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Revision as of 12:28, 1 September 2019
Developers | |
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Origin Systems | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 24, 1999 |
Key points
- Change the renderer if you get a black screen when starting the game.
General information
- The Codex of Ultima Wisdom - A huge wiki for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Install Patch v1.18f to remove. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. Not available in some regions. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- The intro video is automatically skipped once
start.dat
is generated.
Delete/rename column.dat[citation needed] |
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|
Patches
The version 1.18F patch fixes many crucial bugs and is required to finish the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Options.ini[Note 2] |
- Key mappings are stored in
<path-to-game>\Default.kmp
.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 2] |
-
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).
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
- Thai, Russian, Polish, Italian, Dutch/Greek, Spanish and Portuguese retail only have the manuals translated.[3]
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | German retail only; not available digitally. | |||
French | French retail only; not available digitally. | |||
Japanese | Japanese retail only; not available digitally. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Black screen
Change Game Rasterizer in Options.ini[4] |
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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."
Change Game Rasterizer in Options.ini[4] |
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See Black screen. |
FMV cutscenes are blank
Uninstall codec packs[5] |
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Uninstall any codec packs (e.g. K-Lite). |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
- These requirements are for the GOG.com release.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Ultima Collectors Guide - Ultima IX - IBM PC
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Garrett on 2014-01-03
- ↑ Ultima 9 no cutscenes, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com