General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
The Ultima Underworld 1 Patch is needed for floppy disk versions. The CD-ROM and GOG.com versions are already fully patched. An unofficial General MIDI patch is available here as well.
Run in DOSBox (retail)
To run correctly in DOSBox change cycles=auto
to cycles=max
.
Underworld Exporter
- Use Underworld Exporter to play in higher resolutions, add mouse look, listen to higher quality/custom music, etc.
- Some bugs still remain.
- Can also be used to play Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, but it is only partially supported at the moment.
Set up Underworld Exporter (Windows)[citation needed]
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- Download and install the latest Github release.
- Find
config and open it with your text editor of choice.
- Find
Path_UW1= and place the path to your Ultima Underworld installation folder after the “=”.
- That is, the folder with
CRIT , CUTS , DATA , etc.
- Note: All paths must end with a trailing slash
\ . Ex. C:\path\to\folder\
- To add music, download
Music.Packs from the same location as the releases and extract. Afterwards, go into config , find UW1_Soundbank= , and then place the path to the folder containing your music of choice after the “=” .
- The music pack gives one the choice between MIDI, Soundblaster, and PSX (PlayStation 1) versions of the OST.
- One can use their own music files if they are in .ogg format.
- To use with the GOG.com version of the game, one must extract the files from
game.gog ; the folder UW is all one needs.
- One method is to rename the file from
game.gog to game.iso and then extracting the files using WinRAR or 7-zip.
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Game data
Save game data location
- The
SAVE1
, SAVE2
, SAVE3
and SAVE4
folders are save slots I-IV. SAVE0
is temporary storage, not a save.
- In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
- An alternate shades.dat is available here which will increase the overall brightness of the game without destroying it's atmosphere. Use it if you feel the game is too dark.
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
- Chinese, Korean and Polish retail versions only have the manuals translated; the game itself is still in English.
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Spanish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
The GOG.com version's sound is incorrectly configured by default to use the Roland MT-32. As the Roland MT-32 predated General MIDI, the sound effects will not match with what's normally expected.[4]
- If you have issues with audio coming from one speaker or headphone, replace
2 7 220 1 sound
with 4 -1 -1 -1 sound
Manually change audio settings (Windows)[4]
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- Go to
DATA in the installation folder.
- Edit
UW.CFG
- Replace
6 -1 -1 -1 sound with 2 7 220 1 sound
- Save your changes.
Notes
- This fix will also change the music's quality.
- You can also adjust these settings using INSTALL.EXE or UWSOUND.EXE if they are present.
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Manually change audio settings (OS X)[4]
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- Go to Finder, Applications, Ultima Underworld 1+2.
- Right click Ultima Underworld 1 and choose Show Package Contents.
- Open
Contents
- Open
Resources
- Right click
Ultima Underworld 1.boxer and choose Show Package Contents.
- Open
C Ultima Underworld 1 and 2.harddisk
- Open
UNDEROM1
- Open
DATA
- Edit
UW.CFG with TextEdit (right click, Open With)
- Replace
6 -1 -1 -1 sound with 2 7 220 1 sound
- Save your changes.
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Configure DOSBox MIDI to use Munt[5]
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- Download and Install Munt.
- In DOSBox command prompt, type
mixer /listmidi to view the devices.
- In the configuration file, under section
[midi] , change midiconfig=0 to match the associated listed midi id (usually 1).
Notes
- Munt requires the Roland MT-32 ROM which is not distributed in the same package. As an alternative, it may also be possible to try an alternate Software MIDI with a soundfont similar to the Roland MT-32.
- The Roland MT-32 has support for reprogramming sounds. Therefore installing a soundfont-based MIDI and using an equivalent soundfont may not be an ideal solution in the general case.
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Sluggish and/or jumpy mouse controls
- The cursor may jump around in-game or mouse control may feel sluggish (especially on menu screens). To fix the first issue, disable joystick functionality; to fix the second, increase mouse sensitivity.
Fix jumpy mouse cursor (Windows)[6]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
dosboxULTIMA1.conf
- Set
joysticktype to none
- Save your changes.
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Fix sluggish mouse (Windows)[7]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
dosboxULTIMA1.conf
- Change
sensitivity from 100 to 200 . Experiment with this figure until your mouse feels right.
- Save your changes.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
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Middleware
System requirements
DOS |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
DOS |
Processor (CPU) |
IBM or 100% compatible 386SX, 386 or 486 |
System memory (RAM) |
2 MB with Expanded Memory (EMS) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
11 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
256-color VGA graphics |
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) |
48 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
45 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References