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MrVic: What kind of data sheet are you asking about? Cost ect?

MrVic: What kind of data sheet are you asking about?  Cost ect?

MrVic: What kind of data sheet are you asking about?  Cost ect?

MrVic: US tank designations will take some getting used to for many. The problem lies in The way US equipment wether it be a shovel or a tank was organized and designated. Their system of classifications at that period of time was a mess. Combined with the sheer volume of weapons proposed, designed, prototyped, and produced. In volume no one looked at more options of equipment then the US. Much of which was never taken past design and trials stages. Even worse was the volume of proposals by small companies or private citizens that designed or even prototyped equipment much of these never made it far enough into approval for them to be well documented by the army or govt.
The US typically kept their focus on production and primarily only made changes when they did not interrupt the main production rates of m4's ect. This was due to supplying tanks and parts to many nations. While they had prototypes and trials on many superior tanks to the M4 most never went into main line production. Due to the leading cause of tank loss was maintenance in many cases, by mass producing similar tanks or using similar parts they were able to quickly repair or easily maintain the tanks that were currently fighting.
I have collected for a long time all the information on US tank designs in WW2 let me tell you it's a fast way to get confused and get a headache. One of my favorite weapons designed and put through basic testing was a private design for a 75mm caseless rolling lock gun breach. Which enabled high speed reloads and highly protected ammo storage.
The system was passed over for logistics reasons early in it's assessment so it never received a design designation, but it did have a few obscure patents. Things like this are near impossible to track down much info on today.
In the end we'll learn them was we drive them but its histories fault in the end hehe

MrVic: US tank designations will take some getting used to for many. The problem lies in The way US equipment wether it be a shovel or a tank was organized and designated. Their system of classifications at that period of time was a mess. Combined with the sheer volume of weapons proposed, designed, prototyped, and produced.  In volume no one looked at more options of equipment then the US.  Much of which was never taken past design and trials stages. Even worse was the volume of proposals by small companies or private citizens that designed or even prototyped equipment much of these never made it far enough into approval for them to be well documented by the army or govt.

The US typically kept their focus on production and primarily only made changes when they did not interrupt the main production rates of m4's ect. This was due to supplying tanks and parts to many nations.  While they had prototypes and trials on many superior tanks to the M4 most never went into main line production. Due to the leading cause of tank loss was maintenance in many cases, by mass producing similar tanks or using similar parts they were able to quickly repair or easily maintain the tanks that were currently fighting.

I have collected for a long time all the information on US tank designs in WW2 let me tell you it's a fast way to get confused and get a headache.     One of my favorite weapons designed and put through basic testing was a private design for a 75mm caseless rolling lock gun breach. Which enabled high speed reloads and highly protected ammo storage.
The system was passed over for logistics reasons early in it's assessment so it never received a design designation, but it did have a few obscure patents.   Things like this are near impossible to track down much info on today.

In the end we'll learn them was we drive them but its histories fault in the end hehe

MrVic: US tank designations will take some getting used to for many. The problem lies in The way US equipment wether it be a shovel or a tank was organized and designated. Their system of classifications at that period of time was a mess. Combined with the sheer volume of weapons proposed, designed, prototyped, and produced.  In volume no one looked at more options of equipment then the US.  Much of which was never taken past design and trials stages. Even worse was the volume of proposals by small companies or private citizens that designed or even prototyped equipment much of these never made it far enough into approval for them to be well documented by the army or govt.

The US typically kept their focus on production and primarily only made changes when they did not interrupt the main production rates of m4's ect. This was due to supplying tanks and parts to many nations.  While they had prototypes and trials on many superior tanks to the M4 most never went into main line production. Due to the leading cause of tank loss was maintenance in many cases, by mass producing similar tanks or using similar parts they were able to quickly repair or easily maintain the tanks that were currently fighting.

I have collected for a long time all the information on US tank designs in WW2 let me tell you it's a fast way to get confused and get a headache.     One of my favorite weapons designed and put through basic testing was a private design for a 75mm caseless rolling lock gun breach. Which enabled high speed reloads and highly protected ammo storage.
The system was passed over for logistics reasons early in it's assessment so it never received a design designation, but it did have a few obscure patents.   Things like this are near impossible to track down much info on today.

In the end we'll learn them was we drive them but its histories fault in the end hehe

MrVic: From my experiences until you exceed 250ms game impact is nil. The warping you see is probably the game engine issue due to be resolved in .6 patch with engine upgrades

merig00: You'll find information you need in here http://forum.worldof...preferencesxml/

ARGO: That's not funny, THAT'S CREEPY!!!
I see dead tanks!!!!!!

