Hello everyone,
today, the Winter “8-bit” Mode was started on Russian server. According to numerous reports, this mode heavily interferes with many mods, including XVM, causing the game to crash. It’s possible that the mods will be fixed on time for EU release, but if they are not, be aware that they are the cause of your client not working properly.
To talk specifically, the problematic file seems to be Application.swf in res_mods/0.9.5/gui/flash folder. And here are a few screenies from Russian server.
Is there a matchmaker for this mode? Is it good?
MM for a mode that that you can only access by 3 vehicles? Are you high mate? You will end up on this map , if you play the Mammoth, the T-50-2 thingy or the Foch 155 thingy , and those are the only 3 types of tanks there are going to be, why would that require a MM system?
There needs to be a MM to prevent, for example : 10 mammoths vs 10 t-50-2 things :)
Exactly. Do both teams get exactly equal numbers of both vehicles or not? In the printscreen above, they do not, so how does the server fairly decide how much of each vehicle each team gets?
Perhaps you are high, or a brainless WG employee, if you don’t consider things like that.
no need to have same amount of certain tanks on both teams, some mix is obviously allowed … see replay from RU server here (replay works for me @ EU server with XVM installed):
http://wotreplays.com/site/1496358#winter_showdown-szymon4325-polar_bear
Note the “healing” shots from teammates :D
So in other word just don’t use mod to play this mode?
Wut? No XP what will move to respective Tier1 tanks afterwards what I can convert into Free-XP for Gold? What a shame. :D
You probably get the XP only as a mission reward.
What about crew XP for every battle?
Are RU missions the same as the leaked ones few days ago? They were too good to appear on EU, if you ask me ,)
Are there any info about missions, rewards about the mode? XP, credit gain
My guess it’s the same as “Karl” game – no XP or credits, but you should get crew XP.
The RU server got those missions. So we should get them as well.
But on the other hand, we are talking about WG EU here.
But what missions exactly? crew XP sounds good, if it is much :)
These are leaked missions few days ago http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/12/30/new-winter-mode/
If they are the same on live server I am wondering if EU gets them as well…
Pretty epic missions!
You got 5k credits for each win in the “Karl” mode
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Sooo as long as I don’t play this mode, the game will be alright with mods?
I hope so. Its annoying having to reinstall them everytime ther is a new update nevermind just this little mode
it is even easier: dont use mods.
And be half blind like you? No, thanks.
never used mods, still blue… so, well, maybe you all need new hands.
Good argument when out of arguments – STATS.
best way to check the quality of a player: wn8, winrate and average damage.
Agree on all but avg dmg – better to check tank’s dmg manualy – and especialy T8 prem one.
woras, you need a min of damage… you can be purple and have less than 1k damage because you only use tiers 2-3…
stats are mad easy to pad in this game. platoons for winrate and damage. companies for wn8. all you need is some competency at the game(easily done) and people to play with. OP tanks are not required but recommended for padding.
Implying that I give a fuck about stats and your rainbow colors. I use mods because I like them and I play this shit game to relax, not to become some pro-nerd that wins money via video games.
Haha nice one xD It would be really hard for me to play without mods now indeed. Because most of them give you precious info about what is going around, something that the vanilla game misses completely. Better reticle, damage panel, smart minimap and so many others are just must-haves for any good player to become even more performant. The mainstream noob is not concerned anyway since he has no clue about what a minimap is for and because he only shoots through autolock.
The fact WG is starting to integrate some mods is a sign that they are of certain use (however, it is to be noted that the WG version of these mods is always worse than the original, because why try to make an effort to become better… In a way, this company perfectly reflects its mainstream player base ^^).
WG does shit. Calculators ftw.
Also illegal mods are in another league :D
Well many of world’s top players don’t use any mods at all. Why? Because mods are not permitted in tournaments. So they just don’t want to get lazy by using them in random matches.
Out the window goes you theory that mods can substitute skill.
The player at the tournament are in a team of 7 or 15 with people they know and have been playing for a long time together which means they can count blindly on them assisting them and the oposite so mods wont help them a lot there also they came against the same lvl of skill in the oposite team
also what does it means “”So they just don’t want to get lazy by using them in random matches.”” what a mod does that can make you lazy??
you still have to do the same SHIT with or without the mod…..
By “lazy” i meant that certain mods unload some work from your brain. So when it’s tournament time again, player has to work harder to get back into proper mindset. I was loosely quoting one of the last year’s world champions and not generalizing all mod using players as lazy. So no need to get all worked up for no reason. Also i was replying to a person who insisted that using mods makes you better player and person and that not using mods means you’re “mainstream noob with no clue”.
gosh – hate these 8 bit mode anyway
thats why you dont have to play them
Great. Now i need to reinstall the game…
whatever, it will worth it
Coz youre dummy. Only thing u have to do is unninstal mods..
