World of Tanks News

Greetings, Commanders!

When?
The latest iteration of Brawl will last 4 days from April 29 through May 3.

What is Brawl?
Brawl is a 7v7 battle format for Tier X vehicles only. This promising format has a good chance of becoming a permanent game mode of World of Tanks in the future, but a lot depends on your impressions and feedback. Join Brawl and share your thoughts. With your help, we’ll see what the future holds for this promising mode.

Starting on April 29, the legendary online action game, World of Tanks, becomes officially available on Steam. Experience over 600 armored vehicles of 11 nations, dozens of maps, a wide variety of game modes, and a unique atmosphere featuring tank battles set in the first half of the twentieth century. Join and make your own history of epic wins!

“At Wargaming, our greatest pride is that we created a game that players have loved and enjoyed for over 10 years. We’ve brought people together from around the world, and the strength of our community is unparalleled. I believe World of Tanks has become more than a game, turning into a genuine hobby for millions of our players – and it will remain that way for decades to come,” states Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. “It is always fantastic to see our game growing and embracing new players, and so I am proud to welcome the Steam community to our tanker family!”

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[h2]World of Tanks: A Game With Its Own History[/h2]
World of Tanks is more than just a game. It is the holder of two Guinness World Records for the most players online simultaneously on one MMO Server. It has a 160-million-strong army of fans from all over the world. Create an account and play now:
· to see the largest online museum of armored vehicles in history, where more than 600 vehicles have been recreated down to the smallest detail according to blueprints from archives and models that remained.
· to play battles in legendary historical tanks, which you have previously seen only in the movies.
· to experience the gameplay variety offered by five vehicle types, each with its own unique features.
· to play on unique maps in well-known cities, hot deserts, and beautiful mountains inspired by real locations in different parts of the world.
· to try different game modes, playing solo or in a Platoon of friends, and get valuable in-game rewards for your victories.
· enjoy realistic graphics and sound that immerse you in real tank battles.
See you on the battlefield, Commanders!

[h2]First Login: Installing, Creating an Account, and Launching the Game[/h2]

NOTE:
Only new players who do not yet have valid accounts in the game can register and play World of Tanks on Steam.

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To install and run World of Tanks on Steam, follow these steps:
1. Log into your Steam account and click Play.

2. After that, the download and installation of Wargaming.net Game Center (a special game launcher) will begin, and downloadable game content (DLC) for one of four regions (CIS, Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific) will become available. Your region will be determined automatically according to your current location.

3. After downloading and installing, Wargaming.net Game Center will be launched automatically. You will need to create an account—to do this, choose a game nickname and click Next to register.

4. Click Play in Wargaming.net Game Center to launch the World of Tanks game client. When you first log into the game, you will immediately be taken to Bootcamp where you will master the basics of the game. Be sure to complete Bootcamp! You will be rewarded for its completion with valuable in-game items that will speed up your progress in the game.

5. Once you complete Bootcamp, you will be taken to the Garage—the main game screen—where you can research and purchase vehicles, select game modes, and enter tank battles.

6. Add your email to the account to receive useful game bonuses as a reward, as well as access to additional offers and opportunities.

NOTE:
You can only complete Bootcamp once per account. Once Bootcamp is complete, all subsequent logins to the game will take you straight to the Garage (the main game screen).

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[h2]After Registration: Subsequent Logins to the Game[/h2]
[expand]1. Log into your Steam account and click Play.

2. Wargaming.net Game Center, the game launcher for World of Tanks, will be launched automatically.

3. Click Play in Wargaming.net Game Center to launch the World of Tanks game client.

Have questions about registration and game settings? For more information, please contact the official Player Support for World of Tanks.[/expand]

[h2]Specials[/h2]
You created an account and are determined to prove yourself on the battlefield. Do not forget to take advantage of the many unique opportunities that we have prepared especially for the release of World of Tanks on Steam!

Bundles Containing Rare Vehicles and Valuable In-Game Items

NOTE:
A bundle with rare vehicles will be available for only 30 days (from April 29 through May 29), so don't miss your chance to improve your combat performance and expand your tank collection with unique vehicles!

