Publish 19: Quick Self-looting UO Team 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 EST If you’ve spent tons of time organizing your backpacks and bags just the way you like them, it can be a real pain to get everything back in order after you die. To make it a little easier to pick up your stuff and keep going, we’ve added a new “Quick Self-looting” feature. With this feature, players now have the ability to loot their corpse and get everything back into place without spending time rearranging things the way they had been. To instantly re-equip your items and bags, you […]

Publish 19: Blocking Items on the Terrain UO Team 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 EST As part of our goal to continually make UO more fun to play, we’re turning some of our attention to all those bits of flora and other items that block player movement on the terrain. Since some items in the game world are built differently than others, not all items will be able to be done at the same time. The first group was addressed as part of Publish 19, while the second group will take place in a future publish.

Publish 19: Bulk Order Books UO Team 31 Jul 2003 00:00:00 EST As a way of improving the Bulk Order Deed system, we have created Bulk Order Books! Summary As a way of improving the Bulk Order Deed system, we have created Bulk Order Books! This addition, which allows players to store their Bulk Order Deeds in convenient books, should help considerably in reducing item counts in houses, as well as decrease the amount of data needed to store these deeds individually. Bulk Order Books Each book will be able to hold up to 500 of any type of Bulk […]

Bugfixes Mini-Publish UO Team 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 EST Several fixes were made live worldwide in a small mini-publish, including a change to artifact frequency, and some exploit fixes. (Note: This is not Publish 19; that one’s still coming!) Several fixes were made live worldwide in a small mini-publish, including a change to artifact frequency, and some exploit fixes. This publish included: The GM tool that will allow our GMs to verify and restore AOS launch gift-related skill points (see the FYI here for more information) should now be functioning correctly. Artifacts should now drop more frequently from Champion spawns. […]

Housing Phase 3 UO Team 18 Jun 2003 00:00:00 EST If you’re a house owner, or you’re looking to become one, this is an update not to be missed! As part of our one-house-per-account changes that came with Publish 16, we are planning to reinstate house decay in the near future. For those not familiar with the phased rollout of this system, here’s a refresher course: Phase 1, which took place last year, was the time when the game checked all houses and determined whether they belonged to inactive accounts and should be condemned, or whether they belonged to an active […]

AOS Launch Gift Tweaks UO Team 13 Jun 2003 00:00:00 EST We have released a small mini-publish to fix a few issues with the AOS Launch Gifts. Players can no longer miss out on some of the gift’s offered skill points if they are wearing skill-enhancing jewelry. Fixed an issue that resulted in players not being able to use certain powerscrolls if they’d already used the stat bonus AOS launch gift. With this fix, these players should now be able to use those powerscrolls, and they will be cumulative with the stat increase launch gift.

Publish 18 – Age of Shadows Launch Gift UO Team 09 Jun 2003 00:00:00 EST The Ultima Online team would like to offer an in-game gift as a way of showing our appreciation for all those players who’ve made the Age of Shadows launch one of the busiest times in UO’s history, as well as a way of offering something out of consideration for anyone who’s gone through a revert or other problem caused by the high traffic during the Age of Shadows launch. The gift consists of two parts, and is being distributed per character, not per account. This […]

Publish 18 – Client Patches & Bug Fixes UO Team 29 May 2003 00:00:00 EST In order to prepare for Publish 18, we needed to deliver client patches to all Ultima Online players as well as update UO’s shards with a server publish, and this list includes changes from both client patches and the publish. Client Patch 4.0.0l:Released on Wednesday, May 14, at 10:30am CST (3:30pm UTC/GMT). Updated Ultima Online’s game clients to 4.0.0l for both the 2D and 3D clients. Item Properties (2D and 3D) Clients will not automatically download nearby item property data while walking or running, allowing […]

Publish 18 – New Wearables UO Team 29 May 2003 00:00:00 EST Publish 18 heralded in six new wearable clothing items, each one created by an Ultima Online player! Last fall, a special costume design contest was held in our Japanese region, commemorating UO’s 5th Anniversary. Over 100 entries were submitted, and six of them were chosen by the UO Dev team as winners. The winning entries were adapted to the UO world and turned into actual in-game wearables! Publish 18 heralded in six new wearable clothing items, each one created by an Ultima Online player! Last fall, a special […]

AoS Modifications for Siege UO Team 16 May 2003 00:00:00 EST Ultima Online has two shards which utilize the alternative “Siege” ruleset, named Siege Perilous and Mugen. These two shards will be receiving the Age of Shadows code & features, but with a few adjustments. Both Siege-style shards will be gaining all of the features and systems that are a part of the Age of Shadows expansion, with the following differences: Malas: Both Siege Perilous and Mugen will be getting the Malas facet, although this facet will be utilizing the same “PvP+” ruleset as the Felucca facet. Housing & Pricing: […]