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Update 2.37.0.27

Aircraft

  • A bug that caused the countermeasure counter in the interface to twitch, changing its values multiple times when releasing flares or chaff has been fixed.
  • Rooivalk Mk1F CSH — a bug that caused the inability to load all countermeasures has been fixed. (Report).
  • AH Mk.1 Apache — a bug that caused the inability to load large-caliber countermeasures has been fixed. (Report).
  • Sea Harrier FA 2 — a bug that caused the inability to load countermeasures from the BOL pods has been fixed.
  • AIM-7F, AIM-7M — a bug with the premature self-destruction of the missile has been fixed. (Report).
  • MiG-23, MiG-27 — speed loss in a forced turn has been reduced, automatic correction of the wings sweep angle has been reconfigured to improve maneuvering at average speeds.
  • Super Mystere B2, Sa’ar, Sambad — fuel mass has been reduced, thrust, maximum speed and angular speed of a steady turn at low altitude have been increased.
  • Mystere IVA, Mystere IVA (Israel) — the maximum fuel amount has been decreased to 1660 kg (one of the fuel tanks is not fueled for combat missions).
  • A bug in single missions that sometimes caused the inability to control allied aircraft after switching to them has been fixed.

Ground Vehicles

  • A bug where the loading of ammuniton within ammo racks of all stages and within the order of second-stage ammo racks on all vehicles occured in reverse order has been fixed. (Report, Report).
  • A bug that caused shaped charge shells to not interact with the first armor element in its path been fixed.
  • CV9035DK — gaps in the armor and a piece of the driver’s controls sticking out of the armor have been fixed.
  • T-80U-E1 — the sight of the anti-aircraft gun has been fixed. (Report, Report). A bug that caused the gun to be shifted in the commander sight with “aim mode” turned on has been fixed. (Report).
  • T-80UK — low-poly display of the gunner model in x-ray view has been fixed. (Report).
  • XM800T — location and appearance of the ammo has been fixed. All racks except the one connected to the gun have been removed, and the shape of the main ammo rack has been changed.
  • ADATS, ADATS (M113) — the visual effect of the smoke trail from the MIM146 missiles has been corrected to accommodate the used smokeless propellant. (Report).
  • 120S — the hydraulic pump description in the X-ray view which was previously named as horizontal drive has been fixed. (Report).
  • M908 — the shell type has been changed to HE-OR (High Explosive Obstacle Reduction).
  • BMD-4 — a bug that caused the indication of the first-stage ammo left to not display has been fixed.
  • ZBD04A — a bug that caused the indication of the first-stage ammo left to not display has been fixed. (Report).
  • Namer 30 — overestimated thickness of the barrel has been reduced from 35 mm to 10 mm. A bug that prevented the overheat of the barrel has been fixed.
  • Wiesel 1A4 — a bug that caused the overpressure effect to work on the crew when hitting the cannon breech and ammo which are located outside of the crew compartment has been fixed.
  • Object 279 — a bug that caused the tank to be tilted towards the rear side has been fixed. (Report).
  • A bug that caused hits on trees by purely kinetic shells to play an explosion effect has been fixed.

Naval Vessels

  • A bug where multiple fixed torpedo launchers could launch in a single salvo with torpedo launcher selection enabled has been fixed. (Report).
  • A bug where the Protection Analysis for ships did not work in custom hangars has been fixed.
  • IJN Haruna, IJN Kongo — a bug that led to the destruction of these ships through listing with insufficient damage to cause such high list angles has been fixed. (Report).
  • RN Andrea Doria — the firing angles of the 40 mm anti-aircraft guns has been adjusted. (Report).
  • Paris — description of the rangefinders for the main battery stern turrets has been added. (Report).
  • Marat — a bug that allowed the central main battery turrets to be fired through the central funnel has been fixed. (Report).

Interface

  • Missing localization for researchable belts and ammunition in the battle results screen has been fixed. (Report).
  • The default keybind for opening the visual weapon selector bar has been changed to “Caps Lock” by default.
  • The ability to use the visual weapon selector has been added to consoles. The ability to use it for streak aircraft in Ground Arcade battles will be available soon with a client update.
  • A bug where the visual weapon selector was missing in air streak events in Ground Battles has been fixed.
  • A bug where tooltips were superimposed over the visual weapon selector has been fixed.

Sound

  • A bug that caused the missile and flare launch sounds to be missing in some cases has been fixed. (Report).

Locations

  • On the following locations, the height of some unnaturally high trees has been fixed: Guiana Highlands, Vietnam Hills, Mysterious Valley and Rice Terraces.

Other

  • A bug with Ambient Occlusion that caused ATGM, smoke launchers and anti-aircraft guns to become very dark in color on winter maps has been fixed. (Report).

Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning they may not include a complete list of all improvements made. Additionally, War Thunder is constantly being updated and some changes may not require an update. Changes reflected in patch notes are formed by taking reactions and requests of the community from the bug reporting service, forums and other official platforms into account. Bug fixes and changes are implemented in order of importance, for example a game-breaking bug will be worked on and implemented sooner.