Nielsoncp's Ballpark Concepts and 3D Models

[gbmoore121]

Agreed. Great stadiums and these directions plus, your willingness to make the signage moddable, makes it very simple to customize for any league.

[nielsoncp]

For the last of the 100 largest MSAs (minus three Florida ones - but I'm passing on those for now), we are off to Chattanooga. The actual stadium is ATT Field, but I decided to have some fun with the name. The park itself overlooks the Tennessee River, so I tried to bring that into the background of the stadium (along with the park-like setting.) The stadium itself plays sort of neutral, but the shorter wall in right aids left handed power hitters.

Zip File can be found here

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(The third base dugout is misaligned in the pictures - it is fixed in the model).

[nielsoncp]

Originally Posted by silvam14

This is a great video. I have spent zero time making it easier to mod the signage I have, but this is great and makes it easy.

Originally Posted by gbmoore121

Agreed. Great stadiums and these directions plus, your willingness to make the signage moddable, makes it very simple to customize for any league.

Thanks both! I have to credit itsmb8 back in the old Portland Diamond Project thread with the idea of including the templates:

Originally Posted by itsmb8

Also, just a suggestion and im not sure what your process is now, but having editable .png textures in the ballpark for the field and any advertisements/team branding signs would really make your parks a lot more flexible and would be immensely appreciated.

I do think it makes the stadiums more flexible - you can switch them out for any location you want. So feel free to mod away.

Also, post Chattanooga I have a few other new cities I've been working on, so those will be posted in the next week and a half. After that I'm going back and reworking some of my old stadiums (changing backgrounds, adding day/night textures, upgrading the templates I'm using for signage.) We'll see what all gets touched up in quarantine, but I think there should be new or revised material in here through May.

[nielsoncp]

Hadlock Field is the home of the Portland Sea Dogs, and has two large walls in left and right field. I made it a bit smaller capacity wise (a la Fenway) and added a lighthouse in center.

Zip File can be found here

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[Klew1986]

Is there a way to edit the color of the text on the dugout textures? I saw your 4 minute tutorial, but I can't figure out how to change the color of the text.

[nielsoncp]

Whitaker Bank Ballpark was another fun one to put together - I liked putting the warehouse in right, and it has a smaller, more intimate feel. The park itself is relatively large, so it has space for doubles and triples and deflates home run totals.

Zip file can be found here

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[nielsoncp]

Originally Posted by Klew1986

Is there a way to edit the color of the text on the dugout textures? I saw your 4 minute tutorial, but I can't figure out how to change the color of the text.

You should be able to, although I don't know if your fonts will change if it's not one of the ones loaded on your computer.

If it is a text box, Gimp has a handy guide that walks through a lot of the basic processes in the program, like changing font color. You can find the font overview here: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-text.html.

If it's not a text box, you should be able to use the paint bucket tool to change the color that way.

Hope that helps!

[nielsoncp]

Hammons Field is a pretty standard minor league park, excluding the two buildings in right that shorten the wall distance. I decided to give it a bit of the Busch Stadium brick treatment, and kept the small forest and Missouri Department of Conservation sign on the batters eye.

The field size is a little small, so it has the high home run/low batting average effect.

Zip file can be found here

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[nielsoncp]

Hank Aaron stadium was the home of the Mobile Bay Bears before they moved north to Madison, AL. The stadium itself has high walls all around the field - I tried to replicate those but couldn't get it to work just right. There are also a couple of memorials to Aaron's career in the background - the 3771 hits and the 755 home runs.

the park is relatively hitter neutral, but the proximity to the gulf and deep walls depress home run numbers.

Zip file can be found here

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[GopherKev]

Originally Posted by nielsoncp

FNB Field is built on an island in the middle of the Susquehanna River, which makes it a pretty unique setting for a ballpark. I wanted to keep some of the park like setting of the original, so I put two ponds in the right and left field second levels:


The park itself is relatively hitter friendly, but the deep walls reduce home runs pretty acutely.

Zip File can be found here



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Sorry if I missed this - are there day/night pictures for this stadium? I couldn't find them in the Zip file. Thanks!

[nielsoncp]

Originally Posted by GopherKev

Sorry if I missed this - are there day/night pictures for this stadium? I couldn't find them in the Zip file. Thanks!

A while back I started just doing one picture per field - it got a bit cumbersome to do both. So in game it's just the one field image. If you want to know how to take the pictures yourself I can send you a how-to.

[nielsoncp]

Whataburger Field is right on the Gulf of Mexico and has a cool depot that I kept as the batters eye in center field. It's a little bit smaller of a park, so there's a higher home run rate and lower averages.

Zip file can be found here

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[GopherKev]

Originally Posted by nielsoncp

A while back I started just doing one picture per field - it got a bit cumbersome to do both. So in game it's just the one field image. If you want to know how to take the pictures yourself I can send you a how-to.

I would love a how-to. Thanks for the offer!

[nielsoncp]

Grayson stadium is an old WPA park that has hosted several minor league and independent league teams. The stadium has a closer wall in right, so its wall is pretty tall. I added some Green Monster-esque seats on the top of the wall. The park itself is relatively large, so it deflates home runs and inflates doubles and triples.

The zip file can be found here

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[nielsoncp]

For work I had to travel to Duluth in April once - and there was still four feet of snow on the ground. If ever there was a place that needed a dome, it's Duluth. So, I took their independent league stadium (Wade Stadium) and turned it into one. The park is a little bigger, so it gives up more hits and less homers.

Zip File is found here

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[Klew1986]

haha nicely done with Duluth. Ugh domes.

[jg2977]

I think Duluth deserves an expansion team in my league. They have the stadium for it now!

[Grumpy]

Both the new and old version of the game's prk file does not load properly. The new version's skp file shows no crowd, but when you objexport it the crowd shows up but is not in 3D.

[nielsoncp]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Both the new and old version of the game's prk file does not load properly. The new version's skp file shows no crowd, but when you objexport it the crowd shows up but is not in 3D.

I re-uploaded BBT Ballpark (the renovated version.) Let me know if that fixed the problem.

[nielsoncp]

Originally Posted by Klew1986

haha nicely done with Duluth. Ugh domes.

Yeah, I figure we need a few more domes, because they are/were a part of baseball history. I think I've only made 2 or 3, so I figured Duluth could be a good location for another one.

Originally Posted by jg2977

I think Duluth deserves an expansion team in my league. They have the stadium for it now!

Thanks! I hope you enjoy having it in game.