Public Test of Version 9.9

Important:

• Added new test event modes.

Vehicles:

• Made the following replacements of existing vehicles:
• Spähpanzer SP I.C. replaced the Aufklärungspanzer Panther, German Tier VII light tank.
• Mäuschen replaced the VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B, German Tier IX heavy tank.
• Reworked 14 vehicles in HD quality: Type 62, AMX 50 100, FCM 50 t, Churchill VII, Caernarvon, Conqueror, Panther/M10, VK 36.01 (H), M6A2E1, T23E3, M46 Patton, T110E3, T110E4, ?-62?
• Significantly increased the front armour protection of the M6A2E1 upon reworking the vehicle in HD quality.
• Fixed the issue with the damage models of 18 vehicles that made the front of the vehicles vulnerable to penetration by guns with low penetration power.
• Improved some characteristics of the following Premium vehicles: STA-2, Type 62, and the T-44-122—the Supertest reward tank.
• Fixed several issues with the models of the M26 Pershing and T-34-85 Rudy.

Maps and Objects:

• Temporarily replaced the maps Prokhorovka and Fiery Salient with a reworked variant of the Fiery Salient for the duration of Common Test 1.
• Fixed some issues and reworked gameplay on the Swamp (in order to reduce the number of draws) and Highway (in order to encourage active gameplay in the center) maps.
• Reworked destruction effects for some environmental objects.

Graphics:

• Significantly optimized the overall performance of the 3D engine.
• Implemented a mechanism that automatically lowers the resolution if game performance decreases.
• Optimised performance of some special effects.
• Improved the renderer:
• Added a new full screen anti-aliasing method—Temporal Anti-Aliasing.
• Improved the lighting model (BRDF) so that metals and matte surfaces now look more realistic.
• Reworked shadow rendering. Improved both the performance and quality of shadows. Added soft shadows.
• Added shadows from grass. Implemented a new method of fast grass shadow rendering—screen space shadows.
• Optimized and improved the following post effects: bloom, sun rays, lens flare. Bloom is now more stable. There is no more flickering when moving the camera.
• Improved the quality and performance of HBAO (SSAO).
• Standard renderer:
• Improved the quality of lighting.

Other:

• Fixed some hang-ups and crashes of the game client.
• Fixed a rare issue with the inability of a gun with high penetration power to penetrate thin armor, if such armor was under a certain configuration of side screens.
• Fixed a rare issue with a shell flying inside a vehicle after a ricochet and consequently damaging a module or injuring the crew of the vehicle.
• Fixed a rare issue with a shell flying through the turret of a destroyed vehicle.
• Fixed many issues with the Team Battle mode.
• Fixed the twitching of the reticle in the Sniper mode when aiming at certain objects.
• Adjusted the display duration for the hints in the battle loading screen.
• Improved the graphical appearance of Strongholds.
• Expanded team panels are now displayed only when you press CTRL and mouse over a list.
• Replaced the font for counters in the Personal Missions window.
• Fixed the display of the suggestion about the purchasing of a standard module that was displayed even if you already had a top-tier module mounted.
• Fixed the display of the same Platoon numbers for different Dynamic Platoons.
• Fixed some issues with the playback of battle replays.
• Fixed minor issues with the interface.

Changes in Vehicle Characteristics:

M46 Patton:

• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun M3 for the M46M73 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun M36 for the M46M73 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun T15E2M2 for the M46M73 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 for the M46M73 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Dispersion of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 decreased from 0.4 to 0.39 m.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun M3 for the M46T119 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun M36 for the M46T119 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Gun T15E2M2 for the M46T119 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 105 mm M4 gun for the M46T119 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Aiming time of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 for the M46T119 turret decreased from 2.3 to 2 s.
• Reload time of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 for the M46T119 turret decreased from 9.3 to 9 s.

M48A1 Patton:

• Dispersion on turret traverse of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 decreased by 17%.
• Dispersion of the 105 mm Gun T5E1M2 decreased from 0.4 to 0.38 m.

STA-2:

• Crossing capacity of the STA-2 suspension on solid terrain increased by 20%.
• Crossing capacity of the STA-2 suspension on medium terrain increased by 18%.
• Crossing capacity of the STA-2 suspension on soft terrain increased by 10%.
• Aiming time of the 90 mm Rifled Gun for the STA-2 turret decreased from 2.2 to 2,1 s.
• Dispersion on turret traverse of the 90 mm Rifled Gun decreased by 29%.

STA-1:

• Dispersion on turret traverse of the 90 mm Rifled Gun decreased by 17%.

Type 62:

• Dispersion on the move and hull traverse of the Type 62 suspension decreased by 12%.
• Crossing capacity of the Type 62 suspension on solid terrain increased by 17%.
• Crossing capacity of the Type 62 suspension on medium terrain increased by 14%.
• Crossing capacity of the Type 62 suspension on soft terrain increased by 7%.
• Reload time of the 85 mm Type 62 gun for the Type 62 turret decreased from 5.7 to 5.5 s.
• Dispersion on turret traverse of the 85 mm Type 62 gun decreased by 17%.

T-44-122:

• Dispersion on the move and hull traverse of the T-44-122 suspension decreased by 8%.
• Gun depression angle increased by 1 degree.

Thank you for taking part in the public test! Good luck and have fun!