War Thunder – Eagle’s Shadow: New Rendering! Part 1

Summary

We’re updating rendering! This will bring interesting new effects to the game, some of which we’ll discuss today.

Snow, dirt and dust on tanks

Snow, dirt and dust on tanks

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War Thunder has long had a system that lets ground vehicles get dirty in battle. Tracks kick up dust, dirt and snow, fires leave soot, and crossing a river washes the grime away. But while the physics of how dirt spreads was pretty good, it was not always accurate. Snow on sloped surfaces looked like a milky film, dust spread like a flat beige wash, and different tanks side by side could have completely different cover because of different armor angles, while grain size varied from part to part. In the Eagle’s Shadow major update, we’ve rebuilt the dirt system from scratch.
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