The Quick "Question and Answer/Advice" Thread

[TUNK_2TON 0]

i broke my sight controls
i changed some setting and now i cant move my mouse beyond the black area when aiming in tank.
it just stops there an i need wait for the turret to turn so i can turn more.
sorry im not good at speaking so sorry if its hard to understand.
last thing i remember changing was "camera from tank gunner sight" to on but it didnt fix it when i switched it back off
pls help

[DerJager97 19]

Not sure if anyone still looks at this thread, but if so I've got a question. For aircraft, does the performance loss you get when carrying a certain payload  like a bomb or a torpedo go away once you've dropped it, or does it stick with you until you change your loadout? I could understand if the latter is the case to a degree as external bomb racks do add some extra drag and weight, but usually not a lot.

[MenitoBusssolini 0]

Hi! I have just one question. The research points which we can take for achievements are only added to "convertible research points", and I have to, use Golden Eagles, to use them, or they are e.g.  given to one of the vehicules which I'm researching now?

 

For example: The reward for achievement "Where am I?" is 1000 Silver Lions and 100 Research Points. Lions are added to my Lions account it's obvious, but let's say that I was playing last battle by Germany and I'm researching Ju88 C6, and also e.g. Valentine mk. IX from GB and of course many others tanks, planes and boats from all nations.
Is possible that research points will be added to Ju88 C6(or other vehicule) or only to "convertible research points"?

 

Or second situation: if the achievement is corelated with nation e.g. "Experienced crew(USSR) I" (reward 100 Research Points) the reward will be added to currently researching USSR plane (or tank, boat) or to convertible researsch points?

[TheCheshireCat 2,578]

On 28/10/2020 at 17:32, DerJager97 said:

Not sure if anyone still looks at this thread, but if so I've got a question. For aircraft, does the performance loss you get when carrying a certain payload  like a bomb or a torpedo go away once you've dropped it, or does it stick with you until you change your loadout? I could understand if the latter is the case to a degree as external bomb racks do add some extra drag and weight, but usually not a lot.

Howdy, sorry it's been a while since someone has replied.

You will have a performance loss through underwing pylons as you said, but obviously not as much as having the ordinance still attached.

Edited November 9, 2020 by TheCheshireCat

[TheCheshireCat 2,578]

Hey there,

 

On 02/11/2020 at 02:05, MenitoBusssolini said:

Hi! I have just one question. The research points which we can take for achievements are only added to "convertible research points", and I have to, use Golden Eagles, to use them, or they are e.g.  given to one of the vehicules which I'm researching now?

I'm not 100% sure what you're saying here. Convertible research points can only be used to boost research of vehicles with Golden Eagles, you're right. The ratio is I believe ~48rp = 1GE. They aren't used for anything else. You get convertible research points by not having something actively being researched (such as reaching the end of a nations tech tree, or not having purchased all the vehicles in a tier before moving to the next one.

 

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For example: The reward for achievement "Where am I?" is 1000 Silver Lions and 100 Research Points. Lions are added to my Lions account it's obvious, but let's say that I was playing last battle by Germany and I'm researching Ju88 C6, and also e.g. Valentine mk. IX from GB and of course many others tanks, planes and boats from all nations.
Is possible that research points will be added to Ju88 C6(or other vehicule) or only to "convertible research points"?

Research from achievements applies immediately once unlocking achievements, so if you're playing a German vehicle and get an achievement whilst playing, those RP will go directly to the German vehicle you're researching.

 

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Or second situation: if the achievement is corelated with nation e.g. "Experienced crew(USSR) I" (reward 100 Research Points) the reward will be added to currently researching USSR plane (or tank, boat) or to convertible researsch points?

As with above, whatever achievements you get will have the rewards applied immediately for the nation you're playing, so in this instance it would be immediate RP and SL added for USSR.

 

I hope I've helped, if I didn't understand things properly or you need anything else please don't hesitate to ask.

 

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On 29/07/2020 at 20:41, TUNK_2TON said:

i broke my sight controls
i changed some setting and now i cant move my mouse beyond the black area when aiming in tank.
it just stops there an i need wait for the turret to turn so i can turn more.
sorry im not good at speaking so sorry if its hard to understand.
last thing i remember changing was "camera from tank gunner sight" to on but it didnt fix it when i switched it back off
pls help

I'm sorry it's taken some time for anyone to get back to you.

 

This is an unusual one, I've done some looking online and within the forums and I couldn't find anyone having the same issue.

The only things I can suggest for now are looking into anything that might interfere with your gunsights first and foremost such as custom user sights, foliage etc.

 

I'm assuming that's not the issue, so it's worth asking;

1. Do you have a VR headset plugged in? When playing in VR the tank gunsight moves independent to your view. I figured you would've mentioned playing in VR if you were, but I have to ask.
2. Do you use Trackir or any other form of motion tracking software? This causes the same issue as playing in VR.

I'm pretty stumped with this one to tell you the truth, I don't even know how I'd begin to replicate this issue.

Edited November 9, 2020 by TheCheshireCat

[VilksLT 0]

Hello, if this is out of topic - thousand apologies.

 

Is it me (being so bad at the game), or rank III and above is too expensive for players without premium and golden eagles? (now i am concentrating on ground vehicles). Daily rewards are constant disappointment...

[KennyB17Pilot 2]

So I have been working on a pneumatic controlled flight sim and was wanting to see if I could make it work with war thunder to. The best way I see to make it work is if is take the attitude indicator data from war thunder and plug it directly into it, but can I even do this? Also could gaijin see this on there end as a hack or cheat of some kind?

