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| − | {{Infobox game/row/engine|Dagor Engine v6.5}} | + | {{Infobox game/row/engine|Dagor Engine|name=Dagor Engine v6.5}} |
|release dates= | |release dates= | ||
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 21, 2016}} | {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 21, 2016}} | ||
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'''General information''' | '''General information''' | ||
{{mm}} [http://forum.warthunder.com/ Official Forum] | {{mm}} [http://forum.warthunder.com/ Official Forum] | ||
| − | {{mm}} [ | + | {{mm}} [https://warthunder.fandom.com/wiki/War_Thunder_Wiki Wikia wiki] |
{{mm}} [https://www.reddit.com/r/warthunder Subreddit] | {{mm}} [https://www.reddit.com/r/warthunder Subreddit] | ||
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/236390/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] | {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/236390/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] | ||
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{{Availability/row| Official | https://warthunder.com/en/registration | online | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | {{Availability/row| Official | https://warthunder.com/en/registration | online | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | ||
{{Availability/row| Steam | 236390 | Steam, online | Can be launched directly from executable. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | {{Availability/row| Steam | 236390 | Steam, online | Can be launched directly from executable. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{ii}} All versions require a {{DRM|offline=no}}. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Monetization== | ||
| + | {{Monetization | ||
| + | |free-to-play = No upfront purchase is required | ||
| + | |subscription = Premium account that allows players to earn more in game currency and XP at an increased rate. Also allows for configuration of camouflage condition on tanks and more slots for decals on all vehicles. | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | {{ | + | ===Microtransactions=== |
| + | {{Microtransactions | ||
| + | |boost = Premium account | ||
| + | |cosmetic = Decals, skins (camouflages), 3d decorators | ||
| + | |currency = "Golden Eagles" premium currency. Used to be available for free though "wagers", now only through extremely rare login rewards | ||
| + | |infinite spend = Contains loot boxes and can have infinite amounts of rewards from loot boxes in the players inventory | ||
| + | |free-to-grind = All non-premium vehicles can be obtained without paying | ||
| + | |loot box = Two types, one in game with a guaranteed limit to get the box's main prize. Another on the player market that rewards tradable items | ||
| + | |player trading = Items from loot boxes traded on trade.gaijin.net | ||
| + | |time-limited = Seasonal events with rewards that can be traded | ||
| + | |unlock = Paid only vehicles | ||
| + | }} | ||
{{DLC| | {{DLC| | ||
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===Configuration file(s) location=== | ===Configuration file(s) location=== | ||
{{Game data| | {{Game data| | ||
| − | {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\config.blk}} | + | {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\config.blk | {{P|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\WarThunder\Saves\}} |
{{Game data/config|OS X|}} | {{Game data/config|OS X|}} | ||
{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|xdgconfighome}}/WarThunder/Saves/{{p|uid}}}} | {{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|xdgconfighome}}/WarThunder/Saves/{{p|uid}}}} | ||
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|multimonitor wsgf award = limited | |multimonitor wsgf award = limited | ||
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete | |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete | ||
| − | |4k ultra hd wsgf award = | + | |4k ultra hd wsgf award = gold |
|widescreen resolution = true | |widescreen resolution = true | ||
|widescreen resolution notes= | |widescreen resolution notes= | ||
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|multimonitor notes = | |multimonitor notes = | ||
|ultrawidescreen = true | |ultrawidescreen = true | ||
| − | |ultrawidescreen notes = <ref> | + | |ultrawidescreen notes = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xtUcto9g2k|title=War Thunder 21:9 gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube|date=May 2023}}</ref> |
|4k ultra hd = true | |4k ultra hd = true | ||
|4k ultra hd notes = | |4k ultra hd notes = | ||
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|anisotropic notes = Up to 16 samples. | |anisotropic notes = Up to 16 samples. | ||
|antialiasing = true | |antialiasing = true | ||
| − | |antialiasing notes = [[FXAA]] ([[FXAA]] or HQ [[FXAA]]) and [[TAA]] or [[SSAA]] 4x via launcher and [[DLSS]] via in-game options . | + | |antialiasing notes = [[FXAA]] ([[FXAA]] or HQ [[FXAA]]) and [[TAA]] or [[SSAA]] 4x via launcher and [[DLSS]] via in-game options. |
| + | |upscaling = unknown | ||
| + | |upscaling tech = | ||
| + | |upscaling notes = | ||
|vsync = true | |vsync = true | ||
| − | |vsync notes = On/Off and Adaptive | + | |vsync notes = On/Off and Adaptive. |
|60 fps = true | |60 fps = true | ||
|60 fps notes = | |60 fps notes = | ||
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|120 fps notes = | |120 fps notes = | ||
|hdr = true | |hdr = true | ||
| − | |hdr notes = Since 1.95 update | + | |hdr notes = Since 1.95 update. |
|ray tracing = true | |ray tracing = true | ||
| − | |ray tracing notes = Ray Traced Global Illumination since 1.95 update (RTX GPU is not required) | + | |ray tracing notes = Ray Traced Global Illumination since 1.95 update (RTX GPU is not required). |
|color blind = true | |color blind = true | ||
|color blind notes = | |color blind notes = | ||
