New updates of the World of Tank. The story of the creation of the game World Of Tanks. Changing the parameters of the technique

They do not award people only epithets game World of Tanks: she is both “the enemy of families”, and “Belarusian miracle”, and “breakthrough of the decade”. Its creators managed to do what dozens of companies so vainly tried to do before them, namely, to massively involve men who were already in their lives from 30 to 45 years old in the gameplay. Non-poor and quite conservative people.

And it is largely thanks to the support of this age layer that the game’s revenues in 2013 amounted to no less than half a billion euros. The amount that a few years ago seemed to the creators of a dream, completely divorced from reality. Nevertheless, success has taken place: today you can already talk about more than 60 million players and up to a million playing at the same time. The only fact somewhat blurring the rainbow picture - the path to triumph took a long 12 years. But who said that everything comes at once ?!

Background

Well, it was in the vast expanses of Belarus not too famous, but quite a skillful studio Wargaming.net. Founded back in 1998, for the time being it was known exclusively for the fact that the guys who work there are able to fulfill their obligations for reasonable money. There were releases of several games on the studio’s account, improvements for third-party clients and other similar orders.

As it happens, the joker came almost by accident: studio development is an engine Adrevolver, responsible for displaying the banner, interested in a large advertising Internet company Bluelightithium. In exchange for some share of the profits at BlueLithium, Belarusians provided support staff and a technology platform.

And again, good luck: after a while, the notorious one buys BlueLithium for $ 300 million. They come to Wargaming.net, albeit a small, but quite sufficient part of the profit, amounting to several million dollars. It so happens that when they get a lot of money, people are not ready for it. Fortunately, with Wargaming.net everything was exactly the opposite. They have long been waiting for this chance and took full advantage of it.

Creating World Of Tanks

A heartwarming conversation about the fate of World Of Tanks (WoT) took place on December 12, 2008 and lasted several hours. The developers faced a dilemma that was quite difficult to solve. So, there is some serious money that Yahoo paid. There is a desire to do something epoch-making and. And, most importantly, multi-user is already in development.

As you already understood, in the end a phrase was uttered that dotted all the "i". I can not vouch for the verbatimity of what was said, but the main message was as follows: to hell with the orcs, let's make tanks! From that moment, work began on " Tankodrome". Yes, the working title of the game was just that.

Oh, how many failures the studio had to hear when it tried to take serious investors with whom it could share the financial burden of working on World Of Tanks. Orcs and elves were understood and approved by many, but nobody wanted to invest in incomprehensible who needed tanks. Today, these people probably bite their elbows, but at that time they laughed at Wargaming.net studio, considering them visionaries, preoccupied with a disastrous and unpromising “project”.

And yet, despite the silly hooting, Wargaming.net continued to work on World Of Tanks. In April 2009, the official announcement of the game was released, and in September of the same year alpha testing began, for which there were only five tank models and one incomplete map. Yes, not a lot, but dashing trouble has begun!

• ~ winter 2010   - first closed beta testing;


• ~ spring 2010   - introduced pumping equipment for experience;


• ~ summer 2010   - open beta testing;


• ~ August 13, 2010   - The official release of the game.

And so, the start was given. With the buildup, sometimes still overloading, the game went on, gaining loyal followers, not indifferent to the roar of engines and desperate tank battles.

Further development

With rumors about a new game, which is an alloy of a realistic shooter, RPG and real-time strategy, scattered around at space speed. In January 2011, the bar was set to one million users and 75,000 online players. Then it was considered something incredible, but it turned out that this is only a reflection of future success.

In 2011, the year was the time of expansion of the game to the West and East. World Of Tanks was launched in a short time in China, America and the UK. In the same year, the game gathered a whole bunch of prizes and awards. So, an unthinkable business, a project that was only a year old, received the prestigious Runet Prize. An unprecedented event for our latitudes.

In parallel with marketing advances, game mechanisms were also accelerated: new equipment, powers, and maps appeared. With support from loyal fans, World Of Tanks is constantly improving. We must pay tribute to the developers: they do not rest on their laurels and do not cut large coupons. More than a decent portion of the profit (and in 2013 the profit, by the way, amounted to more than 200 million euros), the owners again invest in the game.

And this brings results: to date, about 80 million people are registered in the World Of Tanks game, and on December 19, 2014 another record was set - 1,114,000 online players. Serious numbers.

Why do people love World of Tanks so much?

Today, many analysts are trying to explain the success of World Of Tanks for a variety of reasons. I even met some absolutely unbelievable ones, something like “They are Slavs - they need to constantly fight with someone” or “All because of high-profile advertising campaigns, over time, popularity will decline.” No, it doesn’t. Is growing. And it is growing, by the way, for a long time and steadily.

It seems to me that there are three main “whales” on which the success of the World Of Tanks game is “standing”:

• ~ whale first - short play. In most multiplayer games, the gameplay needs to be "killed" a lot of time. In World Of Tanks, fights are fleeting. Just perfect for serious men, weighed down by work and family responsibilities;


• ~ whale second - realism. The game is great. The rumble of motors, shooting, well-drawn landscapes - all this is fascinating. If in fantasy worlds about 90% of game actions are completely invented, then in World Of Tanks everything is real;


• ~ third whale - business model. In WoT, you don’t have to constantly “roll money” to be on horseback. Yes, there are some benefits of premium accounts, but they are not as dramatic as in most other multiplayer games. In 2013, Wargaming.net completely introduced the principle of “free to win”, which means that paying players cannot feel like “titans” when playing with regular users. Skill and military cunning come first. And the game without a subscription is also a pretty serious trump card, thanks to which the World Of Tanks is constantly updated with new adherents.

