The best sight for art. What happens when you press the ALT key during a shot?

• Update date: 05 Feb 2019
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• adapted for the current patch

The well-known Damkolov Sword sight from AleksLee was developed by the author for all three aiming modes - arcade, sniper and strategic (art mode). There are more and less convenient sights for tanks and tank destroyers, but Sword of Damocles for art mode is probably the best option sight.

Despite the widespread belief that artillery is easy to play, in order to shoot effectively, an artillery owner needs to take into account more aiming parameters than is necessary for other types of equipment. In addition, it is important to choose the right shooting position and change it in time, as well as know the tactics and options for the development of events for all maps. In such conditions, the slightest mistake reduces the usefulness of the artillery tank, which is already very dependent on the team, to zero.

The sword of Damocles in art mode shows the maximum information necessary for aiming.

In the center:

• The circle of the radius of scattering of fragments (splash) around the central marker - small white and green circles in the screenshot
• Red lead circle when the target is moving in reverse
• Large green lead circle when target moves forward
• The level of your tank's remaining hit points as a percentage is at the top, on the green lead circle

Top left:

• The elevation angle of the gun and the angle of entry of the projectile into the armor at the aiming point (green numbers)
• Projectile flight time at aiming distance - large bluish-white numbers
• Distance to target and maximum firing distance - yellow and red numbers to the right of the projectile flight time indicator

At the top right is information about the goal:

• Name of the combat vehicle
• Forward speed (green)
• Reverse speed (red)

Bottom right:

• Model of your artillery (Sexton 1 in the screenshot)
• Remaining recharge timer (large red numbers)
• Recharge time (small blue numbers)
• The number of shells in the ammunition load (bluish-white numbers to the right of the reload time). The number of shells in the drum is also indicated here, if your artillery has one.
• Projectile type
• Number of remaining health points

• Update date: 18 Oct 2018
• Tested on patch: 1.2.0.1
• Current version: 2.0.2
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Information about latest update: Updated for 1.2.0.1

Important: In mid-summer 2019, a new patch will be released and the installation folder for mods will change; now they need to be installed in the WOT/res_mods/1.5.1/ and WOT/mods/1.5.1/ folders. Most of the mods are functional, just move them to the 1.5.1 folder; if one of the mods still doesn’t work, wait for it to be adapted on our website.

Artillery lovers have long understood that Battle Assistant is best mod for ART-SAU, its usefulness can hardly be overestimated, because it adds completely new mode firing, made in isometric style.

Review of Battle Assistant or self-propelled guns of a healthy person

Initially, when Battle Assistant first appeared, everyone was perplexed - how did they manage to add a new aiming mode to the game? But the fact remains that the author of the mod made life easier for artillery operators and changed the standard aiming from above to isometric mode. This results in several advantages:

• if the enemy has disappeared from the light, the aiming point does not jump jerkily;
• it is much better to see which trajectory the projectile will fly;
• you can target the desired point in the reservation;
• It’s more convenient to play on city maps.

Also included in the mod is the functionality of a fire spotter. When an enemy, located against the sky, leaves the light, the sight is oriented to the next point (skybox) and because of this, the projectile flies completely in the wrong direction. The proofreader fixes this.

The only negative point associated with Battle Assistant is conflicts with mods that display Horizontal Aiming Angles near the sight. But these are already details.

Now let's move on to the demonstration. The screenshot below shows how aiming occurs without Battle Assistant. Aiming is done from above, nothing unusual:

Now we press the magic key J and the sight takes on a completely new shape, and the trajectory of the projectile becomes more clear. As you can see, I can aim at any point of the enemy’s armor, as long as it is visible. Of course, the projectile is unlikely to fly exactly there (there is still a spread), but it still becomes noticeably more convenient to play.

I would like to recommend another mod from the category of prohibited ones, created specifically for artillery. It adds red to World of Tanks, so you can see where you need to shoot in order for the projectile to hit an enemy who is on the move.

Installing Battle Assistant for 1.5.1.1

• Extract the folder from the archive at World_of_Tanks/mods/[client version].
• The new mode is called G key, remember, to turn it on you need to be in artillery aiming mode.

Description

We present to you the best art sight that currently exists in our game World of Tanks. This unique mod for artillery called Battle Assistant for WOT 1.6.0.0, which has a half-sniper half-artillery aiming mode. By turning on this mod, you can throw shells and at the same time look from the side at the enemy tank and see the real trajectory of the shell. That is, with its help the player can see for sure whether he can hit the enemy tank or not. With it, it is easier to target the enemy behind houses, behind hills, and in general it becomes easier to understand the trajectory of a flying projectile. The sight is simply ideal for precision art, where the spread is not very large (for example, for Object 261 or any French art). It helps you avoid hitting screens, harps, and just about anywhere, namely, aiming at those places where you want to stick the projectile to the enemy. Experienced art experts highly praise and recommend this mod; they say that they used to bend it, but with it they began to bend it even better. This mod is not prohibited, administration Games World of Tanks knows about him. Moreover, this mod took first place in the category "Best Game Modification" in a competition held by the developers Wargaming company called "WGDC". This is a completely legal mod for artillery. If you are not aware, the developers may introduce it into the game in the future. In any case, they have (or have had) such conversations.

