Difference between revisions of "War Thunder"

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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

Warnings

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

Key points

Cross-platform play with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Ace Advanced Pack
Alienware Bundle Pack
Defenders Advanced Pack
Dora Advanced Pack
Fire and Maneuver Advanced Pack
Frosty Snowflake
Grant I Advanced Pack
M4A2 Sherman Starter Pack
M5А1 Starter Pack
Melting Snowflake
Mustang Advanced Pack
Perfect Snowflake
Ray Wetmore`s P-51D-10 Advanced Pack
Red Fury Advanced Pack
Refulgent Snowflake
SdKfz 140/1 and T-26E Starter Pack
Shielded T-34E Advanced Pack
Shining Snowflake
Sparkling Snowflake
Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe Advanced Pack
Steam Pack
T-34 Prototype Starter Pack
T-34-85E Advanced Pack
Tank Destroyers Advanced Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.blk^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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 settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Simplified Chinese
Korean
Hungarian
Unrecognized language				Unrecognized language 'Ukranian', see here for available options.
Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

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.^[1]

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 5222, 6881, 8090, 7850-7854, 7800-7802, 27022-27042^[2]
UDP	20010-20500, 3478-3480^[2]

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.
TriDef 3D

Headsets
SteamVR		^[3]
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
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL
Vulkan		Start it with this Parameter: -forcestart -driver:vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum^[4]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7/Vista/8/10	7 64bit /Vista 64bit /8 64bit /10 64bit
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB	22 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 46XX Nvidia GeForce GT 520 Intel HD 4000	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or higher AMD R9 280 or higher

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum^[4]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.12 Sierra	10.12 Sierra
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB	23 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 5550 Nvidia GeForce 8800 Intel HD 4000	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M

Xeon processors not supported

Linux
	Minimum^[4]	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	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB	21 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Hosting - Missions and Maps - War Thunder - Official Forum
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "War Thunder" game ports
↑ smokeyboogs49 comments on War Thunder now officially supports the HTC Vive - last accessed on 2016-09-25
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 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

[gamedir-1] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2] Hosting - Missions and Maps - War Thunder - Official Forum

[ports-3] 2.0 ^2.1 "War Thunder" game ports

[4] smokeyboogs49 comments on War Thunder now officially supports the HTC Vive - last accessed on 2016-09-25

[Sysreq-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 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

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Gaijin Entertainment
Engines
	Dagor Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 21, 2016
macOS (OS X)	December 21, 2016
Linux	December 21, 2016