U is confident that if this approach to the convenience and quality of the World Of Tanks game continues with the creators in the future, then we will still have a lot of high-profile news about the next broken records of popularity.

In 2008, Wargaming was working on a multiplayer online fantasy game. However, in parallel there was an active discussion of the project, which would become truly original, not like the others. The main option was a game dedicated to military equipment of the mid-twentieth century. It was necessary to choose what technique to make the game about: ships, planes or tanks.

On December 12, 2008, a conversation took place in Moscow, which finally decided the fate of the new project. Pyotr Bityukov, Victor Kisly, Vyacheslav Makarov and Marat Karpeko, during a discussion that lasted several hours, decided to make the game specifically about tanks. Moreover, there were models of tanks being developed for the strategic game Operation Bagration. Draft trees were ready in just a few days. By the way, it was originally planned that multiple launch rocket systems would be introduced into the game, but soon they decided to abandon this kind of equipment.

In the spring of 2009, game designer Sergey Burkatovsky came to the company. During the time that he held this position, and subsequently the position of a leading game designer, he invented and realized a huge number of gaming opportunities.

The project was given the code name "Tankodrome". Work on the first version went until the summer of 2009. Such interesting pictures could then be seen in the game.

The first cards to appear in the Tankodrom were Prokhorovka and Karelia. The designer of these cards was Heinrich Kravtsov. By the way, “Karelia” in the course of work on it was jokingly called “Shabany” by the name of one of the most remote regions of Minsk.

The first focus test of the game took place on July 24, 2009. On this day, a heavy rain fell in Minsk in the city center, a real flood occurred. That was the way testers went to the company’s office.

The element could not stop the focus testers. They safely reached and fought among themselves.

Finally, in the summer of 2009, the closed alpha test of the game began. Then she looked a little different. Something like this:

Chapter 2. On the eve of release

The World of Tanks project got its current name before the KRI-2009 conference. The name was chosen based on the fact that from the very beginning the developers decided that a large number of military equipment of different nations would be present in the game.

In November 2010, the third, American tank development line appeared in the game. The project is increasingly consistent with the global name.

In the winter of 2010, a closed beta testing of the game began. That's what the hangar interface looked like at that time. Only 481 people are online now.

In March 2010, pumping of equipment for experience was introduced. This spurred interest, and the peak at the same time finding players on the server increased to 750 people.

On June 24, 2010, open beta testing began. The game went to the finish line for release. A month before the official launch of World of Tanks on a Russian-language server, about 7,500 people played at the same time in tanks. In the game, then, only two branches of the development of technology were presented - Soviet and German.

On July 8, beta testing of the English version of the game started. Already in November of that year, still in a closed beta test, the number of Western users of the game amounted to 200,000 people.

Chapter 3. From Release to Present

On August 12, 2010, the game was officially released on the Russian server. By this time, about 16,000 people were simultaneously playing on the game server of the Russian-speaking region.

January 2011 was the month for the project, when the bar of one million users was twice taken. On January 4, it was precisely this number of people that was registered worldwide. And on January 18, a millionth user came to a Russian-language server.

Another achievement of January was the world record for the simultaneous stay of players on the same server - 74 536 people. Then this number seemed very large, but time has shown that this is far from the limit.

At that moment, only single, platoon and company battles were available for players. However, players have already been given the opportunity to join clans. And so that these clans could fully test their strength in battles against each other, the World War was invented. The creator of this global testing ground for clan battles was Cyril Mal. The World War II test began on February 1, 2011. On February 10, the first redistribution of territories on the Global Map began.

On February 24, 2011, the World of Tanks project hit the Guinness Book of Records, setting another world record for users staying on the game server at the same time. So far, no other game has collected 91,311 people on one cluster.

In the spring of 2011, Wargaming began to conquer the East. March 15, 2011 the release of the game in China.

On April 1, 2011, players watched the first release of Wargaming TV. This infotainment program subsequently became very popular among players. And her presenter, Olga Sergeyevna, is recognized by users as the face of the company. However, in the first issue it was not yet. Olga Sergeevna first appeared on the screen only in the third issue.

April 12, 2011 the official release of the game World of Tanks on the American and European servers. The project team began to choose directions for further territorial expansion. Now the goal is Southeast Asia.

The esports trend began to gain momentum. During the first year, about 20 World of Tanks championships and tournaments took place. Among them was the grand Ural Steel tournament, which brought together players from all over the world. The tournament superfinal took place on June 18, 2011 in Moscow. About 200 of the best players from around the world came to him.

By the first anniversary of its existence, the game totaled about 5,000,000 users on all clusters. Over 20 awards have been won at prestigious international exhibitions and conferences. From August 12, 2010 to August 12, 2011, 15 game updates were released.

On August 15, 2011, World of Tanks won the Best European Online Game nomination for the European Games Award (EGA).

Achievements of the project would be impossible without our players. From the very beginning of its existence, World of Tanks brought together a huge number of wonderful people who not only played, but constantly participated in the improvement of the project and supported it. Without unnecessary boasting, we can say that our gaming community has shown itself to be the most friendly and loyal.

This was especially vividly revealed during the voting days for the Runet Prize 2011. Throughout November, our tankers fought not only on game maps, but also on the site where the vote took place. Their efforts brought this award to the World of Tanks project.

In the fall of 2011, it finally became clear that the game server could not cope with the number of users who play tanks daily. And then one game server was first divided into two, and then into three clusters. Update 0.7.0, released December 13, 2011, solved the problem with the "lags" and "slowdown" of the game. Then the players got the opportunity to personalize the appearance of their tank: camouflage appeared in the game.

Before the New Year, the number of nations in the game replenished France. Fast and maneuverable tanks equipped with an automatic loader immediately gained immense popularity. Not a single company battle or a battle on the Global Map is now complete without them.