Overlord:
man that tree is confusing. it will take me a loooong time to remember each T and M and who is more powerful

- two M2
- two M3
- 2 Stuarts
- two M7 (one is artilery)
- T32
- M5
- M3 - T20(medium) < T29(heavy) < T23(medium)

so please..add some names/nicks for each tank

Not all US vehicles had nicknames. In game we are using only officially used tank names.

Overlord:

ARGO: Most of the changes require both client and server updates. There are few things we can change through server patching:
Match-making system
Minor game engine performance issues
All the balance changes are being announced in advance.
Thank you,
I am enjoying testing this game and I have loads of questions, but this does help me understand a little of whats going on. I hope the Devs are getting the help they need to work the magic. I am willing to help out any way I can just ask.

ARGO:

MrVic: Multiple weapon tanks will get to use more than one weapon at a time currently the system for that is coming soon. What all tanks will use that system I am not 100% sure on tho the grant will use both once the system is in place.

Overlord:
Not tier 2. T2 is the name of the tank, which you will see is a premium tank.

At least that's how I read it.

The vehicle is called T2. And it's tier 2.

                    
http://img185.images...4735/ustree.png
See http://forum.worldof...updated-101710/

Overlord:

Overlord:
Tier 9 MTs are to come after the first set of US tanks. It's difficult to say exactly, but I think they will be added at open beta, before the release.

Overlord:
yess

YESSSSSSSSS

@Overlord: How much is it reduced?

The exact value hasn't been defined yet. That will become clear when supertest is over.

Overlord:
Yyy I asked about hummel gun aimtime

so Overlord could You answer for my question ??

There are no known bugs with Hummel and its accuracy.

Overlord:

Overlord:

Overlord: It's a bug. Thanks for the report.

MrVic: Full wipe accounts reset to zero, and start over (release we will see this)
Soft wipe varies sometimes. Typically its a refund of the full value of all the current tanks/modules/ammo in your garage and all your gained experience converted to free experience.
So you start new with a pile of cash and a ton of exp to reinvest. We "might" see a soft wipe at clan wars release but that is not known for sure at this time.

MrVic: The other thread is the main one this is more of an overview of sorts, I try to maintain.
With .6X and .6.1 and .7 all are kinda in a varying state and as they are listed to my understanding is the plan for what will be contained in each. Until it gets more detailed leaving them broken up some But will combine as things change.

MrVic: Requires a game engine upgrade. Much more work is involved in patching that over to us and the server.
5.5 Was an attempt to give us some new stuff while the massive patch full of toys/fixes gets wrapped up and prepared for live patching.
5.5 is the appetizer while they took the main course .6

MrVic: Closed. Please review the new post. HERE

merig00: All the information was gained by doing experiments - renaming files and seeing what changes in the game. So to changing anything else you'll have to take some risk.

merig00: Yeah, sure.

merig00: All the information was gained by doing experiments - renaming files and seeing what changes in the game. So to changing anything else you'll have to take some risk.

merig00: Yeah, sure.

MrVic: Below is a collection of information for things in the works and things coming soon.
Much of this information is covered elsewhere and I will include as much of this information as possible.
Also hopefully cover many of topics that are in the works
Probable release date for Patch 0.6.X
20 November!.
Much of this information can be found here Link
Thanks to Overlord for providing much of this information and allowing some sneak peek photos to be posted here. (Please do not repost these images, don't make me regret posting them)
Last Updated November 9, 2010
Projected timeline at this moment:
- October 18/19: Patch 0.5.5
- Early November: Patch 0.6.X/0.7
v. 0.5.5 main changes:
- 2 new maps: Komarin and Cliff.
- Adjusted speed of burning of all tanks during the fire. Now the tank will burn at about 5% of durability per second.
- Fixed collision-model of tank "Tiger I". Significantly decreased size of turret rotation mechanism.
- Balance and vehicle tweaks:
• StuG III, VK1602, SU-76 - decreased tracks repair time.
• StuG III - added rammer.
• Grille price increased from 140400 to 147100 credits.
• BT-7 - increased traverse speed for both suspensions by 4 deg/sec. 7% accuracy increase for the 2nd suspension added.
• Fixed truck rotation on SU-14.
• SU-26 – weakened platform rotation mechanism.
• PzIV – Hummel upgrade cost increased from 34220 to 35400 experience.
• KV - S-51 upgrade cost decreased from 144730 to 127320 experience.
• VK3002DB the 2nd suspension upgrade cost decreased by 4000 experience, total VK3002DB - Panther upgrade cost increased by 4000 experience.
Map Pictures of Komarin and Cliff

