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Revision as of 00:41, 30 January 2014

Ultima IX: Ascension
Ultima IX: Ascension cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows November 24, 1999
Ultima IX: Ascension on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress 1982
Ultima III: Exodus 1983
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1985
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness 1987
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny 1988
Ultima VI: The False Prophet 1990
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire 1990
Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams 1991
Ultima VII: The Black Gate 1992
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss 1992
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds 1993
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle 1993
Ultima VIII: Pagan 1994
Ultima Online 1997
Akalabeth: World of Doom 1998
Ultima IX: Ascension 1999

Key points

Change the renderer if you get a black screen when starting the game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

The intro video is automatically skipped once start.dat is generated.
Instructions

Patch v1.18f (retail)

Patch v1.18f fixes many crucial bugs and is required to finish the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Key mappings are stored in <path-to-game>\Default.kmp.

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
start.dat determines the default starting save but saves can still be loaded without it (after completing enough of the tutorial to unlock save/load functions).

Video settings

In-game settings.
Setup tool settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Black screen

Instructions

Error when launching setup tool

The setup tool may open with an error: "The device you have selected does not appear to support all the functions required for Ultima IX: Ascension."
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
These requirements are for the GOG.com release.