFM (event)



Great Britain


Buccaneer S2



Hornet Mk.1 (premium)

China

V-11G

Italy


F-84F



Ro.57 Quadriarma (event)



France


F-84F




F-84F (IAF) (premium)


Sweden

Saab 105G


Saab 105ÖE (premium)



Ground Vehicles


9 new ground vehicles, including the Japanese ST-A3 and the German Sd.Kfz.251/21!



Germany

Sd.Kfz.251/21


Class 3 (P) (event)

USSR

ZSU-37-2



Japan


ST-A3


China

CCKW 353 (M45)


ZTZ99



Great Britain

ADATS (M113A3)

France

E.B.R. (1954) (event)

Sweden

ASRAD-R



Helicopters



USSR

Mi-35M - Detailed cabin has been added.



Italy


AB 205 A-1




A109EOA-2




A129CBT




France

SA.341F Gazelle - Detailed cabin has been added.


SA.342M Gazelle - Detailed cabin has been added.



Fleet


7 new vessels, including Heroes of Jutland: HMS Invincible and SMS Von der Tann



USA

USS Baltimore (CA-68) (event)

Germany


SMS Von der Tann




USSR

MPK pr.12412

Great Britain


HMS Invincible




Japan

Type K-8 (1942) (event)


IJN Hyuga

Italy


Pola (premium)




New missions and locations

The Festive hangar has been enabled



Enduring Confrontation

Helicopter Enduring confrontation has been added for the location “City”.


The aircraft carrier template has been improved and has been added to all Confrontation modes with open sea - both naval and air. The allied carrier appears in location escorted by AI ships, granting an additional reload\repair platform for allied aircraft. After being spotted by the enemy AI reconnaissance aircraft, the enemy team will get a task to destroy the allied carrier. After destruction, the carrier may respawn after some time to a maximum of five times.



Ground Vehicle model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

Physically-correct caterpillar tracks for ground vehicles. Now caterpillar components are physical objects, consisting of separate segments - treads, each of which has physically accurate properties. When a shell hits a track, the tread breaks exactly at the segment where the impact has hit. The broken tread animation depends on the length of the falling tread. The following vehicles have received the new caterpillar tracks in this update:

T-34-76 series and SPG ot this chassis (except for T-34 1940 and 1941 versions, as well a prototype)


T-34-85 series, and SPG on this chassis


KV series, and SPG an this chassis


IS-1 and IS-2 series, and SPG on this chassis


T-80U, T-80B


T-10A, T-10M, Object 268


M3 Lee, M4 Sherman series, and SPG on this chassis (except for assault versions of “Jumbo”)


T-20


M1 Abrams series


A.C.IV Thunderbolt


B1 bis, B1 ter, ARL 44 series


Ram II and QF 3.7 Ram SPG


Challenger II series


Strv 103 series


Leopard 2A4-2A6, and their Swedish versions


Type 90/90B


Leclerc S1/S2


C1 Ariete series.


ZTZ-96A


Chi-Ha, Chi-He series, SPG on this chassis.


Challenger (A30), Avenger (A30), Charioteer Mk. VII tanks and SPG on this chassis


Ground vehicles with a folding ATGM launcher now have a speed limit of up to a maximum of 20 kph to begin firing. The launcher may be unfolded to begin firing immediately after reducing speed to the max limit or lower.:

M901


9P149


M3 Bradley


Strf 9040 BILL



Aircraft and helicopter model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:

F-104G (Germany) - Flares have been added.


G.91 YS - Ballistic calculator has been added.


Incorrect materials in armour elements have been fixed for the following aircraft:

Whirlwind Mk I


Swift F.1


Swift F.7


B-17E/L


B-17G


J5N1


Ju 288 C


Q-5A


Q-5 early



Flight Model changes:

BB-1, Su-2 (all series) - the flight model has been updated. Engine running modes have been specified. Fuel distribution among tanks has been corrected. Wing, hull, flaps, and rotor blades polars have been recalculated and specified. Aircraft controls have been corrected when flaps are extended.


MiG-21 (all modifications) - Rudder deflection angles and maneuverability at high speeds have been corrected. Balance and controllability in landing has been improved. MiG-21bis, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21PFM - Simulation of the flap with boundary layer deflation has been made. Wing lift force will be additionally increased with full flap deflection and 30-50% thrust to provide lower landing speeds.


