Posted January 09, 2021
Hi everyone,
I can't seem to get the Ultima Hacks patch from
https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks to work with the GOG version of Ultima Underworld I.
I have patched the game using the online patcher provided at the link I shared above, then replaced the original executable with the patched one. Just as mentioned in the instructions on the site.
The site provides the following instructions for the GOG version of the game:
"Note that if you intend to patch a GOG.com installation of Ultima Underworld or Ultima Underworld II that uses an ISO CD image (game.gog), then the executable file you need to patch is contained within that CD image. In that case, you can either
extract the contents of the game.gog image to a directory using a program such as 7-Zip, and then edit DOSBox's configuration to have it mount that directory as the CD-ROM drive in place of the game.gog image, or
extract the contents of game.gog, patch the executable, and then build a new game.gog ISO with the patched executable included"
However I can't seem to recreate a game.gog image (tried with 7zip or an iso maker) that works with the GOG provided dosbox. Dosbox starts up but when I try to launch the game it just closes back down.
I also tried to get the GOG provided Dosbox to point at the folder in which I unpacked the original game.gog (this folder is where the patched executable is located) instead of it trying to look for a game.gog image, but while I got the game to load in the GOG provided Dosbox, there's no sound for some reason.
If anyone has any ideas, please help.
Thank you!
EDIT:
YES! Success, I got it to work by trying a new ISO making program: http://www.winiso.com/products/winiso-free.html
1) I used 7zip to extract the files from the original game.gog
2) I used the online hack patcher to patch uw.exe
3) I replaced the original uw.exe with the hacked one (I had to rename the hacked executable to uw.exe)
4) I built an iso in the program I linked to above. The iso was saved as game.iso but I renamed it to game.gog
5) I replaced the original game.gog with my version of game.gog that contains the hacked uw.exe
Game now works, mouselook works, sound also works.
I can't seem to get the Ultima Hacks patch from
https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks]https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks to work with the GOG version of Ultima Underworld I.
I have patched the game using the online patcher provided at the link I shared above, then replaced the original executable with the patched one. Just as mentioned in the instructions on the site.
The site provides the following instructions for the GOG version of the game:
"Note that if you intend to patch a GOG.com installation of Ultima Underworld or Ultima Underworld II that uses an ISO CD image (game.gog), then the executable file you need to patch is contained within that CD image. In that case, you can either
extract the contents of the game.gog image to a directory using a program such as 7-Zip, and then edit DOSBox's configuration to have it mount that directory as the CD-ROM drive in place of the game.gog image, or
extract the contents of game.gog, patch the executable, and then build a new game.gog ISO with the patched executable included"
However I can't seem to recreate a game.gog image (tried with 7zip or an iso maker) that works with the GOG provided dosbox. Dosbox starts up but when I try to launch the game it just closes back down.
I also tried to get the GOG provided Dosbox to point at the folder in which I unpacked the original game.gog (this folder is where the patched executable is located) instead of it trying to look for a game.gog image, but while I got the game to load in the GOG provided Dosbox, there's no sound for some reason.
If anyone has any ideas, please help.
Thank you!
EDIT:
YES! Success, I got it to work by trying a new ISO making program: http://www.winiso.com/products/winiso-free.html
1) I used 7zip to extract the files from the original game.gog
2) I used the online hack patcher to patch uw.exe
3) I replaced the original uw.exe with the hacked one (I had to rename the hacked executable to uw.exe)
4) I built an iso in the program I linked to above. The iso was saved as game.iso but I renamed it to game.gog
5) I replaced the original game.gog with my version of game.gog that contains the hacked uw.exe
Game now works, mouselook works, sound also works.
Post edited January 09, 2021 by TheWeekendSlice