Damn, Office out of date. Better reinstal PC, repaint walls, make new roof, dig new drainage, fix ISS, drag new star to replace Sol, adjust laws of physics, go back in time, prevent WW1.
No
2 ways to handle that:
1. rename folder 0.9.5 in res_mods to 0.9.5.sav, create new empty folder 0.9.5 in res_mods – run game, play winter mode. afterwards delete empty folder 0.9.5 and rename folder 0.9.5.sav to 0.9.5 – run game, don’t play winter mode
2. copy entire world_of_tanks folder to new folder eg. world_of_tanks_vanilla, remove everthing in world_of_tanks_vanilla/res_mods/0.9.5 (aka leave 0.9.5 empty)
2a. to start game with mods and no winter mode, start as usual
2b. to start game without mods and use winter mode, go to folder world_of_tanks_vanilla and double-klick worldoftanks.exe
simple, ain’t it?
I dont even know why ppl have to use mods.. XVM will give you shitload of info that you dont need.
Its game and game has to be a little challanging for your mind, memory and brain…
Because intel is power. It’s a MOBA game, not Scrabble. Don’t want to use them – don’t use them and be “challenged” by people who apprehend the situation better than you ^^
Yeah, and what use is Intel when your game runs at 5fps for it…
stop playing on ur caltulator…
I’m gonna do a reply that will start the same way as you responded to the one above you. You do know that other mods that don’t feed you hidden info still uses the flash folder? Like me that freaking hate the vanilla sight and damage panel. So I use a mod to get a smaller sight and get the HP pool dead center instead of off to the side. Or sound mods that uses scripts to since the normal sounds are still horrid. Not all mods feed you a “shitload” of info. Not since all that info besides the damage done and stats are not “vanilla” to. Reload timer was hidden to before. Now you know that to. More xvm info will become vanilla in the time to come. So you got little to cry about atm. Soon if you wanna play like you say. You need to hit “V” for “hard mode”.
Do the tanks work as a premium tank? So that I don’t have to retrain my E5 crew to use it in the usa heavy?
As you can see in last screenshot, it does NOT work as premium. So greedy WG will get some money for crew retraining. And those guys who use gold ammo and equipment/consumables on these fun tanks, now will do it 3 times more because of 3 tanks instead of 1 like in old fun modes. Again – even more profit for WG. Smart, very smart from them! :)
I am not going to play 8-bit mode anyway, so I hope things will be ok.
I lived through 8-bit game period and I have no desire to go back there, though I can see why it would be appealing as “history” to younger players.
Do black-and-white mode and I might be tempted to play.
It will not.
One reason: this because the new 8bit tanks are new unique entities, having their own sounds/etc/etc entries in the game data.
So for example, if you use a sound mod it has to be updated, otherwise the game crashes on startup because it misses vital data on the new vehicles.
And like SS said their are other thing interfering as well.
I am going to play this mode…..not because I like it but because I could use the free T110-E5 crew after the event is over….
I want that crew too. Can’t really pass it up as I am on the m103 atm.
The complete crew or only the commander ? Afaik only Karl’s commander got transferred to the barracks.
Karl only had the commander, didn’t it?
As you see in the last screen, there is whole 4man crew. And they all will be transfered to E5 after the event.
Same goes for other two – crews represents their tier X counterparts.
OH my….really Wargaming?! Your new years resolution: release a patch that fucks up everything again and includes NO, NON, Nothing to the game but an useless fun mode?!
Couldn’t they, yes really! Couldn’t they have released this data in patch 9.5, but disabled. So that modders would have automatically included these changes, which now comes as a separate patch causing all kinds of issues.
Now I am really glad I have bought Kerbal Space Program! Haven’t had so much fun with a game in a long while!
Quickly.
This guy terribly needs butthurt gel right now.
Actually! I could use some….trying to orbit and dock two spacecraft in kerbal is indeed an extreme pain (learningcurve) in the arse whahahaha xD
Good news, nobody really needs xvm.
Nice so a shit “fun” mode I’ll never play ruins the game. GJ WG.
its not their fault that you cant play without mods, its also not their job to care
XVM 5.5.1.1 already fixed this issue.
And, whoever is interested, this mode brings insane farming and perk pumping up.
That’s exactly what I aim for. Hopefully capitalists will get the same missions ,)
Are you getting crew XP for every battle or only for completed missions?
About 4.5k crew xp and 12000 credits per battle, 25000 crew xp+25000 xp (i convert it to crew xp anyway) and 250000 credits every 25 battles.
Ok, today they’ve fixed the crew xp pumping (it seems it was boosted by x2 xp bonus for regular tanks), now we get about 3k crew xp per battle, which still is good since winter battles finish 2-3 times faster than normal random ones.
Great so basically they have the 8-bit Mode more than we will