"Mustangs over Korea" - Highly randomized dynamic SP Mission (BoK / BoBP needed)

[ironk79]

 

 

Update:

New Version V1.2 uploaded, added enemy AAA units in patrol area

New Version V1.1 uploaded, Gunboats added to encounters, minor changes in mission logic and bugfixes

       

 

July 29th 1950, Korea

 

F-51D from the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing have been transfered to south Korea to slow the advancing north korean forces in this early stage of the war. Mainly by attacking designated targets or patrolling the area for enemy tanks, convoys, artillery or troop concentrations.

 

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Since there is no Korea Map in IL2, i tried to recreate the look and feel of burned out mountains of a late summer south Korea. I used units as close as possible, of course within the limitations of the existing game. Since i fly only VR, missions are also created with good performance in mind. Mission also has voice overs for higher immersion.

 

This mission is highly randomized regarding, encounteres with enemy air/ground units giving it a high replay value. Main task are patrol and CAS missions, but air to air encounters are likely. You have all the liberties how to approach your mission, if you follow your primary target, attack enemy fighters or react to CAS calls in the running mission. As long as you make it back and land your aircraft, the mission counts as success.

 

Mission mechanics:

 

You start in your parking area (your Wingman already waiting on the runway), your sortie is chosen randomly and is shown via subtitle (make sure to activate your HUD).

You can choose your loadout before the mission, standard loadout consists of bombs and rockets.

For some missions with critical primary objectives (Attack bridge or train station) a cover flight "Ripper" is recommended, they will cover you until all bombs/rockets are droped or jettisoned. To "call" for cover flight, simply taxi and stop for a  few seconds next to the small arrow sign right of your parking area. Cover flight "Ripper" should activate after a few seconds.

 

Home airfield has AAA defense and RRR station (Truck next to your parking area) if you need to rearm and refuel to get back into action. In case you ran out of bullets and are chased home, you can call for backup. Simply fly over the green smoke marker, marked  "A2A Backup" on your map (about 10km northeast of your Airfield).

 

Additional calls for CAS (f.e. warehouse bombing, cover ambushed unit, help unit under artillery fire) are possible in the running mission. There are many randomized convoys, trains, camps and enemy planes active and changing with every new mission, so no mission plays like the other.

 

Missions:

 

1 - Offensive Patrol:

Patrol designated area. You are free to engage enemy air and ground targets.

 

2 - CAS against T-34 unit:

Assist our tanks in the attack against north korean tank formation in sector 1434/3

 

3 - Search and destroy artillery:

Search and destroy artillery postions in sector 1533

 

4 - Attack Tank Convoy:

Attack armored convoy heading south in sector 1635

 

5 - Attack train station:

Attack the enemy tanks and supplies at the train station in sector marked on the map

 

6 - Cover Armored Convoy:

Head out to sector 1731/9 and cover armored column moving out to support M4 tanks.

 

7 - Destroy Bridge:

Destroy the  bridge in sector marked on your map.

 

8 - Destroy Torpedo boats:

2 north Korean torpedo boats are heading towards us, last seen in sector 1826. Find and destroy them.

 

 

Download:  https://www.mediafire.com/file/7o2j7nbvx1kjfz9/MoK.zip/file

 

Install: Extract zip file and copy MoK folder into your IL2 Missions folder. Should look like this "IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Missions\MoK" (with mission files and "Media" folder inside).

 

! Since I dont update this campaign anymore - if you encounter problems like mission mechanics not working, it can be due to IL2s game updates. In that case resave these missions via the mission editor. That should hopefully solve any issues.

 

 

Leave a comment if you encounter any major bugs, you can also report on the sorties you had, always interesting how sometimes things turn out.

