Source: http://3dtoday.ru/blogs/news3dtoday/3d-printing-and-modeling-a-stunning-copy-of-the-soviet-tank-t80/
Thanks to Plazmakeks for this one.
Hello everyone,
Russian server 3dtoday published an article about a stunning T-80 3D-printed model by user 8bitwood. This model of the T-80 main battle tank took 9 months to create.
Hello everyone,
wondering how the 9.5 vehicles are doing? Here are some statistics from the RU server, coutresy of wot-news.
Notice how well the FV4004 is doing. Its stats are definitely pushed by the fact that by now, only hardcore/experienced players have it (along with a bunch of free-XP’ers), but still. To compare, check how FV4005 sucks, despite the fact that it’s owned by experienced players now.
Hello everyone,
on Russian server, minimum requirements were published for Armored Warfare. They are as such:
Minimum:
GPU: GeForce 8600 GTS
RAM: 2GB
CPU: Intel Core 2 duo., 2 – 2,1 GHz (model 2010-2011)
System: Windows XP x86 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x86
Recommended:
GPU: GeForce GTS 250
RAM: 4GB
CPU: Intel i5 2-core, 2,9 – 3,0 GHz (model 2012-2013)
System: Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x86 / Windows 8 x64
The minimal configuration for World of Tanks currently is:
GPU: GeForce 6800 with 256 MB RAM / ATI X1800 with 256 MB RAM
RAM: 1,5 GB
CPU: 2,2 GHz supporting SSE2
System: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Well… looks like the minimal configuration is higher for AW than for WoT, but not by THAT much. Surprising actually, I expected the requirements to be significantly higher, Cryengine and all that. But they say it’s just preliminary, so we’ll just have to see, won’t we.
Hello everyone,
here’s an interview with Sergei “SerB” Burkatovsky on Russian “Zvezda” TV.
Notice his title: “President of the Wargaming company”. Here’s what he said.
- the popularity of World of Tanks is a complex issue. One of the elements is that the game is online and people are interested in playing with other people, not with NPC’s. Second is the free to play model, the game is free, you don’t have to pay. Third element are tanks: “In Russia, tanks are iconic” because of WW2, T-34 is a “symbol of victory”.
- another element of the popularity is that the game is simple and correctly put together
- European market and Chinese market (game market) are fully comparable to the one of the former USSR, US server has fewer players because for the Americans, WW2 was fought using ships, not mainly tanks
- SerB considers WoT one of his main successes, he is still both developing and playing, he is returning to his childhood dreams, he sees the mankind’s future in space and states that “if it’s possible to make even a small step in that direction, we have to do it”
- the reasons above are why he is investing into space industry, he states that the rockets he is investing it are made for small minisatellites, for example for student research. He then explains the plans with the rockets (3 launches per year, he believes it will be profitable, he invested 5 mil rubles, he has the option for another 5 mil)
Enjoy :)
Hello everyone,
today, I am starting… well, maybe series, we’ll see how it goes and what the feedback is. The goal is to introduce new and/or interesting mods. Let’s start with this one – many thanks to PlazmaKeks for recommending it.
This mod from MaverickBlue from the Roughnecks XVM modder page (if you have a bit of time, check that site out, they have some interesting mods out there – you need to register to see the content, but that’s not that big of a deal).
Basically, what this mod does is allow your clan to post clan messages to be read by everyone in the clan, a useful function known from many other MMO’s.
Official description:
Tired of chasing after clanmates to let them know about meetings, clan wars, tournaments, etc? Can’t get your members to sign into a clan forum? Do your members skip over teamspeak host messages out of habit, or just plain forget to pass messages on to others? Even if you answered no to all of the above you may still find this mod makes things conveniently simpler, because now you can send notifications directly through the game upon startup.
What it does:
When signing into the game, at the top of the notification center(the menu that opens when you click the little button in the bottom right corner), a list appears of all the messages you want your clan to see. Optional fields are MOTD, clan meetings, tournaments, and clan wars. Any and all fields can be disabled, and if you’d like optional secondary tournament and clan wars messages can be enabled if you want to segregate control without giving access to higher ranking clan messages(everbody has been in that one clan with more drama than a woman’s soap opera…).
Hello everyone,
today, we are starting another guide series by Tyraforce, aimed at artillery. This series will help you play better on specific maps. First to go is the Swamp. Enjoy!
- SS
Author: Tyraforce
Welcome to part one of the Artillery Map Guide, which is an expansion to the general Artillery Guide, which can now be found at the forums. The plan is to go through most WoT maps and show you some suggested initial locations, relocation possibilities, conditions and focus zones. We will focus on typical scenerios for high tier battles so if you already are an experienced arty player who relocates intuitively, this guide will be of little interest to you. As for the creation process, we are currently a team of 6 arty players pooling our experience in hope of making this guide as complete as possible. Should you be interested in helping us with the next parts, feel free to contact me.
Thanks to Paul for this one.
Meanwhile in 9.5…
Summary: this 9.5 video shows this player’s ghost shell going straight through the T37 light tank. Notice how the lag indicator doesn’t blink red, indicating a stable connection, so it’s not some sort of lag it seems. It takes place in 9.5 (notice the presence of the Firefly), so it’s not a botched replay either.
Actually, I personally have seen two ghost shells since Christmas. Each time, I convinced myself that the shot probably went wide and I looked at it wrong, but seeing this video, you know, I think it’s completely possible a ghost shell at least in one case cost me my battle, because at that particular case I fired at a Borsig and it went through – the shot would have killed him. A second later, he fired back and killed me.
Also, it’s worth noting that this is not the first case in last I recieved on e-mail. Perhaps this is a bit my fault, I should have investigated this sooner, I should have known WG would fuck something up.
But remember, WG has the best QA department in business! ;)
Thanks to Andrei N. for this one.
A pretty interesting American video about early post-war ballistics. Some pretty nice explaining there. Enjoy!
Hello everyone,
supertesters got their hands on the reworked Sand River, that was modified thus:
1) the mountain was made easily accessible to ensure comfortable gameplay for the upper base team
2) reduced the slope of this region to fix this OP erea in assault mode
3) reduced the height of this area, which makes the lower base harder to defend in standard mode
4) this area was changed by blocking the shots into the right base, which allowed the attackers to crack the base defense too easily
5) the height of the dune was reduced, a fix of an OP place abused by lower base players
6) the two areas were reworked to become a regular terrain, so they can be now used to attack. The amount of access points to these areas was increased.
