9.0 Model Changes

Hello everyone,

what follows is the account of model changes I’ve been able to discover in patch 9.0. Unusually, we’ll start with the Americans. You see, American vehicles recieved somethig graphic overhaul. This was not supposed to happen until later actually, as it is generally connected with the coming of the US light tank tier 8. Let’s have a look at it. Oh yea, and nevermind the different color, that’s due to the new shader system being used – just ignore that and focus on the shapes.

Also note that unlike usually, in order to save traffic, the images are hosted at imgur and in order to make one larger, you have to rightclick it and select “view image”.

Chaffee – stock turret visual model change (the lighter one is the new one obviously)

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9.0 First Impressions

Hello everyone,

what follows is the account of my test 9.0 impressions. It’s just the first round, so I am sure more changes will come.

After download and login without issues (some players complained they can’t log in for some reason), I logged on and…

Okay, holy shit, the hangar looks AMAZING. Even on medium details. This has to be hands down the best hangar Wargaming ever created. Including that poppy field one. Graphic settings transferred smoothly as well from live server, although – for some reason – the monitor frequency was set to lower setting than what I have on my desktop (took my a while to figure out, what’s “feeling off” with my screen).

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21.3.2014

- first round of British HD models: Centurion Mk.7 and Tortoise
- Churchill HD will come after 9.0, just like IS
- for now, premium Churchill will not participated in historical battles – maybe later
- the new HD hangar consists of real life elements, it was done according to real hangars and repair shops
- on the HD models, tracks are not dirty from mud by default, because “muddy tracks looks really strange on sand and snow”
- it’s possible the lists of vehicles for 9.0 historical battles might not be final (SS: Nashorn missing for example)
- non-premium new hangar will not appear in 1st round of test, it’s still being worked on
- night battles were completely removed (“players couldn’t see shit”)

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9.0 CT ETA

Hello everyone, haven’t seen any official statement anywhere, but according to the info I got today, there is some sort of issue with the test server (surprise!), so it might be delayed until tomorrow. It’s not yet sure. As soon as I know, I will tell.

Another Bonus Code

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Enjoy!

Edit: currently, servers, handling the codes, are oveloaded and time out, when you attempt to enter the code. Some players state that the gold gets added even when the server times out, but this is not confirmed.