 

If you enjoy this mission and appreciate my work, feel free to buy me a coffee  https://paypal.me/dcsdmc?locale.x=de_DE

 

 

 

 

Sample Screenshots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by ironk79

[taffy2jeffmorgan]

That's about as close as we will get to a Korean map, but it's very well done, I am enjoying the missions.  Thanks

[DragonDaddy]

A fun mission with incredible scenery. Thanks for your work

[Mtnbiker1998]

Would it be possible/ Would I be able myself to convert this to coop? Me and a buddy were just the other day talking about how fun some Korean war flying would be, and then I stumbled upon this! 

 

 

Also does anyone have any Post-war skins for the P-51? I'm sure it would go excellent with this mission!

edit: I did find several on HSD, a simple search for "Korea" results in a few popping up, including ole' "Was-that-too-fast" down here!

Edited January 7, 2022 by Mtnbiker1998

[ironk79]

9 hours ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

Would it be possible/ Would I be able myself to convert this to coop? Me and a buddy were just the other day talking about how fun some Korean war flying would be, and then I stumbled upon this! 

 

Will look into this, shouldnt be a big problem. Will upload a new version soon (with additional enemy AAA in the area) and add an additional coop version of this mission. 

[ironk79]

Uploaded new SP Version V1.2, also uploaded Coop version of this mission in the Multiplayer thread, had to make some changes, mainly regarding allied AI flight. See thread for more details.

 

 

Edited January 7, 2022 by ironk79

[jeanba]

Tested it yestearday

Fun and very immersive.

I always like to fly P51 over Korea

[hand-sanitzer]

how to install it can u guys help ??

never mind i did it

[Geezer]

Hello,

I recently installed this and have been enjoying it immensely.  Thanks so much!  

I have noticed a couple of quirks, though.  My HUD altitude varies with the terrain rather than reading a true altitude relative to sea level.  Not a big deal as my altimeter on the instrument panel registers correctly.  However, my wingman, Ripper flight and Bluebird all crash into the side of a mountain upon RTB.  Every sortie.  Strange.  Is there a setting I need to change?  Also, my wingman only carries bombs, never rockets and bombs.  Otherwise, it is working fine.  The terrain is gorgeous.

[ironk79]

On 12/19/2022 at 8:56 PM, Mysliwiec said:

Hello,

I recently installed this and have been enjoying it immensely.  Thanks so much!  

I have noticed a couple of quirks, though.  My HUD altitude varies with the terrain rather than reading a true altitude relative to sea level.  Not a big deal as my altimeter on the instrument panel registers correctly.  However, my wingman, Ripper flight and Bluebird all crash into the side of a mountain upon RTB.  Every sortie.  Strange.  Is there a setting I need to change?  Also, my wingman only carries bombs, never rockets and bombs.  Otherwise, it is working fine.  The terrain is gorgeous.

It sounds to me like a problem from the sim itself. Never had a problem similar to your description. Also there is no setting i know of, that could be responsible for this.

Since this mission is already out for some time, have you tried to "re safe" it via the mission editor? This is sometimes necessary for older missions to work with newer game versions.

Edited January 7, 2023 by ironk79

[Geezer]

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23 hours ago, ironk79 said:

have you tried to "re safe" it via the mission editor?

Thanks.  Yes, I did that a couple of days ago.  No joy.  It did fix a couple of other missions I recently downloaded, but not this one.

[Geezer]

Also, I've only been presented with three of the eight randomly generated missions...over and over.  And only once have I been "re-directed" on to another target.  I will try downloading and re-installing to see if that changes anything.

[JG7_X-Man]

54 minutes ago, Mysliwiec said:

Also, I've only been presented with three of the eight randomly generated missions...over and over.  And only once have I been "re-directed" on to another target.  I will try downloading and re-installing to see if that changes anything.

 

@MysliwiecThis sounds like an issue with the random generator logic that creates the missions. 

[Geezer]

So, I re-installed the mission pac from a fresh download.  Now I seem to be getting all the missions.  Two of the three I flew today were new ones.  The AI is still bugged, though.  They all crash when returning after completion of the mission.  It's as if they are on some other map without mountains.  Annoying, but the missions are still a lot of fun, and the map is gorgeous.