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|steam cursor detection notes = | |steam cursor detection notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | + | {{ii}} The game can send telemetry data to supported software and devices through the shared memory protocol. | |
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
| + | {{Image|Audio settings.PNG|Sound settings.}} | ||
{{Audio | {{Audio | ||
|separate volume = true | |separate volume = true | ||
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|mute on focus lost notes = | |mute on focus lost notes = | ||
|eax support = | |eax support = | ||
| − | |eax support notes = | + | |eax support notes = |
| + | |royalty free audio = unknown | ||
| + | |royalty free audio notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{L10n|content= | {{L10n|content= | ||
| + | {{Image|language.PNG|Language settings.}} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Belarusian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = false |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Simplified Chinese |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = false |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Traditional Chinese |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = false |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Czech |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = true | |audio = true | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = French |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = true | |audio = true | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = German |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = true | |audio = true | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Hungarian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = false |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Italian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = true | |audio = true | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Japanese |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = true | |audio = true | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Korean |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = false | |audio = false | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Polish |
| + | |interface = true | ||
| + | |audio = true | ||
| + | |subtitles = true | ||
| + | |notes = | ||
| + | |fan = | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{L10n/switch | ||
| + | |language = Brazilian Portuguese | ||
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = false | |audio = false | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Romanian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = false | |audio = false | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Russian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = true |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Serbian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = false | |audio = false | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Spanish |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = true |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Turkish |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
| − | |audio = | + | |audio = true |
|subtitles = true | |subtitles = true | ||
|notes = | |notes = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{L10n/switch | {{L10n/switch | ||
| − | |language = | + | |language = Ukrainian |
|interface = true | |interface = true | ||
|audio = false | |audio = false | ||
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|self-hosting notes = | |self-hosting notes = | ||
|direct ip = false | |direct ip = false | ||
| − | |direct ip notes = Matches can only be joined by searching for the hosting player's name.<ref> | + | |direct ip notes = Matches can only be joined by searching for the hosting player's name.<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/31978-hosting/#entry372570|title=Hosting - Missions and Maps - War Thunder - Official Forum|date=May 2023}}</ref> |
}}{{Network/Ports | }}{{Network/Ports | ||
|tcp = 80, 443, 5222, 6881, 8090, 7850-7854, 7800-7802, 27022-27042<ref name="ports"/> | |tcp = 80, 443, 5222, 6881, 8090, 7850-7854, 7800-7802, 27022-27042<ref name="ports"/> | ||
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|trackir = true | |trackir = true | ||
|trackir notes = Supports: Yaw, Pitch, X, Y, Z. | |trackir notes = Supports: Yaw, Pitch, X, Y, Z. | ||
| − | |tobii eye tracking = | + | |tobii eye tracking = true |
| − | |tobii eye tracking notes = | + | |tobii eye tracking notes = Supports: '''Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking'''. |
|play area seated = true | |play area seated = true | ||
|play area seated notes = | |play area seated notes = | ||
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===API=== | ===API=== | ||
{{API | {{API | ||
| − | |direct3d versions = 11, 12 | + | |direct3d versions = 10.1, 11, 12 |
|direct3d notes = | |direct3d notes = | ||
|directdraw versions = | |directdraw versions = | ||
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|wing = | |wing = | ||
|wing notes = | |wing notes = | ||
| − | |opengl versions = | + | |opengl versions = false |
| − | |opengl notes = | + | |opengl notes = Removed as of 2021 |
|glide versions = | |glide versions = | ||
|glide notes = | |glide notes = | ||
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|dos modes = | |dos modes = | ||
|dos modes notes = | |dos modes notes = | ||
| − | |shader model versions = | + | |shader model versions = 4.0, 5.0 |
|shader model notes = | |shader model notes = | ||
|windows 32-bit exe = true | |windows 32-bit exe = true | ||
|windows 64-bit exe = true | |windows 64-bit exe = true | ||
| − | |windows exe notes = SSE 4.1 | + | |windows arm app = unknown |
| − | |mac os x powerpc app = | + | |windows exe notes = SSE 4.1 is now optional for 64 bit version |
| − | |macos intel 32-bit app = | + | |mac os x powerpc app = unknown |
| + | |macos intel 32-bit app = false | ||
|macos intel 64-bit app = true | |macos intel 64-bit app = true | ||