Want to increase your chances of winning battles and not becoming easy prey for your opponents? Check out special bundles that contain a considerable set of in-game valuables and rare vehicles (the Type 59, Pz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f), and others)—a dream for any collector in World of Tanks. All the vehicles we have prepared are unique in their own way, are not freely available, and are perfect for mastering the game—we will tell you more about them tomorrow. Complete Bootcamp, play World of Tanks, and become victorious!



E 75 TS: A versatile heavy tank that features excellent mobility, solid turret armor, and a powerful gun with high armor penetration.
Somua SM: A vehicle that boasts a high rate of fire, a 5-shell magazine, and decent hull and turret armor.
Object 252U Defender: A mobile and maneuverable heavy tank that features high damage per shot and solid armor.
50TP prototyp: A vehicle that features good mobility for a heavy tank and solid frontal turret armor.
Lansen C: A fast medium tank that features excellent gun depression angles to make you feel confident on any terrain type.
T26E3 Eagle 7: A very rare medium tank that features a long view range, good gun handling parameters, and high damage per shot.

"Top of the Tree" Event
From May 1 through June 1, all World of Tanks players on Steam can get 20% and 40% discounts on vehicles from the Tech Trees of three nations: U.S.S.R., Germany, and U.S.A. These powerful and effective combat vehicles will be a real threat to your opponents as they help you get up to speed in the game faster.
Also, special missions will be available for such vehicles—complete them in battles to gain more experience, speed up in-game progress, and earn other rewards. Learn more about the "Top of the Tree" event in the game client via the Missions tab in your Garage.

Discounts and Missions for International Workers' Day

From April 30 through May 3, all Steam players will receive a x4 XP multiplier for the first victory each day in each vehicle. During the initial stage of the game, this bonus will help you quickly research vehicle branches, train crews, increase crew performance, and improve battle results.
Also, special missions will be available to you. Complete them in battles to earn even more experience to research vehicles, train crews, and get other useful rewards on the way. Learn more about the discounts, missions, and rewards in the game client via the Missions tab in your Garage.



Start playing right now—this is a great opportunity for a confident start in the game, to speed up your progress, and to make the most of your opportunities from the very beginning!

Good luck on the battlefield! Join up—it's time to have fun!

Greetings, Commanders!
There are more than 600 vehicles of 11 game nations in World of Tanks. To get access to the different vehicles, player must first research and then buy them.

Types of Vehicles Each vehicle falls into one of four categories.
· Researchable vehicles—a vast collection of vehicles of different nations and types, available to all players.
· Premium vehicles—unique vehicles that you don’t need to research. You can buy Premium vehicles for gold or bonds in the in-game Store.
· Collectors' vehicles—special vehicles that are available for credits in the in-game Store, and are not bound to the Tech Tree. The maximum tier of Collectors’ vehicles available to the player depends on the highest tier of vehicle researched within the corresponding nation. For example, by researching a Tier V vehicle in the French Tech Tree, you will gain access to all French Collectors’ vehicles up to and including Tier V.
· Reward and Special vehicles—rare vehicles that are usually obtained in special battle modes and in-game events.

All researchable vehicles can be researched using Combat Experience or blueprints. All these vehicles can also be purchased using credits.
To begin research of any tank, you need to research all preceding vehicles in its Tech Tree. Additionally, you need to research some of the key modules in order to research some of the tanks.
Let’s see how to add new vehicles to your collection of combat machines.


Research New Tanks With Combat Experience
You will need Combat Experience to research new tanks:
1. Click Research in the upper-right corner of the Garage to access the current vehicle’s Tech Tree.
2. Choose the tank you want to get next—under the tank name, you can see the amount of Combat XP required for it. You can research a tank only if the preceding tanks have been researched and you have enough XP for the desired tank. Usually, you have to unlock a certain number of modules of the current vehicle before you can research the next one.
3. Click the cost and confirm your action.


