Release Notes 9.0

Changes to vehicles:

 

Added the following new German vehicles:

• Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. A, Tier III medium tank
• Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. D, Tier IV medium tank
• StuG III Ausf. B, Tier IV tank destroyer

 

Reworked and improved the following vehicles:

• Т-54
• Т-34-85
• Panther
• Tiger I
• Maus
• M4 Sherman
• M18 Hellcat
• M103
• Tortoise
• Centurion 7/1

Fixed a suspension performance issue for these improved vehicles.

 

Changed certain characteristics of the following vehicles:

Great Britain

• Light Mk. Vic / Cruiser Mk. III / Vickers Medium Mk. I
  • Penetration of the AP W Mk. 1 shells used with the 15 mm Machine Gun BESA changed from 25mm to 27mm.

 

USA

• M2 Light Tank:
  • Rate of fire per shell container for the Browning MG caliber .50 HB, M2 gun increased by 22%.
  • Penetration of AP M2 shells used with the Browning MG caliber .50 HB, M2 changed from 22mm to 27mm.

• T7 Combat Car:
  • Maximum forward and reverse speeds changed from 38.6 to 56km/h, and from 16 to 20km/h, respectively.
  • Rate of fire per shell container for the Browning MG caliber .50 HB, M2 gun increased by 22%.
  • Ammunition capacity of Browning MG caliber .50 HB, M2 gun changed from 1,100 to 1,350 shells.
  • Penetration of AP M2 shells intended for Browning MG caliber .50 HB, M2 changed from 22mm to 27mm.

 

Germany

• Pz.Kpfw. IV:
  • Side screens added.
  • Maybach HL 108 TR engine removed.
  • Repair costs decreased by 3%.
  • Maximum forward speed changed from 48 to 40km/h.
  • Ammunition capacity of 10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28 gun changed from 42 to 59 shells.
  • Gun depression of the 10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28 changed from -7 to -5 degrees.
  • Gun depression of the 7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/43 changed from -8 to -7 degrees.
  • Gun depression of the 7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/48 changed from -8 to -6 degrees.
  • 5 cm Kw.K. 39 L/60 gun removed.
  • 5 cm KwK 37 L/24 gun removed.
  • View range of the first turret changed from 330 to 340m.
  • Hit points of the second turret changed from 460 to 480.
  • Hit points of the first turret changed from 420 to 440.

 

Other Vehicle Changes

• Reworked the armour of the following vehicles: Т-54, Т-34-85, М103, Tortoise and Centurion 7/1.
• Changed the names of the following vehicles:
  • Pz.Kpfw. IV to Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H.
  • StuG III changed to StuG III Ausf. G
  • Introduced minor dimensional changes to the following vehicles: Pаnzerjager I, Panzer I and Sturmpanzer I.

 

General Changes

• New Historical Battles game mode added. In version 9.0, the following historical battles are available: Battle of Kursk, Battle of the Bulge, and Operation Spring Awakening.
• Confrontation battle type removed.
• Malinovka, Serene Coast, Steppes, Redshire, Mountain Pass, Pearl River and Severogorsk maps modified and reworked.
• Garage replaced with new separate Standard and Premium Garages.
• New “Graphics” window added in “Settings”.
• Auto-detect system for graphics settings reworked.
• Option added to reduce the game area resolution while keeping the Graphical User Interface (GUI) resolution unchanged (the “Dynamic resolution” option in graphics settings).
• Option added to set the “Colour filter” intensity.
• Option added to set the screen refresh rate.
• Tank turret will now fly off when ammo rack explosion occurs.
• New full screen effect in Sniper Mode added.
• Input language indicator added to login screen.
• New awards added for Team Battles: “Fighting Reconnaissance”, “God of War”, “Will-to-Win Spirit”, “Crucial Shot” and “For Tactical Operations”.
• “Vehicles” tab in “Service Record” window reworked and corrected.
• “Statistics” tab in “Service Record” window reworked.
• Requirements for “Steel Wall” award changed.
• In after-battle statistics, “Potential damage” score replaced with “Damage blocked by armor”.
• “Voice chat” malfunctions fixed.
• Visual depiction of “Dispersion Indicator” during battle playback fixed.
• Minor bugs during battle playback fixed.
• Issue with artillery shells landing out of dispersion circle in Artillery mode fixed.
• Issue with artillery shells exploding in midair fixed.
• Issue with game client disconnecting upon exit fixed.
• Game client performance on some PC configurations improved.
• Draw quality of decals (a special texture that can be applied over a base texture, for example, blood, bullet or shell holes, logos, etc.) and motion-blur effect optimised.
• Performance issue occurring after enabling of track traces fixed.
• Display of shadows on vegetation at medium and high settings fixed.
• Notification and invitation windows when in the Garage fixed.
• Table displaying tiers of vehicles in queue removed.
• “Ammunition is empty” message added when pressing F8 after running out of shells.
• Auto-aim point selection system changed.
• Draw quality of large lists of vehicles in Missions window optimized.
• All music re-mastered.
• Maximum number of complaints per day increased from 5 to 10.
• Complaint titles changed.
• Minor bugs in “Missions” window fixed.
• Audio interruptions during automatic gunfire fixed.
• Issues with track traces disappearing and flickering fixed.
• Occasional issue with shells hitting vehicles without a sound effect fixed.
• Uncontrolled relocations of destroyed vehicles fixed.
• Issue with spinning wait icon being displayed every minute while in the Garage fixed.
• Issue with “In Depot” icon being displayed after removing permanent Camouflage that was purchased prior to the release of 0.8.11 fixed.
• Issue with the amount of experience displayed in tooltips in respect of a researched vehicle or module fixed.
• In the “Vehicles” statistics tab, display of statistics according to the awards obtained in Team Battles fixed.
• Issue with occasional delayed awarding or failure to award the “Abrams' Medal” fixed.
• Issue with rounding of the win percentage fixed.
• Issue with connection to training room voice chat upon client re-launch fixed.
• Draw quality issue with tracer moving outside shell trajectory fixed.
• Dynamic target (Gunner's) viewpoint added to target points subject to visibility checks from other (Commander's above-turret and Gunner's on-gun) viewpoints.
• Issue with after-battle saving of the distance from the camera to the player's vehicle fixed.
• High-Explosive shells will no longer explode when they hit a crew member located outside a vehicle (for open-type SPGs).
• Performance issue with filtering by Commander's name of Tank Company fixed.
• Mistakes in descriptions of certain achievements corrected.
• Gunshot effects supplemented with dynamic lighting sources.
• Performance drop on the Widepark map fixed.
• Volume of tank engine and suspension sounds reconfigured.
• Effects of dust raised by gunfire debugged.
• Gunshot effects for certain tanks fixed.