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Hi to everyone,

I want to know one thing. I already have one copy of the Ultima IV and now GoG propose the deal of having all the Ultima series at 50%. I had only simple problem with the Ultima IV, i never understand the controls.

So i never played it for long.

I always wanted to try all the ultima series but without a list of affordable controls i really can't appreciate this title.

If someone will be so kind to post a list or to tell me if there is a way in dosbox to know this, I will really be grateful.

Thank you to everyone and sorry for my poor english.
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We just added the Ultima IV reference card that should list all of the controls necessary to get about in the game :D
What about for the first and 3rd games? The pdf manual for I doesn't have the controls listed (acrobat also spits out an error about not having the avatar font every time I open it), and the one for III only has a few of them and tells you to look at the reference card, which you don't have available for download.
I had the same issues. I made this cheat sheet for myself.

Ultima 1
A Key attack (command must be followed by a direction, unless you're in a tower or dungeon)
B Key mount a horse or board a plane, ship or other form of transportation
C Key cast a spell (a spell must be readied using the (M) magic command and can only be cast in dungeons and towers)
D Key descend (go down a level in a dungeon or tower)
E Key enter a town, castle, dungeon or other landmark or read a sign (you must be standing on the entrance before entering)
F Key fire ship's guns
G Key get/pick up items (you must be standing on the item you wish to get)
H Key hyperspace (catapults your spaceship to the specified coordinates)
I Key ignite, light a torch
J Key jump up and down
K Key climb up a level in a dungeon or tower
L Key launch/land (toggles take-offs/landings (on grass only) in a plane or rocket)
M Key magic (readies a magic spell for casting)
N Key negate (stops time for all things farther than one square away from you if you possess a specific magic item)
O Key offer gold as payment or bribe
P Key or Spacebar pass (allows one game turn to pass without any action)
Q Key quit and save to disk (available only while on foot in the Earth's countryside)
R Key ready (equip weapon you own)
S Key steal (attempts to take items from stores without paying for them -- may or may not work for weapons, armor, food and transport)
T Key transact (initiate conversations or conduct business with townspeople, merchants and royalty -- must be followed by a direction command)
U Key unlock (open doors if you possess the keys -- you must indicate direction of door)
V Key view (toggles between normal view and bird's-eye view of town or planet -- you must possess the correct magical item to use this command)
W Key wear (put on a suit of armor that you own)
X Key exit (leave behind or dismount your current transport and travel on foot)
Y Key yell anything you can type (often used in combination with jump)
Z Key z-tats (displays your vital statistics, possessions, and spells -- also used to temporarily stop the passage of time in the game)
Up Arrow Key move north
Down Arrow Key move south
Up and Down Arrow Keys in Dungeon turn around
Left Arrow Key move west
Right Arrow Key move east


Ultima 3
A attack foe with "ready weapons" (must be followed by indicating the direction for the attack)
B board (mount a horse or board a frigate)
C cast a magic spell (must be followed by the player number except during combat, spell type (W/C) when needed, and the spell letter)
D descend (climb down a ladder to the next lower dungeon level)
E enter a town, castle, dungeon or other landmark
F fire a ship's cannons (after boarding) in direction indicated
G get chest/open chest (must be followed by the number of the player who will search for traps, open the chest, and acquire its contents)
H hand equipment (trades equipment between two players; followed by prompts to determine what is to be exchanged)
I ignite a torch
J join gold (gives all gold in party to player indicated)
K climb up a ladder in a dungeon
L look (identifies an object in a specified direction)
M modify order (exchanges the positions of any two players within the party)
N negate time (stops time for all outside of the party; requires a special item)
O other command (enter any command desired during gameplay)
P peer at a gem (shows players a bird's eye view of a town, castle, dungeon level or the outside world; one viewing per gem)
Q quit and save to disk (use command to stop playing -- from the outside world only -- and save your progress to disk; you can resume the game from this point)
R ready weapon for use in combat
S steal chests from behind store counters; success depends on skill
T transact; use to talk to townspeople or trade with merchants
U unlock and open doors if you have the key (must be followed by direction to door and the player whose key is to be used; one use per key)
V volume (toggles sound effects on and off)
W wear armor (outfits player with specified armor if owned)
X exit (leave behind or dismount your current transport and travel on foot)
Y yell any word desired
Z z-tats (displays your vital statistics, possessions and spells)
Spacebar pass one game turn without taking any action.
Up Arrow move north (move forward in dungeon)
Down Arrow move south (retreat in dungeon)
Left Arrow move west (turn left in dungeon)
Right Arrow move east (turn right in dungeon)
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jjh76: What about for the first and 3rd games? The pdf manual for I doesn't have the controls listed (acrobat also spits out an error about not having the avatar font every time I open it), and the one for III only has a few of them and tells you to look at the reference card, which you don't have available for download.
since Stevedog13 already listed the controls just to be safe I'll link you to a copy of the record of Lord British's expedition to the Underworld which gives you a clue on where to search for the Serpent Necklace which is needed to win the game and is currently still missing from the GOG version of Ultima 4+5+6, in case you get them

http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.959

I also recomend Pix's Ultima Patcher it's a neat little tool you can use to patch up and upgrade most of the ultimas and works well with the GOG versions, so you can fix the bug in Ultima 2 that causes all the planets save for planet X to use the map of earth(GOG used the CD rom release which accidently copied over the maps for the other planets with the earth ones) as well as change it to EGA(the creator of that patch is also looking into adding the intended Composite CGA colour set) can upgrade 3(the patch for 3 also allows for the intended 16 color Composite CGA graphics and EGA on top of VGA) and 4 with VGA graphics and the missing Music which they couldn't put in the PC ports and add music missing in the PC version of Ultima 5(highly recomended since 5 had some great music on the Non PC versions)

http://www.pixsoriginadventures.co.uk/ultima-patcher-1-22/
Post edited August 26, 2012 by DCT
There is a scan of the reference card for the Ultima Trilogy here
and a scan of the manual here

If the GOG team wanted to add either of these to the download, I don't have a problem with it.
Post edited August 26, 2012 by Pix
Thanks, that helps alot.
I tried using the 4 arrows keys(under delete,end and page down)it does NOT work for me..any ideas?Am i pressing the wrong keys?

