War Thunder Update 2.57.1.83 Put Missile Guidance Back on Target

War Thunder Update 2.57.1.83 fixed a group of aircraft, naval, interface, and graphics issues on August 12. Gaijin Entertainment’s Steam announcement highlighted corrections to rocket-launch indicators, ESM and radar missile guidance, replay controls, and nuclear aircraft deployment.

The most gameplay-focused changes affect aircraft weapons. The interface now correctly identifies which side will launch the next rocket, while a separate missile correction prevents Electronic Support Measures from interfering with semi-active radar homing guidance.

Missile guidance no longer inherits ESM’s limits

Aircraft carrying two rockets on the same hardpoint could show the wrong launch side in both the top-left HUD indicator and the weapon selector at the bottom of the screen. The game already prevented the upper rocket from firing before the lower one, but the interface did not always reflect that rule. Both displays were corrected.

Another fix addresses the relationship between Electronic Support Measures and semi-active radar homing missiles. ESM is intended to guide anti-radiation missiles, but an error caused its scan angles to affect SARH weapons as well. When a target moved outside those angles, the missile could abandon its lock and fall back to inertial and data link guidance.

The proximity fuze logic also used the aircraft’s center point instead of the precise area that triggered the sensor. That could delay detonation, allowing a missile to pass through its target and deal only kinetic damage. The calculation now uses the correct point on the aircraft, so the warhead can detonate at the proper moment.

Replay controls and nuclear aircraft access are back

Replay viewers received several interface corrections. The cursor no longer remains visible when the interface is hidden or when players use the screenshot option without the interface. Server replays also received a fix for a cache-related problem that prevented mouse clicks from switching to another player’s camera view.

The button for switching to a nuclear-armed aircraft in Ground Battles has returned as well. Once enough spawn points have been earned, players can deploy the aircraft without leaving their current vehicle.

Other cleanup includes a clearer frame around the selected crew slot, restored access to the Shadow Quality and Effect Quality settings, and a ray-tracing fix that stops tree shadows from jittering across the ground as the camera moves. Update 2.57.1.83 follows the recent 2.57.1.81 missile fix pass, which addressed several related aircraft and weapon issues.

War Thunder Update 2.57.1.83 Patch Notes

The changelog covers aircraft weapon data, naval crew counts, interface behavior, achievement tracking, ammunition displays, and graphics settings.

Aircraft

• Type 99 Mark 1 20 mm cannon — the cannons are now divided into various variants (Model 2, Model 3, Model 4, Model 11) with differing rates of fire. (Report).
• He 177 (all variants) — a bug that caused the Fritz X bomb to be listed as unguided in the Secondary Weapons preset creation menu has been fixed.

Naval Battles

• Kim Qui — crew size has been reduced from 17 to 15. (Report). Source: Boats of the United States Navy. NAVSHIPS 250-452.
• PTF-7 — crew size has been reduced from 21 to 17. (Report). Source: Boats of the United States Navy. NAVSHIPS 250-452.
• LCM(6) Zippo — crew size has been reduced from 15 to 11. (Report). Source: Boats of the United States Navy. NAVSHIPS 250-452.
• USS Flagstaff — crew size has been reduced from 16 to 13. (Report). Source: Boats of the United States Navy. NAVSHIPS 250-452.
• Marne — the shell type for the 65 mm gun has been corrected from solid AP to an AP-HE shell in the stat card.

Interface

• The crew selection in the crew slot bar has been reworked to make the selected crew more clearly visible.
• An issue where the interface was sometimes not visible when loading the hangar after logging in has been fixed.
• An issue where the “Get to Know Us!” achievement would not unlock after watching the credits has been fixed.
• Cannon and machine gun shells are no longer shown in the missile and bomb comparison window.

Graphics

• A bug that caused the Shadow quality and Effects quality parameters to always return to high and very high values respectively has been fixed. (Report).

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War Thunder

Developed by Gaijin Entertainment

War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat MMO featuring aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval craft spanning from the early 20th century to the modern era. Players progress through technology trees across multiple nations, unlocking increasingly advanced military vehicles. The game offers three realism tiers for each vehicle type: arcade, realistic, and simulator modes. Originally developed as a flight simulator under the name "World of Planes," the game expanded to include tanks in 2014 and naval forces later, becoming a combined-arms experience. A mobile version was released in 2023.

• Genre Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
• Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
• Perspective First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
• Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
• Release January 28, 2013
• Publisher Gaijin Entertainment
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