1C Game Studios LukeFF Posted February 13 1C Game Studios Posted February 13 Hey everyone! Today, we take a look at nighttime rendering in Korea. IL2 Series. Also, we have a sale ongoing on our website and on Steam right now for Great Battles content. Check it out! https://media.il2-korea.com/news/dd_61 https://il2-series.com/en/store/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/307960/IL2_Sturmovik_Battle_of_Stalingrad/ 20 2
Juri_JS Posted February 13 Posted February 13 That looks nice, I hope in the future we will get the B-26 and Po-2, so we can do some night bombing. In Il-2 GB we have the problem that searchlight beams will go through clouds instead of illuminating them. Will this issue be fixed in Il-2 Korea? 1 3
Avimimus Posted February 13 Posted February 13 If you guys wanted to keep me from suggesting that a possible DLC could have the F-82G / F7F-3N / B-26 / Po-2 ...this is definitely counterproductive to that goal! 6 2
Veteran66 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, Juri_JS said: That looks nice, I hope in the future we will get the B-26 and Po-2, so we can do some night bombing. In Il-2 GB we have the problem that searchlight beams will go through clouds instead of illuminating them. Will this issue be fixed in Il-2 Korea? Oh yes Juri, i like Bomber My System: Windows 11 Mainboard MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE Prozessor Intel Core i7-10700KF Ram 64GB DDR4 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 SSD Crucial P3 4TB M.2 PCIe Gen3
Swoose Posted February 13 Posted February 13 "In the future, after the release, there is an idea to implement illumination ammunition for artillery as well, so the player can see illumination shells at work on the front line at night." That would be fantastic for immersion and giving a sense of realism. 1 1 1
Jade_Monkey Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) Stunning, love all the improvements. Maybe toss some more night time cockpit shots to see interior illumination? Edited February 13 by Jade_Monkey 2 1 2
LuftManu Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Night flying is one of my favourite things to do in GB, specially night intruder. Having the ability to mark a target with a huge flare will be really useful! Also lights for airfields and landing Grounds. Also this golden hour is great for pictures! @Avimimus count me in with that idea! 4 1
Bell Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I thought this is Vampire at first glance...Then I found it's IL-10. 2
Avimimus Posted February 13 Posted February 13 3 hours ago, LuftManu said: Night flying is one of my favourite things to do in GB, specially night intruder. Having the ability to mark a target with a huge flare will be really useful! Also lights for airfields and landing Grounds. Also this golden hour is great for pictures! @Avimimus count me in with that idea! Yes, those B-26 Invader pairs conducting interdiction - where the first would spot and release illumination flares - and then the wingman would come in to attack the target! Being stalked by La-11... and a nice target for the props (the Invader is easier to chase down than the B-29 but more capable of evasive manoeuvres). By the way the F-82G and F7F used the same radar (SCR-720) - which is also a very simple radar for the pilot to use (and is derived from WWII AI Mk. X radar)... so it is more feasible to add than almost any other radar. As for the Po-2 - it'd be an interesting change from flying high-speed jets - and a very challenging target for them. Is it likely to get any of those four? Probably not... but we can dream... and his dev update definitely provides some soothingly dark clouds for our dreams to fly through. 4 minutes ago, Bell said: I thought this is Vampire at first glance...Then I found it's IL-10. Ah yes. The external view appears as well. The developers have stated in one of the Briefing Room episodes that they aren't planning any aircraft that didn't serve in Korea (even if they were contemporary). So, the Vampire and Venom are ruled out. The RAAF Meteor Mk.8 isn't ruled out as it did serve in Korea (but may not be that likely).
