Korea. IL-2 Series Dev Blog #8

[LukeFF]

Dev Blog #8 is now available for your reading: https://il2-korea.com/news/dd_8
 

 

[HubertMeyer]

First😀

[Trooper117]

C'mon, I mean, who wouldn't want to fly that!... it looks fantastic!

[Nickkyboy99]

That repeating wonn wonnn wonnnnnnn every 5 seconds is back... 😕

[Jade_Monkey]

Looking really good and some of the sounds seem improved, but as Nikkyboy mentioned, some of the recycled sounds are not that great.

[catchthefoxes]

when can you take my money?? also, i see that the external camera is more dynamic possibly. I think in one of the other vid there was almost like a chase plane effect camera! Either way, I'm very excited!!

[Avimimus]

Okay, PBR might have been worth it... it is hard for me to admit, but I will...

 

My gosh, it is gorgeous!

[Duggy]

Are the cockpits the correct colour?,as they were black in Korea.

[LukeFF]

10 minutes ago, Duggy said:

Are the cockpits the correct colour?,as they were black in Korea.

 

The evidence is inconclusive about them being black for Korea IIRC. It'd be something for @=FB=VikS to answer.

[Bell]

There is almost no difference in their(P-51D-15 and D-30) flight performance.

[MAJORgoonMADLOU]

cockpit view?

[migmadmarine]

What is the pipe coming out of the right side of the nose? Always seen the hole there, but I don't think I've ever noticed a pipe coming out of that spot. 

[Aapje]

4 minutes ago, migmadmarine said:

What is the pipe coming out of the right side of the nose? Always seen the hole there, but I don't think I've ever noticed a pipe coming out of that spot. 

 

It's the oil overflow breather. The standard version just has a hole, but it results in the plane getting rather dirty:

 

 

So some crew chiefs would stick a pipe in there, to keep the plane cleaner:

 

[Mysticpuma]

I mentioned on YouTube,  I really hope the team look at upgrading the particle effects as the cartoon ones carried over from BoX really stand out. The Green cast on the vapour trail is just pure BoX. 

I hope the team revisit all the visual effects, improve the smoke and vapour effects so they are no longer those huge thick black trails of smoke, rather than than transparent smoke and the vapour isn't as shown with just a thick, chunky green tinged trail of cotton wool?

 

Also will PBR sort out the colour casts that are present in BoX so we get a more true representation of the world rather than the Green cast all over the game currently?

[354thFG_Leifr]

4 minutes ago, Mysticpuma said:

I mentioned on YouTube,  I really hope the team look at upgrading the particle effects as the cartoon ones carried over from BoX really stand out. The Green cast on the vapour trail is just pure BoX. 

I hope the team revisit all the visual effects, improve the smoke and vapour effects so they are no longer those huge thick black trails of smoke, rather than than transparent smoke and the vapour isn't as shown with just a thick, chunky green tinged trail of cotton wool?

 

Also will PBR sort out the colour casts that are present in BoX so we get a more true representation of the world rather than the Green cast all over the game currently?

 

😬

 

[Mysticpuma]

23 minutes ago, 356thFS_Leifr said:

 

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Yep, white clouds, green contrails.

[LukeFF]

And this is why the release is still about a year away. 🙂

[Duggy]

11 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

The evidence is inconclusive about them being black for Korea IIRC. It'd be something for @=FB=VikS to answer.

Here's a couple of photos of an original,unrestored cockpit of an actual Korean F-51.

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

1 hour ago, Mysticpuma said:

Yep, white clouds, green contrails.

I hope new particle effects would be implemented before they release Korea. 

[76IAP-Black]

Doesnt look to different From Box right now.

[Trooper117]

Lots of things that are being scrutinised already... it's WiP and months away from being released, honestly!

[Mysticpuma]

3 hours ago, LukeFF said:

And this is why the release is still about a year away. 🙂

No harm in asking, it's the main thing I feel let's the game down. Look forward to updates on the particle effects and lighting as and when....please don't forget 😬

[LuftManu]

Mustang looks really cool with PBR!

Can't wait to see the rest of things as they are being completed, including the new effects

Kind regards,

[Avimimus]

39 minutes ago, Mysticpuma said:

No harm in asking, it's the main thing I feel let's the game down. Look forward to updates on the particle effects and lighting as and when....please don't forget 😬

 

Hmm.... I'd still say it is AI - the biggest weakness of all flight sims. With AI spotting (situational awareness, ranging, ability to track multiple targets) in particular being the area where the biggest improvements could be made in the medium term.