Research New Tanks With Blueprints
Vehicle blueprints are special items that provide a discount to the research cost of Tier II–X vehicles research.
Each blueprint consists of fragments that can be received in the following ways:
• By completing Daily Missions
• By completing special missions of Prime Gaming Kits
• By completing Stages in Battle Pass
• By taking part in various in-game events
Each blueprint fragment provides a certain percentage discount to the research cost, and with a fully assembled blueprint, you can research the vehicle without spending any experience at all.
The main rule is the same as researching for XP—you need to research the preceding tank and unlock some of the modules in order to climb the Tech Tree.


To research using a vehicle blueprint fragment:
1. Go to the TECH TREE tab in your Garage and click on the blueprints icon in the upper-left part of the screen.
2. Vehicles for which you have blueprint fragment available are marked with a special icon. Select a vehicle and click Blueprint on its research screen.
3. On the screen displayed, click any available slot for a blueprint fragment and click Create. The required number of national and universal fragments will be withdrawn.
4. If you have plenty of national and universal fragments, click Create Maximum in the lower-right part of the screen. The maximum possible number of blueprint fragments for the selected vehicle will be created.
5. Done! As soon as you have at least one blueprint fragment for the vehicle, the discount on research is applied. Vehicles with such discounts are marked with a special icon in the Tech Tree.

How to Purchase a Tank
1. Buying a vehicle is much simpler, especially if you have enough credits on hands. If you do, proceed as follows:
2. Click on the purchase cost.
3. Choose the level of crew training.
4. Click Purchase.
5. Your tank will appear in a free slot in your Garage. If you don’t have one, you will be prompted to purchase one.
6. Now you’re good to go! You have successfully researched and purchased a new tank!

Click the link below to learn about upgrading your tanks, educating your crew, installing new modules and consumables, and much more.

Greetings, Commanders!
Today, we'll explain how to tailor the graphics settings to your PC and use auto-detect to enjoy the striking beauty of tank combat to the fullest.
Brace yourselves—we’re going very deep here and there’s a lot of technical information to digest (but it's worth it!).

Run an Auto-Detect Test
The test runs in two situations: when you run the game for the first time, and when you click “Recommend” in the graphics settings. It assesses the game’s performance on your system through revised algorithms for the processor, graphics card, quantity of graphics and system memory, and other system performance tests. After running all these tests, the system defines the golden medium in terms of FPS and the quality of visuals for your rig: Medium, High, Maximum or Ultra.

How Does It Work?
The auto-detect system attempts to find the best graphical settings mixed with the most stable framerate. Note that you can see slight changes in FPS after auto-detecting, since providing you the best possible picture is its primary goal. Basically, it can suggest an option that will result in FPS changes, but only if they aren’t critical to the game performance.
If you are not satisfied with the framerate after running auto-detect, you can choose less demanding performance settings, which can increase the overall performance by 30–40% (e.g., choose Medium if you were offered High). Still want to make some tweaks? Then start by choosing the preset option it offers and work from there to adjust the settings to your liking.

Adjusting Graphics Manually

Choose the Render
When deciding to adjust the graphics settings manually, you will first be given the option to adjust the render—choosing between Standard and Improved graphics. The only difference is that Improved supports the full spectrum of new technologies and effects, while Standard lacks some.
If the auto-detect system suggested Improved Graphics and your PC runs the game adequately, we highly recommend using it. If the performance doesn’t fit your needs, you can customize the settings manually in Advanced Graphics Settings, but we don’t advise switching to Standard Graphics in order to get a smoother experience.

Tweak Advanced Settings
Some graphics settings are more important than others. Reducing the right settings may get you comfortable FPS without severely reducing the image quality. You should start with special effects—antialiasing, texture and object quality, draw distance, lighting and post-processing. These are taxing on the system, so toning them down can boost the frame rate.

PCs come in all shapes and sizes, and the exact same tweaks might have different effects on different PC setups.

