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'''Secret rooms''' are places that hidden from public view and used to be on some maps or still there. It was believed that such rooms were needed to learn the maps. These rooms are hard-to-reach places that require some parkour skills. Some secret rooms were specially designed by developers or formed due to bugs. These secret rooms also appearead during "The Game" quest.
'''ProTanki Level Viewer Kit''' ('''ProTLVK''') a special tool that gives players an opportunity to test different maps.
==Secret rooms on different maps==
====Abyss====
To get into the secret room on the [[Abyss]] you need to:<br>
1. Find a big yellow house in the central part of the map. There's a downhill where you can see a platform with a house.<br>
2. Place your tank in the beginning of an arrow and use nitro to jump onto that platform.<br>
3. Drive behind the other side of the house and jump onto a special platform. From the platform there's a direct way to the secret room.<br><br>
It is recomemnded to use [[Wasp]] in order to enter this room, as it has the fastest top speed.
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%;">
!colspan="4"|Step-by-step picture guide
|-
|[[File:abyss_1.png|thumb|<center>1. Find a large yellow house in the middle of the map. There's a downhill where you can see a platform with a red house.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:abyss_2.png|thumb|<center>2. Place your tank at the start of an arrow and use nitro to jump onto the platform with the red house.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:abyss_3.png|thumb|<center>3. Once you're on the platform, carefully drive around the wall and jump onto a small ledge to enter the tunnel.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:abyss_4.png|thumb|<center>4. You are now in the secret room. Good work!</center><br><br>|320px|center]]
|}
====Polygon====
The secret room is also present on the [[Polygon]]. To get into it, you have to follow the these steps: <br>
1. Head to the large house near the blue base.<br>
2. Drive along the edge of the map behind a large house.<br>
3. Jump into the tunnel with nitro activated.<br><br>
This room is best accessed with a [[Wasp]] or [[Hornet]], and a high recoil turret (e.g. [[Hammer]] or [[Railgun]]). In the room itself you can see props with images of quite famous players from GTanks: ''merenis11'', ''cherep99'', ''Sitnikov'', ''Corey'' and ''sheezy''.<br><br>
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|Step-by-step picture guide
|-
|[[File:polygon_1.png|thumb|<center>1. Head to the large house near the blue base.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:polygon_2.png|thumb|<center>2. Drive along the edge of the map behind a large house.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:polygon_3.png|thumb|<center>3. Jump into the tunnel with nitro activated.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:polygon_4.png|thumb|<center>4. You are now in the secret room. Good work!</center><br>|320px|center]]
|}
====Stadium====
There is a secret room on the [[Stadium]] map, which is the [[Stadium Hall of Fame]]. This room includes the most famous GTanks and ProTanki players. To get into this hall, you need to:<br>
1. Climb on the edge of the map from the blue team side. (This can be done only with the help of another player, so look for a partner beforehand)<br>
2. Carefully jump on a small ledge<br>
3. Enter the room through a small tunnel<br><br>
This room is best accessed with a combination of tall hull with a high recoil turret (e.g. [[Dictator]] + [[Hammer]]) with light and small hull (e.g. [[Wasp]] or [[Hornet]]).
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|Step-by-step picture guide
|-
|[[File:stadium_1.png|thumb|<center>1. Drive to the centre of the blue base. Climb on the edge of the map in the red square. (2 players required)</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:stadium_2.png|thumb|<center>2. Carefully jump on a small ledge and enter the room through a small tunnel.</center><br><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:stadium_3.png|thumb|<center>3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!</center><br><br><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:stadium_4.png|thumb|<center>4. This room includes the most famous GTanks and ProTanki players.</center><br><br>|320px|center]]
|}
====Skirmish====
Four days after the release of the [[Skirmish]] map, a secret room was added to it. To access this room you will need one more player. To enter it, follow these steps:<br>
1. The secret rooms is located behind the houses, to the left of the blue base.<br>
2. Place your tank on your partner's tank beforehand. While on the partner's tank, jump under the grate onto the platform below.<br>


