Modeling a Soccer Stadium

#1 .dif would probably be the appropriate format, using quark.

However its not a huge deal for something simple like a sports field, my friend made his rugby ground as a dts and he hasn't had any problems with it.

#2 I would say the stadium with a .dts, and the playing surface as a .dif

#3 Thanks for reply!

So, i will need to model the stadium and the playing surface in different files, wouldn't it?

And why the surface in .dif, not all in .dts?

Thanks

#4 .dif has much better collision detection so if you have a ball and players running around on the field you want .dif

#5 Can I export .dif formats from 3D Studio Max?

#6 Theoretically... yes.

IIRC there is an exporter around here that converts a *.max file to *.dif, but seems to me it was a bit buggy.

Honestly, something like this would be pretty easily accomplished in Quark.

#7 Or 3D World Studio. I haven't used either, but it's a common choice as well.

i think kirby's right about the max exporter being pretty much not used.

#8 Or you could just.... use the terrain for the field and overlay an alphaed .dts for the chalk lines. If you want good lighting on it, the stadium should be a .dif in the end, but since I assume collision won't be relevant for it, using a .dts to start with is fine.

#9 Can you use dts for the field and stadium if you use the torque lightning kit?

#10 This thread is pretty old but I thought I would post this anyway. Instead of doing true collision tests with the field, a height test could be done for the field plane. Once any part of the ball reaches the same height as the field a collision has occured.