In this digest we would like to tell you about our continuing work on improvements and fixes in the game. You can find information about all updates that have been released in War Thunder on the website special section.

Contact!



Lets start with the great news! In the update Direct Hit, the display of contacts in the air was changed, but we found a few problems with it and received feedback from players - primarily from VR users - aircraft were more difficult to detect in the sky and control their position. In a recent update we improved the visibility of aerial contacts and their display distance. Including on the surface background.

Lets not go into a long description. It is better to see it for yourself!

Fixing the underfilling



This error was caused by the discrepancy between the real amount of fuel and the selected amount for your aircraft.

We have found the initial problem and fixed it. Your fuel selection is now working correctly.

Notifying you about differences in BR



If you were a squad leader at least once, you know how difficult it is to keep track of the vehicles of every squad member.

We added a warning message for the squad leader if the BR of the squads vehicles is greater than the BR of the squad leader. In addition, we have improved the display of the current BR - in the queue window the BR score is now more noticeable and slightly bigger.

Corrected the helicopter ballistic calculator



It might break if you changed helicopter and literally saved the settings of the previous vehicle that you left or lost in battle. This caused a whole bunch of problems: missile and shell failures and an almost complete inability of the vehicle to participate in a high-tech modern battle.

But we have fixed the problem quickly, and now this "smart system" performs its task as neatly as possible.

Returned the snow to vehicle decorations



Winter is coming! We need to be ready for this. Lets start with a small problem which caused some new well recognised decorations to be unevenly covered with snow in battles on winter maps.

Fixed the bug! As a bonus - it will be even more difficult to spot you!

Free the screen



Modern combat equipment has numerous systems that are sometimes duplicated in different areas of the interface. For example, data from the radar appeared at the bottom left corner, as well as at the top of the screen as an azimuth scale.

Weve analyzed your preferences and decided to remove the scale to make observance of combat easier and clearer for you.

More improvements

For this digest we have prepared a large set of useful fixes and game improvements. Be sure to read the full list which we have prepared in the separate changelog - there are many interesting things.

Once again, many thanks for all your bug reports that you submitted in our bug report section on the War Thunder forums.

Update 2.9.0.50

Improvements and fixes

• A bug has been fixed with the missing helicopter speed indicator if the Indicated air speed option is set to IAS.
  
• A torpedo reload indicator has been fixed in Naval AB for the vessels with on board reloading torpedo launchers (report).
  
• A bug has been fixed which in some cases prevented Damage to naval targets achievement progress .
  
• Incorrect ballistic calculator on helicopters has been fixed for the second and subsequent respawns.
  
• SIDAM 25, SIDAM 25 (Mistral), Gepard, Chieftain Marksman, Type 87, PGZ09 a bug with the quick reload of the main ammo belt has been fixed.
  
• HMS Norfolk a bug with a constantly rotating port (left) torpedo launcher has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed that prevented item purchase or opening in the inventory while using a cursor with gamepad.
  
• AIM-7 a bug has been fixed where the missile was unable to lock on to MiG-23M and MiG-27M aircraft. The missile lock indicator didnt turn red, the missile self-destructed in midair after the launch.
  
• MiG-23M now being spawned at supersonic speeds will mean these aircraft have the wings 100% swept.
  
• Mi-24V certain missing textures in the cockpit have been restored.
  
• Mi-35, Ka-50 rear-view mirrors in the cockpit have been fixed.
  
• STB-1 ammo rack position has been corrected (report).
  
• BMP-2 the position of the IR searchlight has been corrected.
  
• B17G front turret has been fixed.
  
• Buccaneer S.1 animation of the ailerons has been fixed.
  
• A bug has been fixed with missing snow on vegetable 3D decorations while playing in winter locations.
  
• A rare client crash after changing account has been fixed.
  
• The azimuth scale at the top of the screen has been removed for aircraft equipped with a radar.

• STB-1 ammo rack position has been corrected (report).
  
• BTR-152 the number of forward and reverse gears has been increased, gear values have been specified. Source: -152, 1957 .
  
• ARL-44, ARL-44 (ACL-1) the number of forward and reverse gears has been increased, gear values have been specified. (report).
  
• Leclerc S1, Leclerc S2 the gear values have been specified. A bug with a slow pivot neutral gear turns has been fixed (report).
  
• Abrams (all series) gear values have been specified. Source: AGT 1500 POWERPACK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (M1 TMEPS) CONTRACT NUMBER DAAE07-87-C-R006 J. Edwards and R. Brayer General Dynamics Land Systems Div. March 1991 // Propulsion System Performance Simulation (PS**2) Computer Simulation to Evaluate Tank-Automotive Engine and Transmission Performance A User's Guide September 1988.
  
• 9M133, 9M133FM-3 a bug has been fixed where the optronic countermeasures were able to affect the missiles. Control type has been changed to the laser-beam.
  
• TAM-2C zoom has been added to the sight; sight magnification has been changed from x12 to separate magnifications x3-x10 (report).
  
• VFM5 sight magnification has been specified from x12 to x10 (report).
  
• T-72B (1989) a bug has been fixed with missing layers of cast armour in the turret in x-ray mode.
  
• Leopard 2K the incorrect display of 20mm gun horizontal and vertical aiming speed in x-ray mode has been fixed.
  
• MAUS, E100 a bug with different aiming speeds in the main and auxiliary guns has been fixed.
  
• IS-7 a bug has been fixed where it was impossible to repair AA and rear machine guns.
  
• Strv 103-0, Strv 103A, Strv 103C duplicate drive controls have been added for the second driver/loader.
  
• ZPRK 2S6 a bug has been fixed that prevented the IR lock and track system to lock on target at distances over 8,000 meters.
  
• 9P157 a bug with infinite radar field repair has been fixed.
  
• Vickers Mk.3 aiming angles at the sides of engine compartment has been specified; a gun will no longer cross the hull elements.
  
• M1A1HC - aiming angles of the 7.62mm AA MG have been specified; machine gun will no longer cross the ARCM searchlight.
  
• Roland 1, FlaRakPz 1, FlaRakRad - The name of the radar in X-Ray view has been clarified.
  
• Gepard - The name of the radar in X-Ray view has been clarified.
  
• B1 Bis, B1 Ter - Driver now has control of the 75mm cannon.

• Falling shell marker - The ability to disable the falling shell marker has been added. You can find it in settings:
  
  
  • Options > Main parameters > Naval Battle Settings > Highlight targeting point
  
  
• Lead marker on weapon control - Indication of the distance correction with the lead maker has been fixed. Now it indicates more accurately whether you should aim closer or farther relative to the enemy ship.
  
• Realistic aiming in AB has been fixed - When switching in the settings menu to realistic aiming in AB, shooting is now identical to shooting in RB.
  
• Poltava - Angles for traverse in the aft main calibre turrets have been extended.

• MiG-27M - The opening of some presets of the suspended weaponry without researching the relevant modifications has been fixed.
  
• F-8E - Incorrect display of the icons of suspended weaponry for some presets with the AIM -9C missiles has been fixed.
  
• Il-10 (all modifications) - Separate bomb drop for bomb weaponry has been added.
  
• A32A - Incorrect displaying of the icons of suspended weaponry for some presets with the m/50 and m/61 bombs has been fixed.
  
• Er-2 (ACh-30B) (all modifications) - Incorrect display of the icons of suspended weaponry for some presets with the 250kg and 500kg bombs has been fixed.
  
• A-4E - Full name of the aircraft has been added to the vehicle card.
  
• F-5 (all modifications) - Tearing off of the different wing parts where some elements of the aircraft structure and suspended weaponry were left hanging in the air has been fixed.