Valletta Royal Opera House in Far Cry 5
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- I remember seeing the ruins of the Royal Opera House every time I walked into Valletta with my grandparents, and wondering what this building must have looked like when it still stood at the entrance of the city. Inaugurated in 1866 during the British colonial period, the opera house was gutted in a fire in 1873, renovated and finally re-inaugurated in 1877. Also known as the Theatre Royal (Maltese: Teatru Rjal), the opera house entertained audiences for the next 65 years before being badly damaged during air-raids in 1942, and being subsequently demolished in the 1950s.
While it stood, the Royal Opera House was a staple subject of postcards and holiday photographs, and the exterior is well-documented. On the other hand, images of the interior are a lot harder to find! I wanted to recreate the experience of visiting the opera house sometime between 1925 and 1935 using the Far Cry 5 Arcade editor and whatever photos and floor plans I could find.
I'm no 3D digital modeller, so the Far Cry 5 Arcade editor gave me the opportunity to recreate this iconic building with access to some 10,000 objects from six different Ubisoft games and the ability to easily manipulate environment and atmospheric settings. The downside is that I was limited to the objects and textures available within the editor. For example, I was able to cobble together traditional Maltese balconies using a combination of shed doors and window shutters, but most buildings lack a texture comparable to Maltese Globigerina limestone. This build definitely pushed the Far Cry 5 map editor to its limits. Not only was I close to the 15,000 object limit, but the lighting system was beginning to struggle with the density of light sources I was packing into a small space.
This project was a lot of fun to put together, leading me to discover other lost architectural gems in Valletta, including Porto Reale and the Valletta Railway Station. I hope you enjoy the tour!
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Wow..... wow wow. This made me tear up. One day, one day I have hope that it will be rebuilt!!
actually...im pretty amazed. well done habib! its the first time I have seen a 3d model of the valletta entrance and to think that it came out of a gamer with no expensive and high prof tools, says much at how the Maltese authorities underestimate maltese artists. X`cuc huma Heritage Malta. Vera prosit habib! it`s perfect!.
What an amazing project!! Who needs expensive 3d modelling software and Renzo Piano when we can have this guy and a Far Cry 5 Map Editor
Wow thanks for giving us the opportunity to see how it looked like. Great job.
this is seriously impressive!!!!! WELL DONE!!!! I wish they did this instead of that thing they built instead of this masterpiece!
Wow! That’s an amazing piece of animation that really brings the Royal Opera House back to life! And to see the inside with so much detail is really exciting! And to finish off seeing this beautiful iconic building lit up at night was awesome! Thank you Matt Pace 😍👍
super cool - well done Matt
Gorgeous!!! How I wish our old theatre is still in place where it should be! We lost such a gem.....never tobe reconstructed unfortunately 😓
That's amazing! Well done!
Impressive work! I have a photo of the inside and it's very accurate. Even the lamps on the outside is identical to reality.
Beautiful. Thank you
We lost a magnificent, one of the most beautiful architecture, that Malta had!! It's a shame that we never be seen it, re built again, original until latest detail of stone.
I just finished working a whole week there and I found this video and would do anything for you to be a part of actually restoring it to its former glory! What you made was absolutely astonishing!!!
Beautiful impressive Video.
Astonishing and excellent. Left me speechless!
This is just too amazing for words. Bravu!
Great job Matt - really enjoyed the journey!
Great job. Well done, that was so nice to see.
It looks fantastic, congrats matt
Awesome - A big well done
Thanks - this will be an excellent imagination trip for many ...
Amazing !!! Always wanted to know how it was like ..Thankyou
Amazing! Thank you, THANK YOU!!
Well done mate the night scene is spectacular *****
Great work! Beautifull architecture.
Awesome work! Well done.
Good job! Respect.
Impressive work, great job!
Proset gbin! Very well done
VERY IMPRESSIVE good job MATT
A big well done, keep it up. I loved this.
This is epic!!
Love this this is amazing! P.S What is that soundtrack? Sounds soooo much like the outro in the globalist by Muse at some points !
Thanks! The music is Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar. It's one of my personal favourite pieces of music!
Amazing stuff , well done mate
Masterpiece!
What an amazing building beautiful music too what l can't understand why wasn't it build again after the war ???
Grazzi tax-xoghol u l-hin li nvestejt f'dan il-progett. Tajt l-hajja lil dan it-tezor nazzjonali, li sfortunatament, ghadna michudin minnu. Grazzi mill-gdid! 👍
Wish they had rebuilt the old opera House rather than the theatre of hot air next door.
A big well done!
Nice pick of music, by the way.
Spot on!
Proset. If only the politicians and the decision-makers could have seen this at the time, I'm positive that the outcome would have been so different from the one we have today...
Very impressive, Matthew!
Amazing!
They should be inspired by the Far Cry to rebuild the theatre.
Well done! :)
Well done! Prosit!
How did u get these fine detailed lines, for example on the walls inside, the golden thin rectangles?
Those are alphanumeric bars with a gold texture. I generally layer the walls to allow for different textures between rooms and this gave me some space to embed these decorations in the main halls.
amazing!! a big well done!
One day I heard that we were given the money after the war to rebuild it; can`t say if this was true or not !!!
Sebastian l heard that too many times that Britain gave Malta the money to build it again but no one seems to know where the money went
well done.
Awesome!
Wow! Prosit!
Rebuild it!
Good job, but does it have a working lift?
Great job. Prosit!
Proset, anke l ghazla tal muzika, sabiha mmens
Thanks it brings back my mother's stories and enjoyment in that theatre. Grazzi
Is there a link to get this map on far cry ? :O
Finally uploaded for PC: far-cry-arcade.ubi.com/en-ca/pc/map/5ebea7ff33e03913f8311d00
it-s a pity,,,,,why is stil like this.
Wow eee..’Is it playable on ps?
Qabbadni l-bard... fejn sibt informazzjoni/viżwali kif kien fuq ġewwa? Minn barra biss kont naf kif inhu. Prosit!
Grazzi! Bil-pjanti tal-bini mill-1863 u l-ftit ritratti li jezistu, stajt nistma id-dehra tal- kurituri u l-kmamar.
disappointed, no clip of character climbing over it :p
👏👏
Prosit!
Well done kbira :) Would it be possible that you contact me to have a chat about a university project I'm currently working upon?
Sounds interesting! Happy to hear more about this project, any way you could securely get your contact details to me, or drop me a line on Facebook?
@@matthewpace88 ma nistax insibek :( fittixni fuq facebook please. Mhux suppost hemm hafna bl-isem tieghi ^_^