Often used by map makers and is also widely used by [[content creators]] for art.
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|Step-by-step picture guide
|-
|[[File:skirmish_1.png|thumb|<center>1. The secret rooms is located behind the houses, to the left of the blue base.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:skirmish_2.png|thumb|<center>2. Place your tank on your partner's tank beforehand. While on the partner's tank, jump under the grate onto the platform below.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:skirmish_3.png|thumb|<center>3. You are now in the secret room. Good work! There's a small room with a tunnel.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:skirmish_4.png|thumb|<center>Passing through you can see another small room with a rusty tank.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|}


==How to use?==
==Secret rooms for "The Game" quest==
The main panel looks very similar to ProTanki one: battles, garage, settings, sound, fullscreen mode and help buttons. There is also a panel of rank and crystals, though they mainly serve for decoration.  
Several special secret rooms were created for this quest. They contained answers to questions and various clues. All the secret rooms of "The Game" quest are described and presented in detail here.
====Gubakha====
A secret room was added to [[Gubakha (With secret)|Gubakha]] on the first day of the New Year's quest "The Game". It was very easy to get in:
*In the center of the map in the pit the floor was removed, so you could jump down there and got into the maze.
*If you went down to the bottom floor and drove along the edges of the wall, you could find walls without collision, driving through which you could see the clue to the answer to the 1st day of the quest.<br>
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|1st day of "The Game" quest | Gubakha secret room
|-
|[[File:gubakha_1.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:gubakha_2.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:gubakha_3.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:gubakha_4.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|}
<br><br>


[[File:ProTLVK button bar view.png|link=]]
====Novel====
[[File:Novel_Taika.jpg|thumb|right|Novel secret room]]
One of the smallest secret rooms in the game that appeared on the 2nd day of "The Game" quest. In order to get into it, you had to:<br>
*Jump under the bridge in the central part of the map and find 2 wall props located exactly under this bridge.
*For the duration of the quest, the right prop was transparent and you could enter a room through it.
*In the room, a special decoder was drawn to decipher the code from Wingdings script into Morse code.
<br><br><br>
====Railway station====


In the center there are map options, where you can select a specific map, skybox, gravity and billboard.
Quite unusual secret room made in the form of a parkour with different paths, and only one of these paths led to the final code of the third day. To get into it, you had to: <br>
*Drive into a small nook on the red base.
*After passing through a transparent wall, carefully jump into the secret room. <br>
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|3rd day of "The Game" quest | Railway station secret room
|-
|[[File:railway_1.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:railway_2.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:railway_3.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:railway_4.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|}
<br><br>


[[File:ProTLVK map settings view.png|link=]]
====Deathtrack====
One of the few large and ramified secret rooms. It appeared on the fourth day of the New Year's Quest "The Game". <br>
*The entrance to the room was in the right half of the red base, in the left column on the side of the entrance from the blue base to the red base.
*The secret room itself was a large maze with 3 special codes to get the link and a clue to the final answer.
*On the way to the clue there were many obstacles, starting with dead ends and ending with false pits from which there was no way out. <br>
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|4th day of "The Game" quest | Deathtrack secret room
|-
|[[File:deathtrack_1.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:deathtrack_2.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:deathtrack_3.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|[[File:deathtrack_4.png|thumb|320px|center]]
|}
<br><br>
==Secret rooms on holiday maps==
====Island REMASTER====
This room is stylised in the popular game Minecraft as the [[Island REMASTER|holiday map]] itself, which appeared on April 1, 2023 as part of the holiday celebrations. It was one of the most difficult rooms to access in the game. To get inside, you had to:<br>


'''Setting up the map'''
1. Get into a small hole in the large house at quite a high height. <br>
------------------------------
2. After jumping into the house you can see the inside of a standard village house with a ladder to the basement. Jump down the ladder.<br>
'''Map list'''
3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!<br>


