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General Utilities

General Ultima or Ultima-related utilities

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On August - 13 - 2008 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Alcibiade
Website: Alcibiade’s e-Den
Releases:
* Ultima Songbook (PDF) (0 bytes)

This is a neat little “utility” (sorry — couldn’t think of a better way to categorize it) for the budding musician out there to make use of. It is a compilation of arrangements for the various tunes that make up the score of , with a few tunes from and also included. They have been compiled into a single e-book, and dressed up with artwork and quotes from the games as well.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On June - 13 - 2008 3 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Saduj
Website: Ultima Restoration
Releases:

Utilities
* Ultima Potions (hak pak) (376.6 KiB, 214 hits)
* Ultima Potions (demo module) (37.0 KiB, 149 hits)
* Ultima Potions II (hak pak) (375.8 KiB, 137 hits)
* Ultima Potions II (demo module) (41.3 KiB, 146 hits)
* Venom Dagger (erf import file) (2.4 KiB, 144 hits)
* Venom Dagger (hak pak) (36.3 KiB, 143 hits)
* Venom Dagger (icons) (700 bytes, 152 hits)
* Venom Dagger (source files) (11.9 KiB, 145 hits)
* NPC Schedules (erf import file) (64.7 KiB, 141 hits)
* NPC Schedules (demo module) (455.6 KiB, 139 hits)
* NPC Schedules (readme) (4.2 KiB, 151 hits)
* Moongates (erf import file) (23.7 KiB, 136 hits)
* Moongates for CEP (erf import file) (23.7 KiB, 139 hits)
* Moongates (demo module) (198.5 KiB, 133 hits)
* Moongates for CEP (demo module) (565.3 KiB, 138 hits)
* Savage Empire Female Portraits (3.2 MiB, 212 hits)
* Savage Empire Male Portraits (1.6 MiB, 187 hits)
* Ultima Conversation System (files) (287.7 KiB, 147 hits)
* Ultima Conversation System (demo) (685.6 KiB, 137 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits & Soundsets Unlocker (18.3 KiB, 164 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits & Soundsets Unlocker (readme) (216 bytes, 159 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Portraits (93.4 KiB, 171 hits)
* NWN 1.69 Soundsets (31.6 KiB, 196 hits)

This is actually a comprehensive collection of utilities and in-progress remakes of titles, all done in the engine. The list of utilities is pretty comprehensive, including functional moongates (with !), NPC scheduling, animated potions, a conversation system to replace the default NWN system, and a very good reproduction of the venomous dagger of fame.

But even more promising is the list of remakes that are being put together by this team and others. Currently in progress are remakes of , (which provides the screenshot here), , , and . Most of these seem still to be in the early stages of development, but the Ultima 7 remake — which deals, it seems, only with the events of at present — looks to have progressed somewhat further.

Here is hoping, then, that this collective set of efforts bears much fruit in the future! As the projects progress, I’ll probably break off each remake into its own standalone entry. For now, this one omnibus entry will suffice.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On May - 24 - 2007 1 Comment   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Michael C. Maggio
Website: Mike Maggio’s Digital Portfolio
Releases:
* Dilligence

An Ultima tileset viewer for Linux written in C++.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 26 - 2007 3 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
Produced by: Peter Veenstra, Sjoerd, Tommy Frossman, Ulf Wohlers
Website: DOSBox
Releases:
* DOSBox 0.73 (Windows) (1.4 MiB, 89 hits)
* DOSBox 0.73 (Mac) (4.8 MiB, 75 hits)
* DOSBox 0.73 (Source) (1.2 MiB, 75 hits)

A handy utility that creates a -like environment within or , allowing older DOS applications that don’t work well within modern operating systems to be played under those environments.

can be a bit processor intensive, especially when playing higher-end games like , but most modern systems should be able to handle it.

Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Created by: by David Perrell
Website: Mo’Slo CPU Slowdown Utilities
Releases:
* MoSlo 1.3.2

A versatile utility program that slows down older DOS applications on newer systems.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Xenerkes Dragon
Website: Ultimatrix Homepage
Releases:
* Ultima Launcher (complete)
* Ultima Launcher (light)

The Ultima Launcher is a single menu that launches all Ultima games installed on your computer, and it also includes the option to run them using MoSlo. There are two versions:

  • Light – just the Launcher
  • Complete – the Launcher, as well as a comprehensive help file that includes all the game maps.
 
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Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Xenerkes Dragon
Releases:
* Ultimatrx Installer (1.6 MiB, 92 hits)
* Ultimatrix GUI (57.6 KiB, 89 hits)

is a unique utility that allows you to create maps of the worlds of Ultimas 1 to 6, as well as and . Initially, the program begins in the overworlds of each game, but it is possible to wander into the dungeons and view the maps of those as well.

It is recommended that you also download the GUI for the program.

 
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Xenerkes Dragon
Website: Ultimatrix Homepage
Releases:
* Ultima 1 to 5 Savegame Editor

Another utility from Xenerkes Dragon, this program allows you to edit your savegames from Ultimas 1 through 5. It allows you to change everything, including character location, and also makes it possible to get horses and boats in Ultima III (which is otherwise more than difficult).

 
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Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Xenerkes Dragon
Website: Ultimatrix Homepage
Releases:
* LZW Decompressor

Some files of Ultimas 5 and 6 are compressed using the no-longer-patented LZW algorithm. This program is the decompression scheme for the algorithm.

 
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Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: AdPlug Team
Website: AdPlug at SourceForge
Releases:
* AdPlug 1.5 for DOS and Source
* AdPlug 1.4 for UNIX Source (BZ2) and Source (GZ)
* AdPlug 1.5 for WinAmp with Source and ZIP
* AdPlug 1.1 for XMMS Source (BZ2) and Source (GZ)

A novel utility, AdPlug is a cross-platform AdLib player, and features plugins for XMMS and WinAmp to use its technology. Why is this useful for Ultima fans? Well, some Ultima games had their music encoded as AdLib, and this will apparently play those sound files!

There are a few little extra files that you might want to grab for it as well:

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Ansis Ataols Berzins
Website: Bremze
Releases:
* Bremze

Another utility program for slowing down older games

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: VICE Team
Website: VICE Team
Releases:
* Vice Linux C64 1.0

The Versatile Commodore Emulator for Linux.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 1 Comment   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Hakan Sundell
Website: Computer Brains
Releases:
* CCS64 1.0.7

A Commodore 64 Emulator for MS-DOS and also Windows 95.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Ralph Manson
Website: Win64
Releases:
* Win64 Beta 0.3.1

A Commodore 64 Emulator for Windows 95. Might be a little easier to use than CCS64.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 No Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: Tenberry Software
Website: Tenberry Software
Releases:
* DOS4GW

DOS4GW is an executable file that contains DOS extension codes – little add-ons to DOS that enhance its performance. Some emulators, and some of the utility programs listed below, have been built with these extension codes, and thus require DOS4GW to run.

 
categories: General Utilities
Posted by Withstand the Fury Dragon On March - 11 - 2007 5 Comments   Discuss in the Forum 
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Produced by: C.J. Ellsworth, Norwick, Origin Systems, and/or Micro Dragon
Releases:
* The Avatar Font (v1) (0 bytes)
* The Avatar Font (v2) (0 bytes)
* Britannian Runes Font (0 bytes)
* Ultima Normal Font (0 bytes)
* Ultima Runes and All Caps (0 bytes)
* Ophidian Font (0 bytes)
* All the Ultima Fonts (0 bytes)*

The famous s — the used in (some of) the titles, and some of the various runic fonts used in the games — rendered in format. Just install these in your fonts directory and submit your next term paper in a font to make proud!

* except for Avatar (v1) and the Ophidian font

 
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