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Andy

Good going Scythifuge! I never played Savage Empire, but I remember the boxes. I started playing Ultima games at Ultima 7. From what I've heard, Savage Empire has a good plot. Thank your for your effort, and I look forward to following your rendition as it moves along.

Andy

I have all sorts of hope for this... There wasn't any mention of Ultima 7 though. I would really like it if they could find the working multi-level Moonshade that had to be cut because of space in SI. Plus the infamous Ratman portrait. There's so much that SI could benefit from if they found the rig...

Andy

This also could have been a visualization from the cut plot. It's been a long time since I've looked at that picture, but I believe that there were a couple of Dark Monks not used in the game in it. I don't think they could get the engine to do what they wanted at the time with the power of the 486 ...

Andy

Heh, why do they get to have all the fun? Anyway.... the reason why I was asking, was that I am looking to at least finish up the portraits that I had intended for a Claw Isle expansion, and put them out there for other people to use. I would have liked to have designed the complete expansion, but I...

Andy

What do you use? I also have Photoshop CS, but I had some difficulties....

Andy

Hey Crysta. I need help in Gimp. Any help would be appreciated. Mainly, I can't remember how to use the plug-in in order to get the proper palette to edit images. Thanks!

Andy

Yes. The game was Liar: Legend of the Sword II http://www.aeonsoft.co.kr/product/sin2.html With better pictures here. http://game.asadal.com/old/show.htm?code=AS1057730028&keyfield=&keyword=&id=&num=1795&page=2&list_type=&sort=DESC&field=num The information was provid...

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No, that was Ultima 6.... I distinctly remember a Japanese (or was it Korean) game that was based off of the Ultima 7 engine. A younger guy was getting a little overzealous about utilizing the graphics from it. At the time it was taboo to talk about, because of copyrights. It may not be so at the mo...

Andy

But there was a Japanese game for the Famicom (Super Nintendo) that worked off of the same engine as Ultima 7. It wasn't the Black Gate. Those graphics would work very well with Exult. I wish I could remember the title. It was talked about here in the past. I can't remember what the topic title was ...

Andy

This may open the door for importing the extra graphics from that Japanese NES game that has extra graphics contemporary to Serpent Isle (I forget the name). Its machine is no longer manufactured, and programming is out of date. So, the rom could be legally accessed by alternate means. Exult could m...

Andy

I really hope you guys get the people you need. Unfortunately, I don't have skills in the programming. This is a very worthy project.

Andy

Thanks Petrell. I'll look into that. It definately looks like an interesting project.

Andy

I'm pretty sure no one has cracked the speech file. I'm not sure if anyone with any knowledge has cared to try. The music was also decoded a long time ago, and I heard about a lot of the unused objects that were still left in the code. The reason why I'm so sure that there is some unused speech is t...

Andy

Thanks for the information DrCode. I guess if my plate clears (busyness), I can attempt some usecode. Of course, it would help if I finished the portraits first, and had some art objects to attach to. So, I should work on those also. The catch is time, and laziness. :p

Andy

Howdy! I was wondering how user friendly Exult Studio has become. Some time ago when I was trying to begin a Claw Isle addon, I kept running into image corruption problems with tranparency. No, I didn't get much passed a few portraits, but the idea has still remained alive in my head. I guess what I...

Andy

I was hoping that someone would have cracked the speech file by now. I remain convinced that there is unheard dialog in it. I haven't been able to figure it out though.

Andy

Actually, aren't their some effects that are Voodoo native, that do not come across on other graphics cards? Any chance my Voodoo 5 PCI will work with these?

Andy

Yes, it is, but we all take certain risks in life.

That's why any developer that decides to give info should do so with trustworthy people who would not divulge their identity (like myself).

Andy

But yet again, why should EA care? The game is very old. They also do nothing with the characters anymore. If EA really cared, the new remake of Privateer would have been chalenged. Granted developers are still under NDA agreements. But if something were to magically "pop" up with no sourc...

Andy

Sounds like a neat venture. Hope you eventually get time to do it. What sort of improvements would there be? I can relate to not having time. My project has suffered from that also. Some day, maybe we'll see a bunch of projects get done at once. I hope to see this, Exult 3D, and several others come ...

Andy

I know that the sound systems have been somewhat merged between Exult, and Pentagram. I am curious about what plans there are in merging other aspects? Thanks.

Andy

Which is why Pentagram is so good. If bits of the Lost Vale are ever recovered, it should be much easier to incorporated them (with the understanding gained by making Pentagram).

Andy

My question is. What does EA really care? It's dated. It's only important to die-hard fans (like us). EA hasn't done anything about the Privateer remake have they? While I realize EA "could" do something. It wouldn't be cost effective to care about an old game enough to take it to court. W...

Andy

I'd also recommend finding a copy of the U9 soundtrack CD. The songs appear to be more complete (uncut, and better sound quality). Then rip the songs that aren't included on the soundtrack CD from the game. Here's a list of songs that are included on the U9 Soundtrack CD. Ambush Bats and Spiders Bri...

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Personally, I'd say "the more the merrier." The more that things (and people) work together, the better. No body is disputing that Exult, and Exult Studio are monumental feats, but as with any program there's always room for improvement in the sence of community contribution. If foody can ...

