Exult Ultima 7 Vita: Difference between revisions

Exult - Ultima 7
Exult - Ultima 7
General
Author	einmueller
Type	Role Playing
Version	1.9 vita 2
License	GPL-2.0
Last Updated	2022/06/22
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 09:12, 7 Mayıs 2024

This is a quick port of Exult to Sony Vita.

Ultima 7, an RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge following. But, being a DOS game with a very nonstandard memory manager, it is difficult to run it on the latest computers. Exult is a project to create an Ultima 7 game engine that runs on modern operating systems, capable of using the data and graphics files that come with the game.

Exult is written in C++ and runs on, at least, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows using the SDL library to make porting to other platforms relatively easy. The current version supports all of "Ultima 7: The Black Gate" and "Ultima 7 part 2: The Serpent Isle", allowing you to finish both games. This is only possible due to the work done by other fans who have decoded the various Ultima 7 data files, especially Gary Thompson, Maxim Shatskih, Jakob Schonberg, and Wouter Dijkslag.

Exult aims to let those people who own Ultima 7 (copyright 1993) play the game on modern hardware, in as close to (or perhaps even surpassing) its original splendor as is possible. You need to own "Ultima 7: The Black Gate" and/or "Ultima 7: Serpent Isle" and optionally the add-ons (not required to run) in order to use Exult, and we encourage you to buy a legal copy.

For more information, either consult the README file on the repository, or view its HTML version here.

Installation

Install the exult.vpk on your Vita.

Copy the flx-files from exult_data.zip to ux0:/data/exult/.

Place your gamefiles to ux0:/data/exult/ like mentioned in the exult docs, chapter 11.

User guide

Configurations:

An exult.cfg is generated with some presets in ux0:/data/exult/ on first start.
Most useful keyboard shortcuts (but not the mouse buttons) are configurable in exult.cfg.
You can also set your mousespeed in exult.cfg.

Notes:

No keyboard support (soft-keyboard crashes the game). So the avatar is always named "The Stranger".
Save Games are named according to the save-date and -time.
There are some slowdowns, but the game runs pretty well.
Digital music works, but is too slow.

Controls

Touchscreen/Left Analog - Move, Actions

Right Analog - Mouse, Drag & drop

Left-Top-Button or Cross - Left mouse button

Start/Circle - ESC (In-Game-Menu)

Select - n (Notebook)

Triangle - t (Target Mode)

Square - i (Inventory)

Top-Right - Space (pause combat)

Up - b (Spell Book)

Left - p (Lockpicks)

Right - f (Food)

Down - z (Show stats)

Screenshots

Known issues

Compatibility issues with older firmware (cannot reproduce).
Some slowdowns and short freezes remain.
Some crashes remain.

Changelog

1.9 (pre) vita.2

Initial support for second joystick as mouse.
Changed buttons.
Configurable buttons (in exult.cfg).
Configurable mousespeed (in exult.cfg).
Creation of initial config fixed.
Compiled with optimization.
Perhaps better compatibility.
Merged with upstream.

1.8 vita.1

Initial Vita Support based on the latest Exult Source.
Patch Set for release 1.8 and binarys for 1.8 and the latest git source.

External links

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+This is a quick port of [http://exult.sourceforge.net/ Exult] to Sony Vita.
+Ultima 7, an RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge following. But, being a DOS game with a very nonstandard memory manager, it is difficult to run it on the latest computers. Exult is a project to create an Ultima 7 game engine that runs on modern operating systems, capable of using the data and graphics files that come with the game.
+Exult is written in C++ and runs on, at least, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows using the SDL library to make porting to other platforms relatively easy. The current version supports all of "Ultima 7: The Black Gate" and "Ultima 7 part 2: The Serpent Isle", allowing you to finish both games. This is only possible due to the work done by other fans who have decoded the various Ultima 7 data files, especially Gary Thompson, Maxim Shatskih, Jakob Schonberg, and Wouter Dijkslag.
+Exult aims to let those people who own Ultima 7 (copyright 1993) play the game on modern hardware, in as close to (or perhaps even surpassing) its original splendor as is possible. You need to own "Ultima 7: The Black Gate" and/or "Ultima 7: Serpent Isle" and optionally the add-ons (not required to run) in order to use Exult, and we encourage you to buy a legal copy.
+For more information, either consult the README file on the repository, or view its HTML version [http://exult.info/docs.php here].
+==Installation==
+Install the exult.vpk on your Vita.
+Copy the flx-files from exult_data.zip to ux0:/data/exult/.
+Place your gamefiles to ux0:/data/exult/ like mentioned in the [https://exult.sourceforge.io/docs.php exult docs, chapter 11].
+==User guide==
+Configurations:
+*An exult.cfg is generated with some presets in ux0:/data/exult/ on first start.
+*Most useful keyboard shortcuts (but not the mouse buttons) are configurable in exult.cfg.
+*You can also set your mousespeed in exult.cfg.
+Notes:
+* No keyboard support (soft-keyboard crashes the game). So the avatar is always named "The Stranger".
+* Save Games are named according to the save-date and -time.
+* There are some slowdowns, but the game runs pretty well.
+* Digital music works, but is too slow.
+==Controls==
+Touchscreen/Left Analog - Move, Actions
+Right Analog - Mouse, Drag & drop
+Left-Top-Button or Cross - Left mouse button
+Start/Circle - ESC (In-Game-Menu)
+Select - n (Notebook)
+Triangle - t (Target Mode)
+Square - i (Inventory)
+Top-Right - Space (pause combat)
+Up - b (Spell Book)
+Left - p (Lockpicks)
-==Media==
+Right - f (Food)
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+Down - z (Show stats)
 ==Screenshots==
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-01.jpg
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita3.png
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-02.jpg
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-03.jpg
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita4.png
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-04.jpg
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-05.jpg
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita5.png
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-06.jpg
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-07.jpg
+==Known issues==
-https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/exultultima7vita-08.jpg
+*Compatibility issues with older firmware (cannot reproduce).
+*Some slowdowns and short freezes remain.
+*Some crashes remain.
+==Changelog==
+'''1.9 (pre) vita.2'''
+*Initial support for second joystick as mouse.
+*Changed buttons.
+*Configurable buttons (in exult.cfg).
+*Configurable mousespeed (in exult.cfg).
+*Creation of initial config fixed.
+*Compiled with optimization.
+*Perhaps better compatibility.
+*Merged with upstream.
-==Changelogs==
+'''1.8 vita.1'''
-'''(v.1.0)'''
+*Initial Vita Support based on the latest Exult Source.
-* First Release.
+*Patch Set for release 1.8 and binarys for 1.8 and the latest git source.
 == External links ==
-* Official Website - https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/v8j2r2/releases_einmuellerexultvita/
+* GitHub - https://github.com/einmueller/exult-vita
-* Github - https://github.com/einmueller/exult-vita
+* Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/v8j2r2/releases_einmuellerexultvita/
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-* Gbatemp -
-* Google Source -
-* Reddit -
-* Gitlab -