War Thunder 2.57.1.29 Fixes Tactical Map Weapon Linking and J-10 Wing Snap

War Thunder's update 2.57.1.29, published 16 July 2026, is a targeted maintenance patch touching aircraft systems, the battle interface, and rendering.

What changed

Aircraft

• Right-clicking an aiming point on the tactical map now opens a context menu listing all weapons available for linking; munition counts are adjusted with LMB (increase) and RMB (decrease). A corresponding hint appears to the right of the map.
• A bug that restricted the aiming point mechanic to loadouts carrying GNSS-guided munitions — rather than enabling it for any aircraft capable of carrying them — has been fixed.
• J-10A and J-10C: excessive turning during maneuvers that made wing snaps more likely has been corrected.

Interface

• The chat window in battles was gradually shrinking in width; that has been fixed.
• The full tank battle area and general battle area tactical maps were unviewable when zoomed in while piloting an aircraft in Ground Battles; now fixed.
• A typo in the Spanish localization of the wager description has been corrected.

Graphics

• A lighting error where outdated sky data caused scenes to render darker than intended has been resolved.
• Ship shadows in Naval Battles flickered on the "Low" Shadow Quality setting; that flicker is gone.

For players who fly multirole aircraft in Ground Battles, the weapon-linking fix is the most substantive change — it removes an artificial equipment restriction and gives the tactical map context menu a properly documented control scheme.