| − | |macos arm app = | + | |macos arm app = unknown |
|macos app notes = | |macos app notes = | ||
| − | |linux powerpc app = | + | |linux powerpc app = unknown |
|linux 32-bit executable= false | |linux 32-bit executable= false | ||
|linux 64-bit executable= true | |linux 64-bit executable= true | ||
| + | |linux arm app = unknown | ||
|linux executable notes = | |linux executable notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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{{System requirements|ref=<ref name="Sysreq">{{Refurl|url=https://warthunder.com/en/game/requirements|title=War Thunder - Next-Gen MMO Combat Game for PC, Mac, Linux and PlayStation®4 - Play for free now! - About the Game|date=2016-09-25}}</ref> | {{System requirements|ref=<ref name="Sysreq">{{Refurl|url=https://warthunder.com/en/game/requirements|title=War Thunder - Next-Gen MMO Combat Game for PC, Mac, Linux and PlayStation®4 - Play for free now! - About the Game|date=2016-09-25}}</ref> | ||
|OSfamily = Windows | |OSfamily = Windows | ||
| − | |minOS = | + | |minOS = 7 SP1/8/10 |
|minCPU = Dual-Core 2.2 GHz | |minCPU = Dual-Core 2.2 GHz | ||
|minRAM = 4 GB | |minRAM = 4 GB | ||
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|minDX = 11 | |minDX = 11 | ||
| − | |recOS = | + | |recOS = 10 |
| − | |recCPU = Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 | + | |recCPU = Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 or better |
|recRAM = 16 GB | |recRAM = 16 GB | ||
|recHD = 95 GB | |recHD = 95 GB | ||
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|OSfamily = OS X | |OSfamily = OS X | ||
| − | |minOS = Catalina 10.15 | + | |minOS = Catalina 10.15 |
|minCPU = Intel Core i7 | |minCPU = Intel Core i7 | ||
|minRAM = 4 GB | |minRAM = 4 GB | ||
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|minGPU3 = Intel HD 4000 | |minGPU3 = Intel HD 4000 | ||
| − | |recOS = 10.15 | + | |recOS = 10.15 |
| − | |recCPU = | + | |recCPU = |
|recRAM = 16 GB | |recRAM = 16 GB | ||
|recHD = 30 GB | |recHD = 30 GB | ||
Latest revision as of 20:40, 8 December 2023
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Gaijin Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Dagor Engine v6.5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 21, 2016 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 21, 2016 |
| Linux | December 21, 2016 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 81 |
| IGDB | 65 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | DLC, Free-to-play |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Simulation |
| Vehicles | Flight, Tank |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | World War II |
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|
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
War Thunder is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and simulation game.
Key points
- Cross-platform play with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
|
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| Steam | |
Can be launched directly from executable. | |
- All versions require a a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Free-to-play | No upfront purchase is required |
| Subscription | Premium account that allows players to earn more in game currency and XP at an increased rate. Also allows for configuration of camouflage condition on tanks and more slots for decals on all vehicles. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Boost | Premium account |
| Cosmetic | Decals, skins (camouflages), 3d decorators |
| Currency | "Golden Eagles" premium currency. Used to be available for free though "wagers", now only through extremely rare login rewards |
| Free-to-grind | All non-premium vehicles can be obtained without paying |
| Infinite spend | Contains loot boxes and can have infinite amounts of rewards from loot boxes in the players inventory |
| Loot box | Two types, one in game with a guaranteed limit to get the box's main prize. Another on the player market that rewards tradable items |
| Player trading | Items from loot boxes traded on trade.gaijin.net |
| Time-limited | Seasonal events with rewards that can be traded |
| Unlock | Paid only vehicles |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Pack | |
|
| Mustang Advanced Pack | |
|
| Dora Advanced Pack | |
|
| Ace Advanced Pack | |
|
| Melting Snowflake | |
|
| Frosty Snowflake | |
|
| Refulgent Snowflake | |
|
| Sparkling Snowflake | |
|
| Shining Snowflake | |
|
| Perfect Snowflake | |
|
| SdKfz 140/1 and T-26E Starter Pack | |
|
| Shielded T-34E Advanced Pack | |
|
| T-34 Prototype Starter Pack | |
|
| M4A2 Sherman Starter Pack | |
|
| Tank Destroyers Advanced Pack | |
|
| Fire and Maneuver Advanced Pack | |
|
| Grant I Advanced Pack | |
|
| Dora Advanced Pack | |
|
| Defenders Advanced Pack | |
|
| Alienware Bundle Pack | |
|
| T-34-85E Advanced Pack | |
|
| Ray Wetmore`s P-51D-10 Advanced Pack | |
|
| Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe Advanced Pack | |
|
| M5A1 Starter Pack | |
|
| Red Fury Advanced Pack | |
|
| Desert Rats Pack | |
|
| Panzer Pack | |
|
| US Combined Forces | |
|
| Royal Combined Forces | |
|
| Kliment Voroshilov Pack | |
|
| Plagis' Spitfire LF Mk. IX | |
|
| T29 Pack | |
|
| Guards T-34 Pack | |
|
| Ray Wetmore`s P-51D-10 Pack | |
|
| Black Prince Pack | |
|
| Hunter Pack | |
|
| T-34-85E, 1945 Pack | |
|
| M18 Black Cat Pack | |
|
| Sergei Dolgushin's La-7 Pack | |
|
| US Starter Pack | |
|
| USSR Starter Pack | |
|
| German Starter Pack | |
|
| Huey Hog Pack | |
|
| Haida Pack | |
|
| British Beginner's Pack | |
|
| Japanese Beginner's Pack | |
|
| Air Forces, Vol.1 (Original Game Soundtrack) | |
|
| Ground Forces, Vol.1 (Original Game Soundtrack) | |
|
| Naval Forces, Vol.1 (Original Game Soundtrack) | |
|
| XM-1 General Motors Pack | |
|
| Apache Pack | |
|
| Leopard Pack | |
|
| T-55AM-1 Pack | |
|
| USA Pacific Campaign | |
|
| Japanese Pacific Campaign | |
|
| Italian Starter Pack | |
|
| Japanese Starter Pack | |
|