The advent of French tanks, the introduction of multi-cluster, and other changes led to the fact that in February 2012, on the Russian-speaking game clusters, the number of players simultaneously online in the game exceeded the line of 400 thousand people.

March 29, 2012 update 0.7.2 was released. It added variety to the gameplay thanks to the emergence of new skills for the crew. The Sixth Sense, King of the impassability, Fighting Brotherhood and other useful abilities allowed the game to open even more fully.

On May 3, along with update 0.7.3, the second branch of Soviet heavy tanks appeared in the game. She was crowned by IS-4 - a combat vehicle that has long earned the legendary status in the game. And on June 14, along with update 0.7.4, the French development branch acquired artillery and anti-tank self-propelled guns. Bat. Chatillon 155, a tier 8 self-propelled gun equipped with an automatic loader, has revolutionized the battlefield. After update 0.7.5, guns of tank destroyers and medium tanks of the 10th level thundered.

July 18, 2012 there was a landmark event in the framework of the "World War". For the first time, a special gaming event was launched on the Global Map. The mysterious continent of Atlantis became the target of the invasion of many clans. Having overturned the resistance of the indigenous people, the players pierced the continent with tank wedges and have already won bridgeheads in North America.

Chapter 4. Conclusion

It is impossible to tell in the framework of our Chronicle about everything that happened in 2012. This would require a whole book, and the volume of this book would constantly increase. Together with you, dear players, we are constantly moving forward. Very soon a new physics will be released - perhaps the most expected innovation in the game. The second Ural Steel is being prepared. We are pleased with the new programs from Wargaming TV and the many press released by fans of the project. Sounds on the air of the direct fire.

Thanks to everyone who has been and remains with us. A deep bow to the project veterans and warm greetings to those who are just starting their battle path!

World of tanks   - A massively multiplayer online game entirely dedicated to armored vehicles of the mid-20th century. Players have the opportunity to fight side by side with fans of steel giants from all over the planet, defending their claims to world tank domination.

An advanced system of pumping and development will allow you to experience any of the machines presented in the game. World of Tanks offers a large selection of vehicles. Whether you like to exhaust the enemy on brisk light tanks, make violent breakthroughs on universal mediums, incinerate enemies with gigantic “heavy weapons” or you want to become a first-class sniper, controlling long-range artillery, a machine of any class can be a truly deadly weapon in the hands of a true professional.

In World of Tanks, it is interesting to play both for a novice and an experienced player. However, even the strongest players will not be able to succeed alone. In World of Tanks, the team decides everything, and victory is achieved due to the coordinated work of the team, where each player has a role to play. For a detailed study of the rules and strategies of the game, the Wargaming.net encyclopedia will become an assistant. Play and win!

There is a new type of premium account - tank. Bonuses from it will work only in World of Tanks.

In addition to the increased earnings of experience and credits in battles, the premium tank account also opens up access to new features:

1. Backup storage
   With it, you can get an additional up to 750,000 loans in seven days. At the end of each battle, 10% of the amount earned will go to the backup storage. After seven days it will open - and the savings will be credited to your account. Please note: the indicated 10% is NOT deductible from the amount earned in battle.
2. Platoon credit bonus
   The owner of a tank premium account receives an additional bonus of 15% to earn credits when playing a platoon. This bonus does not depend on the number of co-created, and all of them also receive an increase in loans of 10% (even if they do not have a premium account).
3. Managed Experience Bonus
   You can apply an additional bonus to the last victorious battle in the "Random battle" mode. This x3 bonus can be used five times a day for one or more cars.
4. Premium Challenges
   The owner of a tank premium account becomes available a chain of three simple sequential tasks, which is reset daily.
5. Additional excluded card
   All players can exclude one card from rotation, and owners of a tank premium account - one additional. As long as the tank premium is active, you will not get on both cards excluded from random battles (only for standard battle).

Features of launching a new premium account

With the release of version 1.5, all players will be credited with as many days of tank premium as their total premium account before the upgrade.

The general premium account will continue to work on the account in parallel with the tank one, but the latter will be displayed and work in the game client. The general premium will be valid if the account does not have a tank.

Customer related changes

1. Redesigned player profile interface. Now, when you click on a player’s nickname in the Hangar, the account status interface will be displayed in which you can see the current status of the premium account, as well as go to the interfaces of the new tank premium options. Also here you can manage your personal reserves.
2. An explanation and description of all the new features of the tank premium account has been added, as well as tools for managing them.
3. A platoon bonus from a tank premium account is now added to the existing platoon bonus from a game.
4. In the game store, you can buy only a tank premium account.
5. The general premium account can no longer be bought and received in the game client. In all tasks, events, promotions and personal combat missions, only a tank premium account will be issued.

Select a card to exclude

1. The player gets the opportunity to exclude one or two cards from rotation in a random battle.
2. The basic account allows you to exclude one card, and the tank premium - two.
3. Card Exclusion works for vehicles of level IV and higher.
4. Cards are excluded only for the "Random battle" mode and only for standard battle. A player who excludes, for example, the Siegfried Line, will continue to fall on it in an assault or oncoming battle, if the corresponding checkboxes are ticked in the settings.
5. General battle cards cannot be ruled out.
6. You can change the selection of the excluded card only after the freezing period ends (after four hours).
7. When playing a platoon, cards selected by the platoon commander are excluded.

