How can I customize an FPS game?

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Published on 2012-08-27T11:38:45Z Indexed on 2012/08/27 21:57 UTC
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I want to create a customized (modded) fps game where I can change the look and feel of the game to match my intended theme.

Some of the things I would like to do:

Create a custom map (terrain).
Add custom sound effects
Change AI (For example, running away instead of actively looking for combat).
Change menus and add some storyboard.
Script events in game (like a countdown until game over)
Change the models of the NPC's.

What options do I have? Is there any platform/game/engine/whatever that allows one to do the things above in a reasonable way?

I work as a programmer so I'm not afraid of coding some part of the project, but to save time it would be nice to work in some high-level way (like scripting or configuration files).

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