The 2.23.0.42 update has been pumped out for War Thunder, and here’s the full list of changes and fixes added with this patch. The free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer game was developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment in 2012. The title surprisingly receives updates day by day and owing to this offers players better gameplay. Anyway, a new version arrived a while ago and brought several changes to the game. Check out the War Thunder 2.23.0.42 update patch notes down below.
War Thunder 2.23.0.42 Update Patch Notes
Aircraft
- R-23T, R-24T, and R-27R missiles — the dominance of heat signatures for jet engines and flares in the missile seekers have been adjusted.
- J35XS – ammo capacity of the forward-firing cannon has been increased to 120 rounds.
Naval – War Thunder 2.23.0.42 Update Patch Notes
- Missing detonation in the shell and charge cellars of naval vessels has been fixed.
By the way, if you missed the previous update, its patch notes are also down below:
Aircraft
- A-6E TRAM — an automatic control system has been added.
- F-16A Block 20 MLU — a drag chute has been added.
- F-16А (all versions) – max speed at 9 km altitude has been increased.
- Mirage 2000c s5, 2000d r1 – max IAS speed has been increased to 1,440 km/h.
- MiG-23, MiG-29, F-16, Ja-37, Mirage F1 – for radar pulse-doppler track mode, the notch sector has been reduced. If the target is lost the radar maintains inertial tracking longer.
- R-23R, R-24R, R-27R, AIM-7, Skyflash, Rb71 missiles – velocity search acquisition zone has been reduced. This adjustment decreases the chance of acquiring another target, although it decreases the chances of locking on to the selected target if the target greatly changes its speed or direction within the period between a missile launch and the target acquisition.
- For all fighter radars, the range gate for BVR acquisition has been increased to avoid failed acquisition attempts if the target closing speed is high.
- Mirage 2000D-R1 — a bug has been fixed that caused a speed boost while mounting some weapon presets. The aircraft type has been changed to “strike aircraft”.
- J-7D — SL reward in Realistic Battles has been increased, and the repair cost reduced to 5,400 SL.
- A bug has been fixed that caused suspended fuel tank detachments while toggling from a ship to aircraft in the hangar.
- Harrier GR.7 — a missing critical overload indication has been restored.
- A bug has been fixed that enabled the stabilizer while switching to the optical targeting camera.
Naval
- USS Arizona, USS Wyoming — fuze delay of AP rounds on the auxiliary guns has been adjusted to 0.015 sec.
- IJN Myoko — the firing angles of the main caliber turrets have been adjusted. The 3rd turret doesn’t shoot through the superstructure anymore. The ship’s class in the info card has been corrected.
- IJN Agano — targeting angles of the main caliber turrets have been increased.
- A bug that caused the mission results window to show an erroneous message about not receiving a reward for inactivity if the connection to the server was lost has been fixed.
Sound – War Thunder 2.23.0.42 Update Patch Notes
- The volume of enemy vehicles in the rear hemisphere has been increased.
- Sound of the automatic weapons for ground vehicles and naval vessels has been improved. The sound has become sharper and more distinctive at distance. The volume of the breeches of the player’s guns has become louder.
- Sounds of rockets and missiles passing by have become more distinctive and bright (in a 2 km area around the player).
- Ship crew voice chat — the frequency of the following sound reports has been reduced: position of the rudder, incoming hits, orders to initiate damage control, incoming damage reports, heeling reports.
Graphics
- A bug has been fixed where hit decals might be displayed incorrectly: armor penetration marks might be displayed on aircraft, and aircraft skin damage might be displayed on ground vehicles.
- A bug has been fixed where hit decals might twinkle when turning the camera.
Interface
- Non-purchased ships and boats now have access to torpedoes in test sail.
- Reward notifications for actions have been added to Simulator battles, such as a hit to the enemy vehicle, capturing of a point, etc. This allows a player to track the helpful actions reward in each period of time and be aware at period end and start. These notifications could be hidden in the “Battle Interface” section of the options menu, by unchecking the box “Show reward message for an action”.
- In the “Battle Interface” section of the options menu you are now able to hide HUD elements in battle: battle chat, log of the destroyed vehicles, orders panel, reward notifications for actions, and battle rewards notifications.
Missions – War Thunder 2.23.0.42 Update Patch Notes
- A bug has been fixed where aircraft might appear under the airfields’ textures in the “Finland” and “Ash river” locations.
DEV note: The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions, and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.
War Thunder is available on PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One, and Series X|S platforms. For more information regarding this patch, visit the official War Thunder Steam page.