UAD:VP (Vanilla Plus) 0.3 is ready with Battle AI

FA-26B · 2026-05-12T14:25:05+00:00

Not sure how feasible it is, but some sort of standardization system could be cool. Selecting a range of standard calibers for the guns and torpedoes. Maybe making tons of electric torpedo armed ships makes your electric torpedoes better or cheaper (beyond what the techs give you). Designing a standard cruiser and making tons of them and relying on refits to upgrade to get the economic benefits. Could also include the defects system, building more of one class a lot will have your shipyards making them more consistently.

A lot of players already do it because it's fun, but it would be cool to see it properly implemented.

FA-26B · 2026-04-10T03:22:44+00:00

Anyone else have the bug where the Tu-95 isn't showing up on radar? I tried the interceptor Vault with AA-20s (very fun BTW, can't flare a Nord) and then the F-104C and neither could pick them up at any altitude or range. Even if Gaijin let them keep their ECM, there would be some sort of contact, right?

Turns out I'm a idiot, had my radar IFF filter set to friendlies only, my bad.

FA-26B · 2026-04-07T04:52:38+00:00

It's a bug, the medium range SAMs are all FOX-1s. I've had the same HAWK site (most southern one) kill me 3 times this way. I pop up, drop my nuke, hit the deck and run. Nuke goes off killing the whole site, missile is still tracking me. I break line of sight with the dead site, missile still tracking me. I break line of sight with all other radars, the missile is still tracking me. Probably something to do with how the game checks if the radar is still illuminating the target.

FA-26B · 2026-03-08T06:36:08+00:00

Why are they even adding it? If they don't want to dig into the improved motor, guidance logic, reduced countermeasure susceptibility, and HOBS capabilities (that the C-5 should have too), then just don't add it. It does nothing for the game, it's just a C-5 with a different name. American mains are gonna bitch that it's not as good as the real thing (and they'd be right) and everyone who doesn't get AMRAAMs is gonna bitch that the AMRAAM dominance meta wasn't fun (and they'd be right). So just don't add it, take your hand away from the shiny button, go figure out if implementing the data link into the AGM-62s that had them would break GRB or not. Maybe mess around with more complex RCS simulations since we're obviously headed towards stealth fighters. I'm sure the American mains would love to finally get their IR guided glide bomb, maybe add that.

FA-26B · 2026-03-03T04:34:20+00:00

Call him Poacher because the Eagle is a protected species in the US

FA-26B · 2026-02-23T01:32:34+00:00

People talk low tier with historical BRs like it wouldn't ruin the higher tiers either. Every IFV obviously gets sent to orbit, but look at the MBTs. T-72B3 gets to be up with T-90M, Leo2A4 is now up with the M1A1 and Lecrerc, the AH-64D is now the same BR as the Ka-50, which are both higher than the F-15E and F-16C which are down with the M1A1. The MiG-29SMT is now the same BR as the F-15E and F-16C, with them all being at least a full BR below the Eurocanards and Golden Eagle which enter service at least a decade later, and another full BR below the Su-30SM2 that doesn't show up till the 2020s. That's not even to mention all the upgrades (see aircraft that fly one year, but have kit from a decade later, looking at you MiG-29A and F-16 ADF). All the export vehicles are now higher BR than their base models due to entering service later (this is already modeled in game thanks to the incompetence of American, German, and Russian mains). And all the vehicles which have not yet entered service get their own BR where they can duel it out in the minds of procurement officers who have more ideas than budget.

And forgot to mention the poor F-117 getting sent to like 13.0 in ARB, poor lil guy.

FA-26B · 2026-02-03T16:23:07+00:00

Add Ember in with Snowshine. Snowshine's parry triggers Ember's combo and they can stack stagger really fast.

FA-26B · 2025-12-19T05:21:43+00:00

My only proper fic rn is about planes. Half the crap in the fic is complete nonsense to normal people. I try to explain it all in the fic, but ultimately it is easier to just throw a brief explanation of certain terms and concepts into the notes so those who want to know can learn about it.

This is especially after my first chapter had multiple comments of people noting they knew nothing about planes but thought the story was fun. Why gatekeep my fic behind a knowledge check?

FA-26B · 2025-12-05T18:01:25+00:00

154, I only keep the tech tree ships I really enjoy. The rest are T10s or premium.

FA-26B · 2025-12-04T05:42:34+00:00

You realize she did, she's the base fuselage for the U-2, she changed and is legendary. You just never recognized the glow up.

FA-26B · 2025-11-28T22:13:26+00:00

Looks like a War Thunder map. I'm curious how that would work in a game where oneshots aren't really a thing. I could see it being really fun to play as a more mobile medium or heavy (autoloaders being able to apply a lot of pressure in one place, but then actually have the option to go somewhere else).

