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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

In today’s article, we’ll be discussing two mechanics that we’d like your feedback on: improved aircraft target hit alerts and night battles. Our proposed designs are not final, as we’re explaining them to you so that we can get your feedback to make adjustments if necessary. Let’s dive into the details!


Improved Aircraft Target Hit Alerts: Our proposed design
As we mentioned in our previous Roadmap article, we’ve been working on this mechanic and would like your feedback on it.

Welcome to the “Severe damage” mechanic
As of now, the death of an aircraft is counted under one of the following conditions: the pilot was knocked out; the aircraft crashed into an object and was completely destroyed; the aircraft had its... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

• A bug that caused some marketplace camos to not be visible to other players in battle has been fixed.
  
• The research costs of modifications have been made more visible in the tooltip in the modifications window.

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.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

After WWII ended, France sought to rebuild its air force. In need of an aircraft that could serve in many roles: a multi-purpose bomber, fighter and interceptor, SNCASO took one of their prototypes to fit these requirements. This is where the Vautour was born, taking to the skies on October 16th, 1952!

The Vautour IIN is available for Golden Eagles!

When: From October 16th (12:00 GMT) until October 18th (07:00 GMT).
Where: France > Aviation > Premium vehicles.

About the aircraft

• The Vautour IIN...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

"Authorization server is currently not available"

This message is currently showing for Steam players when starting the game. This issue is occurring due to platform server issues. The status can be seen on https://downdetector.com/


A workaround as of now is launching the game directly using the launcher which is located in the game folder.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Welcome to the 89th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition!
Make way! Large vehicles incoming! Your screenshots from last week looked great, and we look forward to seeing many more of them in the future! The three most popular and three selected by us will get 300 GE. See the winners down below!

Let’s begin the 89th edition of our competition!
Create a stunning screenshot and submit it on the War Thunder Steam Community Hub with the tag #WTscreen89. You have time until 20.10.2023 to submit your screenshot.

After that date, 6 winners will be selected (3 of which will be the highest rated by the community and 3 selected by our judges), each of which receive a reward of 300GE.


Terms:

• Your screenshot must include fall colors - Orange, red, yellow or brown!
  
• You mus...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

The Vickers Mk.11 is a prototype wheeled combat vehicle developed by British company Vickers as part of a private venture in response to an Australian requirement in the 1990s, this vehicle will arrive in the game with the next War Thunder update!

Vickers Mk.11: A Light Tank for Britain at Rank VI!
Features:

• Versatile 105 mm cannon.
  
• Laser rangefinder.
  
• Light protection.
  
• Large in size.

Meet the Vickers Mk.11!
The next dev blog season has begun! Coming to War Thunder in the next major update, the Vickers Mk.11 will help to bolster Britain’s ground research tree at rank VI! Highly agile and packing an impressive punch, the Mk.11 will be sure to p... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

On October 13th 1775, the Continental Fleet was created by the 13 colonies that separated from Great Britain. When it was first created, this fleet consisted of only a few ships that went on to battle with British ships. Today, the US Navy is the world’s largest navy in terms of ships and naval aircraft.

The USS Cowell is available for Golden Eagles!

When: From October 13th (11:00 GMT) until October 16th (07:00 GMT).
Where: USA > Bluewater fleet > Premium vehicles.

About the ship

• The USS Cowell[wiki.warthunder.com] is a tier III Destroyer that is armed with 10 x 40 mm Bofors cannons as well as 7 ...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

We’re rounding up some of the bugs and issues that we’ve fixed since last week, including some of the bugs that we’ve fixed in today’s update. As always, thank you very much for all of your bug reports!

If you’ve found a bug that you’d like to report, you can do so on our community bug reporting platform[community.gaijin.net]. Let’s dive into the details of this article!

Better camera tracking for missiles and bombs


With today’s update, when tracking missiles and bombs through the tracking camera, the camera better directs at the target, making it easie... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Aviation

• Now, when tracking missiles and bombs through the tracking camera, the camera is better directed at the target, making it easier to see where your fired ordnance is going.
  
• AV-8B Plus — radar operation page has been added to MFD mode. (Report[community.gaijin.net])
  
• Jaguar GR.1, Jaguar GR.1A, Jaguar E — separate bomb drop sequences have been added. (Report[community.gaijin.net])
  
• Fw 190 D-13 — a bug that ...

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

• A bug where items in the Tokushu Heiki Workshop window did not update after interacting with them has been fixed.
  
• A bug where modifications still displayed as unresearched even after buying them with Golden Eagles has been fixed.
  
• An issue where the “Custom localization enabled” message was overlapping research window tabs has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused Silver Lion and Research Point rewards to display to the right of the battle results window for Ground Assault matches has been fixed.
  
• A bug that caused camouflage progress to display incorrectly in the camouflage customization window has been fixed.

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 note... Read more