v. 0.6 main changes:
- New tree - American tanks. 21 tanks + 4 premium tanks. Also added American tank crews.
- Removed "teleports" of tanks at great distances when you aim at them.
- Introduced expanded video settings.
- Now for the first battle of the day (24h) player will receive double experience.
- Reworked interface of the platoon creation.
- Adjusted speed of burning of all tanks during the fire. Now the tank will burn at about 5% of durability per second.
- Multiple fixes and adjustment to the battle balancer.
- Fixed several places where tank can get stuck on the maps "Himmesldof", "Prokhorovka", "Lakeville", "Hills".
- Changed crash models and collisions of some objects.
- Added destruction of some objects.
- Tank models optimized for display at long distances.
- Reduced size of textures of destroyed tanks.
- Fixed prices (exp and credits) of modules for some tanks.
-significantly reduced the size of device for traversing the turret.
- Fixed repair time of tracks for some tanks.
- Redesign of screens “Barracks”, “Depot”, “Store” to match the general style.
- Players that are still loading when the game started displayed with the status “connecting”.
- Now when a new crew generated - there will be no identical faces.
- When buying expendables it is possible to input number of modules that you want to purchase.
- Crew members in the hangar and in tank window in the battle are now displayed in the same order.
- Added voice messages when crewman is damaged.
- Added button “E” to disengage auto-aim.
- Fixed wrong display of percentages for wins and losses in some cases.
- Added the elite-tank marking in the tank list in the hangar.
- Limit on display of number of medals increased from 99 to 999.
- Under button “Battle!” added description of the current battle mode.
- Added new graphic post-effects.
- Added caching of some sounds in order to decrease “twitching” when driving over destructible objects.
beta v. 0.6.x / 0.7 main changes:
- New tech tree - American tanks. 21 researchable tanks + 4 premium tanks. US tank crews added.
- From 2 to 4 new maps, including "Cliff" and "Komarin".
- Removed "teleports" of tanks at great distances when aiming at them.
- Introduced advanced graphic settings.
- Now for the first battle of the day (24h) player will receive double experience.
- Reworked interface of the platoon creation.
- Adjusted speed of burning of all tanks during the fire. Now the tank will burn at about 5% of durability per second.
- Multiple fixes and adjustment to match-making system.
- Team mode added. Form a team of 15 and face the opposing one in battle.Probability of appearance - high.
- Clan mode. Alpha test version with some basic features available. Probability of appearance - medium.
- Fixed several places where tank can get stuck on the maps "Himmesldof", "Prokhorovka", "Lakeville", "Hills".
- Changed crash models and collisions of some objects.
- Added destruction of some objects.
- Removed dog squeals when driving over dog booth.
- Fixed collision-model of tank "Tiger I"
- Fixed awarding "Steel wall" posthumously
- Fixed repair time of tracks for some tanks.
- Redesign of screens “Barracks”, “Depot”, “Store” to match the general style.
- Fixed minors error with re-training.
- In the info window of a tank added description of the tank (so far for german and soviet vehicles only).
- Added voice announcements when crewmen are damaged.
- In the info window of a tank added description of the crew.
- Limit on display of number of medals increased from 99 to 999.
- Under button “Battle!” added description of the current battle mode.
- Fixed wrong display of percentages for wins and losses in some cases.
- Added new graphic post-effects. This feature has become possible due to new game engine version.
- Executable file renamed to WorldOfTanks.exe
US tech tree v 0.6 preliminary subject to change. (Please do not repost these images, don't make me regret posting them)

US Tank Sneak Peek (Please do not repost these images, don't make me regret posting them)

v. 0.6.1 main changes:
- 2 new maps added: Monastery and Dried river.
- light US tank Т2 added.
- Crash to garage with 0 credits 0 exp fixed.
- "Vehicle stuck in battle" bug fixed.
- Crew interface fixed: personal file, barracks.
- Fixed error, when unable to change graphic settings.
- Non-demountable modules in the module list marked with "lock" icon.
- Battle hero achievements adjusted in accordance with their descriptions.
- Fixed medals/achievements counter bug.
- Platoon creation and invite sending fixed, including training battle mode.
- Water readjusted for all maps.
- Login queue added. Enabled when servers are overloaded.
- Randomization in penetration and damaging decreased.
- In-game sound messages readjusted.
- Explosion of HE shell adjusted.
- Track "jerking" effect when moving fixed.
- Fixed bug, when shots at destroyed vehicles counted as hits.
- For SPG: moving mouse when RMB is pressed allows to separate camera from reticle.
- Heaps of minor UI fixes and adjustments.
Maps Sneak Peak (Please do not repost these images, don't make me regret posting them)