[[File:ProTLVK map list.png|link=]]
{|
<table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; width:70%; height:1%;">
!colspan="4"|Step-by-step picture guide
|-
|[[File:island_1.png|thumb|<center>1. Get into a small hole in the large house and jump inside.</center><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:island_2.png|thumb|<center>2. You can see the interior of a standard village house with a ladder to the basement. Jump down the ladder.</center>|320px|center]]
|[[File:island_3.png|thumb|<center>3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!</center><br><br>|320px|center]]
|[[File:island_4.png|thumb|<center>Here you can see the face of Yesutin - one of the first developers of TO, with a plaque and the inscription "AREOT". </center>|320px|center]]
|}


*Maps are subdivided into 4 categories: summer, winter, holiday and test.
[[Category:Historical articles]]
*Test maps could appear on the main server.
[[Category:FAQ]]
 
'''Skyboxes'''
 
*By changing the skybox, the lighting on the map also changes.
*Skyboxes also have 4 categories similarly to maps.
*Skyboxes with a number prefix at the end only differ in the direction of the shadows.
 
'''Gravity'''
 
*By clicking on the button, you can change the gravity of the map
*5 types of gravity: Default, Space, Moon, Madness и Madness 2.
 
'''Billboard'''
 
*When you click on the button, you can select the billboard of any holiday.
 
'''Launching the map'''
 
*To start the map, press the "Launch" button.
 
[[File:protlvk battle view.jpg|link=]]
 
Now you can do whatever you want: adding tanks, gold boxes, and even more.
==Controls==
Main:
 
{{Hotkey|Insert}} - add a tank.
 
{{Hotkey|Delete}} - delete current tank.
 
{{Hotkey|N}} - select next tank.
 
{{Hotkey|Shift}} + {{Hotkey|N}} - select previous tank.
 
{{Hotkey|Numpad 7}} / {{Hotkey|Numpad 9}} - change the turret.
 
{{Hotkey|Numpad 4}} / {{Hotkey|Numpad 6}} - change the hull.
 
{{Hotkey|Numpad 1}} / {{Hotkey|Numpad 3}} - change the paint.
 
{{Hotkey|[}} - select the previous weapon.
 
{{Hotkey|]}} - select the following weapons.
 
{{Hotkey|;}} - select the previous turret effect.
 
{{Hotkey|'}} - select the following turret effect.
 
{{Hotkey|1}} / {{Hotkey|2}} / {{Hotkey|3}} / {{Hotkey|4}} / {{Hotkey|5}} / {{Hotkey|6}}  - drop a supply.
 
{{Hotkey|F4}} - open the hull physics editor for the current tank.
 
You can find all key bindings in the "Инструкция.txt" file.
==Garage==
Here you can see how the tank will look from different angles.
 
[[File:protlvk garage view.jpg|link=]]
 
'''Change view''' - makes the tank white and the garage black, so you can cut the tank with the alpha channel mask in Photoshop.
 
'''Put on your own paint''' - allows you to try on the paint you've created.
 
'''Reload config''' - reloads hulls turrets paints from config.xml.
 
In addition to the garage functions, you can also press these keys:
 
{{Hotkey|T}} - hide/show the turret.
 
{{Hotkey|H}} - hide/show the hull.
 
{{Hotkey|G}} - hide/show the garage.
 
{{Hotkey|Z}}{{Hotkey|X}}{{Hotkey|C}} - turret control.
 
{{Hotkey|F}} - free camera mode.
 
 
Free camera only:
 
{{Hotkey|7}} / {{Hotkey|8}} / {{Hotkey|9}} - load camera position.
 
{{Hotkey|Shift}} + {{Hotkey|7}} / {{Hotkey|8}} / {{Hotkey|9}} - load camera position from a file.
 
{{Hotkey|Ctrl}} + {{Hotkey|Shift}} + {{Hotkey|7}} / {{Hotkey|8}} / {{Hotkey|9}} - memorize the camera position and save it to a file.
 
