1C Game Studios revealed what we can expect from cities and settlements in its upcoming Korean War Flight Simulator Korea: IL-2 Series.
In its latest blog post, the developer showcased the new tech it used to model urban centers on the map, since the use of photogrammetry is impossible due to the historical nature of the sim.
This includes a new set of landscape textures, including textures for urban, rural, and industrial areas, on top of about 100 models of various buildings, many of which have additional variations, featuring a much higher level of fidelity compared to previous IL-2 sims.
This results in believable settlements that match the architecture of the 1950s and have a realistic layout. The level of detail provides much higher fidelity when seen at short and medium range.
Each city required a lot of work on historical documents and manual labor, but the result is the creation of 800 settlements, 26 of which are large cities, inclding 12 seaports, and a road network spanning 11,000 kilometers.
You can see a gallery of new screenshots below.
f you want to hear and see more of Korea: IL-2 Series, you can check out our preview with the latest gameplay.
We also have the first gameplay reveal, a look at the gun effects, some interesting animations for the artillery units that will be implemented in the game, the model for the Lavochkin La-11 piston fighter and its cockpit, and a look at the ground vehicles and their destruction.
We also have a video focusing on engine sounds and a rather spectacular look at the visual damage modeling.
If you’re unfamiliar with the IL-2 series, it’s a combat flight simulation series that debuted all the way back in 2001 with IL-2 Sturmovik, set on the Eastern Front of World War II.
At that time, it was very innovative among combat flight simulators and provided a lot of interesting features in a genre that was already starting to drop out of the AAA field into a much smaller niche. It also included a rather advanced multiplayer suite for the time.
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