Ultima VII Nitpickers Delight Patch

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Screenshot of the title screen of Ultima VII including the "Forge of Virtue" add-on and several menu items.
Title screen

Ultima VII Nitpickers Delight Patch is a fan-made patch created by Sir John (Serendipitous Dragon of the Ultima Dragons) that seeks to address a number of technical errors and purported inconsistencies in the character dialogue and books of Ultima VII. The patch is available at Sir John's website, Die Heimstatt des Sir John. The most recent version is 1.0.

Installation[edit]

An original version of Ultima VII is required to use the patch. Installation requires only that the patch files be copied into the game directory. The patched game can then be played as normal in DOSBox or over Exult. Alternatively, a CMD-installer is also available.

Features[edit]

Content Alterations[edit]

The patch implements the following alterations:

  • Gwenno’s note no longer states she has already gone to Serpent Isle on her own. Consistent with the introduction sequence, it now reads that she is looking for a way to get there.
  • Neno no longer mistakes his trio as a quartet.
  • Gordon no longer sells Fish & Chips from his (nonexistent) wagon, but from a stall.
  • Likewise Sam no longer pretends to sell from a (nonexistent) wagon.
  • All people, notes and deeds now know or reflect, that horse and carriage are a wagon drawn by two horses, not one.
  • Gorn no longer misspells his master's name "Brohm".
  • Markham is a ghost now, no longer a zombie, and he now also knows that the graveyard is to the west and no longer misdirects you.
  • Cubolt now knows that Moonglow is to the northeast of New Magincia.
  • Jillian now knows the name of Verity Isle and the correct location of Moonglow.
  • Addom now more accurately remembers where he found the crystal.
  • Syria, the fighter from the south, is now Syria, the fighter from the east. When the Avatar talks to Syria, they are in Jhelom. As Syria has come to Jhelom from somewhere else and there is no island south or west of Jhelom, she must be from the east instead.
  • Brion no longer sends the player upstairs for the telescope, but instead behind the house.
  • Penumbra’s "plaques" are but one "plaque", and she more accurately speaks of a dungeon "on one of these islands".
  • Dungeon Despise is now correctly Dungeon Shame again.
  • Danag now knows the names of Dungeon Hythloth and Buccaneer's Cave, as does Sintag.
  • Julia now remembers she had been working as a tinker before.
  • Old Draxinusom, who has been known since Ultima VI, now talks about the set of virtues he grew up with: the Shrines of Principle and the virtues of Passion, Diligence, and Control, rather than just the more recent "ways of the altars."
  • No one ever met the "creator" of the flying carpet, since Mr. Loubet acquired it and used it to transport to Britannia in Ultima V. Hence, it must have been him or another owner, who believed it to be a failure, not its original and unknown "creator". Alagner’s book was updated accordingly.
  • Astelleron’s logbook needed to be reworked since the text was not aligned with the remaining canonical storyline.
  • Garok Al-Mat no longer invites to his mountain home to gather reagents at reduced prices as he never goes there after leaving the dungeon.

Bug Fixes[edit]

Additionally, some bugs of the game were fixed:

  • Tseramed’s “Avatar” bug got fixed, so that his dialogue no longer loops in that instance.
  • Rankin’s “liqueur” bug got fixed, so that using the cube on him is now possible
  • A Usecode sniplet (misspelled gender call) is no longer displayed, when wasting a potion.
  • Fishing was made possible, as fish no longer have a size of 0 – fixed by Natreg Dragon.
  • The Iskander quest is now solvable &ndash. Fixed by Natreg Dragon.

Other Additions[edit]

These are additions that don't alter content or fix bugs:

  • Tremor fix by ripsaw8080.
  • General MIDI support by Newton Dragon (optional)
  • An extra portrait by Idspi Dragon.
  • UltimaHacks by Eureka Dragon.

External Links[edit]

User-Made Enhancements (not Translations)
Ultima I Spelling Fix (PC)
Ultima II Spelling Fix (PC) ☥ 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) ☥ Red Tabard Patch (PC) ☥ Enhanced Sprites Patch (PC)
Ultima VI Nitpickers Delight Patch (PC)
Underworld I+II MIDI-Patches ☥ Portable ☥ Mouselook Patch ☥ Brightness Patch
Ultima VII Glassmyer Hacks ☥ Nitpickers Delight Patch ☥ Enhanced Sprites Patch
Ultima IX Dialogue Patch ☥ Economy Patch ☥ Forgotten World ☥ German Re-Translation ☥ 1.19f ☥ 1.19h
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