showing 12 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
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| UO/Linux | author | ? | UO/Linux is project that is both an unofficial client for Ultima Online and a server for UO clones and other homebrew games. It is worth noting that shortly after the initial release of Ultima Online, the server portion of the game was ported to Unix and an as of yet undisclosed database system in an attempt to eliminate technical, reliability, stability, scalability issues of their cluster of Solaris servers, Oracle Enterprise Database, and the unexpected rapid growth to 100,000 players. This was done on-the-fly without time to plan it well. Many early gameplay changes were thought to be reactionary to the numerous social based problems that manifested. However, the majority of these changes were actually a result of getting the server being ported as quickly as possible. As time past, the servers migrated again, but with more careful planning. By 2003 UO was running exclusively on Red Hat Linux. The open-sourceness of Linux allow Electronic Arts to make changes to their server software to fix problems rather than making changes in the game that would be noticed by players. After 2003 three, all changes were gameplay driven rather than technical workarounds. Since 2003 a variety of Linux distros have been used on various servers but Red Hat remains the majority solution. The database software used is unknown but most certainly is one of the Linux database solutions that allowed for snapshotting in 2005. Since EA has made contributions to Red Hat for the purposes of improving their product, it seems likely they would also choose an open source solution for their database. | labelminimizeminimize |
| Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle | author (Origin) | 2001 | Thanks to a game engine called Exult, Ultima VII part 2: Serpent Isle and its addon The Silver Seed can be played on a variety of platforms. [[link:http://exult.sourceforge.net exult Homepage]] [Zerothis] | labelimageminimize |
| Ultima VII: The Black Gate | author (Origin) | 2001 | Thanks to a game engine called Exult, Ultima VII: The Black Gate and its addon The Forge of Virtue can be played on a variety of platforms. Plus a few enhancements. Tags: The character can move seamlessly from above ground to under ground, up or down stars, in and out of buildings, on and off of rooftops, in and out of ships, and take to the air and land. Various magical transportation occurs. The 8th canonical game in the Ultima series and the first game in Ultima's Age of Armageddon. (Ultima Underworld is canonical, prequil of this game, and the 7th in the series). But, it was never intended to run on Linux. This, and other exult enhancements are sufficient to mark this game as uncanonical. Exult uses SDL for the Linux version with an OpenGL option. The player and party can use crossbows and bows. Ingredients can be mixed to bake bread and other things. Cheese is available as food. A variety of items can be crafted into other items. There are pumpkin fields in the game, from which pumpkins can be harvested. Flight of the Bumblebee is played at one point, Rule Britannia is overplayed. There are several prisoners in the game and this plays into the plot more than once. An addictive medicine in the game is abused by characters and can be abused by the player's character and party, with consequences. Unicorns are mentioned by in-game books and by characters[spoiler=and;and]one can be found by the player also.[/spoiler]. And some coder with nothing better to do has given the engine dance mat compatibility. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Ultima 4 for Exult | - | 2002 | The project was registered in SF.net in 2002 yet there are no files, no sources, not even website and the project is listed as being in [u]planning[/u] stage. Added way too early to UVL if there's actually any progress. The links definitely are wrong if there's progress.***A recreation of Ultima IV that uses the Exult game engine, making it avialable for many platforms. [[link:http://sourceforge.net/projects/xultima4 SourceForge Project Page]] [Zerothis] | labelminimizeminimize |
| Ultima 4 for Exult | - | 2002 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| XUltima IV | author | 2004 | Choices for installing**. 1. Ultima Arcanum PPA (as of 2014-08-01, I recommend this option for Ubuntu users) 2. Acquire and convert the RPM to DEB 3. Compile from source Check here for resources <http://xu4.sourceforge.net/download.php> Acquire the original Ultima VI, v1.01 perferred. Optionally, acquire the VGA patch. =================================================================== 1. Ultima Arcanum PPA =================================================================== $sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dallen.wilson/ultima $sudo apt-get install xu4 OR for compiling: $sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dallen.wilson/ultima $sudo apt-get source xu4 The PPA has versions for Maverick and Trusty but the package doesn't enforce these versions (may install on any version of Ubuntu). =================================================================== 2. One simple way for DEB systems is to install the dependencies and convert and install the RPM to DEB using alien in a terminal =================================================================== [code]$sudo apt-get update $sudo apt-get install alien libsdl1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libxml2 timidity $sudo alien -di xu4-1.0beta3-1.i386.rpm[/code] The RPM package provided by the creators will convert to deb with no problems to DEB platforms (Alien or another package converter) up to version 1.0beta2 (beta3 and beta4 fail due to dependencies). The source code will also compile easily on ubuntu systems. Dallen Wilson's Ultima Arcanum PPA has source and deb packages for Ubuntu Maverick and Trusty (which covers all version between). The Trusty build is provided daily. =================================================================== 2. How to Compile xu4 from SVN in Ubuntu (and possibly other NIXum) =================================================================== In Terminal: [code]$sudo apt-get install alien build-essential checkinstall libxml2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev subversion timidity[/code] Acquire the latest xu4 source code: **[code]$svn co https://xu4.