User:Noteperson

Cirrus Maximus, featuring a strong turnout for the home team

I made a stadium for /mlp/, the Cirrus Maximus. Some people seem to like it.

If you'd like to talk about custom stadium design, feel free to contact me on Skype.

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Stadium Export Tutorial

Follow these steps to export a stadium file from Blender using the PES Blender Stadium Export (BSE) tool by Suat CAGDAS 'sxsxsx', which can be found here. This tutorial was written for BSE v1.8 running in Blender 2.71.

Initial BSE tool setup

Download and extract the compressed BSEv18 files; this path will be referred to as $BSE_UNZIP

Copy $BSE_UNZIP\script_v18a\pes_temp\ into your Blender install directory

Place $BSE_UNZIP\script_v18a\pes_stad_exp.py into the Blender scripts addons folder (e.g.: %APPDATA%\...\Blender\2.71\scripts\addons)

Enable the add-on in Blender options

New stadium setup

Make a copy of $BSE_UNZIP\BSEv18_pes15\pes15_stads\ to edit for your new stadium (I'll refer to this directory as $PES16_STADS)

Create a $STADIUM subfolder in it

Edit $PES16_STADS\build_cpk.bat:

• Change test_stadium to $STADIUM
• Put in the correct path to the PES download directory ($PES16_DOWNLOAD)

Copy $BSE_UNZIP\BSEv18_pes15\game_files\database_files\common\ to $STADIUM

Copy $BSE_UNZIP\BSEv18_pes15\game_files\game_files\common\ to $STADIUM and merge with existing

Create a $STAD_BLENDER folder in $PES16_STADS

Copy $BSE_UNZIP\BSEv18_pes15\useful_files_pics\pes15_template.blend to $STAD_BLENDER

• Rename it as desired

Loading into Blender

Open the blender file in $STAD_BLENDER

Select the PITCH object

Under the Scene tab of the Properties panel, go the the PES 2015 BSE section

Go to the 'Stadium ID Changer' subsection

• Set the common folder field to $STADIUM\common\
• Set Old to stxxx and New to your desired $STADID, e.g. st002
• (A list of stadium IDs can be found in $BSE_UNZIP\BSEv18_pes15\useful_files_pics\)
• Then press the 'Change ID' button
• In bottom row of the subsection, set first field to $STADID, and second field to desired stadium name
• Press the 'Change Name' button

Next we will set billboards to appear on the ends of the pitch

• Open and edit $STADIUM\common\bg\model\bg\bill\config\config.xml
• If your stadium ID isn't already listed there, copy a line (e.g. the st007 line) and edit it to have your stadium's ID in the first and last entries (e.g. 2, st002)
• Save any changes to the file

Back in Blender, in the first panel of the 'PES 2015 BSE' section, press the 'Create Main Parts' button

Select the shadow_plane object and go into edit mode

• In the UV editor, set it to the first ('base') UV layer and select Save as Image (into $STAD_BLENDER with RGB, no alpha; as the default filename field_shadow.png is nicely descriptive, I recommend keeping it)
• Switch to the second ('lightmap') UV, Save as Image (same settings again, field_AO.png is a good name)

Select the pitch15_mesh object and go to the 'BSE Export Menu' subsection

• Choose desired time/weather mode from the combobox (e.g. NIGHT FINE, which is used for official cup games)
• Set the directory field to $STADIUM\common\bg\model\bg\stadium\$STADID
• Set Stad ID field to $STADID

In the BSE 'Build CPK File' subsection, set the directory field to $PES16_STADS\build_cpk.bat

Stadium editing in Blender

In order to view your model properly, go to object mode Properties (N)

• Under Shading, ensure Multitexture is selected and Shadeless enabled

Select the shadow_plane object and switch to edit mode

• In the UV editor, the first UV unwrap ('base') will hold the field shadow map; paint field_shadow white and save it as an image
• (Once your stadium model is complete, you will bake shadows to this image, see below)
• Switch to the second UV ('lightmap')
• Paint field_AO off-white (bluish) and save it as an image
• (Once your stadium model is complete, you will bake AO to this image, see below)

In Object mode, create/add an object to the model

In the BSE active object panel

• Select a parent for the new object from the drop down
• Press the SET button to assign the parent
• Press the Add UVs button to create base and lightmap UV layers for the object

Enter edit mode and select the first (base) UV layer in the UV editor. This will be the color/diffuse texture for this object

• UV unwrap the object to your satisfaction
• Create an image for the color texture and open it in the UV editor (ensure the entire model is selected in the 3D view when you do)

Switch to the second (lightmap) UV layer. This will be the light/shadow texture for this object

• Create an image of the desired size, Save as Image (no alpha) to $STAD_BLENDER (I recommend a *_lmap.png naming convention)
• When all modeling work has been completed, we will come back and bake shadows to these images for each object

This section is incomplete. Coming soon™:

• Specifying which portions of the model should be loaded for different camera views
• Baking light/shadow maps
• Creating crowds of spectators
• Editing the skybox
• Scoreboards and stadium lights
• Custom entrance passages
• Editing camera positions/angles
• Transparency and ordering

Exporting your model

Toggle on the Blender console to see conversion output messages. This will help in tracking the progress of the export process and in identifying any errors you may encounter.

In BSE 'DDS Convert-Export Textures' subsection

• Press the 'Export DDS Textures' button

In BSE 'Export Menu' subsection

• Press the 'Export Model Files' button

In BSE 'Build CPK Files' subsection

• Note that you must export once for each desired time/weather condition (DAY/FINE, DAY/RAINY, NIGHT/FINE, NIGHT/RAINY) before building the CPK
• Press the 'Build CPK' button to generate a .cpk DLC file containing your stadium

Generate DpFileList.bin including your generated CPK last in the list in $PES16_DOWNLOAD

• Can use DpFileListGenerator application, for example

Run PES16 and enjoy the fruits of your labor!