Ultima VII, in Automagical 3D

WWWWolf writes "Ultima VII is quite well emulated using Exult. Exult folks have added quite a few handy additions to the game, but nothing they have done quite matches their newest feature: Exult in 3D. There is talk about support for actual 3D models in future. Being an alpha-quality work at the moment, the source is not available, but there's a load of screenshots and a Linux binary to try."

Re:Firewalls

[77Punker]

This isn't an online game.

Re:Whatever

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not Ultima Online, it's Ultima 7.

Not to mention, Ultima Online came before Everquest, so wouldnt that make EQ a UO clone?

Re:Whatever

[Dun Malg]

Why are we even wasting time on the Ultime Online series? It's just another Everquest clone that three people outside of Korea will ever play.

Christ almighty, are you really that fucking stupid? Here [bootstrike.com] is Ultima VII, and here [uo.com] is Ultima Online. RTFA, check out the links, and then come back and say something. I won't even bother to go into the timeline regarding the release dates of Ultima Online and EverQuest. Fucking 'tard...

Re:Whatever

[-noefordeg-]

The most stupid thing I've heard this year.

True Ultima 9

[Taulin]

In actuality, they are making the true plans for Ultima 9. Origin had plans for an isometric 3d game for U9 when they thought it would be cool to drop the camera down all the way. The work this guy has done is incredible.

More Sims than MMORPG

[NashCarey]

I played this game ages ago and I swear it is starting to look, feel and act more like the Sims every time I hear about it.

Re:More Sims than MMORPG

[Austerity Empowers]

Ultima VII has nothing to do with a MMORPG. Back before Origin was smacked down into a game factory by EA, they made good games. Ultima VII was one of the best (and the last good one, sadly).

Oooh, nice.

[BadmanX]

Very nice for a quick hack - this version of the Exult engine basically reads out the bounding boxes of each object, creates a 3D object with those bounds, and then maps the original sprite onto the bounding box as a texture. That's very clever. Of course, actually cleaning this up (look at how flat the people are and how twisted the trees look) will take a ton of work, but now that we've got a taste of a real 3D U7 maybe the project will attract more attention and volunteers.

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Re:3D is not always good!

[BadmanX]

Well, as of right now, the game doesn't play any differently because of the 3D. Ultima VII's engine, while very pretty and technically advanced, had problems with small, critical objects falling behind large static objects (like tables) and therefore becoming inaccessible (the Goblin King's body in Serpent Isle is a notorious example). Being rotating the view would have fixed the problem, but of course that would have required real 3D.

Slashdot comments have reached a new low

[MemoryDragon]

The article is about one of the best games of all time, namely Ultima 7 and the excellent works the Exult people and an affililated project have put in it. And 90% of the posters think it is about Ultima Online and start to rant.

Sorry to rant here, but I think this one has reached a new low. I mean how hard is it to read either the introduction to the whole thing or to read the posting. The magic word is read before writing something totally unrelated. So mod me down now. As a huge fan of the Ultima 7s I