From Unkillable to Vulnerable: War Thunder Tackles Volumetric Issue!

[@TheEuropeanCanadian]

Turns out there was a bunch of bugs with volumetric that have been fixed. let's see if damage is more consistent now

[@kerotomas1]

Only took Gaijin a mere 11 years to fix the T-34s damage model lmao

[@ilikesnow7074]

Some of the very very very many issues with the T-34's damage model

[@DarkBalladYT]

Its still not fixed

[@tkestrel2100]

Yet they didn't fix the drivers hatch.....

[@TrueCanad1an]

That dam drivers hatch

[@fn8382]

Must be a hard choose for them to do it

[@ZuuZuu2]

Russian bias doesn't exist - gaijin basically saying it does and they "fixed it"

[@CoolLink-Zelda]

IS-4M will go down to 2.0. Russian bias fixed

[@stormjet814]

Because ONLY russian vehicles had volumetric problems as we all know…panther mantlet doesn’t exist stop talking about it

[@RJ-lg9hs]

Yes, a single bug in a single Russian vehicle when penetrating a single spot on it is Russian bias. Whatever helps excuse your lack of skill.

[@MaddeningFly]

@@RJ-lg9hs "single Russian vehicle" ah yes, ALL T-34 VARIANTS, just a single minor vehicle, I'm sure no russian main would consider any T-34 variants to be vital to the Russian ground tree right?

[@grizzlyraidz]

@@RJ-lg9hs You ever do any research into ERA before?

[@Tuhrue]

Still waiting to hear " spawn points for spawning aircraft has been increased"

[@strategicperson95]

Or you know, not get any into a fully loaded aircraft from just getting the cap. Seriously too many get an aircraft and get their first tank kill with the aircraft. Either increase the SP, or lock aircraft out from getting picked at the start in the first 3-5 minutes of the match.

[@Tuhrue]

@@strategicperson95 Yh. The whole CAS element of Ground RB needs to be reworked. The only purpose it seems to serve right now is just a way of delivering petty revenge. It's also just another source of unwanted noise on top of the underwhelming sound quality war thunder has already

[@christopherchartier3017]

Or how about- keeping AIR out of GROUND rb. I don’t care if this means they make a more “combined arms” game mode afterwards. Hell, it can replace world war mode because honestly- that mode is deader than naval

[@ArcticArmy]

@@christopherchartier3017 naval isnt deadly, just that dying is the most interesting thing that happens

[@SchlueterMan]

How much do I want to bet the much needed volumetric "fix" just brings a variety of new problems.

[@athiftsabit1208]

As "the old guard" player i can confirm this lmao

[@SchlueterMan]

@@athiftsabit1208 Yeah lol, since 2016 for me and it's just expected at this point

[@iboopy-fl2ic]

Gaijin why did you buff the rafale? : *VIDEO* Also gaijin: Fixes volumetric: Ignores the massive pile of Challenger 2 bug reports

[@dasveetm4379]

Must be nice to play without a 150+ ping and 75% PL. Tried the EU only servers last night, ping still 170ish so I routinely got spanked, but the PL was a mere 2%! The snail should really work on this issue as a priority.

[@N4CR]

yeah that's normal from AU/NZ/SEA/oceania/asia etc.... US servers now perma east coast = 220-280 ping and PL... similar to EU servers. Game rapidly becoming unplayable and I have 3k+ hours, HLL is getting far more of my attention now.

[@mjdsaxkid]

I thought the flap noise was intentional, a audio signal to demonstrate that the flaps aren’t opening. saved me a couple times when I forget and I hear the click click clicks

[@Add12pack]

It’s nice that now they just simulate the penetration that actually happened in the game instead of how it actually should work! Like when my French tanks nonpen the side of a t90m 😊

[@jozefdobrovodsky2932]

Hello. I am a US/soviet main who didn't read your entire comment because I can't physically read. I am now going to say "skill issue" and "lol german main" lol german main skill issue

[@FPV_Kingfisher]

​@@jozefdobrovodsky2932 Hello. I am not a wt player I'll now complain about gaijin again [Insert gaijin complaints]

[@Add12pack]

@@jozefdobrovodsky2932 I almost thought you were serious lol, yea I love it when they confuse what nation I’m playing

[@sturmovik_80]

That nonpens on the side of an enemy tank happen to everyone, I once shot at a Leo2A4 90degree in the side with 3BM42 and 3 shots were nonpen, the 4th shot finally kille dhim.

[@MeanGreeny]

FYI. Changing to DX12 on my 4060 doubled my FPS. No stuttering, no crashes. Happy Bunny.

