Update 9.1 Common Test Notes [Updated]

Mechanics and Fixes

• Minor visual problems with textures and patterns in a large number of vehicles fixed.
• Minor visual problems with textures and patterns for certain objects on maps fixed.
• Effects of exhaust gases for all vehicles reworked.
• Emblem location on certain vehicles fixed.
• Vehicle explosion effect changed.
• Display of Marks (rings, stars, etc. depending on the nation) on guns added for damage caused.
• Functionality of a flown-off turret “slipping” from tank hull added.
• Collision of a flown-off tank turret with surface now depends on the surface type.
• Five new awards introduced for SPGs: Rock Solid, For Counter-Battery Fire, Gore’s Medal, Cold-Blooded, and Stark’s Medal.
• New awards added in Team Battles: Fire and Steel, Heavy Fire, Pyromaniac, Promising Fighter, No Man's Land.
• Conditions for Billotte's Medal, Bruno's Medal, and Tarczay's Medal clarified.
• The Operation Nostalgia award moved from the Commemorative Tokens category to the Special category.
• Conditions for the Armored Fist award changed: it is now granted even if the player’s vehicle was destroyed.
• Version of FMOD sound library updated.
• Gunfire sounds completely reworked for testing purposes.
• Sound effect of gun’s resonance when firing added (when firing is observed from the side of the gun).
• Gunfire sound muting added in Sniper mode (from the turret).
• Different tonal characteristics added to gunfire sounds, depending on the side from which gun-firing is heard (front or back of the gun, etc.).
• Sounds of turret traverse and after-firing shell cartridge ejection added in Sniper mode or at maximum zoom of the camera to the turret.
• For testing purposes, engine and suspension sound patterns for the U.S. M18 Hellcat and M36 Jackson tank destroyers completely reworked.
• Online/offline status of a friend in the chat will now be displayed correctly regardless of which server the friend is using.
• Maximum number of characters in chat messages in the Garage increased to 512.
• In the Summary tab of the Achievements window, the clan icon and the date when the player joined the clan are now displayed.
• Corrections and improvements affecting interface in Team Battles implemented.
• Display of the time period for Historical Battles added.
• Dialog windows for confirming changes in Graphics settings changed.
• In Tank Company Battles, it is no longer possible to start a battle without a Commander.
• Display order of parameters in the Summary tab of the Achievements window changed.
• The Gametrix JetSeat settings section moved from the General tab to a new settings tab.
• License agreement is now displayed after login, before loading the Garage.
• The Dynamic FoV option added.
• Certain settings in the Graphics tab rearranged.
• Start time for display of tracer effects changed.
• Crew members can be trained for skills and perks even if the vehicle is damaged.
• Quality of basic Emblems for nations improved.
• Certain game client crashes and hang-ups fixed.
• “Shaking” of tracks when switching between HD vehicles in the Garage fixed.
• Certain bugs and defects in the Graphics settings window fixed.
• Fixed issue with excessive load on video card when game client is minimized.
• Certain bugs during battle playback fixed.
• Certain bugs in the missions interface fixed.
• Issue when in certain cases ricochet effect was displayed on penetrating armor fixed.
• Vehicles burning effects optimized for better performance.
• Chances of the Ruinberg on Fire map turning up reduced.
• Two new Historical Battles added: Bryansk Front (U.S.S.R., 1942) and Siege of Tobruk (North Africa, 1942).
• Battle of Kursk and Battle of the Bulge Historical Battles removed.
• Minor bugs in the damage models of Valentine II and Pz.Kpfw. 38 (t) fixed.
• Conditions for Tactical Genius award changed: it is now granted if conditions are fulfilled.
• Sounds hearing distance increased from 300 m to 600 m.
• Tracer sounds reworked.
• Vehicle destruction sound reworked according to players feedback.
• Issue with in-battle equipment icons displacement fixed.
• Issue with incorrect display of tracer fixed (when it could fly through a vehicle further than the point where a shell hits a vehicle).
• Camera operation in Arcade mode in certain cases fixed.

List of Vehicle Changes

• Upper limit for the range of battles for Tiers IV to VII light tanks reduced.
• Afterfire visibility factor for all tank destroyers (except Premium) aligned (mainly increased) with the factors for the same guns on other types of vehicles.
• Damage with UBR-354KA shell fired by 76 mm L-10, L-10U, L-10S, and KT-28 guns changed from 105 to 110 (a bug with Premium shell dealing 5 points more damage than ordinary shells fixed).

VK 28.01:

• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 suspension on solid terrain increased by 20%.
• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 suspension on medium terrain increased by 18%.
• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 suspension on soft terrain increased by 10%.
• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 verstarkteketten suspension on solid terrain increased by 22%.
• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 verstarkteketten suspension on medium terrain increased by 20%.
• Crossing capacity for VK 28.01 verstarkteketten suspension on soft terrain increased by 11%.
• Maximum forward speed changed from 60 km/h to 68 km/h.

M4 Sherman:

• Aiming time for 105 mm M4 gun changed from 2.3 sec. to 2.5 sec.
• Reload time for 105 mm M4 gun changed from 8 sec. to 9 sec.