Helicopters (all) - Air cushion effect has been improved. The air cushion is now estimated in a ring for a more realistic impact of the surface shape under the rotor.



Naval fleet model, damage model, characteristic and weaponry changes:


Naval weaponry:

AI gunners firing from overheated guns, that previously AI didn’t take into account, has been fixed.


Accuracy of AI gunners firing on surface targets has been improved.


The maximum opening fire distance for AI gunners, depending on the calibre, has been adjusted. Now AI will not open fire at ranges exceeding the aiming range of its cannons.


Dardo, Bartolomeo Colleoni now have the correct versions of 40mm guns.


HMS Dreadnought, HMS Colossus — Loading rate for the 305mm/45 mark X/XI cannons has been increased to two rounds per minute.


Chidori — Torpedo reload has been removed. In reality , the vessel did not have it.


152 mm/57 B-38 cannon (Chapaev, Sverdlov, Zheleznyakov) — Fire rate, after the first order ammo racks are exhausted, has been increased from 4.5 to 6 shots per minute.


80-mm/60 Type 98 (IJN Agano) cannon - Calibre of the shell has been corrected in the vehicle card.


127-mm/50 3rd Year Type cannon - Muzzle velocity and the amount of explosive material in the anti-aircraft shell have been fixed.

Naval characteristics, physics and damage model:

SMS Westfalen - main 290mm armour belt extended to cover citadel.


Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen, Leipzig, Raimondo Montecuccoli, USS Pensacola (CA-24), Krasny Kavkaz - armoured covers for barbettes have been added.


Heavy cruisers - heel and sinking parameters have been fixed. Water inflow speed through large holes has been reduced. The heel rate has been reduced.


Dardo - rail stanchions have been folded onto the deck, extending bow turret aiming angles.


Geniere - Cannon limits have been corrected.


Zara — stern boats have been removed to allow the stern turret to fire in these sectors.


HMS Dreadnought — traverse angles of the side main calibre turrets have been fixed.


Freccia P-493, Saetta P-494 — listing on turns has been reduced.


Hunt (L79) — main calibre aiming angles have been fixed to prevent fire through superstructures.


Pr. 35 — bug with armored parts of the ship has been fixed.


Chapaev, Zheleznyakov — armor issues have been solved: bow and stern traverses armor has been fixed, stern deck armor has been fixed in the area of stern pumps.


Leipzig — a few boiler rooms have been removed in the x-ray view.


Zara — a mismatch between the shot vector and the aiming point for 13.2 mm machine guns has been corrected.

Naval Visual models and visual parts:

Porter (DD-356), Moskva (leader), Tashkent (leader), IJN Kako, IJN Yuudachi, Тype K-8 (1942), HMS Arethusa, S-100 (1944), Aquilone - Flag animation has been added.


HMS Peac*ck - The location of the buoy in the hangar has been fixed.


IJN Tone, Type 4 Model 4 - Visual displaying of cannons has been fixed.


HMS Colossus - The height of the structural edges of the coal bunkers in X-ray view has been reduced for a more conducive display.


IJN Ikoma, Admiral Hipper - Position of gunners in the secondary calibre guns has been fixed.


Tashkent (leader) - Displaying of the ship’s superstructure in the destroyed state has been fixed. At great distances it was the case that the superstructure disappeared.


MS-53 - Visual problem with shadows on the ship’s superstructure has been fixed.


Akebono - Depth bomb mode has been hidden in the modifications that have no depth bombs.


IJN Kiyoshimo - Artifacts on the main calibre gun mantlet have been removed.


SMS Helgoland - Artifacts on the ship’s flag have been removed.


Poltava — main calibre gun mantlet view has been fixed.


SMS Westfalen — orientation of the coat of arms on the bow has been corrected.


Fairmile D (5001), Fairmile D (697), Fairmile C (332) — artefacts of the shell casing sacks have been removed for 20mm Oerlikon guns.


IJN Shimakaze — a bug with the inversion of navigation lights on the wheelhouse has been fixed.


IJN Ikoma — Navigation and control instruments have been added in place of the unnecessary rangefinder on the deckhouse.

Other

Critical depth and depth at which the player will be warned of an approaching rock shoal has been fixed for battleships.



Economy and research

AH-1S Kisarazu, G-Lynx, Tigre HAP - Now available for purchase for Golden Eagles.



Customization

Identification marks and decals on the vehicles listed below have been transferred to a standard camouflage layer. Previously issued decals also remain available:

Achilles (65 Rg.)