To enable the Battle Assistant art sight, go to artillery sight and press the "J" key or the mouse wheel.

Screenshots

What happens when you press the ALT key while firing?

Module "Useful Expert"

To operate it, you need a crew member with a pumped-up “Expert” perk. As a result, the perk will automatically trigger within a few seconds after shooting or tagging an enemy with the command “support with fire.”

Module "Fire Spotter"

This is a very cool thing. When playing with artillery, each player had cases when, when pressing the shot button, the enemy disappeared from sight, as a result of which the sight was lost and the shell flew off to the wrong place. With this module you will not have such problems, because it will clearly, in automatic mode, fix the sight after the enemy disappears from the light. This will save you nerves.

Battle Assistant mod configuration file

World of Tanks/mods/configs/battle_assistant/mod_battle_assistant.txt

All possible settings are written in Russian for the convenience of players.

Is it possible to change the "J" key that activates the mod by default?

Yes. This possibility is provided. Go to the configuration file (World of Tanks/mods/configs/battle_assistant/mod_battle_assistant.txt) using the Notepad++ editor and in line number three (keys: "") you can enter any other key.

How to enable the commander's camera?

This can be done in the already mentioned mod settings file (World of Tanks/mods/configs/battle_assistant/mod_battle_assistant.txt). Open it with Notepad++ editor and in line number eight (activateCommandersCamera: false) replace false with true.

Installation

Place the mods folder from the archive in the World of Tanks folder.

The mod needs to be activated every 7 days. Activate on the website:

Battle Assistant will add a completely new aiming mode for art and some other features to the game.

What is the benefit of modification?

This is an alternative sight for artillery, the peculiarity of which is that the view completely changes during the art mode, that is, the standard top view is replaced by an adapted isometry and thus it is much more comfortable to fire at enemies. You can literally trace the trajectory of the projectile.

This is especially noticeable when shooting at the city, since you can see whether a projectile will fly through houses or not, unlike the standard mode, where you only have to focus on the changing color of the stripe.

The mod only works for self-propelled guns; work in sniper mode is not provided for other types of equipment.

It was this mod that won (Wargaming Developers Contest - a developer competition from Wargaming). That's why the mod is not prohibited, and moreover, it is approved by the developers.

Main features and benefits of this version:

• switching aiming mode ( default key is G) - standard and " Self-propelled guns of a healthy person";
• zoom for art - also known as zoom mod, that is, you can move the camera as far as possible from your tank and see almost the entire battlefield;
• ignore obstacles - the camera will not jump over obstacles in the path of the projectile (enabled by default);
• fire spotter- have you noticed that when an enemy on a hill is hiding, the projectile flies much higher? This is due to the fact that if there is no target, the aiming point moves far behind the tank; in such cases, the spotter forces the projectiles to fly along a lower trajectory;
• "Expert" mode- now the skill works a few seconds after damage is dealt to the enemy, and the perk is now activated after the command “support with fire.”

How to install Battle Assistant?

1. Download the file.
2. Start it up, unpack the internals.
3. Everything inside must be copied to the folder: World_of_Tanks/mods/1.4.0.0/

How to use the crosshair in the game?

It doesn’t take much intelligence to understand how to enable Battle Assistant in battle. There are two operating modes:

1. standard,
2. improved (mod).

You can switch between them using the key G.

How to configure the mod?

In a folder World_of_Tanks\res_mods\1.4.0.0\scripts\client\gui\mods there is a file mod_battle_assistant.txt. This is what we need, so we open it with a regular notepad. Below is a list of parameters:

• enabled: true / false - on, off mod;
• keys:"" # list of used keys, do not remove quotes! KEY_J - change to a button that is convenient for you if you want. For G, for example, it will be KEY_G.
• zoomSpeed: 3.0 - zoom speed;
• ignoreObstacles: true / false - ignore obstacles
• expert:
  • enabled: true
• gunner:
  • enabled: true

What to do if Battle Assistant doesn't work?

1. Check that the installation is correct, namely:
   1. the folder where you placed the files;
   2. version number of the folder inside res_mods, should be 1.4.0.0;
   3. the folder in which the game is located must be written in English.
2. If you changed the mod settings, perhaps you messed something up somewhere, restore the original version.
3. The mod is guaranteed to work on pure client, if you assemble your own mods, it may conflict with other add-ons.

For comparison, let's look at the before and after screenshots.