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Ultima iii dosbox7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() If you installed the upgrade patch then there is no need to reduce the CPU cycles with Control-F11, otherwise hit it until the cycles is ~500 (again what ever feels right). Playing the Gameįire up DOSBox and execute the following commands. You can switch back and forth between maps anytime, but be aware that the two maps share separate save game data. If you want to enable this map mod you need to double-click u3cfgw or u3cfgw.exe (again you will probably hit the dangerous executable warning) and choose option 8 (which will toggle the map) and the hit S to save and quit. So now there is an option to make the Ultima 3 map the same as the Lands of Lord British from Ultima 1. There has always been a bit of discrepancy with the maps not being the same between Ultima 1, 2 and 3. Now the default settings are what I have traditionally played with, but with the release of the latest upgrade release there is an intriguing option to consider. Once launched hit ‘Y’ to apply the upgrade. To get around it hit the “More Info” text on the dialog and then a “Run Anyways” button will appear. There is a really good chance Windows is going to throw up a window letting you know this executable may be dangerous. Double-click u2upw or u2upw.exe in C:\games\ultima2. Copy the contents of the zip file into C:\games\ultima3. You can also choose to run the upgrade patch in 4 color CGA by configuring the graphics mode via the u3cfg executable after install. If you want to play the game in all of its 4 color glory and risk your eyes bleeding you can skip this step and when you want to execute the game simply execute ultima when I say to execute ultima3. We are going to install The Exodus Project’s Ultima 3 Upgrade patch. For reference, I always choose “C:\Games\ultima3”. ![]() Choosing a path that only contains folders with less than 8 characters and contains no spaces will make your life easier in the next step. Installing the GameĪgain, this is simple. Besides the direction keys its close enough. The closest I could find was the Commodore 64 version found here. The DOS version of the Ultima III Player Reference Card is something I don’t think I have ever actually seen. All three can be found at here, here and here. Ultima III actually has three manuals: the manual, the book of cleric spells and the book of wizard spells. Off to the High-Resolution Ultima Map Project and here is the link for the Ultima III map. Now that I got that off my chest, goes how to play Ultima III on a modern PC. I think it has all the difficulty of Ultima IV and V without any of the story progression given by the later games rich dialog systems. Before we start I have a confession to make. Go here for previous games I have covered: Ultima II and Ultima I. Please see my first post, on Akalabeth, for my comments on those things. As always, for this post I won’t get into acquiring the game files, installing DOSBox or justifying why do this myself when I could just get the games via GOG. On to the fourth post in my series of how to play all 14 Ultima games on a modern PC. ![]()
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