A new developer diary for IL-2 has arrived and it covers some changes under the hood for Korea IL-2 Series. The team are making some changes to the lighting rendering system which will change how the sim looks and we’ve got some screenshots to see the changes (they are subtle but there). Two new liveries are coming to the aerobatics pack as well. Let’s have a look!
Lighting changes
1CGS are tweaking the atmospheric and lighting system that underpins the sim. While Korea IL-2 Series looks really good in my opinion, it does seem that the devs are still seeking even better visuals. Here’s the core of what is driving them to make changes:
The game already looks beautiful, reasonably realistic, and pleasing to the eye in its current version, as your positive feedback confirms. But there are issues: somewhat unnatural greenish tints, a slightly washed-out and not particularly expressive color palette, overly “nuclear” sunsets that shouldn’t really look that way from altitude, and certain aspects of water rendering. Many of you have pointed these out as well.
They are revisiting atmospheric and lighting settings and have achieved more subtle lighting effects, better contrast and richer more realistic colour grading as well as improved water reflections as well. Lighting sources are also more poignant and impact flashes on targets will light up a little more than before. The so called “nuclear” sunset is also gone!
All of this is anticipated in the next update.
Two more aerobatic schemes are coming to the F-80 Shooting Star in the style of the Thunderbirds (F-80s were used for Thunderbird training apparently) and another scheme they say is inspired by Miss America for the F-51 Mustang. These are available to those who did the pre-order or those who own the Unique Aerobatic Team Liveries pack.
The update is reportedly coming soon. I anticipate that it will have many more changes than those listed today or the recently mentioned AI improvements (which they continue to make).
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