Ultima Adventures - Community modded fork Ultima Odyssey 1.07

[Finaltwist]

No, the map was taken from the Gargoyle royal city from OSI, but in adventures, its Praetoria, in the land of Darkmoor

The map is perfect for this - this is a land of good and positive karma mobs - its bright and cheery - meaning its perfect for evil players to go and corrupt. The city of prateoria is being changed to make it more .. omnious and evil.

The good/evil fight in adventures is at the core of the multiplayer experience - though the balance is 90% towards good now, evil players have been moving it slowly towards the dark side. This affects most systems in the game, including death penalties.

Im in process of adding harvesters now - we have offline skill books (which help gain skills while offline by studying) which really help lower the need for macroing. I wanted to do the same for harvesting materials... so harvesters will add an area control element to the game. Place a harvester and come back in a day to see what it got... but you better hide it since someone else could destroy it.

recently also did a bunch of QoL changes, reducing lockpick/potions/etc weight, streamlining the automatic tasks djeryv has ingame (we have 500,000 items now, so those tasks needed some tweaking to make them more efficient), added trick or treat bags to the loot tables, etc etc.

Post automatically merged: Nov 2, 2020

also, Sygun is working on a dwarf stronghold ... looks good so far!

 

[Finaltwist]

Introducing... HARVESTERS!

These devices can mine/chop for you while you are away, turning the boring resource collection task into a fun area control mechanic. These have to be placed far enough from other harvesters, meaning you could control a specific cave by placing harvesters in it. They can also be destroyed (they are defended by mobs, based on the quality of the harvester) so other players can steal the resources from your harvester if you're not careful.

what they mine if dependent on the quality of the manufacture, and they run on copper (finally a use for copper!). They weight 750 stones each (yep, no click this deed to place here!!) so players will need to move these with a packhorse or pack llama.

this will add a fun and interesting game mechanic - adding to the server today.

 

[Sygun]

Introducing... HARVESTERS!

These devices can mine/chop for you while you are away, turning the boring resource collection task into a fun area control mechanic. These have to be placed far enough from other harvesters, meaning you could control a specific cave by placing harvesters in it. They can also be destroyed (they are defended by mobs, based on the quality of the harvester) so other players can steal the resources from your harvester if you're not careful.

what they mine if dependent on the quality of the manufacture, and they run on copper (finally a use for copper!). They weight 750 stones each (yep, no click this deed to place here!!) so players will need to move these with a packhorse or pack llama.

this will add a fun and interesting game mechanic - adding to the server today.

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So excited to set up my fracking empire Ru Paul style! I've just got to be careful not to delve too greedily and too deep, don't want no ancient LotR style evil on my hands...

 

[Finaltwist]

who knows what these harvesters may dig up!! (you just gave me an idea!!)

 

[Finaltwist]

sooooo... guess what im working on???
more pixel crack!!

 

[Finaltwist]

So you found a new place to mine, but the closest forge and anvil is screens away? Why is your only option to gate there or build a house? Why can't you build a forge in the cave? Why can't you build a water trough anywhere you like? An oven? Why can't you place a fountain on the grass near your house? Well addons were only for houses in OSI, to stop hordes of people causing havoc in the lands... but this is hardly necessary for a game like this. Therefore, ive removed the restriction for addons to only be placed in houses. You can place any decoration you want, anywhere you want in the map now. Want to place a table in the grass in the middle of the woods? go ahead. I want players to be able to customize the world how they see fit.

If anyone places an item to grief, to block a path, etc. players can simply use an axe to remove it. problem solved. plus, they get the deed for the item

 

[Finaltwist]

Guide: Harvesters

Harvesters currently allow for offline resource gathering in an innovative way, adding an element of area control to the server. We don't allow pk'ing in the server and the landmass is very big for such a small population of players - thats where harvesters come in. Harvesters allow you to control a certain area, harvest the resources in that area which can be collected at your convenience.

How to get a harvester:
Go to your local tinker. His inventory depends on what he crafted that day, so all harvesters may not be available at all times. There are currently 3 types of harvesters: ore, hides, logs.



If anoying children make fun of you for buying a harvester, ignore them.


