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Revision as of 05:08, 5 February 2021

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World of Tanks
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Developers
Wargaming
Engines
Bigworld
Core
Release dates
Windows October 30, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 80
OpenCritic 75
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play
Modes Multiplayer
Genres Vehicle combat, MMO
Vehicles Tank
Series World of Tanks
World of Tanks on IGDB
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World of Tanks guide on StrategyWiki
World of Tanks on MobyGames
World of Tanks on Wikipedia
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World of Tanks
World of Tanks 2010
World of Tanks Blitz 2015

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Key points

No cross-platform play with console or mobile players - World of Tanks Console and World of Tanks Blitz are completely separate games.
Has two clients for download, SD and HD, the difference is that the SD client take up less disk space and doesn't offer maximum resolution textures.[1]

General information

Official site
Official Wiki
Official Mod Hub
Reddit
Official Guide and Official Newcomers Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
 Coming soon.
Windows
All versions require a Wargaming.net account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Essential improvements

Modifications

After community outcry about mods that gave players an unfair advantage, an official mod portal was created. All mods listed there are verified by Wargaming for performance and legality.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1407200/pfx/[Note 1]

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings, Screen tab.
Graphics settings, Screen tab.
Graphics settings, Details tab.
Graphics settings, Details tab.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Resolution settings can be customized further than what is available in-game.[2]
Set resolution in preferences.xml[2]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks
  2. Edit preferences.xml
  3. Change widescreenWidth and widescreenHeight to match your resolution.
  4. Change the aspectRatio value to match your aspect ratio:
    • 4:3 resolutions: 1.333000
    • 5:4 resolutions: 1.250000
    • 16:10 resolutions: 1.600000
    • 16:9 resolutions: 1.778000
    • 48:9 resolutions: 5.333333
    • 48:10 resolutions: 4.800000
  5. Save your changes.

Windowed

Set resolution in preferences.xml[2]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks
  2. Edit preferences.xml
  3. Change the windowedWidth and windowedHeight values to match your resolution.
  4. Change the aspectRatio value to match your aspect ratio:
    • 4:3 resolutions: 1.333000
    • 5:4 resolutions: 1.250000
    • 16:10 resolutions: 1.600000
    • 16:9 resolutions: 1.778000
    • 48:9 resolutions: 5.333333
    • 48:10 resolutions: 4.800000
  5. Save your changes.

High frame rate

Frame rate caps can be adjusted by editing variables in the engine_config.xml, which needs to be unpacked before it can be edited[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\res
  2. Make a backup of engine_config.xml
  3. Download WOT Binary XML Editor, extract, install and run it.
  4. In WoT Binary XML Viewer/Editor, open <path-to-game>\res\engine_config.xml (as "All Files (*.*)").
  5. Change the maxFrameRate (gameplay FPS cap) and reducedFrameRate (garage FPS cap) values as desired.
  6. Save your changes.

Notes

Modifying settings in this file may cause problems with the game or potentially result in a banned account.[citation needed]
Changes will be overwritten by future patches.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
60 Maximum 30 players per team, co-op group in random matches (platoons) limited to 3 players

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Based on battle tiers of vehicles used, player skill or 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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)[3]
TCP 80, 443, 1080, 3128, 8080, 8081, 8088, 8888, 20000-25000, 32801, 32803
UDP 53, 20010-20020, 32800-32900
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform

Stats Tools

System requirements

Windows[4]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10 7, 8, 10 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU) Dual-core, SSE2 Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 36 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 4550
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other 256 Kbps internet connection 1024 Kbps internet connection (for voice chat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

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