Ultima VI Nitpickers Delight Patch
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Ultima VI 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 dialogues and books of Ultima VI. The patch is available at Sir John's website, Die Heimstatt des Sir John. The most recent version is 1.22t.
Installation[edit]
An original version of Ultima VI is needed for 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.
Features[edit]
Content Alterations[edit]
The patch implements the following alterations:
- Julia and Mariah speak to the Avatar with greater familiarity.
- Gideon refers to Marney’s mother as Gwen rather than Elisabeth, reflecting Quenton’s dialogue in Ultima VII.
- Terri no longer credits the Avatar with recovering the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom from the Great Stygian Abyss.
- In Mariah's reading of the Book of Prophecies, the line foretelling of the Underworld’s collapse is changed to refer directly to the destruction of the Realm of the Gargoyles.
- Lazeena’s dialogue no longer misspells Artegal’s name.
- The history book The First Age of Darkness refers to "Sosaria" rather than "Britannia".
- Lord British makes mention of the captured moonstones, and remarks on a difference in color between his Orb of the Moons (red) and the Avatar's (black).
- Daver offers additional dialogue concerning the runes and their physical appearance.
- Koranada explains that Gherick has devised a more timely method of producing magic shields as compared with the hundred-year process described in Ultima V.
- Tara’s dialogue no longer erroneously refers to Sasha.
- Caradon no longer mistakes the Shrine of Justice for the Shrine of Honesty, and alludes to the archaic spell Anju Sermani when discussing his incinerated captain.
- Stelnar no longer mistakes the Shrine of Sacrifice for the Shrine of Honesty.
- An explanation is provided for the inconsistent spelling of Captain Johne’s name.
- Charlotte offers additional dialogue revealing the Magic Carpet is currently in her care.
- Ahrmaand reports that the Temple of Virtue was destroyed by the gargoyles who occupy the nearby Shrine of Compassion.
- In conversation with Ephemerides, his house is repurposed as an Observatory recently granted construction by Lord British.
- The one-armed Zeke no longer "folds his arms".
- The mystery of Quenton's murder is able to be solved.
Bug Fixes[edit]
Additionally, some bugs of the game got fixed:
- Some correct copy protection answers at Mariah, did not work. They do now.
- Some keywords in Zellivans convo were double, so the correct answers did not show up. They do now.
- Same for Boskin: some double keywords eliminated.
- Andrea in Yew now responds when asked about "Lenora", "Lady" and "Mayor". Originally she would have referred you to the folks in the tavern and would only respond to "Chancellor".
- The final "CONGRATULATIONS! Report thy Feat!" Screen is up to date.