Youll notice they weight a ton, and nope, there are no easy deed-way to move these around. you'll have to get a good old packhorse to move harvesters.



youll notice each harvester displays some very important information when you look at it.


How to use a harvester:
bring it to the appropriate land type or area, plop it down, and double click.. Once claimed, a harvester will need copper to operate, and no longer be movable. The more copper you feed it, the longer it will work for you.

if you try to place a harvester too near another harvester, it will tell you to place it somewhere else - that's because someone else controls that area.

If you want to claim that area, youll have to disable the other player's harvester. Find it, and double click it. Warning: harvesters have sentries... and the sentries depend on the quality of the harvester - higher tier harvesters have tougher sentries!



When a harvester is disabled, the attacker can claim all the resources within, and place his own in the area. The owner of the disabled harvester will have to come and either repair the harvester or move it (double click to make it movable again).

Tips:
Harvesters give a bonus if you have the appropriate skill to use it - mining (ore), lumberjacking (logs), and forensics (hides). Harvesters also may get a bonus if they are placed in far away lands, difficult to get to.

 

[Finaltwist]

you can also (with the new addons-anywhere change) place a forge/anvil/sawmil right next to your harvester regardless of where it is. joy!

 

[Veryance]

I'm having a great time on the server with the other adventurers. I highly recommend the server over a single player experience. Particularly enjoying the good vs evil dynamics. Makes it feel like more than a loot simulator.

 

[Finaltwist]

Finaltwist updated Ultima Adventures - Based on Ultima Odyssey with a new update entry:

Balance, Harvesters, and spikes!

This update adds harvesters, balance spikes, as well as a ton of additional content. See changelist below

Nov 14
- added restricted mode to the game: restricted mode players won't lose skill points or stats on death or travel. BUT, fame/karma will be substantially higher on death/travel penalty, and gold cost for death will also be increased.
this will be a difficulty option that will be set on chracter creation. I'd like to note that it will be very difficult to gain game/karma in...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Finaltwist]

i always hated how all pets of a certain type were all pretty much more or less the same. this forces players to use pets that they might not want to use, just because that's the pet that gives the most damage for their taming skill. For example, I love the look of a drake, but i have to move to a dragon if i want something stronger.

I've therefore added an algorithm on animal spawn that has a (small) chance to randomize pet stats and damage. this way, it would be possible (but rare) to find a pet drake that could take on a dragon. Of course, this is only doable because of the dynamic taming skill algo that was added - pets with elite stats will be harder to tame and all this is calculated automatically.

So don't be surprised if you find a horse you can't tame at 50 taming, or a dragon you can't tame at 105 taming. This will encourage players to go out and scout for the best of their favorite pet type and make taming much more engaging and fun.

my thief, for example, will be searching for an elite snake to tame (which should be able to take on a lich when trained). We also have pet levelling, which further allows you to train up pets.

 

[Finaltwist]

sooo our discord is where most of the discussion happens (its very active) on the game, and someone posted an interesting idea yesterday - a hardcore play mode with permadeath. I added it as a play option and its going to be tested today - essentially a char has 2.5x skillgain, but on death skills reset and the player is randomized. I coded it in yesterday and also included a number of other changes around housing.

It should be an interesting option! Its easy to integrate legacy elements to this too, like only having certain elements or items be passed down from one generation to another.

let's see where this leads!

 

[Finaltwist]

Introducing a new way of playing Adventures:

Permadeath!

This mode came about through a suggestion by a server's player on the discord, and i liked the idea so much I coded it on the spot! It's a novel way to playing UO - with accelerated skillgains, but full loss of items and skills on death. How many days can your character survive? Perfect for bards, role playing, beggars, and just having plain old UO fun.

How? that's easy, login to the server, and create a new char. Youll be greeted by the server greeter, who will advise you on how you can play adventures



Now, Roger HArdCore is gonna ask about roguelike, and get further instructions from the greeter


Once the words are spoken, Roger is ready to go forth and have adventures in the world!
Things to note: he will not be able to enter a private house owned by another.
Skillgain is 3x normal rate for this character.
More features to come

Sadly though, all things must come to an end, and Roger meets his end


On resurrection, instead of coming back as Roger, a new player is created and randomly teleported somewhere in the world - given new name, new gender, new features, and new random starting skills.



