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Posts Tagged ‘Nuvie’

6
Dec

Stuff I read in the Exult forums

   Posted by: wtf_dragon    in Site News

I sometimes forget to check the Exult forums for a few weeks at a time, which I really shouldn’t do. Forget, that is…shouldn’t forget. Like as not, those forums are the hub of much of the activity in the community; much more is discussed there than just .

Case(s) in point:

  • Eric Fry posted a note in a discussion there concerning , his apparently dormant attempt to create a multi-platform engine for . Apparently, he’s doing some behind the scenes work with the game logic at the moment; hopefully this turns into something more tangible in the none-too-distant future.
  • Then there’s this little announcement, concerning what appears to be a total conversion for …into Serpent Isle, circa the end of the Ophidian era. That’s right: someone wants to make a mod to tell the story of the War of Imbalance. And to be fair, it looks kinda promising, at its outset. Here’s hoping it’s able to keep its momentum!
  • Finally, someone is attempting to add Beh Lem as a recruitable companion in , and appears to be making a lot of progress. My only gripe is that he’s given Beh Lem wings; I may be a touch out of date on my Ultima lore, but I’m pretty sure this should not be.

See what I mean? Hub of activity!

I suppose I should create a project entry for the middle one.

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nokia.jpg

Produced by: Arnim Sauerbier
Website: Arnim Sauerbier
Releases:
* Aklabeth for Nokia Smartphones (33.6 KiB, 156 hits)

* xu4 for Nokia Smartphones (1.9 MiB, 153 hits)

* [drain file 406 url Ultima 7 - Exult - Program] ([drain file 406 size])
* [drain file 407 url Ultima 7 - Exult - Data] ([drain file 407 size])
* [drain file 403 url Ultima 7 - Music (low-quality mono)] ([drain file 403 size])
* [drain file 404 url Ultima 7 - Music (higher-quality stereo)] ([drain file 404 size])

* [drain file 410 url Ultima 8 - Pentagram - Program] ([drain file 410 size])
* [drain file 408 url Ultima 8 - Pentagram - libSDL] ([drain file 408 size])
* [drain file 409 url Ultima 8 - Pentagram - INI file] ([drain file 409 size])

These are actually just ports of other projects (linked below), but as I’ve never seen so many in one place at one time (and from one person!), they are classified not only as ports but as their own separate entry on .

The following projects have been ported to the 770/N800 internet tablets:

It serves to note that these ports are ongoing works, and it further serves to note that some of the projects that have been ported (, for an easy example) are themselves incomplete. However, O Reader, if you use a Nokia 770/N800 internet tablet, and would like to be able to play some classic Ultima titles whilst on the go, this is likely a project for you!

 

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29
Aug

Nuvie

   Posted by: Withstand the Fury Dragon    in MD Remakes, Martian Dreams, SE Remakes, Savage Empire, U6 Remakes, Ultima 6


Produced by: Eric Fry
Website: Nuvie at Sourceforge
Releases:
* Windows Snapshot (1.1 MiB, 60 hits)
* Mac OS X Panther Snapshot (751.7 KiB, 45 hits)
* Mac OS X Tiger Snapshot (1.7 MiB, 59 hits)

Eric Fry’s novel remake of the engine is also going to be compatible with and . Though currently being developed under OS X, there are downloadable binaries for both and 10.3+ (the developer feels these snapshots might also work under earlier versions of OS X, however this is untested. It is the opinion of that they will not, simply because of some key API changes that exist between OS X 10.2 and 10.3).

The program source code is also available. users will have to compile from source.

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5
Mar

Underworld Adventures

   Posted by: Withstand the Fury Dragon    in UW Remakes, Ultima Underworld


Produced by: Vividos
Website: Underworld Adventures
Releases:
* Release 0.9 Mojito (Win) (794.0 KiB, 42 hits)
* Release 0.9 Mojito (Linux) (571.9 KiB, 31 hits)
* Release 0.9 Mojito (Debian) (733.4 KiB, 32 hits)
* Release 0.9 Mojito (Source) (1.5 MiB, 34 hits)
* Release 0.9 Mojito (Linux Src.) (1.5 MiB, 27 hits)
* Release 0.9 Mojito Music (6.9 MiB, 33 hits)

Much like and , this project aimed to re-create an engine for an game that ran on modern operating systems without the use of patches. In this case, the game was . and the results looked promising. This engine, like Exult and Nuvie, used the original game data files.

Sadly, as of February 2007, Vividos has stopped development on .

I contemplated for a while the idea of moving this remake to the Orphanage, but decided against it for the moment; with Mojito, the remake had come fairly far along, enough so that I’m content to leave it in UW Remakes section for the time being.

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5
Mar

Nuvie Files Updated

   Posted by: Withstand the Fury Dragon    in Site News

I’ve updated the project files for Nuvie to include the latest build and the newest OS X 10.4 (Tiger) build. The 10.3 build has been kept for compatibility reasons, should any arise.

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