Well, after my Friday fretting, I managed to rally a little bit and get the downloads for Ultima 3 working again. Which, I must say, was no small task, given how disorganized the relevant files were.
Anyhow, the Ages of Darkness are now complete, at least in terms of restored download functionality. I still need at make sure that I have the most up-to-date files for each project, but that shouldn’t be a terribly Herculean undertaking.
Produced by: Malignant Manor
Website: SI BG Merge @ the Exult Forums
Releases:
* [drain file 544 url SI BG Merge v6.8.7] ([drain file 544 size])
* [drain file 543 url SI BG Merge Patch] ([drain file 543 size])
This interesting mod for Exult imports the shapes from The Black Gate into Serpent Isle, adding hundreds of new shapes, with a few being repeated for use with The Black Gate’s usecode.
It is still in development, and still buggy (some in-game functionality may be lost by use of the patch), but for users of Exult Studio this may well be an exciting development indeed, as it vastly expands the versatility of available shapes when modifying or creating maps.
Produced by: Team Exult
Website: Exult at Sourceforge
Releases:
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Windows Binary (2.0 MiB, 28 hits)
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Mac OS X 10.3 (1.4 MiB, 22 hits)
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Sharp Zaurus (1.4 MiB, 19 hits)
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PocketPC (ARM) (246 bytes, 18 hits)
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PSP (2.0 MiB, 24 hits)
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Fedora - Game (1.0 MiB, 23 hits)
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Fedora - Tools (274.0 KiB, 19 hits)
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Fedora - Studio (254.6 KiB, 21 hits)
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Source Code (RPM) (1.6 MiB, 18 hits)
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Source Code (.tar.gz) (1.6 MiB, 18 hits)
* [drain file 406 url Nokia 770/M800 - Program] ([drain file 406 size])
Additional Files
* Black Gate Sound Files (4.6 MiB, 25 hits)
* Black Gate Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (6.2 MiB, 18 hits)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (1 of 2) (12.0 MiB, 31 hits)
* Black Gate OGG Music Files (2 of 2) (10.9 MiB, 27 hits)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (5.9 MiB, 28 hits)
* Serpent Isle Sound Files (Roland MT-32) (7.7 MiB, 21 hits)
* [drain file 407 url Nokia 770/M800 - Data] ([drain file 407 size])
* [drain file 403 url Nokia 770/M800 - Music (mono, low quality)] ([drain file 403 size])
* [drain file 404 url Nokia 770/M800 - Music (stereo, higher quality)] ([drain file 404 size])
Exult 1.4 (unstable)
* Exult 1.4 (Windows) (2.2 MiB, 29 hits)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM4) (1.3 MiB, 15 hits)
* Exult 1.4 (PocketPC - ARM5) (1.3 MiB, 18 hits)
* Exult Studio (Windows) (3.5 MiB, 23 hits)
* Exult Tools (Windows) (1.3 MiB, 22 hits)
* Exult 1.4 Source (4.3 MiB, 18 hits)
* Shapes Plugin for Photoshop (87.7 KiB, 19 hits)
* GIMP Plugin (50.4 KiB, 21 hits)
* GIMP Plugin 2.0 (47.0 KiB, 17 hits)
* SDL 1.2 Libraries
An amazing remake, Exult is a cross-platform reworking of the Ultima 7/Serpent Isle engine that allows the game to be run on modern operating systems with expanded memory environments. This is not the same as a Voodoo memory-manager wrapper program, and it works on many systems apart from Windows.
Exult 1.2 is the latest “stable” release – Team Exult is making massive engine changes, and subsequent releases are expected to have instabilities as a result. It has Windows, Mac OS X, Sharp Zaurus, and Fedora builds available. Also avaliable is the source code, so that people running other systems can compile and build Exult.
Produced by: L@Zar0
Website: Traducción Ultima
Releases:
* [drain file 539 url Traducción de Serpent Isle] ([drain file 539 size])
This is a full translation of Serpent Isle and The Silver Seed into Spanish. It may require Exult in order to work.
Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
Website: Seven Towers
Releases:
* [drain file 312 url SI Fixes] ([drain file 312 size])
This interesting collection of Serpent Isle modifications enables you to, among other things, actually cure Cantra of her post-resurrection insanity.
The developer notes that these mods are only workable using the Exult engine, and will not function with only a base install of Serpent Isle.
Additionally, he cautions that the mods might not function properly without The Silver Seed expansion installed, although he has attempted to design them so that this shouldn’t matter.
Produced by: Wizardry Dragon, Marzo Sette Torres Jr., Crysta the Elf,
Website: Ultima 7: The Feudal Lands
Releases:
* [drain file 288 url Oct. 29 2006 Snapshot] ([drain file 288 size])
This is a mod for Exult (with the release of Exult Studio, expect these to become more and more common) that seeks to merge The Black Gate and Serpent Isle into one seamless narrative. Additionally, it will feature a third continent — the Lands of the Feudal Lords — and a series of quests that the Avatar and his/her party must complete there.
This is an ambitious remake (and also a spin-off, within the technical definition of the term), to be sure! In addition to the expanded narrative, the developers plan to re-introduce the Virtues to the lands of Ultima (i.e. the Avatar will once again be able to interact with the Shrines). As well, they plan to overhaul the spellcasting system and to enable party members to wield spellbooks.
Produced by: Marzo Sette Torres Jr.
Website: Seven Towers
* [drain file 280 url Avatar Pack] ([drain file 280 size])
Another Seven Towers mod, joining the ranks of Black Gate Keyring and Serpent Isle Fixes, this package completely re-does the portraits for the Avatars in both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle. It not only provides new portrait graphics, but updated gump and paperdoll graphics for each Avatar as well.
Now you can even play a redheaded Avatar!
Produced by: Sam Matthews
Website: Sam Matthews’ Projects
Releases:
* [drain file 282 url Exult 3D] ([drain file 282 size])
* [drain file 281 url Exult 3D Models] ([drain file 281 size])
A project that surged onto the Exult Forums over a year ago and which is still in development, although it appears to not yet be at a release-worthy stage yet. Currently, Exult 1.4 is required to run it.
That said, the numerous screenshots that the developer makes available are amazing, to say the least, and offer a “never-before-seen” perspective on the world of Ultima 7.
As this program uses the original data for Ultima 7 (being, essentially, Exult with a different graphics engine) you will need the original game files to run it. And yes, like Exult, it will run both The Black Gate and Serpent Isle.