GTA: Dubai Islands [Add-on Map]

Description

*GTA V Dubai Islands Mod Standard Version by GTA BELGIUM*



Grand Theft Auto: Dubai Islands brings some of the most recognizable buildings from the Middle East and beyond to the game Grand Theft Auto V! This mod contains multiple islands including a Palm Jumeirah replica, an airport and even the Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit from Abu Dhabi!



This is the second version of this mod. There is a VIP version for 1$ including the Dubai Creek Tower, and Abraj Al Bait building from Meccah. This VIP version is available on Patreon, and will be linked to on the website https://gta-belgium.com/



CRASHES SHOULD NOW BE FIXED 99% WITH THE LATEST 2.0 CRASH FIX UPDATE



Changes in V2.0:



- Added more random props, and bridges between the islands.

- Dubai International Airport replica added.

- Minimap is now included, but will be only compatible with 4K Satellite View Map by Designerappz: https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/satalite-view-map

- Some new buildings: London One Canada Square (not really Middle East but still good looking), a random large building.

- The 1$ VIP version will have an added Abraj Al Bait Meccah Royal Clock Tower (interior with Kaaba) and the planned Dubai Creek Tower (height 1300 meter).

- Deleted unnecessary collision files for better performance and reducing crashes.

- Reducing some unnessecarily large 4K textures and replaced them by 2K textures without ingame visible quality loss.

- Re-importing Bahrain World Trade Center without z-fighting faces, with reduced polygons for better performance and less irritating 'flashing textures'.

- Editing and improving shaders and textures on some buildings for less problems with strange colored glass glitches.

- Editing normal directions on some buildings for a visible better quality, without strange lines and shadow glitches.

- Added lights in Luzhniki Moscow World Cup 2018 stadium, which will light up at night.

- Added a Freddie Mercury Statue inspired on the one in Montreux, Switzerland. Located near Dubai Emirates Towers and Rose Tower.

- Some buildings now have LOD versions, which will reduce possible lag and the game will have less chance to suffer from random crashes.



Possible future changes in a next version:



- Adding more traffic paths and correcting existing traffic if possible.

- Adding more details, more mansions, more props...

- Making LOD versions on more buildings to reduce crashes for some users.

- More buidlings or statues, towers...

- Whatever comes up on my mind or on yours: you can always leave a (realistic) suggestion! 





IF YOU WANT THE TRAFFIC PATHS TO WORK BETTER, YOU MAY NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE 'NO BOUNDARY LIMITS' MOD.

BELOW ARE 2 DOWNLOADS, CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO. I THINK THEY DO EXACTLY THE SAME...



Download this one: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/no-boundary-limits-unknown-modder

Or this one: https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/no-boundary-limits



For a new complete minimap by LorenVidican, download this:

https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/atlas-gta-5-style-map-with-radar-for-dubai-islands



If you want the old incomplete minimap to work,

first download Designerappz' 4K Satellite view map radar mod:

https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/satalite-view-map



Installations instructions below.



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This map mod now contains:





United Arab Emirates: Burj Khalifa, Aldar Headquarters, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Rose Tower, Atlantis Hotel, Dubai Airport replica, Dubai Media Centre, Yas Marina F1 Circuit ABU DHABI (Converted from F1 2017). VIP VERSION: Dubai Creek Tower (planned for completion in 2020 in real life).

(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. VIP VERSION: Abraj Al Bait Meccah Royal Clock Tower

Kingdom of Bahrain: Bahrain World Trade Center

State of Kuwait: Kuwait Towers

Russia: Luzhniki World Cup 2018 Stadium (Converted from FIFA 18)

China: Shanghai Pearl Tower

Turkey: Istanbul Blue Mosque of Sultan Ahmet.

Europe, UK: London One Canada Square

Europe, Switzerland: Montreux Freddie Mercury Statue

A random building, random houses, a mosque, 2 small bridges, 2 large bridges and 2 yachts.



I know Russia and China and of course the UK and Switzerland are not really Persian/Arabian,

and neither is Turkey in fact. But I think it's all a great addition to this mod, with an extra touch!



