Miscellaneous

Larger Topics #

Economy #

I wish #

Battle Pass #

Rants #

Tiering #

Tier Heavy Medium Light SPG AA
0 160 150 150 130 110
.3 uptier 140 130 130 120 100
.4 uptier ? 130 ? 110 ?
.6 uptier 120 120 120 100 90
.7 uptier 110 110 110 100 80
+1 uptier 100 100 100 90 70

Bombing base amounts #

Amounts are at BR 4.7+, and scale down for lower BRs.

  • “Light” bases: 650kg TNT equivalent
  • “Heavy” bases: 1500kg TNT equivalent

All maps with 4 bases that have [Operation] in the name have heavy bases, and the bases will respawn a few minutes after being destroyed. On these maps, airfields never become a target.

All maps with 3 bases, and 4 base non-[Operation] have light bases, and after all of the initial base are destroyed, the Airfield(s) become targets. On these maps, bases never respawn.

4 base [Operation] = 1500kg TNT equiv @BR4.7+
3 base [Operation] [Air Battle] [Front Line] - 650kg TNT equiv @BR4.7+

3 Base Maps: Poland, Malta, Rhine, Kuban, ?

Some bombs are more/less effective than TNT equiv would otherwise suggest. AP bombs appear to have a 3x multiplier (1.5 for SAP). British MC bombs (Wyvern) 3x1000lb can kill 4.7 base despite having less than 1000kg tnt equiv.

Crew Slot Layout #

Lineup Germany Sweden Others Ideal
Slot 1 Fighter TD Heavy Fighter
Slot 2 TD Heavy/Med Med/Light Strike/Bomb
Slot 3 Scout/TD/Med Light/Scout TD/Misc Heavy
Slot 4 Heavy/Med SPAA SPAA Medium
Slot 5 Strike/Bomb Strike/Bomb Strike/Bomb Specialist
Slot 6 SPAA Fighter Fighter SPAA
Slot 7 Puma - BT/Stuart Fast Scout

Posits #

  1. Don’t care about Arcade Battle lineups (3 Tank spawns, more in Air?)
  2. Must have slot for primary TD

Possible Optimal #

  1. Air Superiority (Single seat fighters, interceptors, or fighter-bombers)
  2. Ground Attack (Attackers, Bombers of any sort, heavy fighters with turrets)
  3. The Heavy (Heavy, MBT, slower/armored Medium, heavy TD)
  4. Medium (Medium to Light tanks)
  5. Specialist (SPAA, possible secondary TD or scout)
  6. Flex Slot 1 (SPG, Light tanks, Armored cars or other fast scouts)
  7. Flex Slot 2 (Second SPG/TD, second scout/light, extra CAS options “the Stuart/BT/Puma slot”)

Flex Slot 2 in GRB can have a reserve tier tank to be able to skip crew lock, if working on grinding specific vehicles.

Skill Order #

  1. Primary Crew Slot Skill
    • Reloading speed
    • Leadership
    • Targeting (also Rangefinding on tanks with a rangefinder)
    • Driving
  2. Vitality
  3. Repair
  4. Agility

Then others as appropriate.

MEC Settings #

For optimal WEP climbing

Plane IAS Oil Water Pitch Mix Notes
P51 280 75 100 100 -
P47 30 30 84-90 79
P38J 100 100 92-96 water 10, oil 15 after climb, prop pitch 100% over 6km

Crews with Investment #

  • German #2, Hetzer (95% to Ace)

  • German #4, Pz IV H (98% to Ace)

  • German #5, Ace Me-264, Ju-288, Hs-129 B-2

  • USSR #5, Ace IL-2M Avenger, TIS-MA

  • USSR #6, Ace ITP

  • [Tasks]

Fixing Cache/Shader issues #

If you ever have problems with names showing up weird like it_44m_zrinyi_1 instead of their proper version, go to the WarThunder folder and delete any cache and compiledShader folders. The name files get stuck in there and may not update correctly, especially if you ever use custom kill texts or similar.

This can sometimes also fix certain texture/model issues, such as getting all black or low quality skins.

These directories are never fixed by Verify local files in the launcher or Steam, so you have to manually clear them if something goes wrong.