[@ScoutTheProto]

About damn time they fix this

[@M4A3_76_W_HVSS]

I still remember nonpenning an Ostwinds driver's view port with 149pen aphe from a hellcat. He obliterated me right after.

[@aratay3117]

I've nonpenned the side of a marder III with a chieftain mk10 apfsds round

[@chrisdeering2927]

​@aratay3117 Dude same, I've nonpenned those so many times lately

[@aratay3117]

@@chrisdeering2927 The fun part is that was like 2021 I think. So it's definitely not just a recent issue

[@StealthySpace7]

Just let people spawn jets with only A-A loadouts for free. This would combat the CAS problem especially for the US who can't counter any CAS with the ADATS like the Pantsir can

[@Thunderage.]

Right, only fighters, and only air belts or universal belts No bombs no agms

[@JPepega]

But remember, russian bias is not real and it is all just a hoax. Nevermind our patchnotes, nothing to see here

[@SeventhCircle77]

One of the things I found that helped dx12 was turning terrain deformation all the way down

[@RhodesianSuperiority]

Now they need to fix the top tier russian "lol you shot my weakspot, thats cute?" bs

[@StealthySpace7]

On the HUD talk, the Flight Path Indicator (little circle with wings) already works in one of the views, but on the HUD its a nearly static indicator. Why not make it functional so we can land and fly low with confidence knowing where we are going

[@joshualeespiny7172]

I thought only some vehicles didn't allow you to extend flaps above their rip limit

[@joshuawilson-s2t]

It’s about time I shot a light tank with the conqueror and my wheel just completely disappeared not damage it didn’t even open and now they fix it finally

[@a_catfish5180]

Of you ever wondered where are my missile going just hit sensor view after the game

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

Hope this fits the stupid vision ports eating shells too

[@akshaffy8839]

finnLLY FIXED VOLUMETRICS JEEZ

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Whoops a Russian tank didn't generate shrapnel hehe oops our bad hehe sorryyyyyy

[@luciusartorius3437]

Makes sense for soft metal to generate less spall than face hardened plates of german tanks or low quality american steel

[@NitroNuggetTV]

@@luciusartorius3437 key word being "less", not none, which happens constantly. Also the metal was softer comparatively, not soft in general, so the reduced spalling isnt as significant of an advantage as it may seem.

[@luciusartorius3437]

@@NitroNuggetTV 12 years of warthunder and any other nation has as much bullshit moments with spall

[@boblarry5524]

@@luciusartorius3437 wait till you find out russian t-34 armor was much harder then most RHA of the time being almost 400 BHN

[@luciusartorius3437]

@boblarry5524 source?

[@sparrow9990]

Can someone do a report on the bug where you can't save custom sight presets at all? You can only save them to a vehichle itself but if you save them as a preset it will just disappear and remove it from your tank which is kind of obnoxious and it would just be really nice to have the preset feature work correctly. I can't figure out how to bug report and quite frankly I dont feel like it💀.

[@monkeyism06]

If I had a penny for every time I've bounced of a T-34 driver's hatch, I would have a small fortune by now...

[@Basementmonster]

Yeah the customer sights can’t be saved on console so when I try to have commonality between multiple vehicles such as my Sherman or Abram’s collection the sights are never the exact same and I can’t be looking in different spots for the same info

[@SpoonMan94]

How about fixing stability of the servers? Been playing since 2015 and only recently for like the last two weeks I’ve been having consistent severe packet loss in every game

[@oogabooga4532]

Yes!! I can't play because of the packet loss. It's so annoying

[@aratay3117]

Yeah and it's multiple people per server

[@home541_]

I’ve been running DX12. It’s pretty stable. I have some random dips going into sniper mode. But they aren’t insane. Just can’t run RT. I’m running 4k natively with every setting on max. Averaging 130ish fps on a 4080

[@blackopsfan55]

Oh great, still no fix for the a6e and the countermeasure pods not showing up in game

[@skinker04]

Great, Stalinium finally nerfed, next they need to do the same for Putinium

[@N4CR]

Wow finally the BS-34 armour has had some attention, it was absolute aids in AB due to speed/volumetric BS, they were nearly invulnerable sometimes at an angle when moving.

[@infinitydweller9675]

You have the option to turn off dx12? All I get is auto and Dx12 which both result in the same thing. Anytime I play, it is always Dx12, and I don't get any say in it. Apart from the game already not being too greatly optimized on Arc GPU's I get around 100-140fps in air and usually 60-90fps on the ground.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Tried using DXVK? War thunder on linux runs via vulkan and gets higher fps than that

[@letsgobrandontrump2024]

Now if only they could fix the servers crashing

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

Ah yes, the "festive period" that we have celebrated by that name for 2 thousand years. A time where we celebrate festivity and not the birth of anyone at all.