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xu4 xu4[/code] These directories may need to be created first. It harms nothing to run this command anyway: [code]$sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/pixmaps /usr/local/lib/u4 /usr/local/share/applications/[/code] Enter the main xu4 source directory and build the project*: [code]$cd xu4/trunk/u4/src make clean make[/code] Use your package manager to remove any older version of xu4 you have* Now to install*: $sudo checkinstall -Dy --pkgname xu4-mybuild --arch i386 Check install will create a deb file with a name similar to xu4-mybuild_20110730_i386.deb (based on the pkgname you chose and the date of the svn) Use "--arch amd64" with checkinstall if you built for 64-bit (and are not on 64-bit, likewise "--arch i386" will build a 32-bit version). Use "-Sy" to build a Slackware package Use "-Ry" to build an RPM package Slackware and RPM have additional options that can be investigated with: $man checkinstall To get the latest xu4 again, go to the directory that contains the xu4 directory and enter*: $svn update xu4 *These steps must be done every time to compile from source. **2014 These instructions no longer work on Ubuntu 12.04 precise and must be modified. I have found no RPM that converts successfully due to additional package requirements that will not function properly after converting. **instead, use [code]$svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/xu4/code/trunk xu4-code[/code]***The xu4 game engine is a standalone Ultima IV clone also capable of running the original or VGA patched versions of Ultima IV on a variety of platforms. It is also capable of running new RPGs. xu4 Also allows extensive modding of the graphics, enemies, items, and certain game logic. To date (2014), no totaly conversions or hacks have been created to utilized these features (I guess the developers got UIV perfect on the first try :) The full version of Ultima IV for DOS was 'made available for free download' at selected sites by Origin (subsequently purchased by Electronic Arts). However, it remains proprietary and not defined as "freeware" or "public domain" (these downloads can disappear or the priced raised at any time at Electronic Art's option). Several homebrew upgrades exist for this game that add features such as VGA graphics and Midi sound. xu4 can used these upgrades as well, or simply recreated the original DOS experience (or the Amiga experience, for that matter). The xu4 project allows this game to run on Linux, Mac OS 8, Mac OS X, Windows, and other operating systems. The Ultima series continued to innovate with the release of each game in the series. With the 4th game released for Apple ][ and then ported to IBM-PC, the genre was taken to bran new places. And now, playable on Linux. There is no evil big bad enemy to defeat, and the point of the game is not to take advantage of people to get stuff to go defeat the enemy. Rather, the point of the game is for the main character to become a champion of virtue. The goals are literally honesty, humility, honor, spirituality, valor, justice, compassion, sacrifice, courage, truth, and love. Actions, inactions, even words can have less than apparent unhelpful or helpful consequences. Yes, there are still monsters to fight and treasures to find, but this makes up less than 1/8th of the game and the care and purpose in handling these things is more important than the end result. [spoiler=Show Orb Refresh Cheat;hide cheat]Use an orb. Press Q to save. Press Alt+X to exit. Find the dngmap.sav file (.xu4/ in your home folder in Linux). Delete it. Run the game and [b]J[/b]ourney onward. The orb is ready to use again. [b]Note, deleting dngmap.sav undoes everything in the current dungeon as if you'd gone to another dungeon and come back.[/b][/spoiler][spoiler=Show Chest Refresh Cheat;hide cheat][b]G[/b]et all the chests in a level of a dungeon (not ones in a room on on the surface). Press Q to save. Press Alt+X to exit. Find the dngmap.sav file (.xu4/ in your home folder in Linux). Delete it. Run the game and [b]J[/b]ourney onward. All the chests you have [b]G[/b]otten are there to [b]G[/b]et again. [b]Note, deleting dngmap.sav undoes everything in the current dungeon as if you'd gone to another dungeon and come back.[/b][/spoiler] [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Lords of Ultima | Electronic Arts | 2012 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Ultima VI: The False Prophet | author | 2014 | In the introduction sequence there is a commercial playing on the TV that flashes the number 512-328-0282. This was in fact origin's number. Compiling for Ubuntu [WIP]: [code]$ sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall libsdl1.2-dev $ ./configure $ make $ checkinstall[/code] | labelminimizeminimize |
| Akalabeth: World of Doom | Origin | 2014 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues | Portalarium | 2018 | The game includes an offline mode. A classic Ultima style story by Tracy Hickman (no involvement by EA). 5 guaranteed episodes (there probably be more eventually) Online modes are "open", "friends", and interestingly, "solo". It seems one can experience the online world version populated only by AI players and opponents or with only a select group of friends (together or verses, it would seem). It seems to be shaping up to be a [s]direct competitor[/s] superior replacement to Ultima Online, period[s]by offering all the UO features plus many more[/s]. Also, I've been playing beta content and seeing some content that seems vaguely familiar. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that among the vast amount of worlds and content a small subset of it is [game=#38049]Ultima IX[/game] done right. "Vendors sell vendors.. Its obscene" -redfish***[media=youtube]gSZLrF657yo[/media] | labelimageminimize |
| The Ultima 6 Remake | author | 2021 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Underworld Ascendant | Otherside Entertainment | TBA | labelimageminimize |