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.



IF YOU WANT THE TRAFFIC PATHS TO WORK BETTER, YOU MAY NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE 'NO BOUNDARY LIMITS' MOD.

BELOW ARE 2 DOWNLOADS, CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO. I THINK THEY DO EXACTLY THE SAME...



Download this one: https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/no-boundary-limits-unknown-modder

Or this one: https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/no-boundary-limits





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!





Special thanks to:



- Sulim27 (Chechnya Mosque GTA 4 model convert)

- Metalwarz (burj khalifa GTA 4 model convert)

- Z@gor (burj al-arab mod for GTA 5, recommended with this mod!)

- 3Doomer (tool GIMS EVO)

- Neodymium (tool Metatool)

- indirivacua (tool Cords2YMAP)

- Neos7 (tool Maphelper Maxscript)

- sollaholla (tool ME2YM)

- OpenIV team (OpenIV and OpenFormats)

- Designerappz (4K Satellite view map, gave me permission to edit 2 tiles)

- The GTA 5 modding community for tips, suggestions and support

- Patreon.com website, for VIP Premium version release

- wyvernone on gta5-mods, fixing a crash some users were getting

- LorenVidican for a complete minimap (august 2020)



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INSTALLATION:



Install the files with OpenIV (http://openiv.com/).

If you can't work with OpenIV search for tutorials on youtube,

there are a lot of good tutorials.



- Extract everything from the .zip file

- In update/x64/dlcpacks create the folder 'dubai' and paste the dlc.rpf (located in this download: dubai folder)

- In update/update.rpf-common-data edit the file dlclist.xml:

Search for the last 'dlcpacks:\...\' and paste this new dlc code line after it:

dlcpacks:\dubai\

- In update/update.rpf-x64-levels-gta5-paths.rpf add the 2 files in the 'traffic paths' folder in this download.

'nodes393.ynd' and 'nodes395.ynd'.

- For the new minimap, download this mod by LorenVidican:

https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/atlas-gta-5-style-map-with-radar-for-dubai-islands

- For my original incomplete minimap, first download Designerappz' 4K Satellite view map radar mod:

https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/satalite-view-map

Install it, then replace 2 times 2 tiles:

'minimap_1_0.ytd'

'minimap_2_0.ytd'

'minimap_sea_1_0.ytd'

'minimap_sea_2_0.ytd'

Those are included in the folder 'minimap for Designerappz' 4K Satellite view map' in my .zip file you extracted.

Again, many thanks to Designerappz for letting me edit 2 tiles!



WARNING: The minimap is NOT complete because a large part of the Dubai Islands map is out of GTA 5 standard bounds.



READY!



For Z@gor's Burj Al-Arab, you need to install it as an addonprops.

Therefore you will need addonprops mod by Meth0d and quechus13.



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PLEASE KNOW THAT A GOOD PC IS REQUIRED, AND FPS DROP IS POSSIBLE USING THIS MOD.

THE FILES ARE PRETTY LARGE (THOUGH I REDUCED IT)

AND IT'S VERY POSSIBLE A 'NORMAL DECENT' PC WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO RUN THIS.

If you still have any problems or the game crashes, please tell me,

you can contact me here:



My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GTABelgiumOfficial/

My website: https://gta-belgium.com

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GTABelgium



I am sorry if I could not personally answer you... But hey, I tried to fix the problems with crashes in this version for everyone experiencing problems!

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FAQ:

Q: I can't find Dubai in the world map!

A: You need to install 'Dubai' as an addonprops mod.

Q: The game crashes when I try to start the game!

A: Please let me know, and send me a link to your savegame and/or crash log.

Q: How do I get rid of the black screen?

A: Open the file 'gta5.rpf' in your game files folder with a text editor like Notepad++ or Notepad.

Then open the file 'update\update.rpf\common\data' with that same text editor.

Find this line:

vehicle_test_1_0_1_2 = {[key: "Suspension", value: "medium"] = true, [key: "Exhaust", value: "standard"] = true, [key: "Brakes", value: "standard"] = true}