Take a look at the graphics settings below for a detailed explanation of each option and how it contributes to the game’s appearance. To make it easier for you to choose which to disable, the graphics options are grouped starting from the most demanding in terms of FPS.

Antialiasing
Antialiasing smooths out rough, pixelated or jagged edges in graphics, using different technologies for Standard and Improved Graphics.
With Standard Graphics, anti-aliasing is optional and isn’t tied to any of the preset options.
With Improved Graphics, anti-aliasing is necessary to give the best picture and is tied to the preset options.


Texture Quality
The quality of textures affects the resolution and type of filtering used. The higher the level of detail, the better. However, please note that this will be more demanding on your rig.

Object Quality
Adjusting the Object Quality (Object LOD) setting determines the distance at which an object becomes highly (or less) detailed, depending on the direction of movement. The higher the setting, the greater the distance from the player the transition takes place. This also has an effect on the visual fidelity of tank tracks.


Draw Distance
Affecting the distance at which objects are displayed, this setting only concerns objects not vital to gameplay. For example, the monastery will be a consistent feature on Abbey for all settings, but the fences around the fields will not.
Why is it important to get the optimal draw distance for your rig? Well, on certain maps, with a lower draw distance, your target might be obstructed without you noticing until you fire.

Lighting and Post-Processing

Motion blur and post-processing are cinematic effects like Vignette, Chromatic Aberration, Distortion and Film Grain. They supplement the overall impression of the graphics.
The lighting quality is extremely important for the overall perception of the picture, as it interacts with all other graphical elements. Depending on the quality, the complexity of lighting calculations varies. It is tied to technologies including Screen Space Reflection, Global Illumination, God Rays, Lens Flare, HBAO, wetting effect and puddles.

Terrain and Water Quality

Regarding water, the performance needs vary from map to map. Maps that revolve around the sea (Fjords, Fisherman’s Bay and Glacier) consume slightly more resources than others.
The terrain has also been completely redesigned—terrain quality has been increased and tessellation support has been added. Tessellation has been designed specifically for Improved Graphics and only works on graphics cards that fully support DirectX 11 (this technology is not available on Standard Graphics because the terrain is simplified to improve performance).

Small pebbles, traces from tanks, and funnels from shots all acquire a geometric form with the addition of geometric details to the terrain. This is just a graphical improvement and doesn’t affect the behavior of the tank.

You can switch off tessellation to increase performance when in sniper mode, as well as to ensure tessellation doesn’t interfere with targeting opponents.


Vegetation Quality
This setting affects the detail of the vegetation, the amount of grass and the transparency of the grass when in sniper mode. The level of detail of vegetation, apart from the obvious, affects the complexity of calculating the wind in the trees, therefore the higher the quality, the more complex this will be. You can lower these settings to crank out more frames per second.
The camouflage mechanics work the same regardless of what settings you choose.

Effects

Within the Effects settings, you can set the desired quality of explosions, fire, smoke, and other similar events. This can be very important when in battle, as these effects can give hints about which tanks just fired (clue: there will be clouds of smoke nearby). Consider the game benefits of effects when adjusting their quality.
Improved destruction physics, thanks to Havok Destruction, means that when objects are destroyed, fragments remain. This feature only works with Improved Graphics and is calculated on separate threads. With it disabled, there will be no detailed destruction. Consider disabling this feature if your processor is a weak feature of your setup.

Find the best settings for your rig and enjoy World of tanks to the max!

Greetings, Commanders!

A motionless vehicle is an easy target, so keep moving! To control your vehicle, use the mouse and keyboard.

Hull Controls

To move your vehicle, usethe W, A, S, D keys. You can also move your vehicle using Cruise Control: R – Move Forward, F – Move Backward.

Press either of the Cruise Control keys once to put your vehicle in the lowest speed, twice for medium speed, and three times for maximum speed.

Space – Uses the handbrake to bring your vehicle to a sudden stop. This can be especially useful when you need to come to a halt to fire with greater accuracy.



Gun Controls

To position your gun, use your mouse. Move it left or right to adjust the gun horizontally. Move the mouse up or down to elevate or depress the gun. Left click to fire at the target.

