Update 9.15

9.15 Update Notes

• General Features
• Vehicles
• Maps
• Other
  

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General Features

1. Updated the display of vehicle characteristics in the Garage:
   1. Simplified vehicle characteristics which are now arranged into five expandable groups.
   2. Changed the list of main characteristics (added new characteristics to the list).
   3. Vehicle characteristics are now dynamically updated to reflect any changes to vehicle crew, equipment, consumables, or modules.
   4. Added the information to tooltips about the way modules, equipment, and consumables influence the vehicle's characteristics.
2. Added a preview screen which allows you to preview any vehicles, which you have not yet purchased, with any modules and parameters in the 3D scene (available via the Research screen in the Tech Tree).
3. Basic PvE Tutorial:
   1. Changed the composition of the team, the teams now have 15 players from each side.
   2. Reduced the waiting time in queue, added the ability to launch a battle as a solo player. The first battle in the mode will be fought as part of a team filled with bots, if the player has 0 battles fought on their account. The enemy team will also be made of bots.
   3. Added a starting point at the upper base.
   4. Implemented alternative bot behavior scenarios on the Mittengard and Mines maps.
4. Changed the base capture bar. Added the information about the number of capturers and the time left until the base is captured. A maximum of 3 capturers will be shown because the speed with which the base is captured does not increase if there are more than 3 players capturing it.
5. Enabled the "Save addressee in battle" setting by default for all players, which forces the system to remember the last addressee in Chat until the end of the battle.
6. Added a warning that informs the player that the battle is coming to an end.
7. Improved several aspects of the improved vehicle movement physics:
   1. Fixed the issue with the overly high damage caused when driving downhill.
   2. Decreased the probability that your vehicle will overturn when performing a maneuver.
   3. Fixed the issue with vehicles getting stuck to other vehicles or objects.
8. Added new filters to the vehicle carousel in the Garage.
9. Added sound events upon activation of Camouflage Net and Binocular Telescope.
10. Added the ability to select the type of the sound system in the Sound tab of Settings, which allows you to further fine-tune the positioning of sound sources in battle.
11. Added a new aiming indicator — full circle.
12. Added two new magnification options in Sniper aim— x16 and x25.
13. The number of shells in the status bar in battle is now larger.
14. Added the promoscreen display button.
15. Replaced the intro video and changed the mechanics of its playback: the video is now played only once and then appears again only after an update (a patch).
16. Added the readings for latency and server state in the login screen and the Garage. 
17. Re-designed the conditions of a number of personal missions.
18. Updated the filter and indicator of Personal Reserves. The number of Personal Reserves available for activation is now displayed below the player's nickname instead of the "blue lightning with a plus sign" icon

19. Disabled the Rampage mode.

    1. Disabled the missions for the mode.
    2. Disabled the Firestorm campaign (personal missions).

    3. to perform actions with additional equipment and crew of rented vehicles, players should do the following:

       1. before the release of version 9.15: select the Rampage mode, choose the rented vehicle in the vehicle carousel, and perform the required actions (e.g. send crew members to the Barracks).

       2. after the release of version 9.15: these actions can be performed in the Depot tab in the Armory via selling vehicles after the rental period is over (when the vehicle is being sold, players can select additional options for equipment, crew, consumables, and ammunition).

20. Updated rules of Platoon creation:
    
    1. Players can join a battle in a Platoon that has any set of vehicles (regardless of their tiers)
    2. Players will see a notification in which they are recommended to assemble a Platoon in which all the vehicles are of the same tier (for doing so, the players in the Platoon will receive a bonus to their experience)
    3. If all vehicles in the Platoon are of the same tier (and the tier is greater than III), all Platoon members will receive a bonus after the battle (the amount of which depends on the tier of the vehicles in the Platoon—the higher the tier, the larger the bonus)
    4. If there is a more than three-level difference between the maximum and minimum tiers of the vehicles in the Platoon, the players in such a Platoon will be penalized in experience (the amount of penalty depends on the difference in tiers).

Vehicles

1. Replaced the German Waffenträger auf E 100 tank destroyer with the Grille 15. Upon replacement, the crew will be trained for the new vehicle. The statistics from the Waffenträger auf E 100 will be saved in Personal Record, while the statistics for the Grille 15 will be tracked individually.
2. Adjusted the parameters of the following vehicles:
   
   •  Kanonenjagdpanzer
   •  А-32
   • T-22 medium
   • 59-Patton
   • M56 Scorpion
   •  T95E2
   • 112
   • STA-2
   • Pz.Kpfw. V/IV and Pz.Kpfw. V/IV Alpha
   • T95E6
   • O-Ni
   • O-I Experimental
   • O-I
   • Achilles
   • Challenger
   • Heavy Tank No. VI, Škoda T 40, and other vehicles that have the 88 mm L/56 guns.
3. Reworked 19 vehicles for HD quality:
   
   • Т-46, Т-127, BT-7, Т-80, SU-85B, Т-43, SU-122-54, Object 430
   • Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) , VK 30.01 (P)
   • T1 Cunningham, T67, M60
   • AMX 13 90
   • Bishop, Centurion Mk. I
   • WZ-131
   • Chi-He, Chi-Nu Kai
4. Improved the visual and collision models of the following vehicles: T-34-85, StuG III Ausf. G, Type 62

Detailed Vehicle Changes

Maps

1. Improved the Mittengard and Mines maps in order to comply with the requirements of the newly released PvE Tutorial:
   1. Balanced out the teams; 15v15 play is now possible in all current scenarios.
   2. Added the support of the scenarios of playing solo (14 bots + 1 player in one team against 15 bots).
2. Adjusted the landscape on the following maps to prevent vehicles from driving onto zones that were not supposed to be passable:
   
   • Mountain Pass
   • Karelia
   • Sacred Valley
   • Tundra
   • Swamp
   • Mines
   • Siegfried Line
   • Ensk
   • Stalingrad
   • Himmelsdorf
   • Arctic Region
   • Kharkov
   • Pilsen
   • Mittengard
   • Airfield
   • Lakeville
   • Steppes
   • Abbey
   • Cliff
   • Serene Coast
   • Ghost Town
   • Empire's Border
   • Fisherman's Bay

Other:

1. Optimized the interfaces of drop-down menus and tooltips.
2. The minimap setting that enables/disables the display of the spot where enemy vehicles were spotted last will now be set to "Always" by default, including for those players who had this setting at "Never" before the update.
3. The internal WoT Awesomium browser now uses Chromium Embedded Framework.
4. Performed a switch to the CoreEngine 3.0 graphical engine:
   1. Implemented a number of technical solutions that allowed for an increase in performance of up to 30%, including:
   1. Average FPS has significantly increased for the Improved Graphics preset.
   2. Average FPS has slightly increased (up to 15%) for the Standard Graphics preset.
5. Reworked the system of FX lighting for the Improved Graphics preset. As a result, smoke and explosions now look more natural in the in-game environment.
6. Added the ability to use the modern DX11 graphics API.
7. Improved the display of decals (Inscriptions, Emblems, and hit marks). The decals now have a better appearance when examined at various distance. This did not affect the clan icons uploaded by players.
   
   

   Recommendations:

   • To fix the unstable behavior of the NVIDIA driver in SLI mode with DirectX 11, you are recommended to install driver version 365.10.
   • The DX11 renderer will automatically turn on for the video cards that support it. If your video card or operating system does not support DX11, the DX9 renderer will be used instead. The difference in renderers does not affect the game settings.

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