Stun Change

1. All stuns inflicted on a machine that is already under stunning are halved in time.
2. The super-heavy anti-fragmentation lining additionally reduces the time of repeated stuns by 20%, and the heavy anti-fragmentation lining - by 10%.
3. The minimum stunning time of all self-propelled guns in the game is reduced by 5% of the maximum stunning time.
4. The magnitude of the damage from the shock wave (the so-called splash) at the edge of the radius of the expansion of the fragments varies from 0.15 to 0.05 for all high-explosive fragmentation shells (both for self-propelled guns and for the rest of the equipment using OFS). This leads to a change in the distribution of splash damage over the entire radius of expansion of the fragments. Damage from indirect hits from HE shells is reduced. The stun time is also further reduced. For direct hits by high-explosive shells, this change has little effect.
5. The performance characteristics of some self-propelled guns vary.

Appearance changes

Now you can apply paint to equipment at any level.

Bon technique

Sale of equipment for bonds has been postponed until a later date and will not appear in version 1.5. We continue to work to add this feature - stay tuned for news on our portal.

Tier VIII General Battle

The launch of the general battle for Tier VIII is postponed for additional testing.

Changing the parameters of the technique

Great Britain

• Projectile Speed \u200b\u200bHE Mk. 18 reduced by 9%.
• Projectile Speed \u200b\u200bHE Mk. 19 reduced by 9%.

• Suspension turning speed changed from 30 to 26 deg / s.
• Gun dispersion changed from 0.38 to 0.42 m.
• Aiming time of the gun changed from 3 to 3.7 s.
• Maximum forward speed changed from 35 to 32 km / h.
• The maximum speed of movement back is changed from 12 to 8 km / h.

Germany

• Dispersion of the gun 15 cm s.F.H. 18 L / 29.5 changed from 0.66 to 0.68 m to 100 m.
• Dispersion of the gun 15 cm s.F.H. 18 L / 29.5 when turning the trunk increased by 4%.
• Dispersion of the gun 15 cm s.F.H. 43 changed from 0.62 to 0.64 m per 100 m.
• Dispersion of the gun 15 cm s.F.H. 43 when turning the trunk increased by 5%.
• Gun reload time 15 cm s.F.H. 18 L / 29.5 changed from 27.2 to 28.2 s.
• Gun reload time 15 cm s.F.H. 43 changed from 26 to 27 s.
• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

USSR

• Ammunition changed from 18 to 20 shells.

• The dispersion of the gun from the movement of the chassis is reduced by 18%.
• The dispersion of the gun from turning the chassis is reduced by 18%.
• Dispersion of the gun was changed from 0.43 to 0.41 m per 100 m.
• Dispersion when turning the turret reduced by 12%.
• Aiming time changed from 3.4 to 3 s.
• Viewing radius changed from 370 to 380 m.
• Turret turning speed changed from 48 to 42 deg / s.
• Gun declination angle changed from −4 ° to −5 °.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

USA

For testing with super testers, the T78 machine has been added.

Changing the parameters of the technique

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

• Reduced the radius of expansion of fragments by 5%.

France

For testing with super testers, the M4A1 FL 10 machine was added.

Czechoslovakia

For testing with super testers, the Škoda T 27 was added.

Sweden

Added medium tanks of VIII-X levels:

• UDES 14 Alt 5;
• UDES 15/16;
• UDES 16.

Changing the parameters of the technique

• Changed reload time from 33 s to 21.5 s
• Rate of fire inside the store increased by 9%.
• The number of shells in the store changed from 4 to 3.
• Turret turning speed changed from 25 to 28 deg / s.
• The damage done by the psgr m / 51 shell has been changed from 400 to 440 points.
• Sgr m / 51 projectile damage changed from 515 to 530
• Slpprj m / 51 projectile damage changed from 400 to 440.
• Ammunition changed from 40 to 48 shells.
• Engine power changed from 700 to 810 liters. from.

• Changed the reload time of the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun from 30 s to 22 s
• Changed the reload time of the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun from 40 s to 25 s
• The rate of fire inside the magazine for the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun was increased by 11%.
• The number of shells in the magazine for the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun was changed from 4 to 3.
• The damage done by the psgr m / 51 shell of the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun was changed from 400 to 440 units.
• Changed damage of the sgr m / 51 shell for the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun from 515 to 530
• Changed damage of the slpprj m / 51 shell for the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun from 400 to 440
• The ammunition reserve of the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun was changed from 40 to 60 shells.
• Ammunition for the 12 cm akan L / 40 gun was changed from 40 to 48 shells
• Engine power AV-1195 changed from 400 to 420 liters. from.
• Engine power AVS-1195 changed from 520 to 550 liters. from.

• The dispersion of the gun from the movement of the Emil Alt 1 suspension increased by 12%.
• The dispersion of the gun from the movement of the Emil Alt 2 suspension increased by 4%.
• The dispersion of the gun from turning Emil Alt 1 suspension increased by 12%.
• Gun dispersion from turning Emil Alt 2 suspension increased by 4%.
• Swing speed of Emil Alt 1 suspension changed from 27 to 24 deg / s.
• Emil Alt 2 running speed changed from 30 to 26 deg / s.
• Changed the reload time of the 10.5 cm lvkan m / 42 gun from 37 s to 22.7 s
• Changed the reload time of the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun from 34 s to 27 s
• The dispersion of the 10.5 cm lvkan m / 42 gun was changed from 0.38 to 0.39 m per 100 m.
• Changed the accuracy of the 10.5 cm lvkan m / 42 gun from 3 s to 3.2 s
• The number of shells in the store for the 10.5 cm lvkan m / 42 gun was changed from 4 to 3.
• The number of shells in the magazine for the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun was changed from 4 to 3.
• Changed damage of the slpprj m / 52 B shell for the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun from 320 to 360
• Changed damage of the slpprj m / 52 shell for the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun from 320 to 360
• Changed damage of the sgr m / 52 shell for the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun from 420 to 460
• Changed the ammunition reserve of the 10.5 cm lvkan m / 42 gun from 52 to 57 shells
• The ammunition reserve of the 10.5 cm TK 105-9 gun was changed from 52 to 57 shells.