[Mtnbiker1998]

I was really hyped for IL-2 with PBR (Especially seeing how great Falcon BMS' new pbr models look with their latest update) But I'm actually pretty underwhelmed with Korea's PBR so far. Pretty small improvement over GB, and MSFS and DCS' bare metal still look MUCH better.

 

Hopefully we see more improvements as the game gets closer to release. 

[LukeFF]

9 hours ago, Duggy said:

Here's a couple of photos of an original,unrestored cockpit of an actual Korean F-51.

 

Both all-black and the original green & black interiors were in use during the war. Our cockpit texture artist for the F-51 decided to go with green and black. 

[[CPT]Crunch]

Note the terrain on the airfield taxiways and how gorgeous it looks not being level.  Also the crests on the mountains covered in pine trees, looking good.  That looks way better than what we currently have.  The airfield looks far more believable and life like from above.

 

Wouldn't surprise me cockpits not being standardized coming out of Guard stocks, the Guard didn't fall directly under department of defense and could basically do what they wanted back when the funding wasn't coming directly from DOD.  Remember the Air Force was a brand new service and more so the Air Guard never had a direct connection, they were formed directly out of the Army National Guard Bureau, not the Air Force.

[FuriousMeow]

I was reading about development from another dev for another game and they stated that across most game development graphical effects are held until then final months of development when the heavy lifting is complete and the game's engine is fully finalized. 

 

I'd expect all of GB's effects to be brought over as placeholders until dev shifts to them to complete.

Edited August 24, 2024 by FuriousMeow

[Bars-]

20 часов назад, 76IAP-Black сказал:

Doesnt look to different From Box right now.

Agree.

And it's two years now since last major release. 

11 часов назад, Mtnbiker1998 сказал:

I was really hyped for IL-2 with PBR (Especially seeing how great Falcon BMS' new pbr models look with their latest update) But I'm actually pretty underwhelmed with Korea's PBR so far. 

That's very true. 

[Bars-]

9 часов назад, [CPT]Crunch сказал:

 The airfield looks far more believable and life like from above.

Airfield views are still like an uninhabited desert. Not believable at all. In 2014 that wasn't good. Today that's disappointing. 

 

 

[Jade_Monkey]

8 hours ago, Bars- said:

Airfield views are still like an uninhabited desert. Not believable at all. In 2014 that wasn't good. Today that's disappointing. 

 

 

They said in prior DDs there will be people walking around in airfields and towns, so maybe more to see on that regard

[LuftManu]

18 hours ago, [CPT]Crunch said:

Note the terrain on the airfield taxiways and how gorgeous it looks not being level.  Also the crests on the mountains covered in pine trees, looking good.  That looks way better than what we currently have.  The airfield looks far more believable and life like from above.

 

I agree too, specially with this frame from the video.

 

 

You can see an airfield on the background, behind the nose in a really cool shape. (Plus some rivers too with noticeable shapes and not breaking into parts).

[rocho]

On 8/24/2024 at 11:51 AM, 76IAP-Black said:

Doesnt look to different From Box right now.

In my opinion, this P51 looks much better in Korea than in Great Battles.

[Trooper117]

2 hours ago, rocho said:

In my opinion, this P51 looks much better in Korea than in Great Battles.

 

Absolutely correct...

[Blitzen]

1940???

[76IAP-Black]

20 hours ago, rocho said:

In my opinion, this P51 looks much better in Korea than in Great Battles.

Yes but thé scenéry lighting Is thé same, And thé overall look feels thé same.

 

For now i don't see much visual difference between BoX and Korea, except pbr.

[-DED-Takeshi]

Mig-15

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1NnErX

[Avimimus]

3 hours ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Yes but thé scenéry lighting Is thé same, And thé overall look feels thé same.

 

For now i don't see much visual difference between BoX and Korea, except pbr.

 

Dev Blog #7 (il2-korea.com)

[LukeFF]

On 8/23/2024 at 11:39 AM, Nickkyboy99 said:

That repeating wonn wonnn wonnnnnnn every 5 seconds is back... 😕

 

We plan to fix this for both GB and Korea. 

[Art-J]

I wouldn't dwell on engine sounds, contrail colour and whatnot too much as at this stage of development these are most likely temporary placeholders taken straight from GB indeed.

 

That 3D model and impressive PBR though... Whoa, damn fine job all around, at least on the outside. Even though my primary platform is DCS, It's going to be difficult for me to be switching back to their Mustang model and texturing, which now show their age really bad compared to this work. There's only so much custom skinners can do with 2012 model by ED.

Edited August 27, 2024 by Art-J