edit: map finished




I recently started playing around with the Far Cry 2 map editor. What an awesome piece of software! This is more of an experiment for me rather than a mission to make a great map but I've spent a fair bit of time trying to make it balanced by observing many online games with 12-16 players.

Set on the Zambezi river near an abandoned work site, Woodland Wonderland is a Far Cry 2 custom multiplayer map that supports all gamemodes. The map is not too sniper friendly and the ammo supplies are in one central point of the map to reduce camping domination at objectives. Woodland Wonderland was primarily made to play the Uprising gamemode.


For a manual install option, download - here - 14MB
Available to play and download on my server - link -

Current readme file - woodland-wonderland-README.txt -



Woodland Wonderland plan view -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland Uprising Capture Point A -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland Uprising Capture Point B -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland Uprising Capture Point C -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland UFLL Diamonds -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland APR Diamonds -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland gameplay just before dusk -click to enlarge-




Woodland Wonderland machete fighting at dusk -click to enlarge-

Just a quick note regarding my Far Cry 2 server..

Osseous Labyrinth updated to 1.5
Apocalypse Cow 0.3 new install



Far Cry 2 server details - link -


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I've started playing around with the Far Cry 2 map editor. What an awesome piece of software! Thanks to those who played my first go at a map last night- nedJUNGLE (beta). This is more of an experiment for me rather than a mission to make a great map. While I have the server going and there are players I'll continue to work on it and throw it into the mapcycle on occasions.


edit: now called Woodland Wonderland

Info coming soon.

R.T. Frisk has updated Suicide Blitz to v5 to do a final fix for the custom sounds not playing since 'The Sacrifice' game update.

Suicide Blitz v5 is on both servers.
http://suicideblitz.info



Left 4 Dead servers info - HERE -

I'm making available a Mumble voice comms server to all players who play on any of my servers. Friends of these players are also welcome.

http://mumble.sourceforge.net

Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.

Details coming soon..

Far Cry 2 players that use any version of Windows 7 cannot auto download custom maps. Placing winhttp.dll from Windows XP into the game's \Far Cry 2\bin folder fixes this.

Windows 7 is not an OS that Ubisoft will support with regards to Far Cry 2 - link -

FIX SOURCE - forums.ubi.com discussion thread



Download winhttp.dll - LINK - 200KB




Far Cry 2 server details - link -

PunkBuster is no longer contratced to support Far Cry 2. For ranked multiplayer Far Cry 2 gaming, PunkBuster is required to be enabled on both the server and client which can be a problem with new installs of the game because the PunkBuster client will now not update automatically and you can no longer manually get the required updates from the PB website. Also, after the 1.03 patch the game's remote admin functions broke so now PB is the only way to remotely administor a Far Cry 2 server. Server utilities exist but these do not function remotely.

I've made available for download a Far Cry 2 PunkBuster install.
Server version v1.734 | A1392 C2.159
Client version v2.159 | A1392

If you are having PunkBuster issues then try installing this pack (save your original pb folder first).


Instructions.
-make a copy of your original pb folder
-remove pb folder from game install
-add the downloaded pb folder to game install

\Far Cry 2\bin\pb



Download - LINK ~5MB -




Far Cry 2 server details - link -

A quick note for now..

• Far Cry 2 server now running 24/7 - 202.60.93.2 - link -

• Custom map testing soon, maps by DaWorFizm
• First map is Osseous Labyrinth
• Details to be announced..


Contact me if you're interested in being involved in custom map testing events.
- Contact Ned (link top right section of blog)
- PM me (Ned) at theoldergamers.com - link -

- Contact DaWorFizm at - http://dwf.homeip.net -

Discussion of Osseous Labyrinth can be done at D.Worf's site or in an upcoming thread in the public shooter forum over at theoldergamers.com



Stay tuned!
nedd

Adam Sierra has updated his unique Left 4 Dead experience, Silent Fear. If you haven't yet played this map I suggest you do so.. it's quite a ride. This latest update addresses custom sounds after the recent game engine update. It's great to see a mapper continuing support. Unfortunately though one known bug is still present.

BUG: IF SOMEONE DIES, RESCUE THEM BEFORE YOU ACTIVATE THE NEXT GLYPH!!!

We also found a bug where if you jump behind the brick wall that has the list of glyphs on it you can't get out. For now this is on my test server but will be added to the main server asap pending updates.



Left 4 Dead servers info - HERE -

ilcannibal has updated DeadCity. It's great to this campaign development being so active.

* Special Notes (all Maps)
- fix model errors because of "The Sacifice" Valve update
- some problems maybe present due to Valve updates
- add custom sounds & mission start level files
- fixed FPS causing some gameplay problems
- update mission.txt for custom music
- add sound.cache files
- updated nav files

DeadCity is on both servers.



Left 4 Dead servers info - HERE -

CastorJudo has updated his four map Campaign Dark Blood to v2. This is a big update which includes Versus tweaks, engine and BOT improvements. See the readme for details!

Dark Blood is on both servers.


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FlyingBandicoot has made a 4 map Left 4 Dead Campaign based on levels from the Crash Bandicoot series. Since the 'L4D The Sacrifice' update where they added VPK audio cache support the customs sounds aren't working but this is currently being addressed and an updated version will hopefully be out soon. A bit of a pain for mappers BUT much better for everyone once updated.

Crash Bandicoot Course v4.0 is currently on the test server and will be added to the main server once the customs sounds have been sorted.






Left 4 Dead servers info - HERE -