Japan

• The dispersion of the gun from the movement of the chassis is reduced by 11%.
• The dispersion of the gun from turning the chassis is reduced by 20%.
• Suspension turning speed changed from 17 to 20 deg / s.
• Maximum speed backward changed from 11 to 15 km / h.
• In the study, the order of the 14 cm / 50 3rd Year Type and 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type guns was changed.
• The cost of the gun 14 cm / 50 3rd Year Type has been changed from 330,000 to 332,000 credits.
• Changed the cost of the 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type gun from 332,000 to 330,000
• Engine power changed from 1200 to 1370 liters. from.

• Penetration of the Common Type 0 Kai shell for the 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type shell changed from 75 to 192 mm
• Changed the reload time of the 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type gun from 24.5 s to 22 s
• Penetration of a 14 cm Capped Common Semi-AP Kai shell for the 14 cm / 50 3rd Year Type gun changed from 282 to 290 mm
• Penetration of a 14 cm Capped Common Semi-AP shell for the 14 cm / 50 3rd Year Type gun changed from 249 to 257 mm
• Damage caused by the Common Type 0 Kai shell of the 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type gun was changed from 1400 to 900.
• Damage caused by the Common Type 0 shell of the 15 cm / 45 41st Year Type gun was changed from 1100 to 900.
• Fixed a problem due to which the stun action indicator was not displayed after hitting the car with an Airstrike.
• After battle statistics “Frontlines” can now be opened by right-clicking.
• The problem has been fixed, due to which stunning was incorrectly taken into account in tasks for disabling internal modules.
• The “magnetic” auto-aim of the wheeled vehicle now captures the target located behind the transparent fence.
• The stunning display that was removed after the car was no longer visible is now updated for allies.
• The jumps of the central sight marker on the bumps of the relief are fixed.
• The description of award tanks in the client has been fixed.

• Re-training of the crew for stock equipment is available, which is currently not in the game.
• There is no protection against frequent clicks on the minimap.
• The icons of the types of equipment in the extended command panels (the so-called ears) do not change color dynamically when the “Color blindness mode” option is changed during a battle.
• The mass "free" retraining of the crew from the same type of equipment is blocked.
• When a vehicle is overturned and subsequently destroyed by this revolution after 30 seconds, the player who completes the revolution does not count the destruction of the enemy.
• The tape of the event in the battle of the capture of the base appears before the specified number of capture points is gained.
• In some cases, the sequence of events in the history of damage received in the damage panel is disrupted.
• The text of the condition of the combat mission is not displayed in the congratulatory window if the task talks about the type of equipment.
• It is not possible to open the client in full screen mode with an active Skype call.
• The position of the technical levels on the screen when the Tab key is pressed is not centered on the technical icons.
• When the car falls to the ground and the modules are not damaged, the sound of damage is played.
• The sight jerks at machines with a siege regime on the "Front Line" at multiples of x16 and x25.
• Events at the end of the battle are not synchronized with the inscription of the battle result.
• In some cases, there is no auto repair / completion after the battle with a sufficient amount of funds in the account.
• The sight marker remains on the self-propelled guns when switching to artillery mode, if part of it is located behind the red line.

With great delay, we publish the exact release dates for the next update in World of Tanks - 0.9.20.1 and tentative changes. The penultimate update of the year of the Fire Rooster.

Update 9.20.1 WOT officially released on RU cluster   17 Octoberor rather on the night of Monday to Tuesday (October 16-17)
  👹 The time to replace the FV215b is less and less.

WOT 9.20.1 Update Release Dates

The release dates of the World of Tanks 0.9.20.1 update on the test and main game servers have become known.

• News preparation by WG - September 12-13.
• The official announcement of WG is September 13-14.
• Exit to ST (RK) - September 14.
• The launch of the 2 beta season of Belarus - September 18.
• The release of the first general test update 9.20.1 - September 21.
• The second general test update 9.20.1 is released on October 5.
• Exit to the base - mid-October *.

* A more accurate release date for the basis will be reported in a separate post.

Video update 9.20.1 review

An official video review of the general test update 9.20.1 pulled up, look!

Overview of the general test 9.20.1

Major update changes

• Changes for the next tanks that were tested in a super test: XM551 Sheridan, Rheinmetall Panzerwagen, T-100 LT, AMX 13 105, T71, Type 59, FV215b, Challenger, FV4004 Conway, FV4005 Stage II, Centurion Mk. I, Centurion Mk. 7/1, FV4202, Centurion Action X, Caernarvon, Conqueror.
• Translation of some cars in HD.
• A number of changes have been made to the matchmaker.

And other. Stay tuned for the next night's posts this week. The full list of changes will be later.

Technology balance in update 9.20.1

In the update 9.20.1, British equipment, level 10 LT and premium equipment will be redesigned. What will become of the FV215B? What will be the Super Conqueror? And how the legendary Type 59 will change. The answers to all these questions are already waiting for you in the new issue of the program "Under Development". Look to the end, good news awaits you! Happy viewing!

In developing. Technology rebalance in 9.20.1

List of changes of version 0.9.20.1 ST1 in comparison with 0.9.20.

Innovations:

- Large-scale update of the first campaign of personal combat missions "The long-awaited reinforcement"

The essence of the changes.

* Completely redone the visual and sound components of personal combat missions.
  * Added brand new and unique rewards.
  * The conditions of the tasks are revised so that the main reward for the operation is always relevant for the player.
  * Added "Order Forms", which will greatly facilitate the performance of personal combat missions.
  * You can find out about changes in personal combat missions from a special video available directly in the game.