IS-2 "Revenge"


T-34-85E


T-III (USSR)


MiG-21bis — Additional camouflages that can be obtained by completing tasks or purchasing them for Golden Eagles has been added.



Awards

The award for all basic training missions has been changed from 100 GE to unique decals for each vehicle type. Golden Eagles for previously completed training will not be taken away and for receiving the unique decal you will need to complete the training again.


Instead of the Golden Eagles award for each basic training one time award for completing the first basic training for an account has been added. For players who have previously completed any basic training it will not be possible to receive this award.



Interface

The collection menu has been improved:

Filter for already received collections has been added.


A link to the collections from the appearance menu has been added.


Icons for the collection decorations have been improved.



Game mechanics

The number of points required to air strike with a nuclear-armed bomber in Ground AB has been reduced from 20 to 15.



Graphical

Visual effects of all ground and naval vehicle gunfire have been updated.


Visual effects of shell hits from automatic cannons and machine guns 7.5-40mm calibres have been updated for ground vehicles.


Will be added in one of the following updates:

Physically accurate vehicle tracks. Now each of the track links have physically valid properties. Whilst driving, the track sections have their own mass and inertia. When passing over bumps the track bounces on the rollers (track wheels), when accelerating and braking, it stretches or slackens and also swings around for a while after the vehicle fully stops.


Spark effects have been added for the new ground vehicles tracks when braking at high speed on hard surfaces (asphalt, concrete, paving stones) and also when tracks hit the shoulder of roads.


Game locations have received their own set of GPU objects: small stones, plants, moss, mushrooms etc.

More details can be found in the devblog.



Sound

Sounds of the rapid-fire for ground vehicles and naval vessels are now effectively tied to each individual shot in the burst. Previously a series of gunfire sounds were triggered at a rate roughly corresponding to the burst rate.


Drops of the shells for ground cannons are now sounded according to the physics.


Propaganda speech played over loudspeakers has been added to the Vietnam location.


The sounds of cartridge extraction and the operation of the extraction hatch locking mechanism (if any) have been added for ground vehicles with shell cartridge external extraction.


Small adjustments to the volume of some engines in player controlled vehicles.



Changes specific to the PlayStation platform.

Thrustmaster Hotas 4 support was added to the native PlayStation 5 version.


In-game voice chat is now available on PlayStation 5.



Changes specific to the Xbox platform.

Players without Xbox Live Gold subscription will now be able to login into the game, but they will only have access to single-player activities (no multiplayer).


A bug that caused only one device to work on the Xbox Series S/X when connecting a wireless keyboard and mouse via separate receivers, has been fixed.


A delay in the operation of some keyboard keys on the Xbox Series S/X has been fixed.



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over 3 years ago - Ouiche - Direct link

Additions to the Dagor Engine that include updated gunfire for naval and ground vehicles, 3 new helicopters for Italy and 30 new machines for other countries.


Additions to Dagor Engine 6.0


New tracks for many vehicles, GPU objects on maps and new visual effects for all ground and naval vehicle gunfire.


New vehicle tracks and their effects will become available some time after the major update has been released.






Physically-accurate caterpillar tracks



Additions to Dagor Engine 6.0:

over 3 years ago - Smin1080p - Direct link

At the moment, they have been disabled as they were causing some technical issues for some players.



This is intended for now.



The Israeli F-84F is actually a French one. It was a French aircraft flown by a French pilot during the Suez crisis and repainted in IAF colours as it flew under IAF command officially.


As for the Canadian ADATS. America already has an ADATS system and this was a commonly suggested vehicle for the UK tree to get a improved SPAAG over the Stormer.

over 3 years ago - Smin1080p - Direct link

The Warrior ADATS was a proposal only. There are about 2 photos of it in existence and its questionable if it was ever even completed beyond a mockup demonstrator only. Its not viable for implementation.


M113 ADATS is the closest Britain can get to a new SPAAG.


Indeed if the US tree did not already have the M3 ADATS, then it would be closer to the US tree. But since they have an ADATS system and have no need of a second, due to the relationship between Canada and the UK the next best place and the tree that actually needs it is the UK tree.

over 3 years ago - Smin1080p - Direct link

Once again, hardly any info or proper sourcing thats required to implement and again based around the Starstreaks system that lead people to ask for an ADASTS system in the first place. We dont rule out further SPAA, but this was one that was asked for.