I hope they fix it. I just remembered one instance of the bartering thing: You have to barter with Zak to get the Taper of Sacrifice. If you can't barter, your only hope is to kill Zak.
Choose a class with high strength, since this determines carrying capacity and can't be changed. You can make good use of both swordcraft and spellcasting with the same character (find something with fairly high scores in both strength and intelligence), and this is certainly the most effective way to play the game. Also take note that some skills have little to no utility:
Terrible idea. If you're getting a CM-32L ROM (get that one, not the MT-32 one) then you should use that for both music and sound. UW1 uses some of the CM-32L-specific tones (such as when swimming) and you won't hear them with either the MT-32 ROM or with the GM patch. Munt is at a point where it emulates the MT-32 line pretty well and there are versions of DOSBox that have it built-in (and they're the DOSBox versions you should be using, really). You could get away with the GM patch for UW2 since it uses digitized sound effects but you might as well just keep using the CM-32L ROM and emulation.
I just finished reading it. As usual he seems to have messed up something but blames it on the game. He's complaining about sound effects being poor, and since this game's sound effects are better than anything that came out before I'm pretty sure he's playing in MT-32 mode through the Windows GM emulator or something equally bad.
My bad.
http://ultimacodex.com/2018/03/underworld-exporter-version-1-03-released/
Underworld Exporter: Version 1.07d Released
BY WTF DRAGON · MARCH 16, 2018
If you haven’t yet heard about Underworld Exporter, well…my apologies for my part in that, because I have not kept up with news about the project. And that’s a shame, because it’s an exciting project indeed; it allows you to export information from the original Ultima Underworld game data files into the Unity game engine, resulting in a fully playable version of Ultima Underworld using said engine.
The current version, 1.07d, was released at the end of February; change notes for it are as follows:
Let’s highlight that point: this project will give you a fully playable, from start to finish, port of Ultima Underworld that uses the (modern, cross-platform) Unity engine. And in addition to that, Underworld Exporter also supports several other Looking Glass Studios games to varying degrees:
- AI has been overhauled in this release.
- Vanilla save-game compatibility has been improved.
- Game load times have improved.
- NPC poisoning has been restored. Narvey Night-eyes will shove your s*** in if you have low defence.
The following Looking Glass Studios games are supported to various levels. Original game files are absolutley required to play however in the interests of full disclosure some UI assets and sound effects are bundled with this download.
1.1 Ultima Underworld 1 (UW1).
UW1 is fully supported and can be completed from start to finish. Save games are both forward and backwardly compatable with the original dos version.
1.2 Ultima Undeworld 1 Demo Version (UW0)
UW0 is a freely available demo of the first level of UW1. It is fully supported with the following exceptions:
-The rolling demo is not supported.
-Weapon animations are not currently working (combat still works)
1.3 Ultima Underworld 2 (UW2)
UW2 is partially supported with full support to come in time.
-Game saves (loading of vanilla saves is possible)
-Some traps and triggers are not implemented.
-Many new conversation functions are not implemented
-UW2 specific HUD is not implemented.
1.4 System Shock 1 (SHOCK)
SHOCK is currently enabled in a map viewer mode. Developement of any SS1 focused releases has been postponed pending completion of Underworld 1&2.
1.4 Terra Nove Strike Force Centrauri (TNOVA)
TNOVA is implemented as a side project map-viewer. There are no plans to develop this game any further.
The project author, Hank Morgan, hasn’t gotten into the habit of updating a project changelog on its Github repository, but he did include a full set of instructions on how to actually install and configure Underworld Exporter as part of the latest release announcement, as well as some notes on the default controls used once Ultima Underworld is up and running in Unity.
You can grab the latest release of Underworld Exporter — along with its source code — over on Github. Links thereto are also available at the project download entry here at the Codex.
That's probably the most feedback he's got in one go - should DM him on gitHub otherwise he'll never see it.OK playing the Unity version now. Some interesting developments I will share.
First, an opinion: If you have not played Ultima Underworld, play the original. While the Unity port is largely functional and I am encouraged by what I see, the original is still the best experience.
Lots of differences for now:
This all combines to make the Unity port cool for nostalgics but definitely NOT recommended for first time players. I consider it promising but badly broken compared to the original. But mouselook...
- The controls are obviously not the same. There is an odd (at first) hybrid interaction/mouselook mode that I got used to pretty quickly. Well done IMO but the ever-useful context sensitive cursor mode is not present. You have to switch to look mode, action mode while switching back and forth to mouselook and interactive mode. It is a good compromise as the different interaction modes are selectable via remappable hotkey so thumbs up on controls.
- There is no bartering in the game as of now.
- Nobody owns anything. There is no "Bedroll belonging to an Outcast" for example.
- Because there are no possessions, there is no stealing and no repercussions for being spotted stealing.
- Dialog is in but selection of dialog options by mouse is missing as of now. You must press the number corresponding to the option you want to select.
- Dialog text colours are off.
- Combat needs tweaking. Your characters is too strong at the start. Rats and worms die in one shot and I was able to clobber 3 human outcasts before dying at level 1.
- Movement in general is very fluid but too fast by half. Creature combat was paced for someone who had to use the less nimble control mode and moved much slower in general. I suspect there will need to be some changes made there or it will just be piss easy.
- Adjust the default light level darker in the ini file. It is set at 12 by default which is much brighter than the original. I suggest 4-5.
- Your runebag comes full
- The automap is fully realized but cursor position is offset from the quill
- Some inventory bugs exist. I am carrying 259 lbs of stuff (but I am not really) and I can't pick up anything else.
- Swimming is not there. You can spring-swim the whole level 1 waterway without drowning as level 0. There is no visual bobbing, you swim way too fast and there is zero risk of drowning
Oh, it comes with an editor, but fuck if I can figure it out.
Awesome, gitHub feedback can stunt a project if you're solo.
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