Interface and sound

- Redone all the interfaces of personal combat missions:

1. The entry point to personal combat missions has been changed: now it is located on the top panel of the Hangar under the button "To battle!" and is called "Campaigns";
  2. Added the “General Staff” screen with a map of all operations;
  3. The operations screen has been completely redesigned: now it is a geographical map with tasks in the form of areas on it;
  4. Completely redesigned screen awards for the campaign:
a) Now the main award - the car - is located in the center of the screen;
  b) Operation statistics added: now you know how many credits you can still earn.

- Added new music:
  1. A music track has been recorded specifically for personal combat missions;
  2. Interactive music has been added: the more tasks are completed within one branch, the more intense the music.

A new way to get premium cars.

"Reward sheets" are deleted, instead of them "Components" of the machine are entered:

1. In order to receive a prize car for an operation, it is necessary to assemble all 5 components: a hull, a chassis, a gun, a power plant and a radio station;
  2. Each component has its own task branch in the operation:
  a) Powerplant - task line for light tanks;
  b) Running - task line for medium tanks;
  c) Hull (+ tower or wheelhouse) - task line for heavy tanks;
  d) Gun - task branch for tank destroyers;
  e) Radio station - task branch for self-propelled guns.
  3. To get the component, you must complete the final fifteenth task in the corresponding branch.

Order forms.

A new entity “Order Forms” has been added:

1. To earn an order form, you must complete any final task of any branch with honors;
  2. Order forms can be placed (that is, applied) in any tasks. Thus:
  a) The selected task will be automatically considered completed without distinction;
  b) You will receive a reward for the basic conditions of the task;
  c) The spent order form will remain embedded in the task;
  d) The pledged order form does not disappear, but is temporarily frozen until you take it back.
  3. To pick up the mortgaged order form, it is necessary to complete the task in which it is placed, with honors. Thus, you get your order form back and can reuse it.
  4. The number of order forms necessary for laying in tasks:
  a) For any task from 1 to 14 - 1 order form;
  b) In task 15, 4 order forms.

To summarize: order forms can be used to skip complex or uninteresting tasks for you. And most importantly: you can put order forms in the final, fifteenth task in the branch, even if the previous 14 tasks have not yet passed. Thus, you can instantly get the 5th missing component of the machine by completing 4 task branches with honors.

New rewards.

1. Added a new award - stripes:
  a) In each operation, 2 patches can be earned:
  * A badge of the II degree is issued simultaneously with the receipt of the award car;
* A badge of the I degree is awarded for completing with honors all 75 tasks of a specific operation.
  b) For the performance of all tasks in all operations you receive a special unique badge “Champion I Campaign”
  2. Added a new award - camouflage schemes:
  a) In each operation, you can earn a set of 3 (summer, winter, desert) unique camouflage patterns:
  * A set of 3 camouflage schemes for the award car is issued for completing all 75 tasks of the operation;
  * The same set of schemes is unlocked for use on all vehicles of the same nation as the award vehicle for completing all 75 tasks of the operation with honors.

Change task conditions

The tasks in each operation were revised to increase the relevance of the main award. For example, now all the tasks from the StuG IV operation can actually be performed on Tier V vehicles, from the T28 Heavy Tank Concept operation at Tier VII and so on. However, participation restrictions have not changed. You can perform tasks of any operation even at the X level of technology.

We also made additional conditions more varied in the final, fifteenth tasks of each branch. This is due to the fact that the additional reward for tasks completing the branches has become more valuable: now Order forms are located there.

Note! If, by the terms of the task, you need, for example, to find 5 cars in a battle, and you find 7, then obviously, the task will be successfully counted. This rule is valid for all numerical conditions.

Bons and Medals

Starting from 9.20.1, upon receiving a medal from the categories “Epic Achievements” and “Heroes of the Battle”, the player will receive additional promotion in the form of a bon. Bonds will not be awarded for cumulative medals. The number of bonuses is not final and can be changed. Read more in detail.

Improvements for the training ground mode

Changes:
  * Disabled options are disabled in the context menus of the windows for improving the machine, the Tree of research, as well as the carousel of the equipment.
  * Balanced rewards (credits and experience) for victories and defeats during the passage of the training ground.
  * The accrual of rewards for completing the training ground is now displayed in the notification center.
  * Added notification of players that they will not receive a reward when they re-pass the training ground.
  * The crew recruitment window is made more informative.

Corrections

* Fixed errors in incorrect display of some interface elements in color blindness mode.
* Fixed errors in saving and restoring player settings when they hit the training ground and exit it (equipment panel and sights).
  * Fixed errors in incorrect rendering of some game tips (unmasking when shooting, the need to return to the capture circle).
  * Fixed a rare error in the incorrect display of the Skip Training button.
  * The results of the battles in the mode are removed from the notification center.
  * Fixed display of the EULA license window when restarting the game client.
  * Description of technical characteristics in the loading screens of the training ground is now true.
  * Music in battle, the Hangar, and in the final video of the Training Ground no longer overlap.
  * Added descriptions of awards to the winning screen.
  * Fixed bugs in the behavior of bots.
  * Fixed map border display errors.

Alteration of game models of equipment in HD quality

Technique translated in HD:

1.M6
  2. T-34-3
  3. Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 58
  4. Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 55
  5. Vickers Medium Mk. I
  6. Valentine
  7. Vickers Medium Mk. II
  8. Churchill I
  9. Valentine AT
  10. STB-1
  11. Valentine II
  12. Object 416
  13. T-150
  14. KV-4
  15. T-44-122

Migrating to Wwise 2017.1.1

The transition to the new version of Wwise 2017.1.1 was made, which will expand the possibilities for further sound improvements.

