Gamers spend 15 years rebuilding the most infamous ship in human history

Ambition to recreate the ship Titanic in Mafia: Definitive Edition of the modder Robin Bongaarts started in 2006. At that time, his goal was quite modest, just adding a 3D model of the ship to the world. Mafia. However, with the development of technology, design tools such as Sketchup and Cinema4D became popular, Robin Bongaarts’ project no longer stopped there, he wanted to recreate a delicate version of the Titanic and much more complicated.
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Sharing with Eurogamer, Bongaarts said: “The time before starting to make copies mod In this case, there aren’t any Titanic games that allow players to freely explore the ship. Even Ship Simulators or Adventure Out of Time have certain limitations. So, as soon as I discovered the Mafia’s customization capabilities, I knew this would be the perfect place for me to create my own virtual Titanic. In those days, engines like Unreal Engine and Unity weren’t as popular as they are now so taking advantage of an off-the-shelf game like Mafia would make things a lot easier. I just need to model the boat and throw it in, I thought it was that simple.”

Initially, Bongaarts was expected to take only 3 months to complete, but in the end because of greater ambition, the time was extended to 15 years. Bongaarts currently has a group of modders working with, plus dozens of volunteers, to help him complete the project. According to the latest update in May, the modder team has completed most of the passenger decks inside the ship.
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In addition to providing a model of the Titanic for gamers to explore, Bongaarts also wrote a script for a separate story associated with the ship from departure to sinking to the bottom of the sea. However, about the plot, the new group of modders is currently in the early stages of development. The first release of the mod simply gave the player day/night options to explore the ship and pier.

Part 1 of the mod is expected to release later this month. Interested readers can track progress and get more updated ship photos on ModDB.

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