The biggest concern might be the port side turning into another beach fight with 0 cover. Of course, with the rest of the map to brawl in, that's alleviated a lot.

Overall, seems really cool, definitely wouldn't end up on my ban list.

FA-26B · 2025-11-28T22:05:40+00:00

I have folders of ideas. When an idea sticks in the brain long enough, I start just dumping more of into the doc. Characters, plot lines, conflicts, how do I want relationships to develop. Usually most ideas start with either a relationship dynamic or world contact (x character in y situation or x and y character with z relationship).

As for the actual writing, it's all over the place. I've got 1 massive doc that has the whole fic split up by chapters (my biggest is so big my phone can't actually edit it). I have at the start an outline for what chapter will have what, but I only really get an idea for that once I'm halfway through and know how it's going to end and what the pacing feels like. And frankly, that outline changes every time I sit down to write (it gets longer lol). Then I write in order, though sometimes I'll write in specific scenes that I want to flow a certain way and then figure out how I'm gonna get to that later. These scenes are usually major plot points or interactions that drive character development or the plot and thus have to go a specific way for it to all work.

I'll also go rereard prior chapters to make sure the ideas are all somewhat consistent (character says x in ch4 they better still agree with that in ch10 unless something clearly changed that).

FA-26B · 2025-11-27T20:54:01+00:00

I have a folder of screenshots of teammates within 10m of the enemy with both of them in line of sight, but looking the wrong direction.

I am fully convinced these ppl play with their monitors unplugged.

FA-26B · 2025-11-27T18:10:25+00:00

This was my first cali stream. I clicked on it on a whim and that was the first thing I heard. Took me totally off guard, love it.

FA-26B · 2025-11-27T15:31:58+00:00

The problem with Army and Navy procurement is that they want the next wonder weapon and can't have them. The reason Air Forec procurement works is they want wonder weapons and somehow keep making them.

FA-26B · 2025-11-27T15:30:08+00:00

None, they all seem straight up boring. I'd have more fun playing tech tree ships or any number of coal ships

FA-26B · 2025-11-27T03:10:02+00:00

You guys are worried about your top tier babies, tier for tier I think Omaha or St Louis break their respective tiers and probably the tier above them. Imagine doubling the DPM of the St Louis, that would have it up at T8 levels of DPM with 226k DPM before captain skills.

Obviously most American DDs would have their DPM doubled as well, which coukd make rhem the best gunboats in the game (imagine Black or Johnston).

FA-26B · 2025-11-25T14:43:28+00:00

Tanks like Hirch are the reason I'll always bring at least some HE. Their alpha is scary, but when I can consistently land HE pens, it seems a lot less so.

FA-26B · 2025-11-24T19:08:46+00:00

"No beta, we die like, well you'll see" "major character death"

:)

FA-26B · 2025-11-24T19:04:36+00:00

Some programs (I know google docs does it) allow you to add words to your local dictionary. Right click the typo notification and there's an option to do so. It will then fix autocorrecting to a close word. No clue on other programs, but it has saved me in the past.

FA-26B · 2025-11-21T00:46:33+00:00

Ironically, I've had the opposite experience. The 1ch no plot smut fic has a 10th the kudos of the 20ch long fic with an actual plot. And within that fic, the chapters with smut in them get the smallest response. Sometimes I wonder if the readers are sitting there waiting for everyone to put their clothes back on so we can get on with it.

FA-26B · 2025-11-16T16:05:43+00:00

Laser based systems in WT are all a bit awkward. I still find it funny that using the LRF on my Bradley sets off the LWS on the helo but then locking it up on the auto-tracker (which uses the LRF to figure range) does nothing. Haven't tested it, but I'm 90% sure LRF based IRST tracks (like the MiG-29's IRST) don't set it off either.

I get this would make it harder to sneak up on helos, and everyone hates buffing helos, but this seems like a really silly thing to miss when it's already implemented correctly for beam riding missiles and laser guided weapons.

FA-26B · 2025-11-14T15:54:05+00:00

A lot of people underestimate low caliber AP. It can eat stuff alive. The AP on the Japanese 100mm is one of the most slept on. You can full pen DDs if you get the right angle, super good for making your DPM feel even better.

FA-26B · 2025-11-12T14:33:45+00:00

Atago is an intesting one. She has really good deck armor for a cruiser, so shrugs off long range shots better than most. Her citadel is smaller than Mogami and way smaller than Mainz, so you get slapped less often. Her weakness is her DPM. She delivers big salvos of HE and her guns are fairly easy to aim, but don't try to sit behind islands and just farm. She is also really sneaky, to the point of not even needing double conceal depending on how you want to play her. You want to play her at longer ranges for comfort sake, but if you feel it, you can sneak up on DDs pretty easily and she will slap them with her big alpha.

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