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Official version 1.18/1.18F patch for Ultima IX: Ascension. See PATCH.TXT after installation for further details.
What's New in Version version 1.18F (01/10/99)
Released
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- What is Fixed in the Patch (1.18f):
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- - Fixed a crash in Valoria, involving a creeper plant.
- - Fixed a plot-stopper involving the demons in Valoria.
- - Fixed a plot-stopper involving Shamino's conversation.
- - Fixed a crash in Wrong, involving an NPC who was attempting to
- go to an invalid location.
- - Fixed a lockup in Wrong involving getting your backpack returned.
- - Fixed a crash involving invalid music playing after a game is
- loaded.
- - Fixed a crash involving the Jade Bracelet for sale in Paws.
- - Fixed an audio problem involving the Avatar's sounds not playing
- in Windows 95. NOTE: If you modified your 'Options.ini' file to
- attempt to get these sounds playing, please revert/undo your
- changes. After this patch is installed, please set UseNotify=0
- and Rolloff=1.0.
- - Fixed a crash in the near-endgame scene involving Lord British
- and Blackthorn.
- - Fixed a bug involving creature generators that was creating problems
- with collision.
- - Fixed a problem on startup where the EAX environmental settings
- were either being set incorrectly, or preventing startup
- altogether.
- - Made additional D3D improvements. D3D is now native to
- DirectX 7. Supports bilinear filtering of alpha textures
- in 16-bit via multipass rendering of the same texture, if
- that feature is supported on the given D3D hardware.
- - Compressed textures are now properly supported on all platforms
- except nVidia's; this is a driver issue. The Savage4 card
- is one of the top performers as a result.
- - GeForce is now supported properly.
- - Screen shots in Voodoo2 SLI mode now work properly.
- - Fixed numerous moderate memory leaks.
- - Fixed a severe memory leak that would manifest if you open a book,
- then Alt-Tab away from the game.
- - Lifts received a code overhaul, and now function more reliably.
- If the Avatar moves while on a lift, the lift halts its movement
- until the Avatar stands still.
- - Fixed a problem with the Moonglow boat lift where you would
- sometimes fall through it.
- - Fixed a vertical lift in Hythloth that was unreliable.
- - Fixed a vertical lift in Yew; added a button at ground-level to
- summon it.
- - Fixed several inventory gold overflow crashes.
- - Sometimes, starting a new game in version 1.06 (Patch #2) would
- not work properly; this is now fixed.
- - Fixed several problems in the Spirit summoning rituals.
- - Numerous bugs in the installer have been fixed. If you re-install
- the game with the fixed installer (available on the remastered
- CD), the game installs more reliably and runs more smoothly.
- - The new install handles installation of DXMedia, which is required
- for movies to work properly.
- - Suppressed humming and whistling of the Avatar, and any NPC who
- is in the process of dying.
- - Added an LODScale value to OPTIONS.INI; scales the distance at which
- LODs change.
- - Avatar coughing & whistling is eliminated.
- - You can no longer charm the Guardian.
- - If you put more than 2047 objects into a single room-sized area,
- the game now issues a fatal error and exits (before it would just
- crash).
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- What is Fixed in the Patch (1.06f):
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- - Made additional D3D improvements.
- - Fixed an issue in D3D in resolutions higher than 640x480 where
- the camera could only turn in one direction.
- - Fixed an issue on the TNT cards where the Avatar's responses
- were not displaying.
- - Fixed a crash that could occur if you saved your game while
- underwater.
- - Fixed a crash that could happen when the earthquakes occurred
- in Covetous.
- - Fixed a crash that could occur in the prison Wrong when
- walking down the hallway near the false Raven's cell.
- - Fixed a crash that could occur if you tried to bind reagents
- using the binding circles in Moonglow or Wrong.
- - Fixed a number of miscellaneous crashes.
- - Fixed a few issues with the Hardware Setup program that would
- reset the options settings to the defaults.
- - There were some situations where an item could disappear if
- your inventory was full and you swapped your sword and shield
- for a two handed weapon. We addressed this.
- - Improved creature reaction to ranged attacks.
- - Made it so your spells are canceled if your spellbook is taken
- away like when your are sent to Despise or captured in Wrong.
- Thus your mana will not continue to drain.
- - Fixed a problem where some spells could get "stuck" on and not
- be canceled.
- - Fixed a problem where the Stone spell would fizzle if you were
- using auto-targeting.
- - Fixed a problem where the Kiran Shield would give you an extra
- 5 mana if you were out of mana when you took it off.
- - Fixed a problem where if you cast Light from a scroll it would
- use some of your mana.
- - Fixed an issue where pigs would end up propogating like rabbits
- in certain areas of the world.
- - The flag to allow you to speak with Eustus is now set when you
- read the Book of Justice as well as when you speak with
- Vasaglarem. Thus you can now get the Quill from him when either
- action is taken.
- - Fixed an issue where some of the trainers would give you the
- option to train again (they wouldn't train you again, just
- offer) after you had trained once.