Problem solved..My usb port in the back of my tower must be somewhat fried.I used the port in front,.and it's working. Cool,the only ultima 1-6 i have not beaten yet.
Post edited August 26, 2012 by barsader
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JudasIscariot: We just added the Ultima IV reference card that should list all of the controls necessary to get about in the game :D
Thank you!

I didn't notice that before your answer.

I see that also all the other titles, except the first three, now have the reference card. But i'm sure that you will add to them also.

Many Thanks for your speed to answer me in a so precise way.
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Stevedog13: I had the same issues. I made this cheat sheet for myself.

Ultima 1
A Key attack (command must be followed by a direction, unless you're in a tower or dungeon)
B Key mount a horse or board a plane, ship or other form of transportation
C Key cast a spell (a spell must be readied using the (M) magic command and can only be cast in dungeons and towers)
D Key descend (go down a level in a dungeon or tower)
E Key enter a town, castle, dungeon or other landmark or read a sign (you must be standing on the entrance before entering)
F Key fire ship's guns
G Key get/pick up items (you must be standing on the item you wish to get)
H Key hyperspace (catapults your spaceship to the specified coordinates)
I Key ignite, light a torch
J Key jump up and down
K Key climb up a level in a dungeon or tower
L Key launch/land (toggles take-offs/landings (on grass only) in a plane or rocket)
M Key magic (readies a magic spell for casting)
N Key negate (stops time for all things farther than one square away from you if you possess a specific magic item)
O Key offer gold as payment or bribe
P Key or Spacebar pass (allows one game turn to pass without any action)
Q Key quit and save to disk (available only while on foot in the Earth's countryside)
R Key ready (equip weapon you own)
S Key steal (attempts to take items from stores without paying for them -- may or may not work for weapons, armor, food and transport)
T Key transact (initiate conversations or conduct business with townspeople, merchants and royalty -- must be followed by a direction command)
U Key unlock (open doors if you possess the keys -- you must indicate direction of door)
V Key view (toggles between normal view and bird's-eye view of town or planet -- you must possess the correct magical item to use this command)
W Key wear (put on a suit of armor that you own)
X Key exit (leave behind or dismount your current transport and travel on foot)
Y Key yell anything you can type (often used in combination with jump)
Z Key z-tats (displays your vital statistics, possessions, and spells -- also used to temporarily stop the passage of time in the game)
Up Arrow Key move north
Down Arrow Key move south
Up and Down Arrow Keys in Dungeon turn around
Left Arrow Key move west
Right Arrow Key move east


Ultima 3
A attack foe with "ready weapons" (must be followed by indicating the direction for the attack)
B board (mount a horse or board a frigate)
C cast a magic spell (must be followed by the player number except during combat, spell type (W/C) when needed, and the spell letter)
D descend (climb down a ladder to the next lower dungeon level)
E enter a town, castle, dungeon or other landmark
F fire a ship's cannons (after boarding) in direction indicated
G get chest/open chest (must be followed by the number of the player who will search for traps, open the chest, and acquire its contents)
H hand equipment (trades equipment between two players; followed by prompts to determine what is to be exchanged)
I ignite a torch
J join gold (gives all gold in party to player indicated)
K climb up a ladder in a dungeon
L look (identifies an object in a specified direction)
M modify order (exchanges the positions of any two players within the party)
N negate time (stops time for all outside of the party; requires a special item)
O other command (enter any command desired during gameplay)
P peer at a gem (shows players a bird's eye view of a town, castle, dungeon level or the outside world; one viewing per gem)
Q quit and save to disk (use command to stop playing -- from the outside world only -- and save your progress to disk; you can resume the game from this point)
R ready weapon for use in combat
S steal chests from behind store counters; success depends on skill
T transact; use to talk to townspeople or trade with merchants
U unlock and open doors if you have the key (must be followed by direction to door and the player whose key is to be used; one use per key)
V volume (toggles sound effects on and off)
W wear armor (outfits player with specified armor if owned)
X exit (leave behind or dismount your current transport and travel on foot)
Y yell any word desired
Z z-tats (displays your vital statistics, possessions and spells)
Spacebar pass one game turn without taking any action.
Up Arrow move north (move forward in dungeon)
Down Arrow move south (retreat in dungeon)
Left Arrow move west (turn left in dungeon)
Right Arrow move east (turn right in dungeon)
avatar
Pix: There is a scan of the reference card for the Ultima Trilogy here
and a scan of the manual here

If the GOG team wanted to add either of these to the download, I don't have a problem with it.
Excellent work indeed.

I'm sure that everyone will want to try for the first time this titles will be grateful to you both!
Post edited August 27, 2012 by Serias