1C Game Studios revealed new gameplay of its Korean War military flight simulator Korea: IL-2 Series, focusing on the effects.
Specifically, we get to see some shooting effects on a few different aircraft, including both guns and cannons.
Specifically, we get to see the guns of the P-51 Mustang and of the F-86 Sabre, followed by the cannons of the La-11 and the unique combination on the MiG-15, with two 23 mm cannons and one 37 mm cannon.
In an accompanying blog post, we hear from the developers that tracers now not only glow, but also illuminate objects close by. They will also cause an additional incendiary effect when they hit combustible parts of an aircraft.
They also mention that “smokeless” tracers used by American weapons actually generated a little bit of smoke, which is depicted in the game.
That being said, the effects have to be balanced with performance, as there can be about 200 aircraft firing simultaneously (each with multiple weapons), plus ground-based guns.
Each gun has its own sound, and they’re different depending on whether you listen to them from inside or outside the aircraft. Recoil is also accurately simulated.
You can check out the video below.
We also get to take a look at some of the ammo included in the simulator.
We even get a full list of all the ammo types simulated in Korea: IL-2 Series.
- 12.7 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary (A.P.I.), Cal.50, M8
- 12.7 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary-Tracer (A.P.I.T.), Cal.50, M20
- 12.7 mm Incendiary, Cal .50, M1
- 20 mm Armor-Piercing-Tracer cartridge (A.P.T.), M95
- 20 mm Incendiary cartridge, M96
- 20 mm High-Explosive-Incendiary (H.E.I.) cartridge, M97
- 7.62 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, “B-32”
- 7.62 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary-Tracer, “ZB-46”
- 7.62 mm Incendiary-Tracer, “PZ”
- 12.7 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, “B-32” (yes, it has the same name as the 7.62 mm type)
- 12.7 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary-Tracer, “BZT-44”
- 12.7 mm Instant Action Incendiary, “MDZ-Z”
- 20 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, “BZ”
- 20 mm High-Explosive-Fragmentation, “OZ Variant 2”
- 20 mm High-Explosive-Fragmentation-Incendiary, “OZ Variant 1”
- 20 mm High-Explosive-Fragmentation-Tracer, “OZT”
- 23 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, “BZ”
- 23 mm High-Explosive-Tracer, “OZT”
- 37 mm Armor-Piercing-Incendiary-Tracer, “BZT”
- 37 mm High-Explosive-Tracer, “OZT”
The developers of Korea: IL-2 Series provided a description of the detailed effects of each ammo type.
“Armor-piercing incendiary bullets carry an explosive incendiary compound that ignites combustible materials at the point of impact, but the armor-piercing core of such a bullet continues to move inside the target without incendiary effect. Hollow-core incendiary bullets are the most effective ammunition in terms of ignition: the composition contained in the core cavity continues to have an incendiary effect on everything that the core encounters on its path inside the target after the initial impact, but such a bullet has much less penetrating power. Armor-piercing tracer bullets, if the tracer is still burning at the moment of impact, also have a noticeable effect on elements along their path. High-explosive fragmentation shells hit the aircraft with a shock wave and fragments, as their name suggests, and also have some incendiary effect near the point of impact. In a high-explosive fragmentation incendiary shell, the explosive effect is slightly reduced in favor of the incendiary one.”
If you want to see more of Korea: IL-2 Series, you can check out the first gameplay reveal, 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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