Mar 6, 2018
Far Cry® 5 - Ubi-Ligario
Hello Map Editors!
A couple of months ago, we invited a small group of dedicated map creators to take part in a closed technical test of Far Cry 5’s Map Editor. This group comprised veterans of the scene who have been entertaining thousands of players with their amazing maps since the Far Cry 2 map editor.
These creators are very enthusiastic about the Far Cry 5 Map Creator, and we are all tremendously excited for the rest of the community to explore the new features!
We asked our participants to name their favorite new additions to the Map Editor. We would like to share their answers with you:
So. Many. Assets.
- More than 9,000 assets to pick from, available day one. For the first time, this will include assets from Far Cry 5, but also many from other Ubisoft games: Far Cry 4, Far Cry Primal, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed Unity, and Watch Dogs!
- These assets from other games include objects, structures, but also vegetation types, rocks, caves, decals etc.
- And from Far Cry 5, the full roster of weapons, vehicles, animals and enemies!
- Many assets from the upcoming Far Cry 5 DLCs will be added to the Arcade Editor: the fun will keep on coming!
Multiplayer!
- Create maps for our Multiplayer game modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch!
- Place weapon pickups and vehicles strategically, to create the best experience for the 12 players who’ll fight in your map!
Loadouts For Your Players
- Personalize loadouts for players in your map: pick their weapons, attachments, ammo types, gear, and throwables.
- You can even create asymmetrical loadouts for each team in Team Deathmatch!
New Types Of Assets
- Place omnilights and spotlights in your map, and control multiple parameters: color, intensity, flickering frequency, and more!
- Use electrical sparks, fires, smokes, and many more visual effects to add more details to your map.
- Place water volumes, resize them to your liking, and change their appearance!
- Add ‘Generic shapes’ to your map, apply over 100 different textures on them, and use geometry to give free rein to your imagination!
Environment Parameters
- Control the Day / Night cycle: change the time of day, sun and moon position, global map luminosity, etc. You can even resize the moon!
- Play with the new weather presets: change the sky color, type of clouds, wind force, etc.
- Use fog in your map: change its height, opacity, color, etc.
- Place a 3D backdrop in your map to create realistic surroundings.
- Apply a post-FX color filter to your map: Black and white, Hallucination, Jungle, and many more.
AI
- Use various AI appearances to give a different flavor to your map.
- Place ‘Control zones’ to force an AI (NPC or animal) to stick to that specific area.
- Pick among the diverse FC5 bestiary to place wildlife in your map, and create chaos by adding a Yeti!
Game Modes
- Create maps in 4 different Solo & Co-op game modes: Assault, Outpost, Journey, and our new game mode Bounty Hunt: track and kill the target(s) before reaching an extraction zone.
Audio
- Add an ambient sound to your map: from a creepy forest to a quiet jungle, or the depths of a dungeon, and many more!
- Add music to your map, with themes from the Far Cry franchise, but also from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Unity!
Modifiers
- Use a variety of modifiers to give a different feel to your map: no fall damage, low gravity, friendly fire, add a timer, etc.
Overall Upgrades
- Terrain textures tiling is improved: cliffs have never been easier to create!
- Ziplines entry and exit points can now be placed freely in your map.
- Select the appearance of the ocean, and the strength of its waves.
- Add a respawn timer to weapon and ammo pickups placed in your map.
- Use climbable, destructible and explosive objects to your advantage when creating a map.
Your Map In The Arcade
- When players acquire weapon skins or clothes in the shop, those will be carried over when playing in the Arcade maps. Equip a great outfit to make a big impression on your opponents, or impress your co-op partner!
- There are 2 types of lobbies allowing you to play multiplayer maps:
Public: After each round, 3 players are randomly selected to pick a map. All players in the lobby then vote among those 3 maps (there’s also a pick from the Arcade, and the replay option). When it's your turn to pick, you can choose a featured map, a map you’ve favorited, or one you’ve published to showcase your talent!
Private: The same process as for a public lobby is followed, but only people who know the password will be able to join this lobby. Those can be used in conjunction with parties to easily create multiplayer matches between friends and play only the map you want!
When you publish a map multiple times, it’ll automatically replace the previous version. You can see which version a map is at by checking its details in the Arcade. And as a source of inspiration, you can check out all the official Ubisoft maps we’ll be releasing with the game!
Discover more features of the Far Cry 5 Map Editor on March 27th. We can’t wait to see your creations and play your maps on Arcade!
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