- - Fixed an issue with Desbet where he would not talk to you again
- if you did not have the gargoyle queen egg. You will now be
- able to come back and speak with him again.
- - Fixed an issue where Amoranth acted like you had the candle of
- love when you did not.
- - Fixed an issue where Marek the fisherman would give you a Karma
- boost multiple times.
- - Fixed Phineus so you could talk to him in mid-fight in the
- arena and get your belongings back. You will have to start
- the fight over and still have to win three fights in a row
- to get a skill increase and you will have to pay again if
- you do this.
- - Fixed a problem with Felix and Castro where you could not get
- the information about the Kiran Stones if you said goodbye
- immediately.
- - Fixed an issue with Sarah where you could exit the
- conversation and then not have the option to get the mantra
- from her later.
- - Fixed a problem where the Avatar could sometimes become stuck
- inside a rock, or a wall/
- - Fixed a bug in swimming that made swimming very difficult.
- - Fixed an issue in Moonglow where the magical airship would not
- return if you fell off of it. It now appears back at its
- original starting point (Tydus' house) when you take the lift
- up. Also increased the speed the ship travels.
- - Fixed an issue in Valoria where the Demons could be killed
- early which prevented you from finding the Dagger of Valor.
- - Fixed a section of Covetous where the lava would sometimes
- rise too high.
- - There was one point in the game where the Guardian could be
- killed (though it was extremely difficult), making the game
- unfinishable. This has been fixed.
- - You now receive a karma boost for finishing the water valve
- quest in Paws.
- - Vasaglarem now leaves Lord British's castle after the shrine
- of compassion is cleansed (as was originally intended).
- - Fixed the point where you could get the Hail Britannia music
- stuck and cause it to repeat for the rest of the game. Those
- of you who already have this problem with your savegame use
- the flush_music command described in "Additional Notes" above.
- - Fixed an issue where the lift to Vasaglarem's House in Yew
- would not return if you have already used it. When speaking to
- Desbet the lever to call the lift back will reveal. If you
- install the patch before entering Britannia this lever will
- be visible at the outset.
- - Fixed an issue with Raleigh where he would sell you a
- Longbow if you selected Composite Bow or War Bow. He now
- offers the correct weapons and prices.
- - Fixed an issue where the game would lock if you purchased a
- jade bracelet from Irene in Cove.
- - Fixed an issue with Leeland in Moonglow so he doesn't say his
- daddy's gonna die over and over again.
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- There are a few items that will only be reflected if you
- install the patch before you reach a certain point in the game.
- Note that these fixes are less critical to your gaming
- enjoyment (the game still works, we just improved upon a few
- things) and you are not required to start over. The patch
- will still fix the issues listed above regardless of how much
- you've played.
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- - Fixed an issue in New Magincia where the quest was not
- completable if you went to Ambrosia/Hythloth first. Note:
- You may be able to continue with an existing savegame
- depending upon how the quest was triggered. This will fix
- the problem 100% of the time if you have a savegame anytime
- before you received the quest from Katrina.
- - The lighthouses without gems were emitting light before
- the gems were placed. This will be fixed if you install
- the patch before you arrive in Britannia.
- - Aidon now consistently returns to his house in Britain after
- you free his daughter in Paws. This will be fixed if you
- install the patch before you arrive in Britannia.
- - Fixed an issue where you could fall through the lift in
- Covetous. If you install the patch before enter Covetous
- you will see this change.
- - Fixed an issue where the Silver Serpent prison would be
- unlocked but he would not be free. This would only occur
- if you got the key, left the cave and then returned later
- to free him. If you install the patch before you arrive
- in Britannia you will see this change.
- - Fixed an issue where the flag wasn't properly being set
- when you picked up the glyph of compassion. This would
- cause Raven to not show up outside of Despise and the
- Mayor to not move to Paws. You will see this fix if you
- install the patch before entering Despise.
- - Fixed an issue with a cave along the coast of Minoc where
- some invisible lava existed. If you install the patch
- before you arrive in Britannia you will see this change.
- - Fixed an issue in Terfin where a large stone block could
- randomly block the path to continue. You will see this fix
- if you install the patch before entering the Terfin dungeon
- for the first time.
- - Fixed the shrinking room in Hythloth so the water does not
- rise until you have exited the pipe, thus preventing the
- random occurrence of getting stuck as the water rose. You
- will see this fix if you install the patch before arriving
- in Hythloth.
- - Fixed an issue where the water levels were not rising and
- falling consistently in the same area of Hythloth. Again,
- you will see this fix if you install the patch before
- entering Hythloth.
- - Fixed a situation that could cause Raxos to end up in the
- ceiling. You can see this fix if you install the patch
- before you arrive in Britannia.
- - Fixed several instances where NPCs could end up standing
- on top of furniture. You can see this fix if you install
- the patch before you arrive in Britannia.
- - Fixed a situation where you could crash when using the
- teleport pads in Wrong. You will see this fix if you
- install the patch before entering Wrong.
