Give people the option to set tank camo per campaign, similar to soldier outfits

[Willcario]

I would love to use desert camouflage without looking stupid in Stalingrad. I would also love to use winter camouflage without looking stupid in Normandy

This would likely significantly increase sales for tank skins so it’s a W for darkflow.

[ErikaKalkbrenner]

i was thinking of the same thing.

let’s give presets to vehicle.

except, unlike clothing, if i buy a gray camo ( for example ), i should be able to use on all or most presets WITHOUT having to buy it again. or… just make players able to assign camouflage on various theaters as they choose.

Presets are nice in theory, but are the worst implemented thing in a video game ( due to how poorly those have been implemented ).

like changing a face in normandy somehow make the guy go on a facial reconstruction when lands in berlin.

[Valkay]

Erika is right, camo should be universal.

@Valkay

I’m not afraid of spending some money on the game, servers must be paid for and the developers need to eat too.

But the price has became unrealistic after the merge, just buying basic things like a unit decal and number for the tank alongside a camouflage costs 500 gold which scales quickly if you have other tanks. Veterans have at least one tank on for each BR for each faction and possibly APCs and aircraft too.

Having to buy things multiple times for each campaign would make it impossibly expensive.
That is why camouflage and decals should be a single purchase that can be used indefinitely once purchased.
This will encourage more people to buy more, even whales will be happy since now they can buy a different camouflage for their tank for each campaign.

Basic winter, desert and summer camouflages should be free for players since the whole point is making the game more realistic.

[Adamnpee]

@Valkay

Having to buy things multiple times for each campaign would make it impossibly expensive.
That is why camouflage and decals should be a single purchase that can be used indefinitely once purchased.

Or they could do it like in WT, give one camo for each environment (summer, winter, dessert) for free.

With you unlockong them either after a certain number of enemy vehicles are destroyed (like in wt) or after a certain number of battles are played with that particular vehicle.

[Valkay]

@Adamnpee

Or they could do it like in WT, give one camo for each environment (summer, winter, dessert) for free.

thats what I said too…

@Valkay

Basic winter, desert and summer camouflages should be free for players since the whole point is making the game more realistic.

[Adamnpee]

Sorry, I didn’t get there xD as soon as something inspires me to have an idea, I stop reading and write it down so I don’t forget it.

[Veekay45]

Allow me to quote instead of typing again

@Veekay45

1. Every vehicle by default should come with accurate, immersive, appropriate, historically accurate generic decals and turret numbers randomized for each vehicle in the match:
   
   
   

---

2. These default skins should change their base color/paintjob according to the map they’re placed on
   
   
   

These must be the default skins that are shown to players who choose to enable the Filter, NOT markless Darkflow-style sand-yellow tanks in Moscow.

---

Additionally there should be optional skins/decals with pre-placed locations and sizes which would NOT be disabled by the filter.

Example:

Default T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps

Optional “improved” skin for T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps

Optional “improved” skin for T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps

@Veekay45

What are the most basic requirements to tank visuals in a WW2 game?

A. Basic faction insignia
German tanks must have Balkenkreuz, American tanks must have white stars (Soviet tanks must not have red stars - those were mostly for parades).
And no they must not be sold for gold. They must be pre-rendered on all skins with fixed sizes and positions according to army regulations of the time, e.g.:

B. Basic color change according to the biome
Any and all Pz III must be dark yellow in Tunisia; grey/white in Moscow, Rzhev and Stalingrad; dark green/ambush in Normandy, Ardennes and Berlin.
These must work exactly like soldiers’ automatic clothing change, and any additionally purchased/unlocked colorway must only be applicable within the appropriate biome preset.
And no they must not be sold for gold.

C. Basic random turret numbers
Simple randomized turren numbers must be added to add life to generic looking tanks.
For example a German tank numbered 243 would mean 2nd company, 4th platoon, 3rd vehicle.
And no they must not be sold for gold.

[Veekay45]

@ErikaKalkbrenner

except, unlike clothing, if i buy a gray camo ( for example ), i should be able to use on all or most presets WITHOUT having to buy it again. or… just make players able to assign camouflage on various theaters as they choose.

I would prefer it to be exactly like clothing preset:

You get a basic “whiteout” Tiger for Ardennes by default, you can unlock/buy with appearance orders “white and dots” or “white and nets” or “white and Das Reich decal” options, but you can’t be Trollin’ Jimmy and buy a “North African tiger stripes” camo to “be unique and stand out” in Ardennes.

(even though I realise our current Devs hate WW2 and will sell anything that sells)

[BodyBagger111]

Decals should be optional, not default. I, for one, do NOT want large white letters and numbers all over my green tanks—which does nothing but help to give up my position to the enemy. These types of decals do nothing but circumvent the camouflage you have on your tank.

[Veekay45]

Honestly I don’t think a cross/star on the side of your hull would give you away any more than a fat red mark moving next to your tank in real time or the tank damage camera in the top right corner would, but at the same time I would indeed not oppose that people who want to just go “stealth” have that option too.

[BodyBagger111]

True, but when I can find a nice dark area with shade, trees, and lots of brush… It gives me some advantage in regard to camouflage NOT having those white markings all over my tank. However, under different conditions, you are correct: I will get spotted, regardless.

[Valkay]

He is not wrong.
White washed vehicles often had their markings covered.

Sometimes the crew would not white wash the area of the markings keeping those visible which might be a coding nightmare to add.
In case of complete white camo some number or decal was still sometimes applied to the back of the vehicle for identification as on the sherman in the second picture below.

[Veekay45]

Yep.

And on the other hand Americans switched to big white star in a circle on top of their tanks to not get mistakenly bombed during Normandy

Same idea as the Soviets with their late war white cross on top