Balance changes in technology

  Great Britain

Replacement technique:
  * FV215b replaced with Super Conqueror

Changing the parameters of military equipment:

Caernarvon
  * Changed the name of the second tower from Centurion Action X * to Centurion 32-pdr
  * Added OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk gun. II with ammunition 50 in the tower Centurion 32-pdr. The basic performance characteristics of the guns are as follows:
  elevation angle 18 degrees
  declination angle -10 degrees
  spread over 100 m 0.34
  reload time 6.5 s.
  Aiming time 2.3 s.

  damage 280
  penetration 220 mm
  speed 878 m / s

  damage 280
  penetration 252 mm
  speed 1098 m / s

  damage 370
  penetration 47 mm
  speed 878 m / s

* Removed OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel with ammunition 60 from Centurion Action X *
  * Removed OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel with ammunition 60 from Centurion Action X *






  * FV221A suspension capacity changed from 63,000 kg. up to 64000 kg.
  * Dispersion of guns from the movement of the FV221 suspension increased by 12%
  * Dispersion of guns from the movement of the FV221A suspension increased by 14%
  * The dispersion of the gun from turning the FV221 suspension increased by 12%
  * The dispersion of the gun from turning the FV221A suspension increased by 14%
* Dispersion guns OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII when turning the Centurion 32-pdr tower increased by 25%
  * The turning speed of the tower Centurion Mk. II changed from 30 deg / s to 26 deg / s
  * Centurion 32-pdr turret turning speed changed from 36 deg / sec to 30 deg / sec

  * Elevation angle of the gun OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII in the tower of Centurion Mk. II changed from 15 degrees to 18 degrees
  * Declination angle of the OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII in the tower of Centurion Mk. II changed from -8 degrees to -10 degrees

Conqueror
  * Changed the name of the first tower from Centurion Action X ** to Conqueror Mk. II
  * Changed the name of the second tower from Conqueror Mk. II on Conqueror Mk. II ABP
  * Added OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk gun. II with ammunition 50 to the Conqueror Mk. II. The basic performance characteristics of the guns are as follows:
  elevation angle 15 degrees
  declination angle -7 degrees
  spread over 100 m 0.33
  reload time 5.9 s.
  Aiming time 2.1 s.
  * Added OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk gun. II with ammunition 50 to the Conqueror Mk. II ABP. The basic performance characteristics of the guns are as follows:
  elevation angle 15 degrees
  declination angle -7 degrees
  spread over 100 m 0.33
  reload time 5.9 s.
  Aiming time 2.1 s.
  * Added APCBC Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 280
  penetration 220 mm
  speed 878 m / s
  * Added APDS Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 280
  penetration 252 mm
  speed 1098 m / s
  * Added HE Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 370
  penetration 47 mm
  speed 878 m / s
  * Removed OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel with ammunition 65 from Centurion Action X **
  * Removed OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel with ammunition 65 from Centurion Action X **
  * Removed the OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel with ammunition 65 from the Conqueror Mk turret. II
  * Removed the OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel with ammunition 65 from the Conqueror Mk turret. II
  * Removed AP Mk shell. 1 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel
  * Removed APC Mk shell. 2 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel
  * Removed the HE Mk shell. 3 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type A Barrel
  * Removed AP Mk shell. 1 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel
  * Removed APC Mk shell. 2 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel
  * Removed the HE Mk shell. 3 for OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel

* Lifting capacity of Conqueror Mk. I changed from 65,004 kg. up to 65504 kg.
  * Reload time of the 120 mm Gun L1A1 gun for the Conqueror Mk turret. II ABP changed from 10.5 sec. up to 11.3 sec.
  * Conqueror Mk turret turning speed. II changed from 36 deg / s to 30 deg / s
  * Conqueror Mk turret turning speed. II ABP changed from 34 deg / s to 32 deg / s
  * Strengthened armoring of the tower and the hull

  FV215b transferred to special machines
Tank cost changed from 6100000 credits to 5 gold

Centurion Mk. I
  * Strengthened tower reservation

Centurion Mk. 7/1
  * Strengthened tower reservation

Challenger
  * Added OQF 32-pdr AT Gun Mk gun. II with ammunition 30 in the Avenger tower. The basic performance characteristics of the guns are as follows:
  elevation angle 20 degrees
  declination angle -10 degrees
  horizontal guidance angles -60 60 degrees
  spread over 100 m 0.35
  reload time 7.8 s.
  Aiming time 2 sec.
  * Added APCBC Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr AT Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 280
  penetration 220 mm
  speed 878 m / s
  * Added APDS Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr AT Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 280
  penetration 252 mm
  speed 1098 m / s
  * Added HE Mk shell. 3 for OQF 32-pdr AT Gun Mk. II. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 370
  penetration 47 mm
  speed 878 m / s

* Challenger turret turning speed changed from 14 deg / s to 16 deg / s
  * Avenger turret turning speed changed from 16 deg / s to 18 deg / s

Fv4202
  * Strengthened tower reservation
  * Rolls-Royce Meteorite 202B engine power changed from 510 hp up to 650 hp

Charioteer
  * The declination angle of the OQF 20-pdr AT Gun Type A Barrel gun was changed from -5 degrees to -9 degrees
  * The declination angle of the OQF 20-pdr AT Gun Type B Barrel gun was changed from -5 degrees to -9 degrees
  * The declination angle of the 105 mm AT Gun L7 gun was changed from -5 degrees to -10 degrees

