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.

How did you build the iso? It asks for a cd-rom which I don't have, so I'm not sure what to do next.

Edit: Ok I used save current image file instead, then renamed the iso to gog which seemed to work, but I can't boot the patched game. It just closes after selecting 1 in dosbox.

there's an alternative, mentioned on the GitHub site, of leaving the contents of the image expanded in some folder on your hard drive and editing the dosbox config to mount that folder rather than the image file. that's what i do when i run the game.

Sorry to ask this on an old topic, but could you give me pointers on how you do that? Following the instructions on the Github page simply does not work for me.

i would need you to explicitly tell me what steps you took (eg what edits you made to your gog uw/uw2 DOSBox config file) and exactly what you mean by "does not work". several other people have gotten it to work and i don't know where things went wrong for you.

perhaps some day i'll put more detailed instructions up as a page in the wiki on GitHub.

I'm glad you got it to work!

I had no idea my work was being featured on a community wiki.

Please don't hesitate to report any bugs or suggest any improvements on the GitHub site.

Hi! Thanks for sharing!