Exult - Ultima7 auf Android

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Seit einigen Tagen gibts eine Version von Exult für Android. Exult emuliert die Game-Engine des Rollenspielklassikers Ultima7 (Black Gate, Serpent Isle) von Origin.

As computers evolve, we risk losing classic games from the not-so-distant past. One of these, Ultima 7, an RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge following, and many consider it to be one of the most immersive games ever produced. Exult is a project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems, using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files.

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DrCode, Jeff, is rewriting Exult for Android via Java. So it is not a "direct" port and changes in main Exult need to be backported to Android. He doesn't have a real Android device but uses an Android Emulator.
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On our Download page you can download a working snapshot of DrCode's work so far.
- You need to place the static folder of BG at "/sdcard/Games/exult/blackgate" for BG to work (SI doesn't work yet).
- Music works if you put the .ogg music files in /sdcard/Games/exult/music
- SFX need the sfx flx files in /sdcard/Games/exult to work
- you need exult.flx and exult_bg.flx file in /sdcard/Games/exult - the files can be extracted from the Exult 1.4.9rc1 release (I zipped those, including the SI one up at http://exult.sourceforge.net/snapshots/androiddata.zip)
- If it crashes right away, try removing the contents of the 'gamedat' directory and try again (/sdcard/Games/exult/blackgate)
- It doesn't restore games from the main Exult yet, but eventually it will.
- Press 's' to bring up the save/restore screen.

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If you think this first post needs more information, let me know and I'll edit it.

Hinsichtlich Spieltiefe dürfte U7 - eigentlich alle Ultimas - sicher mit den meisten neuen Topdown RPGs mithalten können. Für Leute die zB wie ich mit den klassichen Ultima-RPGs groß wurde wär's auf jeden Fall mal eine angenehme Abwechslung U7 auf dem Smartphone zu spielen. Werde es die Tage auf jeden Fall mal ausprobieren. Wäre cool wenn der ein oder andere es ebenfalls mal antestet und seine Erfahrungen hier teilt.