Notice 1: the information on 0.6.x is preliminary and changes are possible.
Notice 2: v. 0.5.5 is a minor stand-alone update that is ready for release
Notice 3: v. 0.6.x/0.7 is a major cumulative update that will include all the changes from 0.6 -> 0.6.x
Notice 4: v. 0.6.x/0.7 current status: in supertesting, v. 0.6.1.2
Additional Information
1) Maps, More maps are coming and they are looking very nice Expect more beyond the 4 previewed here.
2) SPG's, Currently the following is being looked at as for adjustments for SPG's A.) 10% accuracy reduction, i.e. the resperctive shell dispersion increase
B.) 10-20% repair cost increase for tier 5-6 SPGs Also effects all tanks but SPG's also - decrease of module damage for most of the tanks. The above changes currently are being tested in 0.6.x update.
3) TK/Boting, Systems, They are up and running and cleaning the server as I type this. So far they working well. As they get fine tuned expect these problem players to be dealt with faster and more effectively. Remember sending in screenshot reports is always an added help to ensure improving our gaming community.
4) Clan Wars, The first info is available here http://forum.worldof...r-1-global-map/ and more info is coming very soon.
5) Soft Wipe/Full Wipe, Currently only a full wipe is planned at release. There may be a chance we will see a soft wipe along with Clan Wars coming online. Currently this is just a possibility nothing set in stone for soft wipes in the future.
6)Server Stability, Hardware improvements are ongoing and we should see another NA sever hardware improvement soon along with continual improvements. This should cover many current issues in this area.
7) EU Server, Probably in November the EU sever will come back online, This means the NA and EU sever will be up and running
8) Game Modes, There are more Game modes in the works, Assault and Domination (?) have been confirmed.
10) Warping/Teleporting Tanks, So far in testing the issue has been corrected and expect to see it in .6 patch along with a game engine upgrade.
11) US tanks, See above if some how you missed it.
12) Platoons, They will remain at 3 players (except the coming 15 man team) until balance issues are sorted out then we might see a increase at a later time.
13) Release date, Currently no official release date, Expect Q1 2011 though
14) Armor Penetration, There is a reduction to the variable modifier to armor penetration in testing. More info to come as this is fine tuned.
15) Balance System, Improvements are ongoing, Multiple improvements are planned for .6 patch
If you have any questions or see something not listed above, let me know and I will see if I can find more information.
Try to avoid debating information in the above post here. Thanks

Overlord: Added 0.6 changelog the OP.

Overlord: @ OP

We are planning to stage some famoues historic tank battles prior to adding this mode to the game. They will be announced soon.

merig00: Initial sign up creates two identical profiles in different databases. One for game and another for forum.
The only way right now to change your in-game information is to email support@worldoftanks.com If you haven't done that you are still on your old email/password in the game.

merig00: This
I think people are missing a crucial piece of information. The transmission (which in most german tanks is in the front) is part of the engine hitbox. So transmission might have been shot but the game will report it as the engine damage.

merig00: This

I think people are missing a crucial piece of information. The transmission (which in most german tanks is in the front) is part of the engine hitbox. So transmission might have been shot but the game will report it as the engine damage.

merig00: Wait for about two hours. If it's not released email support@worldoftanks.com with your login email what tank is stuck and when did it happen.

merig00: You have a question what do you do first.
a. Check FAQ section
b. Craete a new post?
http://forum.worldof...-what-will-not/

merig00: Ok could you give me exactly what it should be called here.

merig00: updated

merig00: Yeap the green circle represents the deviation limits, however you should keep in mind two things
1. shot can go at the very border - the green dots themselves
2. your shot even though in the circle might just scrape the tank

merig00: updated

merig00: So which "115th..." should be listed? Or is it three different divisions with the same website? Could you clarify.
for everyone else - updated.

Overlord:
This interview is a bit out-of-date currently. The plans are changing.

The supertest version has been updated to 0.6.1.2 today. Multiple fixes and improvements. It's not ready to be released yet since there are some problems with vehicle textures.


Is there any time line for when we can expect 0.6.x update?

Lower bound is 2 weeks.

Overlord:

Overlord:

merig00: Yeah I think there are number of tanks (Ferdinand being another one) that has this "issue"

merig00: this stage of the game which is called beta?
known issue, being worked on

merig00: Known bug with ATI cards. Try to alt tab or restart the client. If that doesn't work, disable AA in your graphic card settings.

Overlord:
This interview is a bit out-of-date currently. The plans are changing.

The supertest version has been updated to 0.6.1.2 today. Multiple fixes and improvements. It's not ready to be released yet since there are some problems with vehicle textures.