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dino

Which tools exactly?

dino

Hi,

Is there an easy way with which I can extract the writings (books, scrolls, maybe even signs) in Ultima 7 (Black Gate and Serpent Isle)?

Thanks,

Daniel (Dino)

dino

I don't mean to talk against your efforts, but a lot of the things you mentioned are tricks that bots can easily overcome and that can confuse humans in good faith. Something I've tried, for example, is making the name of a field (e.g. username) as a random string instead of a fixed name. This rando...

dino

While this is really a good idea generally and works great for guestbooks (thanks Dino for this idea, my guestbook has been spam free since then), it is not that great for a forum because internet searches would for a long while produce dead links to the old forum address. I'd like to say something...

dino

Just found an Italian site about Ultima 7 and Exult:
http://ultima.oldgamesitalia.com/

Looks like they translated BG to Italian.

Not sure whether the downloads are legal and everything. If they aren't, feel free to edit out the link.

dino

Have you considered what I wrote before? You could save a lot of trouble by renaming a few files and making some minor modifications. You could actually save even more trouble by just renaming your forum folder (e.g. to 'forum2'), so all files retain their original structure. Then you could put some...

dino

Guys, I had similar trouble with my guestbook scripts. Once spambots targeted them there was no way to keep them away - no filter or banning or whatever would work. However, there is a way around it. The spambots target a particular file, so renaming 'gb.php' to 'gb2.php' kept out all the spam for m...

dino

It won't hurt if you add a new section to the download page (if it's clearly labelled as 'mods', it won't confuse anyone, even though there are a lot of packages already). After all, people will look for mods in the download page, not in the project page. Alternatively, you could host them on the pr...

dino

Hi,

I'm compiling a list of Exult mods. This is what I've got so far:
Exult Mods

I'm having problems finding the SourceForge Island and SI Fixes mods online. Are they available anywhere, or are they just distributed with Exult?

(And don't point me to Exult Studio Guides, which is dead)

dino

I spoke about some of these features you mentioned in a short Exult Review I wrote almost 3 years ago, if anyone wants to take a look.

dino

Would an executive from a film-making company have a hotmail address?!

dino

You're a TEFL/TESOL/ELT/ESL teacher or something?

dino

Pay a visit to wjp's site... you'll find one there.

dino

I believe wjp has some ready-made complete maps, if those could be of interest. Unfortunately, I lost the bookmarks, but I'm sure he can point them out.

dino

I'm interested in knowing why using screenshots on a fansite is not covered under fair use, which I'm understanding as being illegal.

dino

This is a bit off topic, but since we're talking about easter eggs... why are easter eggs called easter eggs?

dino

The fact that the Guardian warned you before you entered Destard implies that he and Batlin didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things. Such as on killing Avatars. That's one of the times when the Guardian actually tries to be helpful, for some reason. But at the same time, keeping you out of Destard...

dino

Why should you stay buying the magic carpet or finding the deed if it was yours in the first place (Ultima 5)?

dino

In case you didn't know, there is a new site called Aiera, which carries on the work of Ultima: The Reconstruction, which is no longer maintained. If you want to look for other remakes, you can look there.

The remakes aren't dead. Some have died, but that doesn't mean all did.

dino

Looks like there's another pic up there!

dino

>Maybe I shouldn't mention that full BG/SI item database I have lying around

You have a key database? I've been making one myself lately...

dino

Methinks that's why I pointed it out.

dino

Why is it that taking food or potions while looting is considered stealing, while taking gold and any other goodies is perfectly fine?

dino

A black window in SDL is usually because some filepath is incorrect, as far as I know.

dino

Thanks

dino

By the way, speaking of Pentagram... where did the Pentagram Experimental Map & Shapes Viewer go? Is it still available for download? I looked on the Exult download page, the Exult project files page, the Pentagram project files page, and I couldn't find it.

dino

What I'd really like someone to fix is Sentri's face.

dino

I do remember hearing that monsters don't attack you if you have your backpack open, but I'm not sure if this was a U8 or U9 problem. U8 monsters always attacked me when I had my inventory open. If it indeed is a U8 problem, then it may be something to do with the patch. Have you checked whether the...

dino

OK, so after 2 years, I installed the latest version of Exult. This time, I also installed the Roland sound thingy (I hadn't noticed it before). The documentation (readme_roland.txt) within the zip file of the Serpent Isle SFX reads: Here are the SFX (Sound Effects) for use with Exult Ultima7 Serpen...

dino

lol, thanks

dino

I just wanted to ask... is it safe to have 2 different versions of Exult installed (in different folders, obviously)?

dino

Thanks wjp! That map is perfect!

dino

I'm looking for a large world map of Black Gate. I'm aware of the one at http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~wpalenst/ultima/ but that one shows mountaintops... I'd prefer one that shows the dungeons. Can anyone help?

dino

You're 15? I'm 16... you make me ashamed of my age.

dino

I think I would.

I like seeing new resources.

dino

Awww... you aren't going to remain faithful with the original and keep the slow loading and saving times?

Keep up the good work guys!

dino

I've already seen those, thanks. What I'd really like is to know what has been added in the past few months as opposed to what there was before.

dino

Hi all. Today I downloaded Pentagram for the second time... first time was exactly seven months ago! I noticed a great deal of improvements. The controls are alike to those in the original Ultima 8; the execution runs perfectly; Avatar stats show; etc. Can a member of the Pentagram team give a littl...

dino

It didn't die. It just lost its host, and nobody has heard anything about it ever since.

dino

The Valley of Eodon is not Britannia but Earth, as is proved by the wisp's dialogue.

Your theory may only be correct if Britannia is actually Earth in the past.

dino

On the xu4 forums, Gradilla Dragon announced a new Ultima engine - one for Ultima 5, called Nu5 (Neat Ultima 5). This means that Exult marked the beginning of a series of Ultima engines from 4 to 8 (xu4, Nu5, Nuvie, Exult, Pentagram), all with the same objectives and inspired by Exult (Nu5 claims to...

dino

OK, let's recap for a moment...

I type "www.ultima7.com" in Mozilla Firebird and press ENTER, and I get an alert telling me that there's no site at that address.

I type "www.ultima7.com" In Internet Explorer and press ENTER, and nothing loads.

What's going on?

dino

What www.ultima7.com are you talking about? There seems to be no website at that address.

dino

I dunno exactly how the house of the dead works, but I know that there are loads of people there at the beginning of the game, and after the banes are released, there are the banes themselves, some gwani and some automatons. It's strange... looks like only a select few go to the house of the dead, o...

dino

Trust me, I never played Serpent Isle without Exult because it wouldn't run, even on DOS, because of the memory crap it had.

dino

I don't know if everyone goes to the house of the dead, but I'm sure I saw some people go there after death...

dino

/me points at the subject of this thread again.

AFAIK, there IS a house of the dead in SERPENT ISLE...

dino

Yep, must be a bug.

I forgot to report it when I first came across it, sorry guys. :p

dino

Sit on the throne again.

I remember there was a bug where you remained at the same area when you sit on the throne. Sit on it several times, and it should work.

dino

When you're in the mage's room, the exit should be through the east wall. Can't you go through it?

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