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Thank you for such dedicated and detailed work!Kazan Arena, FIFA 2018 WORLD CUP
Hi, everyone! Today I release Kazan Arena, switch version. It's three times lighter than the version I converted some time ago. I'm releasing two versions. One WC and one Rubin's (I know that Rubin doesn't currently play on it, but still).
WC version - I didn't play too much with the crowd and the dressing for various reasons. This version doesn't have tournament mesh, so the dressing is the original EA one. I just recolored the host city name.
Rubin's version - For this version I slightly changed the away crowd. It's positioned in the same place, but it's reduced. Removed the flags on the roof. Removed the host city name adboard and changed it with digital ones. Created a whole new tournament mesh so it now supports tournament dressing. I created a separate specifictournament.rx3 file which you have to put in Game/data/sceneassets/tournament. This way you will see Rubin's dedicated stadium dressing.
I recommend not mix up the different versions stadium model and texture files. Each stadium model works only with it's originally packed rx3 texture files.
I'll be releasing very occasionally these stadiums, so please no meanless requests. It's a slow work, because the stadiums models are heavy. The process is slow and the exporting takes ages.
I was there at Kazan Arena in 2018 (GER vs KOR) and this really brings back memories!
One thing I'd like to mention (hoping it's not meaningless) is the corner sector exit covers.
I mentioned it once here
And now that you are taking a second look at WC2018 stadiums, maybe it'd be possible to have a separate texture for those areas.Awesome to see Samara!
@gonzaga @BosnaZmajevi @kotiara6863 @RobbieD_PL @RavenFCB @Endrio and anyone else working with stadiums,
Please note that all WC2018 host cities have their unique identity designs. You can see them in FIFA18 WC DLC loading screens and in HD here:
http://russiatrek.org/blog/travel/top-sights-in-fifa-world-cup-cities-in-russia/
http://welcome2018.com/en/journal/materials/world_cup_2018_host_cities_get_unique_identities_/
Which includes distinctive corner sector dressings.
If it was possible to incorporate those, that would be amazing!
Examples:
Nizhny Novgorod. Uruguay vs France
Sochi. Uruguay vs Portugal.
Moscow Spartak. Colombia vs England
St. Petersburg. Brazil vs Costa Rica.
If I understand correctly currently the WC2018 logo is used both for the big corner area and for the smaller areas around the stadium as well:
If the corner area had its own texture, we could possibly recreate the real design (maybe if not you, someone else would try, maybe me, but there would be a possibility):
Which is this building
Also speaking of stadium dressing, I really loved it how you used a more realistic custom WC2018 dressing (light blue at the bottom, red and blue at the top + #worldcup) in some of your previous WC2018 releases:
over default blue dressing that EA made for their DLC before the rournament started:
A suggestion even if not for Kazan anymore then for other WC2018 stadiums that might follow