Remove the Gyro! - Custom Collimator Gunsights
lot of people dislike the gyro in War Thunder because it's inaccurate, unreliable and mostly pointless unless the aircraft has a true lead indicating function (Mitsubishi T-2, F-1) or some sort of CCIP (F-4C, F-4E, Mitsubishi F-1, MiG-21MF, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21Bis, Jaguar etc.)
The way to do this without encountering the tessellation/repeating gunsight bug, is to substitute the default gunsight, with another default gunsight without referencing new files; That is to say, you do not need any texture/image files.
Replacing gunsights is actually fairly easy, you only need two to five things: The name of the aircraft, the name of the static default gunsight, the dynamic default gunsight, the replacement static and dynamic sights respectively.
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1. The first problem can be resolved fairly easily by navigating to your aircraft, click Customization (the button you use to edit your decals and camouflages).
Create a new user skin by clicking the magic wand button.
2. Navigate to your [installation folder]/War Thunder/UserSkins/ and find the respective name that matches your aircraft closest.
Open the blk file, delete the other images that was created because you don't need them, unless you plan on using an unlockable in-game skin with that aircraft.
3. Open the .BLK file with notepad, remove everything below name:t="user" (unless you want to use that unlockable skin, in which case you leave the other lines as they are) and copy/paste the following:
replace_tex{
from:t="oldStatic*"
to:t="newStatic*"
}
replace_tex{
from:t="oldDynamic*"
to:t="newDynamic*"
}
4. From the following sight images, find which sights are your gyro and static sights, and choose your replacement sights (You can get these names from the CDK in case it isn't listed here). These images are 570L3N from KurtDizon_1104's Discord server. You may need to do a bit of guesswork.
Once you have found your respective sight images, go to your BLK file again and replace oldStatic with the old static etc. skins respectively. Make sure to leave the asterisk (*) there after the name.
Don't forget to save, and load the "skin" and you're done!
It should look something like this:
==GUNSIGHT LIST==
_empty_collimator
replace_tex{
from:t="csf_92a_gyro_collimator*"
to:t="beauduin_t100_fixed_collimator*"
}
replace_tex{
from:t="csf_92a_fixed_collimator*"
to:t="aim_1_collimator*"
}
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ITALY
MC202 series
angiorgio_b_collimator
G.55S gunsight
sangiorgio_c1_collimator
ferranti_mk8_gyro_collimator
ferranti_mk8_fixed_collimator
Similar to the UK typhoon gunsight.
ferranti_mk7a_fixed_collimator
ferranti_mk7a_collimator
G.91 R series - Also used for the Vautour I think
type83_collimator
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GERMANIA
Universal WW2 sight used in FW190s, Bf109s, Ju-87s, Bf110s, He 162s, Me 262s etc.
revi16_collimator
revi_3b_collimator
(Telescopic sight)
revi16_sm_alphablend_collimator
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☭USSR☭
Standard issue for WW2 era
pbp1_collimator
But very similar to this sight:
pkv_collimator
pak1_collimator
asp_5n_static
Old MiG-21/19 gyro. Also used on the Su-7.
asp_5n_dynamic
MiG-15/17 gyro
asp_3n_collimator
asp_17v_collimator
an_asg14_gyro_collimator
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FRANCE
Early WW2 gunsight
opl_rx_collimator
beauduin_t100_fixed_collimator
beauduin_t100_collimator
A very confusingly huge gyro for the Entendard/Mirage III iic
csf_92a_gyro_collimator
csf_92a_fixed_collimator
J21 gunsight (?)
ez42_collimator
J-35D Draken sight
sikte_s7_gyro_collimator
sikte_s7_fixed_collimator (Yes, it is blank)
J32B "Lansen" gunsight
sikte_s6_gyro_collimator
sikte_s6_fixed_collimator
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GREAT BRITANNIA
Standard Spitfire/Hurricane gunsight
gm2markii_collimator
type1_mk2_collimator
Typhoon/Tempest/Meteor gunsight - There is a similar sight in the Italian section up above.
typeimarkii_collimator
English Electric Lightning gyro
lfs_gyro_collimator
lfs_fixed_collimator (Yes, it is blank)
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UNITED FREEDUMBS OF AMERICAS
Gunsight for the F-4E and future F-5
an_asg
F-4C and FGR.2 (F-4M)/FG.1 Phantom IIs
acm1
an_avq7_fixed_collimator (Used on the A-7D)
a4_collimator
mk11_mod2_fixed_collimator
mark8_collimator
mark8_model8_collimator
m73_collimator
librascope_collimator
n9_collimator
k14bg_collimator
This gunsight is also probably used as a gyro on the Meteor and Griffon Spitfire series aircraft.
k14b_collimator
Helicopter Gunsight (Huey)
xm60_collimator
xm114_collimator
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NIPPON KYOUKAI
A6M zero gunsight
type98_collimator
Twin engine attacker gunsight
type4_collimator
Classic minefield display for the B-7A2 that appears as an opaque circle on ULQ when zoomed out.
type3_mk1_collimator
Ki- series gunsight
type100_collimator
Mitsubishi T-2/F-1 specific:
csf_97k_fixed_collimator
csf_97k_gyro_collimator
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General HUD for helicopters
helli_gun_collimator
aim_1_collimator
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¿UNSURE?
Probably brittish.
mk11_mod2_gyro_collimator
I was told this was used on the P-43. I think its used in a helicopter.
n_2a_collimator
410sum_fixed_collimator
410sum_gyro_collimator
thales_t100_collimator
Also while I'm at it, here's a bonus conversion chart for mils/angles to distance and speed
