Ultima Online Wiki

Several expansions were released for Ultima Online, adding new features and areas to be explored: Ultima Online: The Second. The Ultima Online reference written and maintained by the players. Please feel free to contribute by creating new articles or expanding on existing ones. Minimonos anniversary quotes. Ultima Online is a massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the Ultima universe. It is currently developed by Broadsword Online Games and published by Electronic Arts.

Game Box ArtUltima Online is a set in the Ultima universe (to a greater or lesser extent). It was developed and published by in 1997 for, in a time when the Internet just started to become popular.The game is basically a huge online, where all kinds of players live their digital lives and do whatever they want, as long as it is allowed. It is constantly developed and new versions come into the stores every year.Ultima Online was a huge success for Origin, essentially giving birth to the MMORPG.

It's getting crowded.The premise is that when the shattered, each of the fragments of the gem held a perfect copy of in them. In these many Britannias, the people, the players, interact on a daily basis, live their lives and have lots of fun. It is a huge multiverse with countless Britannias, where people act in this world, fight, trade and live.Development Development of Ultima Online actually started rather low-key, as expectations in the project were not very high in the company. Indeed, the most positive estimations were about 30.000 sold boxed games and 5.000 subscribers inhabitating the online. Then the open alpha in April and May 1996 drew an unexpectedly huge interest, causing to shift all personnel from the project to this one (with nasty results for that game) in order to finish the game in 1997.

After an open beta in July 1997 (which got so crowded access had to be restricted), the breakneck speed enforced by the publisher allowed releasing the game in September 1997.Release Ultima Online was released in Setpember 24, 1997. Its original retail price was $64.95, and the monthly cost to play the game was $9.95.

Contents.Gameplay Ultima Online continued the tradition of previous games in many ways, but due to advancing technology and the simple fact that it was Origin's first online game, many new game mechanics appeared. Partially designed as a social and economic experiment, the game had to account for widespread player interaction as well as deal with the tradition of players feeling as if they were the center of attention, as had been the case in single-player games. Worlds Ultima Online began with a single world, with specific expansion packs adding additional territory and new worlds. The second world was the 'Lost Lands', with additional land, dungeons, creatures, and terrain. The third was Trammel.

This led the developers to distinguish the original world by making the environment more grim, and naming it 'Felucca'. The two kinds of servers were 'normal' servers with both Trammel (consensual PVP) and Felucca (non-consensual PVP) ruleset and 'siege' servers with non-consensual PVP and no item insurance. Siege servers support one character slot on an account, limits to ways of traveling and other limits.The worlds in Ultima Online include:. Felucca — The original world, which evolved to include dead trees and tombstones to distinguish.

It has a harsher rule set where is more common. Trammel — Supported a rule set that does not allow non-consensual PVP and additional open land for player housing. Ilshenar — Added dungeons and monsters and evolved to include new land, as well as more than 30 new creatures (designed by ). Malas — Included a arena and space for 1500 new homes. It featured Dungeon Doom, the then-largest dungeon, and two cities: Luna (the 'City of Paladins') and Umbra (the 'City of Necromancers'). Malas is a series of islands floating in a starry void and is distinguished by a darker artistic style.

Malas was praised for its variety of creatures and geographic features. Tokuno — Group of islands based on. Ter Mur — Land of the Gargoyles. The capital, Ter Mur, features space for player homes. Valley of Eodon — A primitive, prehistoric style land-mass with dinosaurs and giant apes.Development. 'Shadowclan' redirects here.

For the group of characters from Erin Hunter's series, see.During the game's May 1996 alpha testing, there already formed over a dozen.Shadowclan is a guild that gained notoriety within the community in 1997 by taking the place of in Ultima Online. Former clan administrator Ogur was interviewed about Shadowclan in Massively Multiplayer Games. A reference to Shadowclan was written into the official documentation.

Shard emulation Fans of Ultima Online the game to produce of the original Electronic Arts servers. With emulation server software it is possible to customize most aspects of the game and support large numbers of players on a single server.Clients Electronic Arts provides the standard clients with which players are allowed to connect to the Ultima Online servers, though some third-party clients were made.Original clientThe original Ultima Online client is 2D and presents a crisper, simpler artistic flavor that some people find more attractive than the 3D client. Some of the graphics used are high-resolution versions of graphics used in.Ultima Online: Third Dawn clientThe 3D client was originally released as a part of the Ultima Online: Third Dawn expansion, but received poor reviews due to performance issues (especially early on) and sub-par graphics. An update to the 3D client was made on January 30, 2006 when characters and creatures from the game were scaled down to smaller sizes. As of early May/Late April 2007, the Third Dawn client was no longer supported by Electronic Arts, and focus shifted to the Kingdom Reborn client and its successor the Enhanced Client. Electronic Arts Ultima Online servers do not allow the Third Dawn client to connect.Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn client.

Screenshot from Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn.Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn was announced in August 2006 and was released August 27, 2007. The new client modernized the game's look, making it easy to add new content without backsliding through outdated and outmoded art, while maintaining the niche market as an MMORPG that can run on computers. Electronic Arts referred to the Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn client as '2.5d,' meaning that it was written in 3d and then moved into 2d to make it easier for lower-end computers to run. The client is available as a free download.Electronic Arts originally stated that the Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn client would replace the long-standing Ultima Online client. Support for this client ended on September 9, 2009, to streamline the patch process prior to the release of the expansion. Enhanced ClientA modified version of the Kingdom Reborn client, renamed as the 'Enhanced Client', was introduced as part of the Stygian Abyss expansion. It was released as an in July 2009.

Changes included enhanced macro abilities, a more configurable interface, changes to the mapping system, and graphical improvements. The enhanced graphics of the Kingdom Reborn client had been retired in favor of lower resolution original graphics that more closely resembled the original 2D client. This graphic set was based on the Third Dawn client and was previously available in the Kingdom Reborn client as optional original graphics.References. Mythic Entertainment. August 25, 2013. Archived from on September 21, 2014.

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