Have you downloaded the Direct Hit update for War Thunder? If so, how’s your experience so far? Well, developer Gaijin Entertainment continually improves the game since the major content patch was released. This time around, they’ve launched Update 2.9.0.50 that fixes the helicopter ballistic calculator. More bug fixes are also introduced, so read ahead to find out what other things got resolved.
Helicopter Ballistic Calculator
Before the update, whenever you switch to a helicopter after your previous vehicle got destroyed, the ballistic calculator of the chopper would sometimes get broken. This led to a host of problems, including shell and missile failures, incorrect controls, among many others.
Apparently, there was an issue where the settings of your previous vehicle would be saved and then used by the helicopter after you respawn. Fortunately, the devs have quickly resolved this and the smart system should now perform its tasks as intended.
Free Up Space
Some vehicles and equipment have advanced battle systems in place that would provide you with a lot of information at a time. While this can be helpful for some, it is confusing for most people.
When entering a modern vehicle, for example, you may find radar data at the bottom of the screen and an azimuth scale at the top. The devs acknowledged that this is excessive, so they removed the scale as per community feedback.
Patch Highlights
- A bug has been fixed with the missing helicopter speed indicator if the “Indicated air speed” option is set to “IAS”
- A torpedo reload indicator has been fixed in Naval AB for the vessels with onboard reloading torpedo launchers
- A rare client crash after changing account has been fixed
- 9M133, 9M133FM-3: A bug has been fixed where the optronic countermeasures were able to affect the missiles. The control type has been changed to the laser-beam
- MAUS, E100: A bug with different aiming speeds in the main and auxiliary guns has been fixed.
- Lead marker on weapon control: Indication of the distance correction with the lead maker has been fixed. Now it indicates more accurately whether you should aim closer or farther relative to the enemy ship
- Realistic aiming in AB has been fixed: When switching in the settings menu to realistic aiming in AB, shooting is now identical to shooting in RB
- MiG-27M: The opening of some presets of the suspended weaponry without researching the relevant modifications has been fixed
- F-5 (all modifications): Tearing off of the different wing parts where some elements of the aircraft structure and suspended weaponry were left hanging in the air has been fixed
The complete patch notes can be found on the game’s official Steam page.
War Thunder Update 2.9.0.50 is now available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