[Grainman_ 22]

On 19/12/2020 at 22:06, VilksLT said:

Is it me (being so bad at the game), or rank III and above is too expensive for players without premium and golden eagles? (now i am concentrating on ground vehicles). Daily rewards are constant disappointment...

 

I'm fairly new to the game, but based on my own results I'd guess that an average player (KD: 1.0, and win rate of 50%) should probably be making a decent profit at Rank III ground. (Higher ranks I'm not sure about, but they look like they'll go down in profitability)

 

What might be happening is that around Rank III purchasing new vehicles starts to get very expensive. Without boosters you might only be earning a few k silver per match after repairs, but it costs over 150k [edit: to purchase] some of the Rank III tanks, which really eats into your savings.

 

BTW: the tips in 

 for improving your earnings seem reasonable.

Edited January 12, 2021 by Grainman_
Making it clear that I meant purchase price not repair price.

[False_Swiss 104]

5 minutes ago, Grainman_ said:

What might be happening is that around Rank III purchasing new vehicles starts to get very expensive. Without boosters you might only be earning a few k silver per match after repairs, but it costs over 150k for some of the Rank III tanks, which really eats into your savings.

 

Okay, I had to reread this five times, but when @Grainman_ says 150K, they mean the cost of purchasing a vehicle.  By no means is that the repair cost. 

[Grainman_ 22]

I'm thinking of joining a squadron and I've noticed that a few of the open squads have minimum activity levels required. 200 and 500 seem to be typical numbers.

 

What I don't understand is how much I'd actually have to play to get those activity levels.

 

It sounds like you need get one activity point for every 200 RP you earn in random battles, so to get 200 activity points you need to earn 40k rp per a month (or some other time period?), or 100k rp for 500 activity points.

 

In my last 10 matches I earnt 16.8k rp (with an 80% win rate, which is unusually good for me), so I'd need to complete around 25 battles to get the 200 activity or 63 battles to get the 500 activity.

 

Assuming that's per-month with an average of 20min a match, that's a bit over an hour a week for each 100 activity points (25*20/60/4=2.08hrs for 200activity) required (Probably around 20-50% more actually for a more average win rate).

 

Edited January 12, 2021 by Grainman_

[FHDIP 0]

Does Repair Rank also affect the Field Repair skill? For example, I have nothing invested into Repair Rank, and one of my crews has an average of 3 points across all crew into Field Repair (in addition to Expert training) and yet still have a 23s track repair timer. From poking around other forum and reddit posts, and official documentation, such a link is not mentioned. 

[TheCheshireCat 2,578]

25 minutes ago, FHDIP said:

Does Repair Rank also affect the Field Repair skill? For example, I have nothing invested into Repair Rank, and one of my crews has an average of 3 points across all crew into Field Repair (in addition to Expert training) and yet still have a 23s track repair timer. From poking around other forum and reddit posts, and official documentation, such a link is not mentioned. 

Hey there,

 

There is no correlation between field repair and repair rank.

Repair rank determines the maximum vehicle rank that is affected by repair skill in the hangar specifically.

Field repair is the cumulative repair speed across all crew members in your vehicle whilst in match.

 

Cheers

Edited July 5, 2021 by TheCheshireCat
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[Bunny 宝妮 1,477]

On 12/01/2021 at 12:44, Grainman_ said:

I'm thinking of joining a squadron and I've noticed that a few of the open squads have minimum activity levels required. 200 and 500 seem to be typical numbers.

Don't have to make yourself worry too much about that. Just a few matches per day is enough to keep the activity levels to the max, but try not to be afk in battles.

[Eighart 0]

Where can I find information about flight instruments in Zhukovsky's I-153-M62? I just started playing War Thunder and I want to know what each instrument reading means in this airplane.

[KilianL 865]

I have a question about Squadron vehicules, my BMP-2M is about to finish to grind itself and I want to wait for the next update to immediately start the research of the Su22M3. How do I do that ? Can I select no vehicules and invest later or is it lost squad RP ?

[RytisLTU1 2,585]

1 minute ago, KilianL said:

I have a question about Squadron vehicules, my BMP-2M is about to finish to grind itself and I want to wait for the next update to immediately start the research of the Su22M3. How do I do that ? Can I select no vehicules and invest later or is it lost squad RP ?

Its lost squadron rp, you wont get any until 22M3 is added

[Kandorek_ 0]

So the Ozelot seems completely useless ... even helis can evade the missile if they manouver ... 
am I doing something wrong? 
I am waiting for enemy planes to bleed some speed because the missile just cant catch up after thier first groundstrike.
and even then all they have to do is full pitch for 1 sec then keep full pitch and roll at the same time and the missile has 0% chance of hitting 

 

I have had 6 or so matches with it and got a total of 2 heli and 2 plane kills ...

so is that the experience i can expect and if so when wil it be downtiered to 7.7 like the russian radar-AA?

[Vityap8766@live 0]

when will you fix this?

https://youtu.be/h7QnsLe7M0Q

[Boomer_UK 1]

How about you slow down on % scheme, & actually dish out a bit more of the Silver Lions & maybe cut down on the one shot one kill thing that seems to be going on all the time.
Also while your at it how about balancing the ages of the vehicles, its starting to get a bit one sided with guided missiles against WWII tanks.

Thank you in anticipation that something will change ...