Category ServUO Tutorials

GMing ServUO – Part 2

A tutorial series for new and returning Admins covering everything from startup to advanced customization of an Ultima Online ServUO server. This week we’re looking at basic customization with UOFiddler.

Review

I’m going to continue using the environment set up in Part 1, so if you haven’t seen that, it’s worth a look. The tools and folder structure you’ll see here are discussed there, and we’e going to be adding a new folder to the base Ultima Online folder: RESOURCES.

UOFiddler Setup

UOFidder is a freeware application that lets us view and modify the objects within Ultima Online art files. We will be able to add or replace game items, textures, gumps, sounds, fonts, and more using this tool.

Download UOFiddler here.

Create a UOFiddler folder under TOOLS and extra...

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GMing ServUO – Part 1

A tutorial series for new and returning Admins covering everything from basic setup, to customization tools like CentrED+ and UOFiddler, to some programming with Visual Studio. This week, we’ll get the basic environment and the server up and running.

First-time Setup

Welcome to my series of tutorials on how to work with ServUO and Ultima Online. I got into UO with a fresh-off-the-shelf copy of The 2nd Age, after having completed Ultima 6 with a friend (and the help of his teenage sister) as a kid, and having lost countless hours in Ultimas 7 and 8. I was 13, and I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I died often and dreamed big about running a gang of pirates north of Trinsic, where “pickings would be perfect.”

I’m 33 now, and having dabbled with RunUO and ServUO on and off...

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