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Ultima VII, in Automagical 3D

Posted by Zonk on from the who-doesn't-like-automagic? dept.

WWWWolf writes "Ultima VII is quite well emulated using Exult. Exult folks have added quite a few handy additions to the game, but nothing they have done quite matches their newest feature: Exult in 3D. There is talk about support for actual 3D models in future. Being an alpha-quality work at the moment, the source is not available, but there's a load of screenshots and a Linux binary to try."

3 of 15 comments (clear)

  1. Oooh, nice. by BadmanX · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very nice for a quick hack - this version of the Exult engine basically reads out the bounding boxes of each object, creates a 3D object with those bounds, and then maps the original sprite onto the bounding box as a texture. That's very clever. Of course, actually cleaning this up (look at how flat the people are and how twisted the trees look) will take a ton of work, but now that we've got a taste of a real 3D U7 maybe the project will attract more attention and volunteers.

  2. Re:More Sims than MMORPG by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ultima VII has nothing to do with a MMORPG. Back before Origin was smacked down into a game factory by EA, they made good games. Ultima VII was one of the best (and the last good one, sadly).

  3. Re:Firewalls by 77Punker · · Score: 2, Informative

    This isn't an online game.