Ultima Underworld Portable
Ultima Underworld Portable is a set of patches and tweaks aimed at improving the playability of Ultima Underworld and Ultima Underworld II. This kit uses the GOG version of these games as a base.
Description[edit]
Ultima Underworld Portable is a kit to take a base installation of the GOG version of Ultima Underworld and Ultima Underworld II and install some of the best fan-made qualitfy-of-life modifications. This includes:
- updating the DosBox to staging version 0.80.1
- tweaks to DoxBox configuration to fix known issues with audio, video, and mouse functions
- fix the music to use the best version available
- optionally install Glassmyer's Underworld patch
- optionally install Gigaquad's increased brightness patch
The patcher is all menu driven and is designed to be used with only a minimal amount of tech-savvy.
Self Description[edit]
The following text was taken from the patch's own readme.md file:
What is Ultima Underworld Portable?[edit]
Ultima Underworld Portable is a package made for the GOG version of Ultima Underworld 1 and 2, it includes an easy to use launcher for both games, an updated version of the original DOSbox called "DOSbox Staging", Roland MT-32 support for higher quality music and optional enhancement mods, the most notable of them being the mouselook patch made by John Glassmyer which rebinds the controls to modern standards and adds some Quality of Life improvements to Ultima Underworld 1 and 2.
The other two minor mods included are a brazilian portuguese translation made by Israel A. Possoli (translation only available for the first game) and a lights patch made by Gigaquad that increases the overall brightness for both games.
Installation[edit]
The package was made for the GOG version of both games, you can also use files from the CD-ROM release but you will need to extract them manually inside "data/game".
The installation process is very simple, you only need the "game.gog" file that's in your GOG installation and put it next to "Extractor.bat", then you start the extractor and it will automatically configure everything for you.
After the game is installed you can launch UWPortable.bat to play the games and configure the mods from your liking.
Credits[edit]
Code from this launcher was modified from the System Shock Portable Tool made by Nicolai Sandow:
https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=211.0
John Glassmyer's mouselook modification from Ultima Hacks:
https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks
Portuguese translation by Israel A. Possoli:
https://github.com/israelpossoli/ultimaunderworld-ptbr
Lights patch by Gigaquad:
http://bootstrike.com/Uw1/downloads.php
DOSbox Staging, enhanced version of the original DOSbox:
https://dosbox-staging.github.io
External Links[edit]
- GitHub: Ultima-Underworld-Portable
| User-Made Enhancements (not Translations) | |
|---|---|
| Ultima II | Upgrade Patch (PC) |
| Ultima III | Ultima III Gold (C64) ☥ Upgrade Patch (PC) |
| Ultima IV | Ultima IV Gold (C64) ☥ Remastered (C64) ☥ Upgrade Patch (PC) |
| Ultima V | Remastered (C64) ☥ Upgrade Patch (PC) |
| Ulitima VI | Nitpickers Delight Patch (PC) |
| Underworld I+II | MIDI-Patches ☥ Portable ☥ Mouselook Patch ☥ Brightness Patch |
| Ulitima VII | Glassmyer Hacks ☥ Nitpickers Delight Patch |
| Ulitima IX | Dialogue Patch ☥ Economy Patch ☥ Forgotten World ☥ German Re-Translation ☥ 1.19f ☥ 1.19h |