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- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
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- Hard Drive: 95 GB
The Firebirds major update brings with it a host of improvements to several locations and a complete graphics update to the Abandoned Factory ground battles map!
Abandoned Factory Visual Upgrades
Welcome to the updated Abandoned Factory map! One of the most beloved locations amongst players for ground battles has been completely transformed visually. Our artists have replaced all the soil textures with new, clear and authentic ones, and the models and textures of buildings and almost all elements of the environment have been changed. Grass and small vegetation have been updated, making them denser, and bushes have been reduced in size to better match the size of ground vehicles.
Despite being significantly updated in terms of visuals, the performance of this location has not changed much when using the same in-game graphics settings as before.
Improved Effects
On Abandoned Factory and other War Thunder locations, dust clouds from tracks and wheels caused by ground vehicles in hot weather have been improved. When it’s raining, you’ll see realistic puddles and streams of water flowing from the roofs of buildings and the surface of objects. By the way, for Abandoned Factory, we’ve separately worked on the sky effects in cloudy weather, meaning the clouds have become more realistic.
Push Objects That Were Previously Static
The ability to interact with various objects in the game has also been updated. For example, in the new Abandoned Factory and other locations, you can now push carriages on the railroad tracks, giving you the chance to freely make your own passage or to make it difficult for your opponents. When driving into cars and trucks, they’ll be realistically crushed under the tracks of your tank.
Airfield Overhauls
There’s also great news for pilots! We’ve significantly improved all airfields for aircraft in Test Flights and missions for high-ranked aircraft. The runway slabs have been completely reworked, with the textures becoming sharper and the airfield environment improving significantly. There’s new buildings, a reliable light signaling system, and positions of anti-aircraft missile systems for protecting aircraft. There’s even aircraft skid marks! To improve the airfields, we consulted with current pilots and think they’ve turned out pretty well.
That’s it for today! The updated Abandoned Factory location will come to the game in the Firebirds major update. Follow our website for more dev blogs that we’ve got planned, as there’s a lot of interesting things ahead!
Comments (58)
Comments will be premoderatedVery nice to see the upgraded airfields, but is there any chance we could get upgrades for lower-ranked airfields as well, based on the standard RAF and Luftwaffe airfield templates?
From what I remember, they said that top tier will be first but they'll be introducing new airfields for lower tiers too. So I think that we'll get more upgrades just maybe not this update
the tank pushes 15-20 ton wagons like toys, well done Gaijin
Rushing tank
Me when the 50-tonne tank can push a 20-tonne railroad car
Now this is Epic. A very Welcome Change
So does this mean we are going to see more rain? I don't remember the last time I even had a rainy match.
Things liek time of day, cloud cover, and weather are mostly randomized.
We are really eating good this update
What will the new AF use as Anti Air? Normal SAMs or Patriot which was for the Trailer to Show us the Su-34...
Trailer re-enacted real engagement of Su-34 with Patriot. We'll probably get the same SPAA (especially since SAMs on airfields are short range)
I am probably most excited in this update about this. There is lot of stuff that needs to be udpated and overhauled. The game needs it more then the new content.
Can we expect more maps being reworked in the next updates?
We rework almost all things when they need it, We also fix specific issues on things all of the time.
Look's great! :)
Has the high tier airfield AA been upgraded alongside the visual changes? Rolands and VEAKs are both trivially easy to dodge after their respective nerfs. I don't want the prop-tier flak damage-over-time effect either (it's bad in the opposite way: completely unavoidable with no counterplay) but even swapping the defanged VEAKs out for something like ZSU-23-4M4s or Gepard 1A2s would be a huge improvement (assuming airfield AA AI can handle the mixed gun/missile combo effectively).
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