If you didn’t have the opportunity to try it out in the most recent common test, here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know about the new aiming interface in Update 1.16.1!

New Vehicle Outlining

Update 1.16.1 added several new features to the aiming interface. We introduced the rendering of various obstacles inside the vehicle outline and the outline of the vehicle collision model itself. Both aspects of this feature have their own nuances, so let’s take a closer look.

Rendering Obstacles Inside the Vehicle Collision Model

This improvement is useful when aiming at enemy vehicles that are obstructed by bushes, fences, or other environmental objects. When you see a vehicle in the crosshair, obstacles inside its collision model are highlighted with two of the following types of special rendering—depending on whether the shell can penetrate them or not:

• Texture (for penetrable obstacles with loss of armor penetration): This type of rendering is applicable to fences and other small obstacles and only works for AP, APCR, and HE shells because they penetrate some obstacles but lose armor penetration. HEAT shells don’t penetrate such objects.

• Fill (for impenetrable obstacles): This second type of rendering is used for houses, stones, terrain elements, and destroyed vehicles.

If a vehicle is obstructed by two obstacles at once, one of which is penetrable while the other behind it is impenetrable, then priority is given to impenetrable obstacles. This means that you will see fill in the area where they intersect.