Dev Blog #85 is here!
We share our plans for the further development of Korea. IL-2 Series, including upcoming work on pilot AI, VR performance, multiplayer, basic training, and Commander Career.
We also reveal the first details about the future Dynamic Campaign.
Read here: https://media.il2-korea.com/news/dd_85
TFS are testing an Instant Mission Creator (IMC) more commonly known as a QMB in Beta currently, and Nav/Landing lights finally work again (in Beta).
Have you ever wanted to play your Task Editor missions in Cooperative mode? Now you can!
With this system, you can create missions directly in the Task Editor and convert them into fully playable cooperative missions with just a few clicks. No need to open the editor or even close the game.
The simulator generates a _gen mission file every time you create a mission, automatically overwriting the previous one. This makes the process incredibly simple:
And that's it! Your mission is automatically converted into a cooperative mission, ready to be played with your friends — without having to manually edit anything in the Task Editor.
Create as many missions as you want and enjoy virtually unlimited cooperative content!
What it does
- Forces `MissionType = 1` so the sim treats it as a cooperative mission.
- Sets (or adds, if it's missing) the `MultiplayerPlaneConfig` line to the flyable aircraft you picked, so the sim knows what plane is available.
- Finds every aircraft flagged `PLAYERSQUAD` and forces `CoopStart = 1` on all of them — whether the line was already there with a different value, or missing entirely.
- Saves everything as a **new** `.mission` file with a proper name (no leading underscore, no `_gen`), so the sim actually loads it. Your original `_gen` file is never touched.
How to use it
Heya folks. I am proud to announce the launch of our training range server, known as “The Pub” for IL-2 Korea.
This server features a variety of spawns to allow you to learn the aircraft of your choice, AI targets to engage and practice aerial gunnery, along with Player against Player ranges to practice your skills against each other.
Massive thanks to Lmanu, an excellent mission designer who made this possible.
You can find the server info at in my discord at https://discord.gg/KRwKV5QmZn or can simply
use the IL-2 Korea server browser to search for “The Pub”
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share some optimization testing I did because there is a huge misconception that you absolutely need an RTX 5090 or massive VRAM to play IL-2 Korea in VR. For budget gamers like me, seeing the minimum requirements for VR let us think it would be impossible to play. I’m running a Quest 2 on an 8GB Radeon RX 9060 XT, and after messing with settings all weekend, I finally hit a beautiful sweet spot.
Here is what I found and how to replicate it if you are on a budget setup.
The absolute breakthrough here was using Virtual Desktop's FOV tangent multipliers to crop the image to 75% horizontal and 60% vertical (for me is better to have it cropped than playing with my tiny monitor and lose the inmersion). This cuts out over 50% of the total pixel workload and is not so bad. This single tweak is what actually saved my performance, freeing up the VRAM and GPU power to make "High" resolution even possible on an 8GB card. I might even try widening it a bit later since I noticed some headroom.
Once the FOV crop stabilized my performance, I just had to decide how to display the frames. Initially, I tried running Virtual Desktop on Ultra resolution with FSR Quality. It maxed my VRAM right at the 7.5GB limit and forced Virtual Desktop’s SSW (reprojection) to kick in. The ghosting was awful—trying to dogfight when an enemy plane has a blurry double-image silhouette is basically impossible.
By dropping to VD High with FSR Balanced, I realized the FOV crop gave me enough headroom to turn off reprojection entirely. I chose to set Virtual Desktop to 60Hz with SSW disabled, giving me a locked, native 60 FPS (VRAM dropped to a safe 6.3GB, system RAM sat around 13 - 15GB, and my GPU usage hovered around 90-95%).
In the game's graphics menu, set the resolution to 1080p and turn Fullscreen OFF (Windowed). Set Upscaling to FSR Balanced. Make sure your Textures are on High/2K (not Ultra/4K).Turn everything on low or off (grass quality, clouds, optimize cities, mirrors low, etc.)
Some would argue that those compromises makes the game not beautiful, but with current GPU an RAM prices is just a question of playing on VR or with a monitor.
Edit: My specs are: R7 5700X, rx 9060xt (8gb), 16 gb ddr4.
Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago I started a project to have an external graphics options manager for the IL-2 series. Here is the result: https://forum.il2-series.com/topic/4859-il-2-series-external-graphics-configurator/
This program reads the startup file and lets you modify it before launching the game.
Additionally, it allows you to create up to 3 presets. This will come handy for VR users!
Wanna share your findings and help others to set up the game? you can also import/export your current settings to share with friends and community members! And then save them as a preset!
For now, it reads the "raw" options without translation. In the future, I'll add the same text used in-game, along with other features.
Fore example in Virtual Reality mode
0 : Off
1 : OpenVR
2 : Open XR
I take no responsibility for crashes or any issues! Only tweak what you know!
There are two types of json files here:
Presets are saved in the same location as this exectuable in a json format. You can see them if you open them with notepad or another text editor.
Imported / Exported files can be saved/loaded into any location. Again as json format. Share these ones!
Hope this helps with more "tuning" :)
Kudos,
A new Dev Blog, #84, is here!
We take a look at the key changes that set Korea apart from Great Battles, as well as the work completed over its four years of development.
You’ll also find a special video showcasing the new features, exclusive footage of a real MiG-15UTI in flight, feedback from one of its pilots, and a little information about the next expansion.
Read and watch here: https://media.il2-korea.com/news/dd_84
Hey guys, to properly use gyro gunsights you need the wingspan of your target. I made this card to go alongside my video tutorial series.
Next week I will be releasing a guide on the MiG-15 Gyro Gunsight. Feel free to join my discord if you want a casual MILSIM community to fly with, we will be putting up a training server soon like we have up in DCS. If you want to learn, hop in and tag the @instructors role!
DISCLAIMER for transparency, I made this card with AI. Apologies for the repost, had to make an edit for quality.
Hi, I am looking for someone my age (13-18) to play Korea with. Especially someone from Europe (because of the the timzones) and someone who can communicate in English. If anyone is interested, you can DM me :) Thanks
Why does this post look like a profile on a dating app (not intentional) :D
Hey guys, I made this reference card for you to use when utilising the K-14C Gunsight with HVAR rockets. Hope this is useful.
Hey guys,
In 1952, my Grandfathers Uncle was shot down flying the F-51D Mustang with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron. He was a first generation Polish American and was declared missing then later presumed dead.
Last year, I put my grandfather in VR in the P-51D in Great Battles and it blew his mind, but yesterday I put him in the F-51D with the 67th Fighter Bomber Squadron Livery at K-46 Airbase, the SAME airbase my Great Uncle was shot down flying from.
Devs, you brought my grandfather to tears. We are able to actually see the airfield he lived at, the river he swam in, and I am flying a Career with the 67th and am able to experience “his” war.
I’m about to deploy again myself and am going to continue making vids for you guys down range. I cannot thank you enough. This sim is amazing.
Heya folks. I am rushing to cover every plane before I deploy, here is the IL-10 beast! I am going to try to get the LA-10 and YAK-9 covered too!
Hope this helps some of you out!
