War Thunder CDK

In 2021, there was an April fools event called “TailSpin”, the main feature of which was not only furry pilots, but also cartoon graphics, more formally known as “cel” or “toon” shading. After the event was over, all content, including the planes and location, was removed from the game client. However, the graphics effect itself can still be turned on.

It is possible to enable Aurora Borealis for custom missions by manually editing the .blk file of your custom mission.

Modifying existing units in the game is an intermediate step between creating your own missions in MissionEditor and creating your own models on the way to mastering the creation of complex modifications of the game…

A new version of the War Thunder CDK was released today. War Thunder CDK is a set of tools for user content creation available to every player.

Since update 1.73 "Vive la France" the default sighting reticle for ground vehicles in War Thunder can be replaced with a custom one, for example if you want to recreate a historical representation of the sight. Custom sights will be created by changing settings in the reticle file rather than in any graphic editor.

Creating a multiplayer mission in the War Thunder CDK can be much more complex than creating a single player mission. But if you know all the steps and nuances, it will be less intimidating. Read more about them with examples in this article.

Creating a singleplayer mission using the War Thunder CDK is not that hard, you just need to know all the steps. You can find these steps in this article if you don’t know them. Give it a try!

In this article: Exporting aircraft model • Preparing aircraft for the flight • If your aircraft has cockpit • Adding cockpit to already existing aircraft

The basic instrument for work with locations is the Landscape Panel.

In this article: General Scene Requirements • Model • Materials • Textures • DM modeling • Dagor Tools