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It would be a lot of work, but worth it. I just wish more information could be found about the other un-cut town plots. This makes working on restoring the original plot a bit of a mine field. If you try to restore the other town plots by using guesses (like for Fawn), and the Fawn plot is found lat...

Andy

Never fear. I'm sure Sam will eventually get to it again. Last I heard, he had about 100 3D models left to do. I think that was a couple of months ago. He also had a new job that he had to commute to.

Andy

Yes, I too look forward to seeing this completed..... Yo, Sam?

I can't say much though, because I haven't had time to work on my project. New jobs have a way of sucking up time until you get used to them.

Andy

Congrats!.... You do realize that someone is going to have to make baby armor, and clothes for Exult now don't you? All hale Mia-- mighty warrior, and diaper hurler! :p

Andy

Please don't spoiler it, but there must be a way to increase strength in my characters. They're all in the 30s or below right now (as far as carrying weight go). Have you trained yourself, or anyone in your party? In most towns there are trainers that will boost atributes like strength, dexterity, ...

Andy

Hey BC. Sorry, I haven't responded until now. Things have gotten rather busy for me lately. The suggestion that fixed my problem was opening a .shp file, and adding the red invisible color to my character's palette, then coloring the corners that shade of "invisible" red. The problem that ...

Andy

So, was this a stupid question? (I realize I ask a few ;0p ). If it is the case that dynamic lighting can be used (since it's OpenGL) then it would have to be tied to U7's weather engine, or weather, and sun angle would have to be re-thought about all together. Also, there's the two moons at night.....

Andy

Hmmm..... Well I've tried everything that has been said. I have gotten the solid box problem fixed, but some images still have transparent artifacts in the picture. More experimentation is needed I guess.

Andy

Hmmm.... could this not help to provide dynamic lighting? Also, the Exult 3D project might find this useful...

Andy

Thanks for the help Marzo. I've sent you an email. Still having problems. BC: When I try to edit the image through Exult Studio I keep getting "Can't launch gimp remote -n".... Is there any chance you could send me your modified palette file? I'm not exactly sure how to make the changes yo...

Andy

I've tried everything I can think of to get Gimp and/or Photoshop working properly with Ultima 7 shapes. I've indexed the palette, and fed it into the images I'm trying to create. I keep having trouble with transparency. Either I end up with a solid black box around what should be an oval image, a s...

Andy

err... What's that quote from? :0)

I was experimenting with a blue glow that didn't really translate the same with the palette. The dimness does make him seem like he's on the edge of reality (or I just need to try something else :0) .

Andy

Or, here's another.

Andy

If you wanted to import him to SI, then you could always do something like this for his portrait.

Granted, it does need some work, and I still have palatte issues.

Andy

Here's is where I'm at right now.... http://home.insightbb.com/~flicker/Zynda3e.gif This image has the oval transparency, but also has some transparency inside the portrait (in the game). Any help on correcting this issue would be most appreciated.... I can also get it to be completely opaque, but t...

Andy

Oh, I know that it's the colors that I'm using :0( .... I have been using the palette that was posted. On my computer, the first color in the upper left hand corner is black. There is a bright red color in the bottom right corner (that is not transparent). I can either get the tranparency to work, b...

Andy

Actually, it's a problem with Exult allowing transparency along the edges of my created portraits. Gimp still has the transparency. Is it a problem with the plugin to Gimp?

Andy

I'm having difficult with Gimp not allowing transparency on the edges of my character portraits. Now all I get is a black box with the picture instead of an oval. I converted some images to the 256 color palette that was previously posted. What am I doing wrong?

Andy

SB-X: thanks for the info. Interesting reading....

Andy

Yeah, I thought about the Kilrathi skeleton some. I need to replay the entire game again, just so I have a feel for all of the nuances. It's been years.... Your ideas for the original plot are probably spot on Crysta. The positioning of the skeleton in Filbercio's manor would take it from a faint si...

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That, and they were near to bankruptcy several times. I guess Lord British got tired of it. Unfortunately, we got rushed games in the "bargain." Thus, we have some incomplete plots, and what Ultima 9 could have been....

Andy

The add-on I have an idea for would take Ultima 1 into account. That said, I don't know if I'll ever get it done.... Like I said before my tallents are somewhat limited. To SB-X: What exactly did the Kilrathi Prophecy state? I was unable to complete Wing Commander Prophecy. I know that the "Hea...

Andy

Also, you could have a Kilrathi that crashlanded in the past. Attempted what you have stated, and then was captured by Chaos scientists to disect, thus creating a causal time loop. In effect, he would be his own "grandfather." Uh, that's only half serious. :p

Andy

Yes, I know he was originally ment to be the last one left.... but since we can only go by conjecture, and the game needs some new larger elements of plot added (to shake the dust off), I feel this is the ideal place to do it without disturbing the other pieces of the active plot yet. Your conjectur...

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It struck me that Serpent Isle is somewhat out of the normal time stream. I've never played Underworld 2, but I've heard that there are devolved Kilrathi in it.... To set things up: Before you go back in the past (Silver Seed) have Claw Isle be overrun with Ratmen. Now, back in the past, let's say t...

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