Oleg worked on Korea for il2

[VT-51_Razor]

It's a shame. There used to be some beautiful screen shots of a Douglas AD-3 or -4 (?) they were working on. It was absolutely breathtaking! Of course, I could be a little biased towards carrier based aircraft But regardless, it was a beautiful model and I was very heartened by the fact that they were planing on including the carrier war in the Korea add-on rather than just re-doing a Mig Alley type sim.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by VT-51_Razor

It's a shame. There used to be some beautiful screen shots of a Douglas AD-3 or -4 (?) they were working on. It was absolutely breathtaking! Of course, I could be a little biased towards carrier based aircraft But regardless, it was a beautiful model and I was very heartened by the fact that they were planing on including the carrier war in the Korea add-on rather than just re-doing a Mig Alley type sim.

I remember those screen shots... that was for the project that was meant to follow on Cliffs of Dover. But as time went along the prospects of it being accomplished were fewer and fewer and unfortunately it was consigned to the dustbin of history.

I still hope for a proper Korean air war sim at some point in the future. It'd be very interesting to do.

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Well... in the sources, we've got from 1C, there are very few to none models or anything regarding that theatre. Not sure, what Oleg means there with 'half the way'... much probably all the reseach work.

RRG had a lot of stuff, but that was planed for the CloD engine since the beginning. I worked for that project (galba) myself...

[Flyby]

the air combat-sim world aches for a "new" Korea simulation, even if it's based on an old engine. TD has worked miracles so far. Is there nothing it can do now?
Flyby out

[robday]

Originally Posted by Flyby

the air combat-sim world aches for a "new" Korea simulation, even if it's based on an old engine. TD has worked miracles so far. Is there nothing it can do now?
Flyby out

There may well be people out there who "ache" for a Korean scenario as an addition to the IL2 world, but if it's not in the sphere of TD's interest it aint gonna get done by them! As Flyby says, they have worked miracles with this old sim. I. for one. am eternally grateful.

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by robday

As Flyby says, they have worked miracles with this old sim. I. for one. am eternally grateful.

I too am grateful for TD's miracles. Please sir, may I have some more?
Flyby out

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by robday

There may well be people out there who "ache" for a Korean scenario as an addition to the IL2 world, but if it's not in the sphere of TD's interest it aint gonna get done by them! As Flyby says, they have worked miracles with this old sim. I. for one. am eternally grateful.

It'd take a proper community effort to do this. TD is a very small group of volunteers and it'd need more to make Korea work.

We'd need a couple of teams doing maps and map objects and a good number of people working on aircraft. Not impossible, but I think it would take a concerted effort.

[Pursuivant]

There's been a fair bit of mod work for the planes and maps of the KTO. In particular, the MiG-15 and F-86 look quite good, as do the KTO maps, but I don't know if they're actually up to TD standards.

Other planes have been modeled, but they're not as good-looking. IIRC, there's the La-9, La-11, H-16 Sioux/Bell 47, A-26 Invader, F-84 Thunderjet, F4U-4 and F4U-5 Corsair, F8F Bearcat, and F9F Panther/Tiger/Cougar which are pretty good looking except for "franken-cockpits" and the T-6 Texan and P-82 Twin Mustang which are crude "franken-planes."

But there are two huge problems with an IL2-based Korean War add on.

The first problem is that IL2 doesn't support realistic helicopter flight, which cuts out of of the unique features of the Korean War - early helicopter ops.

The second problem is the NG consent decree, which would gut the list of available U.S. naval aircraft. How are you going to have a decent Korean add-on without planes like the F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, F9F Panther/Cougar and the F4U-4/-5 Corsair?