Developer Diary 6 for IL-2 Korea is out and 1CGS are talking about their pilot model including some interesting new interactive elements.
The pilot is your character
The 1CGS have revealed a few new features for IL-2 Korea today and they are all focused on the pilot as a character that you interact with the world.
One of the new features is the pilot’s body will be integrated into the cockpit and interact with some of the elements in there (including the throttle as shown off by the video). This is an optional feature because I know the community is somewhat divided on this as a feature – but I can see why VR pilots in particular don’t want to be just a floating head and would like to feel “attached” to something.
Another feature is the ability to get out of the plane and get back in. Again, this one has been a dividing point of interest with some wanting the feature and others not being at all interested in it. I think it’s got some potential to open up interesting immersive possibilities. They mention the ability to walk, run, swim, and move from one aircraft to another aircraft or vehicle.
At the very least I can see some immersive sequences where you could walk from the briefing room to a jeep, then to your plane. Another example could be a search and rescue mission where a downed pilot hops into a waiting helicopter. One friend suggested that they’d be all for bailing out near and enemy base and sneaking into a waiting airplane. I wonder where that idea came from!There are possibilities!
More seriously, they mention that the way the pilot exits the airplane is all programmed for in flight, on the ground, in a negative G situation, ejection, or after an emergency landing as you can see in the video.
Sidenote on the video: There are clearly some new sound effects at play and they are chunky and satisfying.
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