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This is kind of easy to read, thanks. Are the functions and routines only good for writing scripts that interact with the world? Like say I want to write a script that is realtime with the game rendering and constantly checking and updating the lightsources for the combined light values.

candle=30
lamp=60
torch=150

ambient=0-12
candlit=13-89
torchlit=90-255
blazing=256+

before I go to sleep
[x,y][1,1.5]
[(3x-x/3),(4y)]/100 = %Δ
[(x/5)x,???y]/255 = %Δ

I think I may have typed both of these wrong, I never learned percentages; it is just a number over 100.
Lux - Lux%[(3x-x/3),(4y)] = effective light

It looks a lot like this (Lux)-(Lux)[(3x-x/3),(4y)] = effective light also that is 2.66¯x and 4y also that is 1:1.5 ratio 37x distance was the maximum distance that a lightsource could contribute light. While 24y was the farthest that still gave light vertically. maybe insignificantly I tried so man...

Indeed the blue candles, blue candle lamps and lamps have their own values at twice the value of a regular candle and 2/5 of a torch. The candelabras are as bright as a torch. While I think the rest of the candles all hold the same value. Except for the tall blue magic candle in the candle holder is...

Candles=1c Torches=5c ((Δ0.03)-1)((C+T/-1) The above is mostly accurate relative calculation, as long as the distance is modified -4 for x axis and +1 for y axis. This is different than the actual position relativity code it is too difficult to see the arithmetic simply by observing candles. https:/...

Maybe this

candles=20
torches=125

((Δ0.03)-1)(L/-1)

16-63(candle lit)
64-191(torch)
192+(well lit)


Here is a cheat file to use in the ULTIMA7 folder with DosBox, it is hexedited so if you edit then it it will no longer work.

Please share ideas and make full use of this thread to all ends. It only took me a fraction of time to catch up on the reading. I gathered, moved, doused, and lit a great many a candle. I eventually assumed these values. candles=25 torches=125 candles torches palette values 1-3 0 6 25-75 4-9 0 11 10...

Nevermind it isn't lit in the cube generator, I was thinking it was like dreamworld in SI.

Yeah sorry I wasn't being very concise. In exult the spell "light" "glimmer" or "great light" all use the incorrect palette #12 for lighting. Being the same as having a couple Torches lit. Whereas in actual dos the spell "light" uses the soft-light palette #6....

Palette0=Daylight Palette1=Dusk & Dawn Palette2=Night (Cave)(Nighttime) Palette3=Monochrome (invisibility effect) Palette4=Weather (Storm) Palette5=Fog Palette6=Soft Light (The Spell Light) Palette7=Candlelit (At night) Palette8=Red (injury) Palette9=Red2 (I dont know why there is two) Palette10...

No I don't know about the code location in either exult or the ultima. I was searching. Using U7Wizard, is what told me the references for the Palettes and other things. From what I could infer and some of them are used in conjunction and may not be accurate for use but at the very least descriptive...

Worth noting, the spell is not simply counted as a light source. As a single candle uses palette #11 for lighting and two sconces (for two light sources) will use palette #12 for lighting. I believe the spell skips number of light source checks and uses the incorrect palette #12 which makes sense, i...

In the link above for "Light source differences" is a screenshot containing examples of 'magic light sources', and 'natural light sources'. The two screens that are of import; the bottom left with exult and the spell light is clearly lit like a torch (referencing palette #12), the bottom r...

I'm using programmer's notepad , gimp , and exult studio. As well as U7Wizard and Dosbox. I can find a torch and candle in exult studio and I notice there is only one light-source flag. I don't know how to open external shapes files in Exult Studio, I don't know how to use it at all. In U7Wizard, I ...

Thanks I didn't know that about 502's... cookies. I have a valuable question, where do I look in github the source files for the light code? I love this game a lot, I grew up with it. I'm learning some regular expressions and brace expansion, as well as loops. I think I can do this. Ill get back to ...

I thought I did something very bad because I was getting Bad Gateway 502 so I installed Firefox I read your posts and it made me smile. The bottom two are with the spell light. The upper left is with a torch and the light fountain but it doesn't matter because they are the same. https://doc-0c-5s-do...

I think if you sell all your gemstones you will lose your moonstone.

Spellbooks are animated turning the pages to the bookmark when opening. The spell "light" is colored like a torch in exult, where it has a different color with less red/yellow in the original. In Britain Castle if you are getting the key to the upstairs storage, someone can tell you that y...

I remember this from when I first played exult, mostly with the two handed sword. Wait, is it possible to put the bed roll on your back or am I making this up? I think I decided that the two handed sword was supposed to go on the belt slot. It was worse in older versions.

I made a few laughable attempts in ms paint, it's really hard. The portrait is 51hx41w is the extra line used for the palette?

I can appreciate the idea but it is role-playing after all. The portraits look out of place. I propose that collaborate to create unique ethnic portraits that are more in tune with the original artistry in the Blackgate. What are the dimensions, of the Ultima 7 portraits?

Of course, I will see to it from now on that my threads have a clearer meaning. As for the exult/data/blackgate/patch & mods are without directories and clear, I have the Serpent Isle installed in exult/data/serpent/ and there are no Patch or mods directory. I installed version 1.5.0 snapshot in...

I still haven't figured out how to disable the Serpent Isle avatar portraits from Black Gate start new game. It isn't a great problem, I'm trying to set it up for a friend and want to convey as much of the original experience as possible. I have exult installed on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, built from sou...

Ahh, so it is there, I can't imagine how I found it the first time. I was beginning to think I dreamed about it, with all the falling asleep in the marsh and reading about glass swords going on back then. Then I began to think that maybe I cheated the great dagger into serpent isle, and it was more ...

There is that dagger that swings like a sword and with a red accent, does it have a name? I must have dreamed it, I don't think I've ever found that dagger in Serpent Isle. There is probably a few people that found the portal room, I found it because I never had the answer's to the question's in the...

I have a strange memory of a weapon that doesn't seem to exist in serpent isle. It was like a Dragon Sword, I sort of remember it at the edge of the mountain past the sleepy marsh, one-handed, it had a red accent, such as a red pommel, or hilt, any idea of what I'm thinking about? Has anyone else di...

I am using the source built on a ARM based single board computer, and exult runs very well, it seems impossible to get this quality in dosbox. Thanks for the answers though, maybe Ill figure it out. In exult BG it allows you to wear the cloaks which I have nothing against, I only noticed it.

Are those the hard drives that actually use a motor belt?

Another question for exult, is there a way to disable the Serpent Isle portraits for The Black Gate in start new game? Also you cant equip cloaks in the Black Gate.

Yes, that is what I meant. I rather enjoyed staring at it for a minute.

The static opening with the shifting overlaying colors, is there a way to make it lengthier?