==Settings==
Can be opened by clicking on the button [[Файл:Lobby7.png|link=]] or key {{Hotkey|~}}.
[[File:protlvk_settings.png|right|link=]]
There are 4 sections:
 
'''Graphics:'''
#Similar to ProTanki
'''Control'''
#You can customize each key to your liking in a similar way to ProTanki.
'''Sound'''
#You can turn the sound on or off.
#Adjust the volume to your liking.
#Background sound of the battle can alson be turned on or off.
'''Other:'''
#'''Show debug-panel''' - enables a panel with debugging information.
#'''Show FPS''' - enables the display of FPS (FPS — frame per second).
#'''Show changing tank parts panel''' - In the center, at the top of the screen will appear the buttons to change the armament of the tank.
#'''Show camera axis indicator''' - enables the display of the camera axis indicator in the lower left corner.
#'''Alternate camera behaviour''' - when enabled, objects above the tank on an inclined plane will be visible, and when entering a tunnel, the camera will follow the tank.
#'''Show arrow above the current spawn'' - enables the arrow above the spawn point.
#'''Show arrow above the current tank''' - enables the arrow above the controlled tank.
#'''Show marks of shots''' - when enabled, the turrets will leave gunshot marks.
#'''Show main panel''' - enables the main panel with rank, crystals, and buttons.
#'''Show CTF flags''' - enables viewing CTF flags.
#'''Show control points''' - enables viewing CP points.
#'''Show spawn points''' - enables spawn points on the map.
#'''Show fake statistics''' - when enabled, decorative elements will appear at the bottom: ping, score and battle fund. These can be adjusted by pressing {{Hotkey|F6}}.
Aside from that, there is a link to the official ProTLVK group in [https://vk.com/club197860056 VK].
==BoxViewer==
An additional program which allows you to see in close up the boxes with different textures of different holidays. It also contains the unused test boxes.
 
To run it, simply open BoxViewer.exe
 
[[File:protlvk boxviewer.jpg|ссылка=]]
 
==Installation==
To install ProTLVK, you need to:
*Download the ZIP file on the link below
*Unzipp the archive somewhere on your computer
*Open the ProTLVK folder
*Run the ProTLVK.exe file
Note: If you have x32 Windows, then you need to open FlashPlayer.exe and drag the file TanksTestingTool into it.
 
You can download it [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AcaYqTGe-r6Mx18ftBeVr0SmSABDHFDn/view here].

Latest revision as of 16:23, 22 October 2023

Secret rooms are places that hidden from public view and used to be on some maps or still there. It was believed that such rooms were needed to learn the maps. These rooms are hard-to-reach places that require some parkour skills. Some secret rooms were specially designed by developers or formed due to bugs. These secret rooms also appearead during "The Game" quest.

Secret rooms on different maps

Abyss

To get into the secret room on the Abyss you need to:
1. Find a big yellow house in the central part of the map. There's a downhill where you can see a platform with a house.
2. Place your tank in the beginning of an arrow and use nitro to jump onto that platform.
3. Drive behind the other side of the house and jump onto a special platform. From the platform there's a direct way to the secret room.

It is recomemnded to use Wasp in order to enter this room, as it has the fastest top speed.

Step-by-step picture guide
1. Find a large yellow house in the middle of the map. There's a downhill where you can see a platform with a red house.
2. Place your tank at the start of an arrow and use nitro to jump onto the platform with the red house.
3. Once you're on the platform, carefully drive around the wall and jump onto a small ledge to enter the tunnel.
4. You are now in the secret room. Good work!


Polygon

The secret room is also present on the Polygon. To get into it, you have to follow the these steps:
1. Head to the large house near the blue base.
2. Drive along the edge of the map behind a large house.
3. Jump into the tunnel with nitro activated.

This room is best accessed with a Wasp or Hornet, and a high recoil turret (e.g. Hammer or Railgun). In the room itself you can see props with images of quite famous players from GTanks: merenis11, cherep99, Sitnikov, Corey and sheezy.

Step-by-step picture guide
1. Head to the large house near the blue base.