Goodby Roger, Long Live Akala!

 

[Sygun]

Introducing a new way of playing Adventures:

Permadeath!

This mode came about through a suggestion by a server's player on the discord, and i liked the idea so much I coded it on the spot! It's a novel way to playing UO - with accelerated skillgains, but full loss of items and skills on death. How many days can your character survive? Perfect for bards, role playing, beggars, and just having plain old UO fun.

How? that's easy, login to the server, and create a new char. Youll be greeted by the server greeter, who will advise you on how you can play adventures

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Now, Roger HArdCore is gonna ask about roguelike, and get further instructions from the greeter
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Once the words are spoken, Roger is ready to go forth and have adventures in the world!
Things to note: he will not be able to enter a private house owned by another.
Skillgain is 3x normal rate for this character.
More features to come

Sadly though, all things must come to an end, and Roger meets his end
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On resurrection, instead of coming back as Roger, a new player is created and randomly teleported somewhere in the world - given new name, new gender, new features, and new random starting skills.

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Goodby Roger, Long Live Akala!

Can't wait to give hard mode a go! Will be fun to focus on survival rather than powering through on the hunt for loots!

 

[Finaltwist]

I saw you create a new char syg! Let me know how long you can keep it alive for

 

[Sygun]

Trixi Wintermute the jester-bard and all round entertainer is on the loose, causing mischief wherever she goes. Her favourite trick so far is begging from players and recieving involuntary gold donations from them

 

[Finaltwist]

its a really fun way to play right? also, we have plans now for improvement to that system.. we are calling them "soulbound" characters. more to come here, lots of exciting changes!

I'm going to have an amazing prize for the first who can complete skara as a soulbound character (without dying once)

 

[Finaltwist]

Its always been a point of mine to make sure the world of odyssey was changed in such a way which would facilitate awesome adventures from happening, and ensuring that the world could be customized by players. Its my hope that one day a (mostly empty) would could be populated with mementos, stories, and the legacy of those who have played it.

Here are a few changes (including a completely new mechanism below!) ive made to the game with this in mind:

I opted to remove item decay from the game. This makes the world truly persistent - and allows players to live in it any way they want.


I created gravestones, evidence of other player's passings and adventures - these stones are movable and record what happened to a player. These are quite funny and fun to encounter when in a dungeon


I also added the ability for any addons to be added anywhere! you can place anything anywhere you want now, bear rugs, forges, you name it.


The latest addition to these features is Story Items!! Players can now easily (no need for an item in your pack) leave stories anywhere in the world. When something noteworthy happens, a player can click him/herself and choose to mark an item in the pack




This brings up the story gump, which the players can 1. choose flavor art, 2. choose the item in their pack, 3. choose a sound that will play when other players come near the story item, and 4. write their story!



This will create an item which can be moved in the world, and will be unalterable by any other players. This story will stay here forever, or until removed by the author.

I look forward to reading all the cool adventures players will be writing about, and writting of my own adventures!

 

[Finaltwist]

One thing i added early on was a PvE arena - there were many PVP arenas out there but i didn't want pvp to be brought into the game, so i created a safe way to test your skills against a range of foes. To participate, go to the arena near dungeon clues



Once there, speak to the gauntlet master


This brings up a gump where you can choose what type of enemy you want to face
(these are currently set to champ spawns spawns but i will add more varied types later)


Running the gauntlet costs 1k, has 3 or 4 waves of enemies all harder thant he last, and it even keeps a score for you so you can try and best your record! Winners get a score in the score table, and have a chance to get a special armor set.
Once a player has agreed, they get teleported to the arena to fight


If you ever die, don't worry! there is no death here in this PVE match, you simply get teleported out of the arena at the healers


To check the scores, just ask for the scores at the gauntlet master


This is a risk-free way to test your build, have fun and just see how long you can last!

 

[andserk]

Hello, New here to Odyssey and Ultima Adventures, sorry if this is a stupid question but can someone guide me on how to obtain a spellbook? I went to a mage, scribe, sage but they don't sell spellbooks, only scrolls. Also I spawned in Britain surrounded by like 12 chatty balrons, is it normal? (am i being demon racist?)
Amazing work btw, this really rekindled my love for this game