Publish 5 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 5 on April 27, 2000. This publish was known as the Renaissance Publish. Cure Potions Cure potions will now cure poison based on the relative strength of the cure potion and the poison afflicting the character. A lesser cure will have virtually no chance of curing a deadly poisoned character, while a greater cure will cure greater poison much more often than not. All other cure and poison levels will scale accordingly. Monster Looting and Fame/Karma Looting rights for monsters will be based on a point system. The […]

Publish 3 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 3 on February 23, 2000. Trade Window Changes Trade windows will become more secure. You will not be able to trade a trapped item. You will not be able to trade an item that was recently stolen. You will not be able to trade items to a player if that player cannot hold the items. If the items are too heavy for the player or if the items would exceed the number of items the player can carry, the trade will fail. All items in the trade window […]

Publish 2 The following is a list of changes deployed as Publish 2 on January 24, 2000. Escort Changes Escorting will be balanced to bring it more in line with other gold generating methods. You may only have one escort at a time. Townspeople requesting escort will not travel with someone who is already escorting. If you attempt to escort a second NPC, you will be told, “I see you already have an escort”. You will have to wait approximately 15 minutes between each escort. If you attempt to escort an NPC before this time passes, the NPC will tell […]

UO Live Access Patch The following was released as the UO Live Access Patch on August 25, 1999. Interface Changes and Options Client Arrow There is now an arrow that can be used to point players to a specific location. General Interface changes Current target highlighting – All targeted players/creatures are now highlighted with a graphic that represents: Current Damage The target’s reputation (by hue) The Status Bar is hued by reputation Double-clicking a status bar now behaves as if the player had double-clicked the target. Targeting a status bar behaves as if the character had been targeted. “Always show […]

Publish – January 19, 1999 The following was released as the January 19th Publish on January 19, 1999. Hiding Changes Simply tabbing out of combat will not make it possible to hide. Instead, it will be dependent on line-of-sight to your attackers, and distance from them. The lower your Hiding skill, the farther away you need to get. The delay in using hiding again was removed if you failed hiding because you were in combat. Treasure Maps A new type of quest will be added involving treasure maps found on certain monsters. Certain monsters will carry treasure maps. There are […]

Ultima Online Patch Notes for 10/01/1998 Client patch : these items will require a client patch to be visible to you. “Paperdoll lag” caused when sailing, hiding, and drinking potions should be resolved. You will no longer be able to walk uo onto furs or vegetables. Combat automove should be completely gone! Chopping up corpses will now result in a pile of remains, which is a container. Within the remains will be the contents of the original corpse. This container acts exactly the same as the original corpse–looting it can still result in criminal flagging. Special thanks to the regulars […]

Ultima Online Patch Notes for 01/20/1998 All tame animals will now have “(tame)” above their names (whether they have been renamed or not). The friends list has been temporarily disabled because of a stability problem. The notoriety highlighting should now be accurate again. You will not be able to move with the resurrection window up. A bug with advancement in tactics and parrying has been fixed. We have isolated one possible cause of lag and have put in a fix. Dragons and drakes are now a lot more aggressive towards all humans. The delay before the first swing or shot […]

Ultima Online Patch Notes for 12/16/1997 Client changes Some coloring issues with the transparency circle related to ghosthood and hued objects were fixed. The interaction between the transluccency bubble and popped foliage was fixed. Target highlighting for the criminal flag is now in place. You won’t ever see a blue highlight on someone with the criminal flag. We have added the capability to have target highlighting for any action, so it will start to manifest for spells, skills, etc, that may affect notoriety. These additions will be gradual and will appear over time. You can’t get “stuck” on text anymore, […]

Ultima Online Patch Notes for 12/09/1997 This patch and fixes made to it bring your client to version 1.25.19. Known Issues Sitting to the north and west looks a little goofy. Since there are no animations for sitting at all (it was done by sprite distortion), and since the chairs were not drawn to support this, it will never look perfect. The problem with being able to drop items in invalid locations (see below) that was fixed means that there are now a lot of items players have left in invalid locations. These items will still be vulnerable to theft […]

Ultima Online Patch Notes for 10/10/1997 Counselors: are able to hear ghosts. now get a light source. log out instantly regardless of location are set to neutral notoriety Items: Cleavers now work as bladed items (you can chop and carve with them). Scissors are now sold by weavers. Various new shop deeds are available, with larger spaces, counters, internal lockable storage *rooms, and other anti-theft and crowd-control layouts. The “hint” message for bladed items will only come up when you use the item in correctly. Chess, checkers, backgammon, and dice sets should now be sold in shops. Communication crystals should […]