Hello everyone

I always had a passion for Formula 1 tracks and soccer stadiums. So I like to convert them as add-on, to GTA 5.
I present you: The circuit of Monaco in Grand Theft Auto 5, converted from the game Assetto Corsa.
Textures are from Assetto Corsa and some others from the internet or me. I had to model and re-model a lot of stuff for this, in order for it to look decent.

This mod will release soon. Notice there are huge mountains in the back, to enlarge the feeling of southern France and Monaco. There is also a street that guides you from the circuit into the mountains, and there is one huge asphalt 'square'. On that square I will later place more props, like the Colosseum and Milan Duomo, which will also be included in my "Custom Add-on Props V2.0". And last but not least, on that square I am placing the soccer stadium of my favorite team Standard Liège, modeled from scratch.

Official Video:

Screenshots:

Here a video about the soccer stadium I am talking about:

I want to thank you for the support and the many downloads on my other map mods!

Sorry for late bump, but exactly the same problem here. I am trying to add a head model I created with Autodesk Mudbox and edited with 3dsMax, exported to obj, did everything correctly i believe, but it keep giving me this error as well as the desktop version that gets stuck loading. Someone has a fix?

For you interested, I just made a topic on this forum on this mod: https://forums.gta5-mods.com/topic/14713/map-gta-dubai-city-wip

Grand Theft Auto: Dubai City

GTA: Dubai City is a mod for GTA 5 and tranforms a part of ocean near Vespucci Beach with an island based on Palm Jumeirah Island, Dubai. Included with some of the most popular Persian/Arabian Gulf buildings, Palm Island offers you all the resorts you ever dreamed of!

This mod contains buildings from:

• United Arab Emirates: Burj Khalifa, Aldar Headquarters (Burj al-Arab can be downloaded here: https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/burj-al-arab-hotel-dubai-emissive-add-on-replace) Thanks to Z@gor
• Kingdom Saudi-Arabia: Kingdom Centre
• Kingdom of Bahrain: Bahrain World Trade Center
• State of Kuwait: Kuwait Towers.

Burj Khalifa is converted from a GTA IV mod by 'Metalwarz'. Many many thanks to him for the GTA IV version! I only converted that one to GTA V.
Burj al-Arab won't be included in my mod download, you should download it from the link provided above, mod by Z@gor. Thanks to him as well!

All feedback and suggestions are welcome (Please only be realistic with suggestions).

After a lot of thoughts and even considering making this mod private or 'VIP', I finally decided to release it for free though, later in 2017, on this website. I just considered making this mod 'VIP' for around $2, because I really put a lot of work in it, and it was very time consuming, I need to pay licenses... However, i thought people should get it for free at the end of the day. I want the GTA community to enjoy each others mods, how big or how small they are.

Official trailer came out 2 days ago, NOT on my YouTube channel, but on another one. Here you can watch it. Please ignore the 'funny' intro with the PEGI 18 and stuff

Some screenshots extracted from the trailer:

@Stelassin

Haha yes i'm making something similar, well not as big as the real palm jumeirah (impossible) but a little reduced, with famous buildings from Gulf countries (Bahrain, KSA, UAE and Kuwait). I also included burj khalifa. It's nearly finished now, i need to fix some bugs. Then i will make a video and upload it on YouTube. I will see how people react, and probably give it away for free on this site after few weeks. I'm still not sure about that though, depends on reactions i get.

@HRH @FoxtrotDelta

Thanks, both of your posts were really helpfull.

@HRH : Well i understand what you are saying, and you are right about what you said. I never would ask money for something i just ripped off a game. But this is different: In this case, i modelled a whole island myself, and it's not just an island, but something we can compare to palm island in Dubai (Oh God i'm already telling too much)... I did model that myself.
Now I want to put some buildings on that island, buildings i bought on a 3d website, it was about about $85 for 5 buildings i think. I will lock those models so you can't get them out of the game, to prevent people getting them for free (or only 2 dollars).
I hope this explains why i'm considering charging people 2 dollars for this. If i would have just ripped of the models from another game i would not do this.

@FoxtrotDelta : Thanks, your post was very helpfull as well and it's interesting (and sad) to see people rarely donate.
Also, keeping private mods and public mods separate is totally understandable to me.

Thanks again for the replies

@V4D3R @Stelassin

Alright, thanks again for the replies!

You are both right, premium mods should be highest qualtity possible, and I will do everything i can to ensure that if I make it paid (If I don't make it paid i will do it as well though haha i always try that).

And yes, maybe it isn't a bad idea to post some WIP pictures and a trailer video on the forums. I will surely look into that! Usually I never do that but this time i will!

I will not charge people a lot of money i don't want that, 2 dollar for a mod is more than enough!

@V4D3R Thanks for your reply.

I think as well that 'premium' mods shouldn't be uploaded to this site, you are 100% correct on that if you ask me. Also i understand that free mods should stay free.

I am currently considering to make such a premium mod, but the problem is: I think very few people will know of those mods, if it doesn't get published/uploaded on sites with daily hundreds of visitors (such as this site). Also, i would NEVER make a mod as expensive as your example, i think 30 is very crazy, for a mod... I honestly am a little shocked people would ask that amount of money for a mod.

So yeah i can't really reveal my project, but i'll say this: I'm working on a big map mod and i thought maybe i could release a part of the map (NOT an unfinished 'trial' map BUT a map on its own, just with less props and buildings, trees, ...) on this site. Then i could release an updated version with custom building models and props on patreon. As said the mod released here will look like a finished mod, but the patreon version will be more detailed...

Though i understand what you mean by telling trial version shouldn't be uploaded here, i don't think this could be some kind of problem.

Hi everyone, GTA Belgium here

So i have been in the single player mod community for a long time now, and i have always had one question about mods. And I'm not talking about for example the shirt retexture mods (although there's nothing wrong with that, I make that as well) or so... I am talking about like, really really big projects (total overhauls, giant map mods, impressive scripts,...).

In my opinion, those big projects don't get the support they deserve. Of course people can donate with paypal, but I really wonder how many people do that? Does anyone know how much that happens?

So i've seen earlier this week that there are mods available on a site called 'patreon.com' if you become a 'patron' or something. So I think that means those mods are for sale, for real money? I have no idea how many people would actually buy mods, does anyone have some information about that?

I ask this because me myself I am working on a rather big mod, i think it's safe to say it's my largest project so far. I won't say anything about that mod since it's a Work In Progress and i only want to reveal it when it's done.
To make this mod possible i had to buy some things on the internet, including licences, 3d models,... Those 3d models will also be locked so people can't export them using OpenIV, this to prevent them from getting the models for free.

But since I had to buy them, and modders have to pay for licences (Photshop, 3d programs) - at least i do - I wonder if it's possible to make a mod available for 1 dollar or something, on patreon? I have seen several people doing this, but i don't know, i don't think there are many people visiting those pages on patreon.com or sites like that? Like, i have been into mods for so long, but only saw this yesterday... How does it 'get out there'?

This could be an idea: Releasing a BETA version for free on this site, and for the full version they have to pay 1 dollar on patreon. Is that a possibility?

Now don't get me wrong, I am not money hungry haha totally not, but i just wonder if this could be a thing? Many of my friends tell me to let people pay for it because they see i put a lot of work in mods, just like several other modders do. And I also paid for some models i use (locked in OpenIV) so yeah... Usually i think mods should be free and available for everyone, but when things get really big and time consuming, expensive... I think 1-2 dollars for a big mod shouldn't be that bad?

What are your ideas and opinions about this?

Thanks a lot!

GTA Belgium