Here we go! Thanks to the free weekend, we've found some fixes that should (in theory) improve performance. Let's test those!

PTE 0.6.11 Patch Notes

• Allowed async net loading, should reduce stuttering caused by server performance.
  
• Streaming improvements to reduce streaming issues (mainly Smolensk).
  
• Adjustments of neutral packs positioning on Warzone maps.
  
• Improved skins for Defender chest.
  
• Improved textures for M417 additional sights.

• Vaultfixes on Polarnyj.
  
• Minor bullet penetration fixes.
  
• Destroy Packs fixes on Warsaw, Berlin and Polarnyj.
  
• Leader star wasn't disappearing after Barracuda scan.

Thank you everyone,

- Captain Price

Hi everyone,

Here is a big, "Thank you!" from us over at World War 3! We appreciate you taking the time to try WW3 and we hope you enjoyed it! We'll continue to update and implement new changes to the game in the coming weeks and months of 2019. The game will remain on sale for a little over three hours, be sure to grab it if you're interested!


As for our Weekly Report, it will be postponed to Wednesday(June 26th).


Thank you everyone,


- Captain Price

The Free Weekend is here and Warzone Giga Patch has arrived a few weeks ago, so we have a crazy idea for a video contest for content creators around the world! We have three special limited edition World War 3 sets and a batch of Steam keys for winners. To win, you just have to create an awesome - gameplay, action montage, tips & tricks, funny etc - video about World War 3. The most creative videos will win the limited edition sets or steam keys! Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 19th, noon CEST. We're waiting for your videos at contests@worldwar3.com!


Special Edition is a unique collection of World War 3 gadgets: T-shirt, dog-tag, WW3 Steam key, poster, WW3 badge, "Sprzymierzeni z GROM" sew-on badge and a metal pin with our logo packed into a solid Helikon Tex backpack.


Good Luck Soldiers!

- Captain Price

Hello everyone!

Here we go with a little update for the Free Weekend.

0.6.6 Hotfix Patch Notes

• Fixed bug with not working 7th and 8th config for some players.

• Little adjustment in quick join, which should allow you to find a server faster.

Thank you all and enjoy the Free Weekend! Be sure to ask us any questions you may have within our forums!

Stay frosty out there,

- Captain Price

Everyone that ever wanted to try the game out is invited to join in. Between 20th and 23rd of June players will have the full catalogue of weapons, strikes, gadgets and equipment at their disposal and will get a chance to play on one of the newest maps, Polyarny, in it’s Warzone variant.

Hi there! We're happy to report that the Free Weekend patch is ready and should be available on the servers now. Remember that some patches, just like this one, require us to restart the servers, so it could take some time. It's a bit bigger than expected, but that's a good things - not only the new players will have something to check out!

• New Vehicle - Commando 4x4,
  
• New Weapon - M417,
  
• New Grenade - Impact,
  
• New soldier camos - Winter, Winter Digital, Uraghan, Woodland, Camogrom LE, Olive, Disruptive Pattern, Flectarn, Shadow, ICU, Partizan Spectre,
  
• French uniform added,
  
• Packs with resources are now spawned in special places on maps,
  
• Decreased the penetration values across the board - values are now much closer to real life,
  
• Dropped weapons are now visible for 90 seconds,
  
• Tweaked the UAV timings,

• Added an option to enable and disable GPU Buffering - it should improve GPU performance up to 30% with the cost of tiny input lag,
  
• Default vehicles on Polyarny now have winter camo,
  
• More battlepoints for destroying vehicles with Airstrike,
  
• Interaction with other players is now based on collision with body, not only marker - you can request anything just by targeting collider of the player,
  
• New default settings for marker colors and other,
  
• Multiple HUD clarity improvements,
  
• Drones and Air Strikes balance improvement,
  
• "Fog Enabled" option replaced with "Volumetric Fog" changing between better quality and performance,
  
• Disable muzzle flash fire when silencer is on,
  
• Improved world-space icons visibility (shadow added under icons and texts),
  
• Improved loading screens,
  
• Free look camera in Heli Combat Drone will now keep body pitch rotation,
  
• Better vaulting over Destroy Packs,
  
• Removed marker of a vehicle while driving as a passenger,
  
• Separated headshot and killing headshot marker color,
  
• Mouse scroll in vehicles changes ammo,
  
• All ally soldiers icons are now visible throughout the level (same way as squad icons),
  
• Giftcodes system added,
  
• Bullets penetration tweaks,
  
• Better player suppressors,
  
• Better collisions of dropped weapons,
  
• Fixed not working lasers,
  
• Longer visibility of marked soldiers,
  
• Better player suppression sounds,
  
• Tweaks to vehicle movement speeds and overall handling,
  
• 4 configs are now visible per page in the menu,
  
• New West and East default configs,

• Fixed a configuration bug that lead to some players being unable to connect to the game,
  
• Sounds bugfixes,
  
• Fixed problem with passing damage to vehicle - you should no longer be able to destroy vehicles by shooting damaged RCWS,
  