2. Drive along the edge of the map behind a large house.
3. Jump into the tunnel with nitro activated.

4. You are now in the secret room. Good work!

Stadium

There is a secret room on the Stadium map, which is the Stadium Hall of Fame. This room includes the most famous GTanks and ProTanki players. To get into this hall, you need to:
1. Climb on the edge of the map from the blue team side. (This can be done only with the help of another player, so look for a partner beforehand)
2. Carefully jump on a small ledge
3. Enter the room through a small tunnel

This room is best accessed with a combination of tall hull with a high recoil turret (e.g. Dictator + Hammer) with light and small hull (e.g. Wasp or Hornet).

Step-by-step picture guide
1. Drive to the centre of the blue base. Climb on the edge of the map in the red square. (2 players required)

2. Carefully jump on a small ledge and enter the room through a small tunnel.


3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!



4. This room includes the most famous GTanks and ProTanki players.


Skirmish

Four days after the release of the Skirmish map, a secret room was added to it. To access this room you will need one more player. To enter it, follow these steps:
1. The secret rooms is located behind the houses, to the left of the blue base.
2. Place your tank on your partner's tank beforehand. While on the partner's tank, jump under the grate onto the platform below.

Step-by-step picture guide
1. The secret rooms is located behind the houses, to the left of the blue base.

2. Place your tank on your partner's tank beforehand. While on the partner's tank, jump under the grate onto the platform below.
3. You are now in the secret room. Good work! There's a small room with a tunnel.

Passing through you can see another small room with a rusty tank.

Secret rooms for "The Game" quest

Several special secret rooms were created for this quest. They contained answers to questions and various clues. All the secret rooms of "The Game" quest are described and presented in detail here.

Gubakha

A secret room was added to Gubakha on the first day of the New Year's quest "The Game". It was very easy to get in:

  • In the center of the map in the pit the floor was removed, so you could jump down there and got into the maze.
  • If you went down to the bottom floor and drove along the edges of the wall, you could find walls without collision, driving through which you could see the clue to the answer to the 1st day of the quest.
1st day of "The Game" quest | Gubakha secret room
Gubakha 1.png
Gubakha 2.png
Gubakha 3.png
Gubakha 4.png



Novel

Novel secret room

One of the smallest secret rooms in the game that appeared on the 2nd day of "The Game" quest. In order to get into it, you had to:

  • Jump under the bridge in the central part of the map and find 2 wall props located exactly under this bridge.
  • For the duration of the quest, the right prop was transparent and you could enter a room through it.
  • In the room, a special decoder was drawn to decipher the code from Wingdings script into Morse code.




Railway station

Quite unusual secret room made in the form of a parkour with different paths, and only one of these paths led to the final code of the third day. To get into it, you had to:

  • Drive into a small nook on the red base.
  • After passing through a transparent wall, carefully jump into the secret room.
3rd day of "The Game" quest | Railway station secret room
Railway 1.png
Railway 2.png
Railway 3.png
Railway 4.png



Deathtrack

One of the few large and ramified secret rooms. It appeared on the fourth day of the New Year's Quest "The Game".

  • The entrance to the room was in the right half of the red base, in the left column on the side of the entrance from the blue base to the red base.
  • The secret room itself was a large maze with 3 special codes to get the link and a clue to the final answer.
  • On the way to the clue there were many obstacles, starting with dead ends and ending with false pits from which there was no way out.
4th day of "The Game" quest | Deathtrack secret room
Deathtrack 1.png
Deathtrack 2.png
Deathtrack 3.png
Deathtrack 4.png



Secret rooms on holiday maps

Island REMASTER

This room is stylised in the popular game Minecraft as the holiday map itself, which appeared on April 1, 2023 as part of the holiday celebrations. It was one of the most difficult rooms to access in the game. To get inside, you had to:

1. Get into a small hole in the large house at quite a high height.
2. After jumping into the house you can see the inside of a standard village house with a ladder to the basement. Jump down the ladder.
3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!

Step-by-step picture guide
1. Get into a small hole in the large house and jump inside.

2. You can see the interior of a standard village house with a ladder to the basement. Jump down the ladder.
3. You are now in the secret room. Good work!


Here you can see the face of Yesutin - one of the first developers of TO, with a plaque and the inscription "AREOT".