War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011, it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; its official release was on 21 December 2016. The developer has released a new update for War Thunder, increasing the gameplay. Check out War Thunder 2.31.37 update patch notes down below.
War Thunder 2.31.37 Update Patch Notes
Aircraft
- Super Etendard — night vision added to the ATLIS II targeting pod. (Report)
- Mirage 2000D-R1 — a bug where installing the NVD modification caused thermal vision in the CLDP targeting pod to be lost has been fixed. (Report)
- Mi-8TB (Germany), Mi-8TV (USSR) — the camera position in the cockpit has been adjusted.
- Sea Hawk Mk.100 — a bug where in some cases, the AP Mk II rocket on pylon 1 was not displayed has been fixed.
- J-7E — a bug that caused the countermeasures pod to clip into the fuselage has been fixed.
- F-16C Block 50, F-16D Block 40 Barak II — a bug where installing the NVD modification caused thermal vision quality for the LITENING II pod to be affected has been fixed. (Report)
- Orion UAV — the display of the maximum range of the 9M133 in the aiming camera has been corrected. (Report)
- HOT-3 — the incorrect maximum flight range has been corrected, with the range increasing from 4000 to 4300 m. (Report)
- The maximum flight time of armor-piercing shells for the Mk 103 aircraft cannon has been increased.
- R-13M1 — the ability to slave the seeker to the radar has been added. (Report)
- R-13M1 — the guided flight time has been increased from 54 to 60s. (Report)
- AIM-9D, AIM-9G, AIM-9H — the delay between launch and start of guided flight has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.4s. (Report)
- AIM-9D, AIM-9G, AIM-9H — the delay between launch and activation of the non-contact target sensor has been increased from 0.5 to 1.8s. (Report)
- AIM-9L, AIM-9M — the delay between launch and start of guided flight has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.4s. (Report)
- AIM-9L, AIM-9M — the delay between launch and activation of the non-contact target sensor has been increased from 0.5 to 1.8s. (Report)
- Matra R550 Magic 2 — the target proximity sensor activation distance has been increased from 5 to 8 meters. Source: The Magic 2: air-to-air missile for aerial combat.
- Matra R550 Magic 2 — the maximum angular velocity of target tracking has been increased from 35 to 60 degrees per second. Source: The Magic 2: air-to-air missile for aerial combat.
- Matra R550 Magic 1, Matra R550 Magic 2 — the missile dynamics have been reworked, possible launch zones have been recalculated. By reducing drag, the effective range of the missile was increased. Source: The Magic 2: air-to-air missile for aerial combat.
- R-73 — the missile dynamics have been reworked, possible launch zones have been recalculated. As a result, the effective range of the missile was slightly increased.
Ground Vehicles
- A bug that caused the early return to a ground vehicle after shooting down a Scout Drone has been fixed. This bug also caused the third-person camera for ground vehicles to be elevated above the standard position. (Report)
- AMX-10P — the penetration video that displayed the incorrect shell for the DM63 has been corrected. (Report)
- The firing accuracy of the 90 mm gun has been revised (increased): M3, M3A1, M36, M41, M54, and Type 61. (Report)
- The firing accuracy of the 75 mm gun has been revised (increased): KwK42, PaK42, and KwK44. (Report)
- The firing accuracy of the 128 mm gun has been revised (increased): KwK44, and PaK44. (Report)
- ZSU-57-2, WZ305 — a bug that made it possible to fire the gun even when the gunner was knocked out has been fixed. (Report)
- T114 — the inability to reverse while floating on water has been fixed. (Report)
- T54E2 — a bug that caused missing pressure damage against this vehicle has been fixed. (Report)
- T-70 — gear ratio values have been clarified. (Report)
- Imp.Chaparral — gear ratio values have been clarified. The maximum speed has been increased from 48 to 61 km/h. (Report) Source: TM 9-1425-1585-10-1 – System description of improved CHAPARRAL air defense guided missile system – 1981.
- T20 — gear ratio values have been clarified. (Report)
- M60A3 TTS — missing bore evacuator smoke effect has been added. (Report)
- AUBL HVG — a bug that caused slow aiming speeds of the anti-aircraft machine gun has been fixed. (Report)
- Object 211 — the gunner’s sight magnification has been changed from 4.0-12x to 3.5-7.0x. (Report)
- HN-6 — the model of the missile in flight has been corrected.
- HN-6 — rotation of the missile in flight has been added.
- 90mm M82/T41 — external ballistics have been clarified, velocity loss on trajectory has been reduced. Source: “Terminal Ballistic Data Volume III: Bombs, Artillery, Mortar Fire & Rockets, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, September 1945”.
- 9M311, 9M311M1 SAMs — maximum overload has been increased from 18 to 32g. (Report)
- 9M311, 9M311M1 SAMs — the missile autopilot has been redesigned.
- 95Ya6 — the missile autopilot has been redesigned.
- Object 775 — overestimation of the front fuel tanks has been fixed. (Report)
- 57mm Type 3 HEAT — tracer has been removed. (Report)
- Type 93, LAV-AD, Type 81 (C), Lvrbv 701, Machbet — the erroneous loss of IRST tracking on flares has been removed.
- M109G — a bug that made it not possible to reload smoke grenades has been fixed. (Report)
- Somua SM — the commander’s tank fire duplication mode has been added. (Report)
- ZSU-37-2 — Friend or Foe (IFF) has been added to the 1RL34 radar. (Report)
- Type 87 — optical target tracking mode has been added.
- Strela-10M2 — a bug with the failure of the radio rangefinder to measure range at low radial speed of the target has been fixed. (Report)
- Strela-10M2 — a bug that made it not possible to measure ranges at a distance of 7000 m to 10000 m has been fixed. (Report)
- OTOMATIC — the directional pattern of the all-round radar antenna has been refined, the vertical viewing angle has been increased from 17 to 27 degrees. (Report)
Naval Vehicles
- HMS Daring, HMS Diana — the ability to rotate the main caliber aft turret 360 degrees has been added.
- Pr.45 Opytny — the parameters of the fire control system have been changed to match destroyers from WWII. The speed of the parameter calculations has been reduced.
- Pr.45 Opytny — the 45 mm auxiliary caliber gun has been changed from 45mm/68 21-KM to 45mm/46 21-K.
Interface
- The server cluster selection window has been redesigned:
- The title area of Automatic Cluster Selection now indicates which clusters will be selected as the best clusters.
- If Automatic Cluster Selection is selected, other clusters are not blocked and are available for selection. Selecting the others deselects the automatic cluster selection.
- Text that could overlap on the status indicator and map while in binocular mode in a ground vehicle has been fixed.
- A bug that caused additional actions to appear in the action bar after expanding it has been fixed.
- A bug that caused the crew replenishment indicator to disappear before the replenishment ended has been fixed.
- The “hidden page” in the radio command menu has been removed. (Report)
- In-game update notes are now displayed for players who choose any language in the game.
Other Fixes
- A bug that could cause the game to crash when going into camera view in a helicopter while in a battle replay has been fixed.
- A bug that could cause the game to crash when dropping bombs from an aircraft has been fixed.