Our Plans: Tracking Project CW Research & Future Goals

Here’s a look at our current research progress and upcoming goals for future tests in Project CW. This roadmap helps us stay on track as we dig deeper into the game files and uncover more details.

Our Research Task List

To stay organized and keep moving forward, we’ve outlined key tasks and challenges. This list will expand as we discover new possibilities and navigate current limitations.

Exploring .MESH and .TRIPHYS Files

  • Goal: Develop methods to open and work with .MESH and .TRIPHYS files.
  • Purpose: By visualizing these models, we can locate and extract module stats for each tank, a crucial step in understanding individual vehicle characteristics and performance.

Unlocking the Garage/Main Menu Camera

  • Current Status: Limited progress with current tools, but we’ve managed to access certain perspectives.
  • Objective: Fully unlocking the main menu and garage camera could open up new exploration possibilities. Check out our recent Camera Movement Unlocked post for more on what we’ve uncovered so far. Accessing these areas further could give us deeper insights into hidden game mechanics and interface elements.

Accessing the Garage/Main Menu from the Firing Range

  • Challenge: Reaching the garage or main menu from the firing range is currently not feasible.
  • Insight: The garage area exists in the map data, situated beneath the firing range near the farthest target. In our Main Menu Box Entry, we managed to get close, but further research is needed to bridge this gap.

Discovering More Hidden Configurations

  • Focus: Inside the coldwar.project file, several configurations seem to impact fog distance and potentially other environmental effects.
  • Objective: We’re investigating how these settings affect in-game visibility and exploring possible customizations to enhance gameplay and visuals.

Locating Gameplay Stats Storage

  • Task: Identify where the game stores the stats visible in the loadout menu when pressing TAB.
  • Purpose: Accessing these stored values could provide valuable insights into how the game tracks player performance and other backend mechanics, helping us understand stat handling within the game.

Organizing Findings and Creating Posts

  • Plan: As we continue making discoveries, we’ll document each major finding in detailed posts for the community.
  • Benefit: This process will help us track our progress and make future research easier to manage and reference.

This roadmap guides our ongoing research into Project CW. We’re excited to tackle these tasks and will keep documenting each milestone as we progress. Stay tuned!