Preparation for the "Scorching Rays" update

[OSTLAND]

@MajorMcDonalds

, plus we’ve also added a new alternative for those who love to assemble the most effective army.

Is that mean, what I think (and asked so many times) that chest now will become faction specific? Please say that - yes.

[Andris42]

@_DeadManWalking

“Lobby Text Chat” (to coordinate things pre-battle → i.e. loadout, etc.)

That would only work if you know what battle awaits you, or not? I don’t even know which faction I play and whether in defender or attacker role - even on the loading screen…

But otherwise I agree with all the rest.

[_DeadManWalking]

Meant this more for friends that are grouped up and, in case a random goup stays together after a battle (not sure if that is the case or if random groups actually get disbanded after every battle and then remade - never tried that “random group” option).

[传说巨神伊迪安]

Just having one cannon won’t do. His cannon shells can only penetrate the early round-shaped cast hull of the Sherman model. But anyone starting from the M4 can’t penetrate it. This shows that he is even worse than the Panzer IV model. What’s the point of making it longer? The trajectory is straight, but it can’t penetrate the body as effectively as the 50mm. It can only hit the weak points of the Sherman, just like how the IS-2 hits the face of the Tiger II.

[传说巨神伊迪安]

“While operating the Chi-Nu, could you easily penetrate a Sherman’s armor?”

[Emperor_Yoshiro]

Well the standard Chi-Nu no its hard.

[Greyparrots]

@MajorMcDonalds

Graphical changes

One of the most significant graphical improvements of the upcoming update will be the addition of ray tracing.

The feature will require DirectX 12 and will work with AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards. By default, it’ll be disabled to ensure stability.

Should you try Enlisted with ray tracing enabled? Definitely! This technology will significantly improve the visuals of the game by making lighting and reflections more realistic, but for this you will need a powerful graphics card. We recommend using at least an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 or AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT card for 1080p 60 fps.

You will be able to read more about ray tracing in a separate devblog soon.

Additional changes that will add more flavor to battles include updated hit marks, which will improve the look of damage on vehicles and buildings. Each hit will leave a distinctive mark, allowing players not only to enjoy the effects of explosions, but also to follow the course of battle through visual cues.

Changes have been made to the environment too. Our location artists completely redesigned the vegetation on all locations. Simple, monotonous grass is a thing of the past - replaced with more detailed flora that will make the landscapes more vivid and rich.

At this point you may wanna change the update name from scorching rays to how we are planning to murder majority of people’s stuff because we don’t understand what optimization is for maps or in general for majority of things.

[GENxCatrenko-live]

@MajorMcDonalds

Silver Chest

It also didn’t remain unchanged - we have updated its content and appearance. It will contain rewards from past Battle Passes, plus we’ve also added a new alternative for those who love to assemble the most effective army.

You’ll be able to send your old unique Battle Pass soldiers to the rear. Why do this? Because newly obtained BP soldiers will come with maximum characteristics!

On top of all, the addition of Battle Pass weapons to the Silver Chest will not decrease the drop chance of Event weapons!

So does this mean silver chests will come back upon this update too?

[Knyaz_Iaroslav]

@MajorMcDonalds

The machinegunner will control the hull machine gun on the following tanks: BA-11, Pz.III E, Pz.III B, Pz.III J, Pz.38(t) F, M3 Stuart, M5A1, M14/41 and M13/40.

Well finally at least part of tanks get’s it. Hope that’s one day all of them would be controllable.

[X_BloodBandit_X]

@传说巨神伊迪安

Just having one cannon won’t do. His cannon shells can only penetrate the early round-shaped cast hull of the Sherman model. But anyone starting from the M4 can’t penetrate it. This shows that he is even worse than the Panzer IV model. What’s the point of making it longer? The trajectory is straight, but it can’t penetrate the body as effectively as the 50mm. It can only hit the weak points of the Sherman, just like how the IS-2 hits the face of the Tiger II.

Maybe I’m just completely wrong and am not remembering things right, but the chi-nu aphe should penn most of the front on a sherman (not including the jumbo) as sherman frontal armor is in the 50s-60s.

[Admiral_Wenli]

You need to account for the angle and a few other factors, it would be like saying the T-34 only has 45mm armour.

[X_BloodBandit_X]

Not forgetting. Most Sherman’s in game at most engagements will have sub 100mm equivalents. Less than the penn of chi-nu. Beyond that, there’s still the turret you can always pretty easily get through.

[Darenius1]

@X BloodBandit X@live

Most Sherman’s in game at most engagements will have sub 100mm equivalents. Less than the penn of chi-nu. Beyond that, there’s still the turret you can always pretty easily get through

Shermans have about 90 to 100mm of armor roughly in the front but the chi nu gun only has that 100mm of pen on a flat and unangled surface at point blank. So realisticly the chi nu APHE can often be stoped by large parts of the front armor on a sherman.

[WorstBotsEver]

If you had allowed the option to choose the battlefield and game type, maybe you wouldn’t have so many Desertion related issues.

[SdKfz173DW-live]

@MajorMcDonalds

But there’ll be more than just new unlockables in the update. We decided to increase the combat effectiveness of BR I tanks. The machinegunner will control the hull machine gun on the following tanks: BA-11, Pz.III E, Pz.III B, Pz.III J, Pz.38(t) F, M3 Stuart, M5A1, M14/41 and M13/40.

You’ll be able to control the hull machine gun from two positions: the commander’s and the machinegunner’s position.

In the future, these changes will be implemented for other tanks as well.

Now where have I seen this before

Some much needed tank changes

It should be automatic and we should have automatically unlocked most basic camos for each region. We should be able to switch those default camos for each campaign preset.

[Lorientais]

But there’ll be more than just new unlockables in the update. We decided to increase the combat effectiveness of BR I tanks. The machinegunner will control the hull machine gun on the following tanks: BA-11, Pz.III E, Pz.III B, Pz.III J, Pz.38(t) F, M3 Stuart, M5A1, M14/41 and M13/40.

You’ll be able to control the hull machine gun from two positions: the commander’s and the machinegunner’s position.

I’ve been waiting for this for so long. The realism will be more present when playing a tank. Thanks Gajinn.

[X_BloodBandit_X]

@Lorientais

You’ll be able to control the hull machine gun

If only they made it so the AI shoots on their own like we had for a short time while back due to a bug. It was really cool and made playing a tank that much more fun. Helped you defend your tank much easier as well

[Kriegerfaust007-live]

And if tanks could not shoot in and out of the gray zone using is like a death wall against infantry I’d be all for buffing tanks, but they can so no

[tgreg1701]

reiterate please:

• restrict hmg firing only when aiming inside its arc of fire
• allow the gunner to control the hmg, if crewed
• make the loader position selectable. allows using medkits and tools
• no automatic seat change in tanks. only manual. soldiers stay at their designated stations

thank you

[Darenius1]

@MajorMcDonalds

What’s next?

Stay tuned for more news - detailed devblogs about the update are coming soon. Also, look forward to the next “SITREP”, which will be released a few weeks after the update.

Those have been some very long weeks so any news on that?
I am really tied of waiting for something promised to have happened so long ago. @MajorMcDonalds