Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
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| Origin Systems | |
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| Electronic Arts | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | October 5, 1988 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | September 8, 2011[1] |
| macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 18, 2012[2] |
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Key points
- Characters can be imported from Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar.
- The PC version has improved graphics and performance over the Apple II and C64 versions.
- Soundtrack is missing from the PC version. The U5 Upgrade adds the original soundtrack in MIDI format, supporting various sound cards and General MIDI. It also adds a theme from the Amiga version, when importing or creating a character.
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 |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
DOS version in DOSBox. Includes Ultima IV and Ultima VI. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] | |
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| EA app | |
Included with EA Play. Not available in some regions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
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Essential improvements
Import characters
- Characters can be transferred from Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar using a (virtual) floppy drive.
| Copy PARTY.SAV[citation needed] |
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U5 Upgrade
- The U5 Upgrade adds MIDI music. Install with Ultima Patcher or manually following the readme.
Game data
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVED.GAM |
| Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| EA app |
Video
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Set in Graphic Mode Setup (GOG.com) or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Toggle with Ctrl+S. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Issues fixed
Black screen when transferring characters
| Mount Ultima IV folder[citation needed] |
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See Import characters. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DOS video modes |
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 | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible | ||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM | |||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).