FV4004 Conway
  * Added B.L. 5.5-in. AT Gun with ammunition 30 to the FV4004 Conway turret. The basic performance characteristics of the guns are as follows:
  elevation angle 10 degrees
  declination angle -10 degrees
  horizontal guidance angles -90 90 degrees
  spread over 100 m 0.38
  reload time 14.4 s.
  Aiming time 2.4 s.
  * Added AP Mk shell. 1 for B.L. 5.5-in. AT Gun. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 600
  penetration 260 mm
  speed 850 m / s
  * Added HE Mk shell. 1T for the B.L. 5.5-in. AT Gun. The performance characteristics of the projectile are as follows:
  damage 770
  penetration 70 mm
  speed 850 m / s
  * Added HESH Mk shell. 1 for B.L. 5.5-in. AT gun
  damage 770
  penetration 200 mm
  speed 850 m / s

* FV4004 Conway turret turning speed changed from 16 deg / s to 18 deg / s
  * The declination angle of the 120 mm AT Gun L1A1 gun in the FV4004 Conway turret was changed from -5 degrees to -10 degrees

FV4005 Stage II
  * Added Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The basic performance characteristics of the engine are as follows:
  power 950 hp
  20% chance of fire

* Removed Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk engine. IVB
  * The dispersion of the 183 mm L4 gun when turning the FV4005 Stage II turret was reduced by 12%
  * FV4005 Stage II turret turning speed changed from 12 deg / s to 16 deg / s
  * The declination angle of the 183 mm L4 gun in the FV4005 Stage II turret was changed from -5 degrees to -10 degrees
* The horizontal guidance angles of the 183 mm L4 gun in the FV4005 Stage II turret were changed from 45 degrees to 90 degrees in both directions
  * The ammunition reserve of the 183 mm L4 gun in the FV4005 Stage II turret was changed from 12 to 20 shells
  * Maximum forward speed changed from 35 km / h to 50 km / h
  * Maximum speed backward changed from 12 km / h to 15 km / h

Centurion Action X
  * Strengthened tower reservation

  Germany

  Kanonenjagdpanzer 105

Rheinmetall panzerwagen
  * Dispersion of guns from the movement of the Rheinmetall Panzerwagen suspension decreased by 22%
  * Dispersion of guns from turning the Rheinmetall Panzerwagen suspension decreased by 22%
  * The dispersion of the 105 mm Kanone gun when turning the turret is reduced by 17%
  * The reload time of the 105 mm Kanone gun was changed from 10 sec. up to 9 sec.
  * The aiming time of the 105 mm Kanone gun was changed from 1.9 sec. up to 1.6 sec.
  * Damage done by Exp. APDS guns 105 mm Kanone, changed from 360 to 320
  * Damage done by Exp. HE guns 105 mm Kanone, changed from 440 to 420
  * Damage done by Exp. HEAT guns 105 mm Kanone, changed from 360 to 320
  * Ammunition increased from 30 to 35 shells

  China

Type 59
  * Dispersion on guns from the movement of the Type 59 suspension decreased by 22%
  * The dispersion of the gun from turning the Type 59 suspension was reduced by 22%
  * Dispersion of the 100 mm Type 59 gun when turning the turret decreased by 25%
  * Aiming time of 100 mm Type 59 guns changed from 2.9 sec. up to 2.3 sec.

T-34-3
  * The aiming time of the 122 mm D-25TA gun was changed from 3.4 sec. up to 2.9 sec.
  * Depression angle of 122 mm D-25TA guns changed from 0 degrees to -4 degrees
  * Enhanced armor reservation for the hull and turret

59-patton
  * AP M318 shell penetration of 90 mm Gun M41 gun changed from 190 mm to 212 mm

Wz-132-1
  * Ammunition increased from 36 to 40 shells

  USSR

Supertester testing machine added:
  M4A2 Sherman Vines

T-100 LT
  * The reload time of the 100 mm T-100 gun was changed from 8.4 seconds. up to 7.8 seconds
  * Ammunition increased from 38 to 43 shells   USA

Added technique:
  T71 CMCD
  M48A5 Patton (new model instead of M48A1 Patton) XM551 Sheridan
  * Damage done by Exp. APDS 105 mm Lightweight Gun, changed from 360 to 390
  * Damage done by Exp. HE guns 105 mm Lightweight Gun, changed from 440 to 480
  * Damage done by Exp. HEAT guns 105 mm Lightweight Gun, changed from 360 to 390
  * The ammunition reserve of the 105 mm Lightweight Gun in the AR / AAV XM551 Sheridan turret increased from 37 to 42M41 Walker Bulldog
  * Removed 76 mm Gun T91E5 gun 60 with ammunition 60 from the M41 turret
* Removed 76 mm Gun T91E5 with 72 ammunition from M41A1 turret
  * Removed the HVAP-DS-T M331A2 shell for 76 mm Gun T91E5 gun
  * Removed HE M352 shell for 76 mm Gun T91E5 gun
  * Removed HEAT-T M496 shell for 76 mm Gun T91E5 gun   FranceBat.-Châtillon 155 55
  * Bat.-Châtillon 155 55 mass changed from 46.33 t. To 33.99 t.
  * Suspension capacity Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 55 changed from 47,000 kg. up to 35000 kg.
  * Suspension capacity Batignolles-Châtillon 155 mle. 56 changed from 50,000 kg. up to 38000 kg.
  * SOFAM 12 GS / A engine power changed from 810 hp up to 630 hp
  * SOFAM 12 GS engine power changed from 770 hp up to 600 hp
  * Weakened booking of the hull and turret

AMX 13 105
  * OCC-105 D. 1504 projectile damage changed from 360 to 390
  * Damage caused by the OE-105-Mle projectile. 60 D. 1504, changed from 440 to 480
  * Damage caused by the OFL-105 D. 1504 shell changed from 360 to 390
  * Ammunition increased from 30 to 33 shells

Japan

STB-1
  * strengthened tower reservation