Distance to tanks — Gunmarks Mod for World of Tanks

What it does

The distance to every spotted tank as plain text on the marker above it, in the game's own font: always or while Alt is held, for every tank, the enemies or your team, as 312 m, 312 or 312.4 m, beside the name, above the marker or under it, moved to the pixel. The settings show it on the game's own sample markers, with your marker settings. Replaces the client's vehicle markers movie with a rebuild of it, so another mod that replaces that movie cannot run beside it.

The distance on every spotted tank’s marker, in the game’s own font; from the tank you watch once yours is destroyed.
Always or with Alt; for every tank, the enemies or your team; as 312 m, 312 or 312.4 m.
Beside the name, above the marker or under it, moved to the pixel; previewed on the game’s own sample markers with your marker settings.

Works with

World of Tanks 2.4.0.2

Made for this game version, and its own part of the game’s interface for one exact build of it (v.2.4.0.2 #966). After a game update the game’s own is back until the mod is updated too.

Runs on its own

No other Gunmarks mod is needed. It is one file, and openwg_gameface comes with it.

Beside the other Gunmarks mods

Any of them, whatever their versions: they share one garage panel, one settings page and one battle panel, and each is updated on its own.

Integration level 1

What another Gunmarks mod checks before it works with this one. The part every Gunmarks mod shares is at level 9 here and runs mods made for 1 or later; this mod needs 2. These levels, never a version number, decide which mods work together.

Good to know

Only tanks you can see have a distance: the mod reads the markers the game already shows. It is updated five times a second, and destroyed tanks have none.
The mod replaces the game’s vehicle markers file with a rebuild of it that can also draw the distance. When another mod brings vehicle markers of its own (XVM does), the mod leaves the markers to it and stays off, and the settings page says why.
The rebuild is made for one exact game build. After a game update the mod switches itself off until its own update for that build is out: the markers are then the game’s own, and the settings page says why.
No distance in event modes that bring their own markers.
To stop showing it, untick “Distance to tanks” in the settings. To go back to the game’s own markers file, delete the mod’s file.

Settings: Distance

Distance above tanks

As the settings page lists them, at their defaults. The gear on the garage panel opens it; every Gunmarks mod you have has a tab of its own there.

Distance

Applies from the next battle

Distance to tanksHow far each spotted tank is from yours, on its marker

ShownAll the time, or only while Alt is heldAlwaysWith Alt

Shown forEvery tank, the enemies or your teamAll tanksEnemiesAllies

FormatWhole metres, without the unit, or to a tenth312 m312312.4 m

PlaceBeside the name, above the marker or under itRightLeftAboveBelow

Horizontal offsetRight, or left below 00px

Vertical offsetUp, or down below 00px

Close World of Tanks
Get it from its page on the Mod Hub
Its page there: Distance to tanks.
Its file is one zip with everything it needs: the mod and openwg_gameface.
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Extract it into your World of Tanks folder
The folder with WorldOfTanks.exe in it, for example C:\Games\World_of_Tanks_EU. The zip's mods folder goes into the game's, so you end up with:
- mods\2.4.0.2\app.gunmarks\app.gunmarks.distance_0.2.0.wotmod
- mods\2.4.0.2\net.openwg\net.openwg.gameface_1.1.6.wotmod
Nothing else of Gunmarks is needed: the mod is one file. It runs alone, or beside any other Gunmarks mod, whatever their versions. They share one garage panel and one settings page.
If another mod already put a net.openwg.gameface_*.wotmod in mods\2.4.0.2, keep only one of them.
Start the game
On the first start the game restarts once by itself, adding the mod's pages. The Gunmarks panel appears in the garage; its gear opens the settings. Distance to tanks keeps its settings in mods\configs\app.gunmarks\distance.

Updating

When Distance to tanks has a new version, the garage panel says so and its Download button opens this page. Close the game, get Distance to tanks again from its page on the Mod Hub and extract it over the old files. A mod's file is named after its version: if it is left with two files, delete the older one. Only that mod changes; your settings stay in mods\configs\app.gunmarks.

Coming from 0.1.1 or 0.1.0: after extracting, delete the old app.gunmarks.distance_0.1.1.wotmod or app.gunmarks.distance_0.1.0.wotmod, whichever you have.

Distance to tanks needs no Gunmarks Core. app.gunmarks.core_*.wotmod is for the mods of 0.1.1 and earlier, which do: once every mod of yours is newer than that, delete it. The settings page says when.

From Gunmarks in one file: delete app.gunmarks_0.1.0.wotmod from mods\2.4.0.2. Each mod takes over your settings, the panels' places and your recorded battles on its first start.

After a World of Tanks update the game uses a new mods folder, named after its version: wait for the mod’s release for it.

Removing

Delete app.gunmarks.distance_0.2.0.wotmod from mods\2.4.0.2\app.gunmarks: your other Gunmarks mods keep running. With none left, delete the folder. Its own files, your settings of it among them, stay in mods\configs\app.gunmarks\distance: delete that folder to remove them too.

Keep net.openwg if another mod uses it.

0.2.0 #37

6 Oct 2026Latest

Changed

The mod is one file now, with its own version and its own updates: it needs no Gunmarks Core. Once every Gunmarks mod you have is updated, delete app.gunmarks.core_*.wotmod.
Settings: a tab for each Gunmarks mod, under its name.
Settings: every installed Gunmarks mod is listed with its own version.
The notice of a new version lists each of your mods that has one, with the version you have and the new one.

Fixed

Garage panel: no longer stays on top of the equipment, shells and consumables screens, or the list of all vehicles.

0.1.1 #36

3 Oct 2026

Fixed

No longer switches off XVM's markers. When another mod brings vehicle markers of its own (XVM does), Distance leaves the markers to it and stays off; the settings page says why.

Changed

Other mods' changes to the game's markers and events can no longer keep the mod from what it reads, whichever mod starts first.
game.log names an openwg_gameface that cannot show the Gunmarks panels on this game version (1.2 and later, made for 2.4.1) and the one to install.

0.1.0 #35

2 Oct 2026

New

Distance to tanks is now a mod of its own, with Gunmarks Core. Install it alone, or with any other Gunmarks mod.
Settings: live preview of the distance on enemy and ally markers, normally and with Alt, using your own marker settings.
Vertical offset, to move the distance up or down.
Settings: the mods that run are listed, and why an installed one does not.
Its own page on the Mod Hub; its download includes Gunmarks Core.

Changed

For World of Tanks 2.4.0.2.
Your settings from 0.1.0 are carried over on its first start. Delete app.gunmarks_0.1.0.wotmod: while it is still there, it is stopped.
Its own config.json, in mods/configs/app.gunmarks/distance/.
"Below" now puts the distance under the tank icon.
The horizontal offset moves it right, or left below 0, in every place. Your previous offset is carried over.
Left off in event modes that have their own markers.
Settings: now a full-screen page with tabs; offsets are typed in, to the pixel.

Fixed

Next to a name the distance is now level with it, not lower.

Removed

WN8, from everywhere in the mod.

Up to 0.1.1 #36 it was released together with the other Gunmarks mods, which shared one version: this is its part of those releases. Their whole history is on the page of every mod.