Most vehicles have their gun mounted on the turret, which allows it to rotate 360 degrees and aim in any direction without the need to move the vehicle's hull.

However, this doesn't apply to the majority of Self-Propelled Guns (SPGs) and Tank Destroyers, which are often turretless. In Arcade mode, your vehicle will automatically traverse after the reticle as you move it. In Sniper mode, the hull will remain locked by default.



Reticle

Each accurate shot gets you closer to victory. That's why it is extremely important to master the art of aiming and shooting.

• The reticle is always displayed in the center of the screen and follows the movement of the camera. The reticle indicates only the direction you are looking, not the direction the gun is pointing. Also, the visual style of the reticle can be changed in the game settings, so don’t hesitate to choose the one most suitable for you.
  
• The central point of the reticle is called the Central Marker.
  
• On the top of reticle, you can see the distance to the target in meters.
  
• On the right, there is the Conditional Indicator showing your vehicle’s current HP.
  
• Displayed at the bottom is the number of remaining shells of the chosen type, and the number of shells in the magazine if you are driving vehicle with that type of gun.
  
• On left side, there is gun loading indicator with a loading timer.
  

Aiming Circle

The aiming circle indicates the gun’s current position and follows the reticle with a delay, since the gun cannot move instantaneously.

In the center of the aiming circle is the Gun Marker. For a shot in the desired direction, it must completely coincide with the reticle’s Central Marker.

Traversing your turret and hull reduces your firing accuracy, so wait for the aiming circle to shrink. After moving your vehicle or turning your turret, come to stop and wait for the aiming circle to snap onto the target.



Aiming Modes

Arcade Mode

Arcade mode is the default aiming mode in World of Tanks. With the camera positioned behind your vehicle, you can observe yourself, other players, and the situation on the battlefield. This mode is best suited to battles at short and medium ranges. Press and hold the right mouse button to look around without moving your gun.



Sniper Mode

Sniper mode is available for all types of vehicles except SPGs, and lets you play the game from the first-person perspective. It's essential for long-range shooting and taking precise aim at modules.

When playing in Sniper mode, you'll see the Zoom Indicator to the right of the reticle. It tells you how much the image is currently enlarged. By default, the highest zoom level is x8. You can increase the zoom level up to x25 in the game settings.

Avoid using Sniper mode all the time. It can be very useful when focusing on a single target, but it impairs your ability to maintain overall battle awareness.

Use the mouse wheel or Shift key to switch to Sniper mode.



Auto-Aim

With Auto-Aim (right mouse button on an enemy), your reticle becomes fixed on the center of the enemy vehicle, and the gun automatically follows it. This mode comes in handy when you are firing on the move. Auto-Aim is deactivated when the target moves out of sight.

Artillery Mode

Artillery mode (Shift) is available to SPGs only and allows you to see the map from above and make long-range shots.



The line going to the center of the reticle is the approximate firing trajectory. It's sensitive to the landscape and is color-coded:

• green — your shell will reach its target
  
• red — there's an obstacle on the way, usually a hill or building
  
• grey — the target is out of range.
  

There is also an alternative version of Artillery mode called Trajectory View (G). It's in some ways similar to Sniper mode and can help you more clearly estimate the trajectory of your shell for improved accuracy.



Aiming and Shooting

By default, your enemies are marked red in the game, while your allies are marked green. When you aim at another vehicle, it's highlighted with the corresponding color. Shoot only at your enemies to lead your team to victory!

Shooting

Now that you know how to move the gun and how the reticle works, you are ready to go into battle!

1. To fire at an enemy vehicle, take aim.
   
2. Wait until the aiming circle fully aligns with the reticle. The Gun Marker should match the Central Marker.
   
3. Wait for the aiming circle to shrink onto the target.
   
4. Left click to fire at the target.
   
5. Wait for the gun to reload and the aiming circle to shrink before firing again.
   

Master your skills in vehicle control and good luck on battlefield!