[@dok3304]

Correct! Because the birthday you are referring to is Easter. The festive period you speak of is to celebrate the winter solstice. :)

[@MoatHenry356]

Thanks TEC.

[@andrewgeddes2103]

Parity between PC and console is mentioned many many times particularly in relation to the marketplace, and so it should but there is something else which seems to have gone unmentioned for so long by so many it seems to be an elephant in the room that nobody wants to mention. ULQ. This is a function available to all PC players most of whom will have the best graphics cards around and can de render vast amounts of map features that players are using for cover yet on console this is not available leaving a situation whereby many on PC take advantage to remove bushes, trees even rocks and buildings whilst console players continually get taken out by players they can’t even see if they’re looking, this really shouldn’t be a thing and certainly in actual gameplay means nil parity.

[@exoticdachoo007]

Just don't understand why they don't remove it entirely. It clearly doesn't work on the current game engine, so unless they did a Valve and made Warthunder 2 with a modern engine that's actually made with full volumetric support in mind, it just shouldn't be in the game.

[@Madoyon.]

Rafale turn speed was adjusted based on a video? Well, how about adjusting the Type 10 and TKX reload speed to 3.4 seconds, as well as the acceleration speed based on the videos that are available? There's no way it is as slow as a heavy challenger when it comes with a CVT transmission that they refuse to model and implement properly.

[@jb7483]

According to Jane's Defense Armor the 3.4 is only for emergency and can break the auto loader. Also it drastically reduces accuracy so sure model it.

[@nothing4381]

Can we also add the Challengers their proper god damn turret traverse as well ? Not like it would make it anywhere near close to being meta, but still it would be just right...

[@Madoyon.]

@@jb7483 They still have the means to implement it as a temporary feature just like the first stage ammo reload speed. For example, autoloader turns yellow, orange etc with each shot, until it breaks. And UI indicates the normal reload and emergency reload timers. They are just lazy, because level 10 0.5 kills per battle target playerbase would still eat a 70€ Fuji from gaijin's shovel, even if all they do is adding another packs without polishing the game.

[@Madoyon.]

@@nothing4381 Surely, japs are not the only ones that need justice, it's just an example. There are plenty of broken vehicles, because gaijin is fishing for seekrit documents, but then take video footage as a primary source when it's convenient.

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

@@jb7483 they don’t accept Jane’s anymore

[@domux969]

Always with russians.... i was wondering why my panther gun cant pen cheek of T-34-85 even tho aim was on point + no lags or packet loss which sometimes can justify stupidity

[@luciusartorius3437]

Ur just bad

[@grizzlyraidz]

Cool, can they remove the literal sponge effect that russian ERA has now

[@BlackWolf9988]

10:15 try pressing alt + f9

[@blackjack8697]

video evidance, so i guess all the videos of the flanker doing some nuts AoA dont count, rules for thee but not for me good ol gijin

[@salt_of_souls]

You guys suffer to kill T-34s? Wtf

[@kylecooper4812]

Recently nonpenned a clueless unangled Tiger 3 times in a row with the Surbaisse’s 120mm AP. ≈280mm of pen at that range btw. One round got eaten by the driver’s hatch, one got eaten by the mg port, and the third got eaten by its turret face. I got spotted and killed by a PzH 2000 and that tiger lived without a scratch. Skill doesn’t matter.

[@jb7483]

A tiger 3, man those must be as rare as the Lowe or E75.... I hate when those show up.

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

I litteraly couldn't pen a tiger side on with a usa 75. I quite the game because it's happening way too much at 5.7

[@heejin777]

lmao video proof... yet the belgian f16am cant get an HMD even tho its written all over the place on gov websites that it uses it...

[@S0n1cB00m4]

Nice

[@xstorm_8_shadowx]

I wish they’d fix ps4 aviation controls (stick) as it seems we can’t turn as sharp and tight as PC players. Now I’m not great in planes but Im not dog 💩 either but I will get out turned by a bomber in my spit fire 😂

[@sotilaskarkuri]

Anyone who still screams about russian bias is not worth listening to

[@ZuuZuu2]

So everyone who screamed it before was right ? Yes?

[@PvtPartzz]

This literally referenced T34’s not taking damage when penetrated.

[@LastGoatKnight]

I don't scream that, I scream Volumetric BS

[@sotilaskarkuri]

@@ZuuZuu2 you do know that russian bias hasnt been a thing for a decade?

[@sotilaskarkuri]

@ yes, that one is bullshit and gaijin should make it work or get rid of it