| British Starter Pack | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\config.blk[Note 1] %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\WarThunder\Saves\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/WarThunder/Saves/<user-id> |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Launcher settings.
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | [1] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Adjusted ingame "on the fly" usually by the scroll wheel or key bindings. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Set Full window in launcher. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA (FXAA or HQ FXAA) and TAA or SSAA 4x via launcher and DLSS via in-game options. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On/Off and Adaptive. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | Since 1.95 update. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Ray Traced Global Illumination since 1.95 update (RTX GPU is not required). | ||
| Color blind mode | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | includes many types of control "levels": mouse aim, simplified, realistic, and full aircraft controls | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Remappable and has many default setups for different controllers and flight sticks. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
|---|
| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | Supported as directInput controller. | |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Tracked motion controllers |
|---|
| Generic/other controllers | Game is supporting directInput controllers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | Game is offer to setup new controller through pop-up menu. | |
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
- The game can send telemetry data to supported software and devices through the shared memory protocol.
Audio
Sound settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | 5.1 and 7.1 options | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language settings.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Belarusian | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Romanian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Serbian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | Use Nucleus-Coop Unofficial mod. | ||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Supports crossplay with Xbox One and PS4. Cannot play with both consoles at same time. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | Matchmaker chooses teams based on Battle Ranking of top 3 vehicles for each player. Player skills or their personal statistics are not taken into account. | |
| Peer-to-peer | Launcher uses Peer to Peer connection for downloading and updating the game (optional, turned on by default). Game itself doesn't use P2P connections. | |
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP | Matches can only be joined by searching for the hosting player's name.[2] |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 80, 443, 5222, 6881, 8090, 7850-7854, 7800-7802, 27022-27042[3] |
| UDP | 20010-20500, 3478-3480[3] |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: War thunder (tank only) or Helix Mod: War Thunder 3D fix W.I.P v1.0.0. | ||
| Headsets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamVR | [4] | ||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Preliminary support. Enable in launcher. | ||
| Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. | ||
| OSVR | |||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracked motion controllers | |||
| Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| Tobii Eye Tracking | Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking. | ||
| TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, X, Y, Z. | ||
| Play area | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 10.1, 11, 12 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | Default on Linux build |
| Shader Model support | 4.0, 5.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | SSE 4.1 is now optional for 64 bit version | ||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | [5] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum[6] | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1/8/10 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual-Core 2.2 GHz | Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 or better |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17 GB | 95 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon 77XX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher Radeon RX 570 and higher DirectX 12 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum[6] | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Catalina 10.15 | 10.15 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | 30 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 5550 Nvidia GeForce 8800 Intel HD 4000 | Radeon Vega II or higher |
- Xeon processors not supported
| Linux | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum[6] | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Most modern 64-bit Linux distributions, SteamOS | Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, SteamOS |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual-Core 2.4 GHz | Intel Core i7 |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | 30 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | Nvidia GeForce 1060 Radeon RX 560 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ War Thunder 21:9 gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Hosting - Missions and Maps - War Thunder - Official Forum - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "War Thunder" game ports
- ↑ smokeyboogs49 comments on War Thunder now officially supports the HTC Vive - last accessed on 2016-09-25
- ↑ Appeal An Easy Anti-Cheat Decision - last accessed on 2021-09-28
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 War Thunder - Next-Gen MMO Combat Game for PC, Mac, Linux and PlayStation®4 - Play for free now! - About the Game - last accessed on 2016-09-25