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- What is Fixed in the Patch (1.05f):
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- - Further optimization of the Direct3D support.
- - Fixed an issue where the Detonator 3.53 drivers were not
- working properly with the game with DirectX 7 installed.
- - Addressed a problem with the Riva 128 and Intel I740 with
- certain drivers and DirectX 7.
- - At times, monsters would not be properly hostile to the Avatar.
- Many of these situations have been addressed.
- - There was an issue where the fire arrows would not fire when
- using the most common oil flasks in the game.
- - If you had your bow drawn and then opened your backpack, the
- arrow count would read 1, regardless of the actual count.
- - If you jumped in water twice in specific situations would cause
- the Avatar to lock up. This is fixed.
- - The zoom reset key (ctrl-insert) has been fixed.
- - Addressed a crash that can occur if you save the game while
- poisoned then load that game and try to continue.
- - If you place an item between the compass and backpack the game
- would sometimes crash.
- - When manipulating bags there was a random lockup that could
- occur. This has been fixed.
- - If you dragged a bag while the bag gump was open you could have
- interface troubles. This was addressed.
- - Fixed an issue if the Spellbook was placed in a bag, it was not
- being added to the interface.
- - The duration of spells (which have a duration) cast from scrolls
- has been increased.
- - The Day spell has been adjusted so that it will not
- temporarily blink out in certain situations.
- - The Time Stop spell mana drain has been increased dramatically
- to reduce the balance issues generated by the spell.
- - Fixed a problem where you could manipulate some items while in
- the Wizard Eye view.
- - Fixed a problem where linear spells cost mana if you have the
- Arms of the Magi on.
- - Arms of the Magi will check to see you have enough mana based
- upon the reduced spell cost rather than the standard spell cost.
- - Addressed a balance issue where you could cast spells while the
- backpack was open. By design, monsters are non-hostile when a
- container gump (backpack, bag) is open meaning they had no
- way to respond to your spell/attack. Now when you cast a
- spell while the backpack or bag is open, they will be closed
- so the monsters may respond. Additionally, quick targeting
- is now disabled when the backpack or bag is open.
- - Fixed an issue where Rupert the blacksmith (in Trinsic) would
- not always recognize that you had blackrock and thus will not
- make a Blackrock sword for you.
- - We found and fixed several areas where Raven would provide
- incorrect conversation options.
- - Added an option to have Raxos give you the key to Nico's cell
- after the Shrine of Sacrifice is cleansed. You no longer have
- to kill the repentant man to free Nico.
- - You no longer have the option to ask Lord British about the
- shortcut to Yew once he has shown it to you.
- - The speech for the two drinking skeletons near Britain is
- now playing (the text was only displaying before).
- - Eustus would not speak to you if you clicked on him. Thus you
- had to walk away and approach again if you did not answer his
- questions. Note: he still no longer has anything to say once
- you have received the Quill of Justice. This is as we
- designed it.
- - Fixed a few areas that were not playing the correct city music.
- - The text for the Blackthorn note was too long for the scroll
- it was on and thus you could not read the entire thing. The
- scroll has been extended.
- - Groldek (the evil Archmage in Serpent's Hold) was not casting
- his spells correctly and would try to walk forward off his
- platform. He now cast the proper spells and stays put.
- - Addressed an issue where two characters would rush each other in
- an in-game cinematic (while using their magic). They now stand
- still.
- - Fixed a problem in Despise where you would get a Karma hit even
- if you saved Thadious (should only do so if you let him die).
- - Fixed a problem with the blacksmiths where they were not
- offering any money for the blackrock sword.
- - Fixed some incorrect labels in the Minoc vendors (e.g. said
- "Dozen Oil Flasks" when it would only sell you one.)
- - Fixed a problem in the Abyss where the fireballs would be left
- behind in the hall, preventing progress later.
- - There were times when the small rowboat that sailed you to the
- secret entrance of Wrong would not show up. Made this more
- reliable.
- - Fixed an issue where the secret cave from Buccaneer's Den to
- New Magincia would open the false path when you tried
- to travel from Buccaneer's Den a second time.
- - There was a point northwest of Yew that would sometimes get
- stuck repeating the same sound over and over. This has been
- addressed.
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- There are a few items that will only be reflected if you
- install the patch before you reach a certain point in the game.
- Note that these fixes are less critical to your gaming
- enjoyment (the game still works, we just improved upon a few
- things) and you are not required to start over. The patch
- will still fix the issues listed above regardless of how much
- you've played.
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- - Made the trigger bricks in Wrong easier to see. If you
- install the patch before entering the prison of Wrong you
- will see this change.
- - In the Terfin dungeon the game would sometimes crash
- if you placed all of the black gate pieces in the circle
- too quickly. Cleaned this up so it works properly in
- all situations. If you install the patch before you enter
- the Terfin dungeon you will see this change.
- - Created a way for you to keep the Mage Shield once you've
- found it. If you install the patch before you arrive in
- Britannia you will see this change.
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