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how can i make my party follow me just in line, like in the normal ultima7?
This is very annoying, they are allways in my way and allways being left behind

read the faq (broken by design)

You can blame me for this one. I never liked the 'lock-step' formation-walking in the original, and I also remembered having lots of problems with companions getting in the way. I wanted the companions to follow a bit more naturally.

But the current scheme is a little too chaotic (and also too slow at times), and it's something I want to rework after our 1.00 release.

I have to agree that I remember losing party members at times in the original game. Was very annoying at times. I rather like the following method now.

Thanks for all your work.

Moose

While I agree that you did lose party members sometimes in the original game, and the "lock-step" formation was not as realistic, this is definitely my least favorite "feature". Trying to feed the group is a nightmare. Trying to cautiously approach an area with traps is impossible. Trying to walk through a swamp without getting poisoned is impossible. I lose many more companions off-screen with the new following scheme than I ever did in the original.

If there were a "bug/new feature" vote, I would stuff the ballot box on this one.. please add an "original companion following" option to exult! This bug often forces me to leave my companions behind, making the game seem much less ultima-like.

BTW, although this annoys me no end, I still would rather play exult than the old Ultima 7, due to all of the other great improvements! Thanks, exult team, for a great product, and accept this as constructive criticism! And, also, fix it

One tip: You double-right-click, your companions will avoid the swamp.

I agree feeding the party is a bit tricky with the way they clump up... but an easy solution is to have the status bars on, and just feed the characters faces on their status bars. No problems!