A look at this week’s changes to the Ultima Online: Serpent Isle server. The client has not been patched this week.

This list is not exhaustive.

General

• Resolved a bug with mana regeneration rates and the hunger/thirst system.

World

• Players can now hire sellswords to accompany them in their travels.
• Players can now send and receive letters and packages.

Fawn

• The Fawn Palace now has sound effects for the water fountains. Finally.

Dangerous Places

• Mob counts have been rebalanced in some more areas.
• Added in a couple of oddities from the original game.
• Added wildlife to the Moonshade area.

A look at this week’s changes to the Ultima Online: Serpent Isle server. A new client download is required this week, advancing to version 0.3.

Download UO:Serpent Isle client version 0.3 here. (Mirror #1 here.)

This list is not exhaustive.

General

• Updated clilocs to fix missing errors.
• When exiting War mode, new logic will cue the correct theme for the area.
• City Loyalty is now active. (Single-click yourself and select “Loyalty Rating”)
• Many houses can now be purchased and placed. (NOTE: Server changes may force relocation of houses. Efforts will be made to notify homeowners in advance.)
• Footstep sounds now match the surface you’re walking on. (Disable “Play Footstep Sounds” from the options menu)

World

• Cleaned up a lot of coastline and smoothed some blocky map areas.
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A look at this week’s changes to the Ultima Online: Serpent Isle server. The client has not been patched this week.

General

• Greatly reduced the frequency of hunger/thirst notifications.
• The Hunger/Thirst gump will now automatically refresh itself.
• Vendors will now prompt for buying or selling when double-clicked.

World

• Barbers have been added to each city.
• Some new books can be found in the world.

Dangerous Places

• Mob counts have been rebalanced in some areas.

A look at this week’s updates. The client has not been patched this week.

GENERAL

• Moved some things around in preparation for City Loyalty.
• The Hunger system has been reactivated. This system no longer cause one to take damage and instead affects regeneration rates.

WORLD

• Added a few graves to the world.

MONITOR

• Added a fisherman near the docks.

FAWN

• Added a fisherman near the docks.

MOONSHADE

• Added a fisherman near the…south side of the lake.

SLEEPING BULL

• Added a fisherman near the docks.

DANGEROUS PLACES

• Wolves now roam the Great Northern Forest.

A look at this week’s updates. The client has not been patched this week.

GENERAL

• Robbing graves now results in Karma loss.
• Increased the number of mob types that drop 8th circle Magery spells.
• Rewrote guards so the correct guards for the town will come when called.
• Added and cleaned up some region definitions.

WORLD

• Some Wandering Healers are now traveling with Necromancers that can summon your corpse…for a price.
• New quest givers are now available in places.

MONITOR

• Swapped the bulletin and bounty boards between the Bank and the Tavern.

FAWN

• Added a bounty board and bounty master to the Courtroom.

MOONSHADE

• Mortegro is now a proper Necromancy vendor.
• Gustacio is now an Arcanist. Spellweaving coming soon.
• Torrissio is now a Mystic.
• Added a bounty board and bount...

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...

A summary of the ongoing changes to the Ultima Online: Serpent Isle server. A new client download is required this week, advancing to version 0.2.

Download UO:Serpent Isle client version 0.2 here. (Mirror #1 here.)

GENERAL

• The server has been moved to dedicated hardware.
• PVP is now active. Players can post and collect bounties for murder.
• Support for UO Razor now available. The Get Connected guide has been updated.
• Fixed a problem with Taming via the context menu that would crash the server.
• Resolved a number of missing string issues in vendor lists.
• Removed Haven from the Help menu.
• Account character limit raised to 5.
• Disabled item insurance.
• In conjunction, mobs that have taken player items now have prevention against despawning.
• The server now auto-restarts every day at 3am EST (...

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...

The “Ultima Online: Serpent Isle” project is now open!

This freeshard is an effort to port the 1993 Ultima 7 expansion pack to Ultima Online. It features a custom map, some artwork, and music from the original game.

The server is currently playable however it is in OPEN DEVELOPMENT. World changes may take effect without notice!

For full install and connection instructions, go here: Get Connected

Please join the Discord if you have questions or feedback from the game.

THANK YOU!

-higHChloride