LuftManu Posted February 13 Posted February 13 25 minutes ago, Avimimus said: Yes, those B-26 Invader pairs conducting interdiction - where the first would spot and release illumination flares - and then the wingman would come in to attack the target! Being stalked by La-11... and a nice target for the props (the Invader is easier to chase down than the B-29 but more capable of evasive manoeuvres). By the way the F-82G and F7F used the same radar (SCR-720) - which is also a very simple radar for the pilot to use (and is derived from WWII AI Mk. X radar)... so it is more feasible to add than almost any other radar. As for the Po-2 - it'd be an interesting change from flying high-speed jets - and a very challenging target for them. Is it likely to get any of those four? Probably not... but we can dream... and his dev update definitely provides some soothingly dark clouds for our dreams to fly through. With all this new tech, I would love if they would also expand night ops!!! Even if in the distant future... Let's cross fingers! 3
Ploofy Posted February 14 Posted February 14 20 hours ago, sevenless said: Hell Yes! This looks awesome! I don't think there was that much street lighting in Korea at that time. In the early 1950s, Korea was a very poor country and street lighting was almost non-existent. Especially since it was wartime! Please note that this is not a criticism! I also think that the screenshots showing the lighting effects at night are particularly successful. 1
Jade_Monkey Posted February 14 Posted February 14 6 minutes ago, Ploofy said: I don't think there was that much street lighting in Korea at that time. In the early 1950s, Korea was a very poor country and street lighting was almost non-existent. Especially since it was wartime! Please note that this is not a criticism! I also think that the screenshots showing the lighting effects at night are particularly successful. Im gonna guess the devs did a lot of research (as they always do) before going wild on doing a lot of work and creating new tech for it. 1
Lofte Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Don't forget about night bombing using radar guidance from TADP (Tactical Air Direction Post) stations. This guidance was used not only by B-26s and B-29s, but also by P-51s, C-47s, F-80s, F-84s, and Corsairs. The scale of these TADP sorties was considerable—over 2,000 sorties per month by the end of the war. In short, the technique was as follows: a pilot in an aircraft equipped with a special radio receiver would approach a designated area, then fly a pre-calculated bombing course based on voice commands from the ground (post-war photos of ground control sation are below) , and then, based on ground control, would blind-drop the bombs. It would be nice to have missions like this in the game... 2 2
Avimimus Posted February 14 Posted February 14 5 hours ago, Lofte said: Don't forget about night bombing using radar guidance from TADP (Tactical Air Direction Post) stations. This guidance was used not only by B-26s and B-29s, but also by P-51s, C-47s, F-80s, F-84s, and Corsairs. The F7F was used for this too. It was initially used for CAP and some daytime CAS... and later for night interdiction and TADP runs (with fully automated bomb release). It was apparently relatively well suited to it.
1C Game Studios LukeFF Posted February 15 Author 1C Game Studios Posted February 15 14 hours ago, Ploofy said: I don't think there was that much street lighting in Korea at that time. In the early 1950s, Korea was a very poor country and street lighting was almost non-existent. Especially since it was wartime! Please note that this is not a criticism! I also think that the screenshots showing the lighting effects at night are particularly successful. Perhaps in the countryside, but in the cities, they were highly electrified by 1950 - any given photo of, for example, Seoul, will show power lines everywhere on the main streets. And where there are powerlines, there are lights. 🙂 1 1
Juri_JS Posted February 15 Posted February 15 23 minutes ago, LukeFF said: Perhaps in the countryside, but in the cities, they were highly electrified by 1950 - any given photo of, for example, Seoul, will show power lines everywhere on the main streets. And where there are powerlines, there are lights. 🙂 I wonder if the south had any blackout measures during the war. The North definitely had them or there wasn't any electricity anyway, because of attacks on infrastructure.
Ploofy Posted February 15 Posted February 15 7 hours ago, LukeFF said: Perhaps in the countryside, but in the cities, they were highly electrified by 1950 - any given photo of, for example, Seoul, will show power lines everywhere on the main streets. And where there are powerlines, there are lights. 🙂 Thank a lot for the clarification ..and the pictures !
Mohawk Posted February 15 Posted February 15 All those Images Really Look First Rate !!! == Beautifully done ...
