just wanted to call to your attention in case you haven’t noticed that in the Exult forum, under U7 HD? there’s some serious discussions by the developers on revamping U7 graphics into higher resolutions. It’s exciting news to me…

Thanks for alerting us to that, Quentin! I’ve added it to the list of news to post, and it should be up on the site in a couple of days. I’m usually able to get a couple of news posts up per day, and there are a few developments in the Ultima community that have happened in the past couple of weeks that still need to be reported.

But I will say this: HD graphics for Ultima 7 would be an interesting experiment. I’m somewhere between full enthusiasm and Toltec’s caution on the issue…swapping out the graphical chunks shouldn’t interfere with the gameplay or story (if done properly). At the same time, the look is a part of the experience, and could be too easily overdone (e.g. expanding the colour palette).

That said, the discussion and sample work thus far presented has been excellent — the moongate samples look splendid.