• Level streaming and soldier falling under map bugfixes,
  
• Fixed how long the minimap was available after calling in UAV,
  
• Fixes for muzzle positions,
  
• Fixed crash reporter not working,
  
• OTV crash fix,
  
• Updated item stats for airstrikes,
  
• Multiple vault fixes,
  
• Minor fixes for loading screen scaling,
  
• Fixed MCS reload issue,
  
• Fixed markers flickering when marked with instant and impulse UAVs at the same time,
  
• Fixed Berlin B2 not being capturable from within the Mobile Spawn Point,
  
• Fixed language selection on welcome wizard,
  
• Welcome wizard now waits for server confirmation before letting you proceed (fixes getting stuck in the wizard),
  
• Multiple crash fixes, including server crashes,
  
• Hundreds of small texture, collision and other fixes,

• Changes to strike naming for more clarity (for example: Loitering Ammo is now called Suicide Drone).

Howdy everyone,

The World War 3 Free Weekend will commence on June 20th - 23rd. For a few days only, you will be able to download the game from our store page and play it until the weekend is over. If you have any questions, please ask in our Discord or Steam Forums!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynfr54xw7V8

We look forward to seeing you in battlefield this weekend. Thank you and enjoy the video!

- Captain Price

Available in following languages: PL | RU | DE | FR

We’ve got a date! The first World War 3 Free Weekend is happening on the 20th of June and will end on June the 23rd. We’ve chosen this date for a few reasons, but as we’ve outlined in previous Weekly Reports, this is the best time to start inviting more and more players to the game. We think that it’s important to show the massive improvements we’ve made since the release of Early Access version of the game.

Speaking of more players, we’ve been hard at work this past few weeks to make sure the game is ready for the influx of additional soldiers. The most significant improvements were made in the readability of markers and performance. We’ve taken some time to optimize the game further, especially all the maps, including the map that will be used for the free weekend - Polyarny. It should run much better now and give everyone a better experience. In addition, there was a huge performance gain unrelated to the maps as well. With the marker improvements, it should be much easier to spot friendlies and make sure your target is the enemy. Some balancing was done as well, so hopefully the game is as fair as possible to everyone.

We’re not taking this free weekend lightly, we’re trying to make sure everything goes smoothly and works our well. That’s why we’ve taken additional steps to make sure we have no problems during the event.

On the networking front, we’ve secured a lot of additional servers from our hosting partner Zeuz.io, with the guarantee of being able to add even more in less than 12 hours, so we should be prepared for anything when it comes to player numbers.

As you already know, we’ve also limited the game to one map only, which was also done to limit the number of failure points we have - be it matchmaking or simply restarting servers with a new map - all of this is not a problem.

Of course, we can’t really predict how many players will join us and how much stress there will be on the systems, so we’ll be monitoring everything closely during the event.

There’s a new weapon that you’ll be able to try out and have fun with: the M417 is our newest battle rifle. Now, with the SCAR-H, we’ve got two battle rifles for our players to choose from.

There’s a new vehicle, the Commando 4x4 highly mobile armored vehicle with a grenade launcher and a machine gun on top. You can find it spawning on the map while playing.

We’ve also added a new grenade type, and a lot of improvements and bug fixes that you can read about here.

Those changes are now being tested on the PTE and from the initial feedback we can see that it’s looking good!

Like always, we’ll be playing over the weekend, so see you there, Soldiers!

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Hello soldiers!

Here we have another update with some new stuff to test. We've got a new weapon, vehicle, grenade and winter camouflage skins. There is also a bunch of improvements and bug fixes. Also, the issues with users stuck at authenticating screen should be solved for Asia.

• New Vehicle - Commando 4x4
  
• New Weapon - M417
  
• New Grenade - Impact
  
• New Camos - Winter
  
• Packs with resources are now spawned in special places on maps

• Sounds Bugfixes
  
• Level streaming and soldier falling under map bugfixes
  
• Fixed length of minimap available after calling UAV

• More battlepoints for destroying vehicles with Airstrike
  
• Drones and Air Strikes balance improvement
  
• "Fog Enabled" option replaced with "Volumetric Fog" changing between
• better quality and performance
  
• Improved world-space icons visibility (shadow added under icons and texts)
  
• Improved loading screens
  
• Better vaulting over Destroy Packs
  
• Dropped weapons stays on ground for longer time
  
• Separated headshot and killing headshot marker color
  
• Mouse scroll in vehicles changes ammo
  
• Ally soldiers icons are now visible through level (same way as squad icons)
  
• Giftcodes system added
  
• Bullets penetration tweaks
  
• Better collisions of dropped weapons
  
• Fixed not working lasers
  
• Longer visibility of marked soldiers
  
• Better player suppression sounds

Thank you all, we sincerely appreciate your endless devotion to World War 3!

Have a great weekend,

- Captain Price

https://store.steampowered.com/app/674020/World_War_3/
Make sure to check it out and let us know what you think about our latest 0.6 patch!


Signing out,
World War 3 Team