Mohawk Posted February 15 Posted February 15 From what I have been seeing , I am pretty sure IL2 Korea is going to --Knock DCS out of the Top Spot -- for Visual Quality and Emersion , now if only we could (in the future ) get clickable or at least partial clickable cockpits that would be great , but so far everything is looking Top Notch = Congrats all around to the Team. ..reason being for the clickables is as follows = for the seldom used switch's and such like eng start and things used only once or twice during a flight , it would save having to assign and remember so many key bindings .. that's how I use clickables in DCS and it is a really good way to reduce Binding and Old Guys Fogged Memory's ...
Aapje Posted February 15 Posted February 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-01093A001100120001-3.pdf Apparently most of the South Korean electricity came from the North, so they would have had big shortages.
Avimimus Posted February 15 Posted February 15 4 hours ago, Mohawk said: From what I have been seeing , I am pretty sure IL2 Korea is going to --Knock DCS out of the Top Spot -- for Visual Quality and Emersion Not to mention actually including Korea itself and more than two aircraft! 4 hours ago, Mohawk said: it would save having to assign and remember so many key bindings .. that's how I use clickables in DCS and it is a really good way to reduce Binding and Old Guys Fogged Memory's ... I see - although it does occur to me that having the bindings be shared across multiple types of aircraft might make them easier to remember than having to remember switch sequences and bindings for each aircraft separately. 1
WapentakeLokki Posted February 15 Posted February 15 4 часа назад, Mohawk сказал: Судя по тому, что я видел, я почти уверен, что IL2 Korea вытеснит DCS с первого места по качеству графики и погружению в игру. Вот если бы (в будущем) появилась возможность сделать кабины с возможностью управления кликами или хотя бы частично кликабельными, это было бы здорово, но пока всё выглядит на высшем уровне. Поздравляю всю команду! Причина кликабельности в следующем: для редко используемых переключателей, таких как запуск двигателя и другие, которые используются всего один-два раза за полёт, это избавит от необходимости назначать и запоминать множество клавишных комбинаций. Именно так я использую кликабельность в DCS, и это действительно хороший способ уменьшить количество привязок и улучшить память у пожилых игроков… камраден унд месье анд мистеры...я юзал ИЛ-2 от ЗС+БОБ+Великие сражения...и сравнивая с DCS хочу заметить что ИИ последнего(конечно на мой субективный взгляд)имеет ряд преимуществ..и главное это ИИ вдомых...и если в ЗС с этим не было траблов и в том-же БОБ мой винг_ман весел на хвосте моего Bf то в Великих сражениях картина диаметрально поменялась и(опять-же по субективному мнению связанно это с предтечей ИЛ Rise of Flight где не было норм боёв в паре)ты тупо остался один...командовать ведомыми это..и причём до сих пор...в том-же DCS есть LWin+D Lwin+G и ведомые бьют ПВО или наземку а тут...сколка Lalt+2 Lalt+7 не клацай..будут тупо кружить...и у меня есть сомнения что в Корее всё измениться...нет там подтянут графон и будут реактивные + наконец появяться 4-х мотрные которых можно будет зафрагнить но...что опять один в небе ???..так-что пред-заказ это ...рандом...уж лучше в DCS ждать Тихоокеанских(ну скорее Марианских)боёв на Корсарах против Зеро...там после F-4 и F-18 всё очень забавно...но я открыт для Ваших комментов и ..рад за тех кто нашёл себя в симах..в общем успехов в будующих сражениях(как товарисчам так и мистерам)...аллес абгемахт... 1 1
Philthy Posted February 16 Posted February 16 On 2/15/2026 at 4:51 PM, LukeFF said: any given photo of, for example, Seoul, will show power lines everywhere on the main streets. And where there are powerlines, there are lights. 🙂 Lots of power poles in those photos Luke, but not a single street light that I can see. House lighting, sure, but street lighting..? 1
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