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this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.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

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

Official Forum

Wikia wiki

Subreddit

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Steam

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]}
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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Simplified Chinese
Korean
Ukrainian
Hungarian
Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
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.^[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.

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	10, 11
OpenGL
Vulkan		Start it with this Parameter: -forcestart -driver:vulkan

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			SSE 4.1 support is required for 64-bit
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum^[4]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8	10
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 46XX Nvidia GeForce GT 520 Intel HD 4000 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD R9 280 DirectX 11 compatible

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)	12 GB	30 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)	12 GB	30 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]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Developers

	Gaijin Entertainment
Engines
	Dagor Engine
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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 ==VR support==
 {{VR support
-|gg3d name                   =
-|native 3d gg3d award        =
-|nvidia 3d vision gg3d award =
-|tridef 3d gg3d award        =
-|iz3d gg3d award             =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
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-|windows exe notes      = SSE4.1 support is required for 64-bit
+|windows exe notes      = SSE 4.1 support is required for 64-bit
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+|minDX    = 10
-|recOS    = 7 64bit /Vista 64bit /8 64bit /10 64bit
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-|recHD    = 22 GB
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-|recGPU   = Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or higher
+|recGPU   = Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
-|recGPU2  = AMD R9 280 or higher
+|recGPU2  = AMD R9 280
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-|minHD    = 9 GB
+|minHD    = 12 GB
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 |minGPU2  = Nvidia GeForce 8800
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+|minHD    = 12 GB
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 {{References}}