Battlefield, Counter-Strike, And Call of Duty Maps Recreated In Far Cry 3

James Lara December 17, 2012 Battlefield, Battlefield 3, Black Ops, Black Ops 2, Call of Duty, Community Videos, CS, Global Offensive, Media, MP Games, Videos

When we heard about Far Cry 3 Map editor, we expected many great things to come of it, but not something like this.

Youtuber, ShadowZack has taken some of our favorite maps from other multiplayer shooters like Battlefield 3, Call of Duty, and Counter-Strike, and has recreated them by using the Map editor in Far Cry 3.

Here’s what happeend:

Battlefield

Noshahr Canals

Wake Island

Counter Strike:

Dust

Aztec

Call of Duty

Here’s one of Nuke Town, though it’s still a work in progress and isn’t as well done yet like the others.

Pretty impressive, don’t you think? These maps are currently only available on the PC.

Thanks Droc_ny for the tip.

Tags: Battlefield 3 Call of Duty Counter-Strike Featured Map Editor

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Hol_Up

The Wake Island map is REALLY impressive!
Sensou-Ookami

Wow, great Nuke Town.
ROCKMONEY

Totally forgot Farcry 3 had a map editor.
Helloz!

If these maps are also available fro console than i’m totally convinced to get Far Cry 3
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002367454310 Jonathan Stoffregen
  
  canals and nuketown are one are on PS3 don’t know about 360 though
nelson

and DICE said “modding is a declining trend”, greedy idiots.
- Anonymous
  
  Modding and using a built-in map editor are two completely different things.
- http://www.facebook.com/BuckyBucked Rob Shepherd
  
  No activision is the greedy idiots.
  - Lord Byakurai
    
    EA and Activision are. EA killed KoToR…. lets not forget that.
- asgaro
  
  They never said that.
  - nelson
    
    said by Patrick Bach (executive producer on Battlefield 3) in an interview with Gameplanet – http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/2028681.Battlefield-3/features/136838.20110412.Battlefield-3-Interview-with-Patrick-Bach/
    - asgaro
      
      Thanks, that’s a shame really :-/
Jason

NICE! I have not even touched the Map Editor in the Game yet, too busy with the songle player lol FUN GAME!
Jamic

Another reason to allow vehicles

though I heard there already is a mod for FC3 which allows them and weapon pickups.
- jimmylara
  
  well he also created a Map called Open season (animal lovers beware)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002367454310 Jonathan Stoffregen

praise the map editor!
HighBob

So… We only need map browsers, so people can play a specified map not the one from rotation…
dpg70

Wake Island is incredibly well done! Awesome work.
http://www.facebook.com/TheNeoReaper Chad Eugene Rash

finally went and picked this up & my firt reaction was CoD what.
Mike

Yup, modding is definitely in decline. Stupid DICE/EA.
- http://www.facebook.com/logan.merriman Logan Merriman
  
  this isnt modding.
  - Retro
    
    Still more than you get from DICE or IW/Treyarch.
- http://www.facebook.com/BuckyBucked Rob Shepherd
  
  Activision is stupid to. They never allow modding. Praise bethesda kings of skyrim. They even made a modding program to use.
http://twitter.com/K3ViiNES Kevin Melendez

i love the wake island one.
Derek Haneman

This is why I love the PC environment. Free and endless possibilities……, when a developer/publisher put aside greed and try to truly make a product their customers will love.

As much as I love BF3 this just goes to show that most of the excuses for not including a map editor were probably outright lies. But its to be expected when money is on the table.
Rave

Nuketown? More like NukeVillage. :p Great job though.
http://www.facebook.com/BuckyBucked Rob Shepherd

You know if CoD had a map editor. People would get the blue prints of each map. Re-create them in the editor. Activision would lose A LOT of money.
- kontis
  
  It has map editor, not official, but it’s possible to make maps with similar tools that Activision uses. It’s engine based on Quake and like Source engine it uses same map editor (Wodlcraft, Hammer). It’s outdated crap and compiling a map can last 20 hours. Using those tools is a pain in the ass (no preview, no real-time lighting) because this technology is so terribly outdated. Even Valve admits it in interviews. Instead of making a map in few days you need months. That was the main reason why Black Mesa mod was being made for 8 years.
TwTheRedDragon

Featured these the other day – interview with ShadowZack where he talks how long it takes him for some of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKEJoUpYK1Q
Ice Kold Killa

I expected it since in Far Cry 2 there were maps from Battlefield too as well as Call of Duty 4 maps and some Star Wars themed ones too. Those were the most played and downloaded. Don’t remember any Counter-Strike maps but I’m sure there were some too. How could there not be any?! It was the most played Multiplayer game years ago before World of Warcraft. Still pretty impressive. Time consuming to make for sure.
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http://twitter.com/MrACRedwine Andrew Redwine

I hope more games have this feature when the next Xbox and Playstation come out. Sure the developers won’t make as much money off of map packs, but it’ll at least give players a wider variety of locations to play in online.
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Jamic

” excuses for not including a map editor were probably outright lies ”

I must bring this up from the bottom

DICE didnt want to include map editor for 2 reasons (or 3)
1: they sell expansion which mostly shape up from maps in the late lifecycle of BF3, user created maps mean less money.
2: Fc3 has “sandbox editor” type map creation, Im willing to bet DICE/BF3 uses more old fashioned map compilation system which have some great differences.
+3: map compilation is more complex and time consuming than sandbox approach, its also impossible for consoles since you have to transfer map files over the internet (would require Sony/MS certification process) while sandbox doesnt transfer files at all, it “sync’s” the map geometrics and coordinations, I believe FC3′s editor also auto optimizes maps.
+4?: BF3′s console and PC versions were already quite different, maybe DICE felt that mapping kit would have been too much of a difference.
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VEX_VEHIX

This is Awesome!

I was trying to recreate Desert Glory, Socom 2 map. But its is a lot harder to line objects on with the PS3 controller’s analog sticks. Not to take away from ShadowZacks’s sweet map editing skills, but I can image its easier to create maps on PC.

Keep them coming!