Here is a great video by Jackfrags explaining exactly what Venice Unleashed does, is, can and should be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DtjQQUp_80

Battle(non)sense video on the mod and features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJmJVTdCCw

Venice Unleashed is basically everything we wished Battlefield would be. It supports mods, has higher tickrate servers, 30hz, 60hz and 120hz for a MUCH better netcode than the regular game!

Frostbite mod editor!

Remember when these famous statements were spoken?

"Modding is a declining trend actually," - Patrick Bach

"As of now, we are not going to make any modding tools, no," EA Senior VP Patrick Soderlund told GamerStar (via GameSpy). "If you look at the Frostbite engine, and how complex it is, it's going to be very difficult for people to mod the game, because of the nature of the set up of levels, of the destruction and all those things… it's quite tricky. So we think it's going to be too big of a challenge for people to make a mod."

Well, the community took it on themselves to make mod tools so we can create great WW2 mods, create Project Reality in Battlefield 3, have a proper Battlefront, and much much more. One of the developers even has a friend working on re-texturing the game in 4K (4096x4096)!

The best part is that the mod operates separately from Origin, in fact I never touch Origin to run the mod. It has a fully functional server browser from in game, something we never should have had to mod in in the first place. This mod also makes it possible to play without blue filter, sun/flashlight/laser glare or suppression! One of the great features of this will be the ability to download mods from in game before you even join servers, similar to what many games like Unreal Tournament, older Call of Duty and Source engine games do.

Right now the mod has an active, but small community of players. I am trying to do everything in my power to get this project some much needed advertisement.

If you would like to play a highly competitive version of Battlefield 3, please, come and join us. We could really use a shot in the arm to get more players.

http://veniceunleashed.net/

Please, spread the word to all of your friends. Mod tools are releasing Soon™, so we should see new maps and weapons very shortly! If you know of Battlefield mod devs please let them know about this project!

I also have a Steam Group up for it to be easier to invite your friends and show them what this is all about.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bf3vu