Key points
- Use Exult for various enhancements.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see
answers.pdf
for the GOG.com version).
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Forge of Virtue |
Included with complete edition. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
The Version 3.4 Patch updates the English floppy version of the game. CD-ROM and digital versions are already patched.
Exult
- Use Exult to play in higher resolution, add new features, use mods, etc.
Set up Exult (Windows)[citation needed]
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- Download and install the latest Windows snapshot.
- The installer will prompt for the installation folders; for the GOG.com version these are
ULTIMA7 for The Black Gate and SERPENT for Serpent Isle.
- Optionally, install the All-In-One Audio Data for enhanced sounds and music.
- Run Exult from the Start screen/Start menu and both games will now be playable.
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Set up Exult (OS X)[citation needed]
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- Download and install the latest OS X snapshot.
- Optionally, install the All-In-One Audio Data for enhanced sounds and music.
- Go to the game installation folder and copy the data files.
- For retail versions this will be wherever you installed it to.
- For GOG.com open Finder, open the Go menu, choose Go To Folder, then go to
/Applications/Ultima 7 The Complete Edition.app/Contents/Resources/Ultima 7 The Complete Edition.boxer/C.harddisk/U7/
- Open Finder, open the Go menu, choose Go To Folder, then go to
/Library/Application Support
- Make a folder called
Exult (confirm with your password if prompted).
- Paste the Black Gate and Serpent Isle folders here.
- Rename the Black Gate folder to
blackgate
- Rename the Serpent Isle folder to
serpentisle
- Run Exult from Applications and both games will now be playable.
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Skip intro videos
Use Exult[4]
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Use Exult (set in Misc Options).
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Game data
Save game data location
- Saves are
GAME**.U7
; DOS settings are stored in the save file rather than shared.
- Exult saves and settings are in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Exult
on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Exult
on OS X, ~/.exult
on Linux.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
- Chinese, Polish and Korean retail versions only have the manuals translated; the game itself is still in English.[5][6][7]
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
|
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System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
MS-DOS 3.3 | |
Processor (CPU) |
386
| 486 |
System memory (RAM) |
2 MB |
4 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
21 MB | |
macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
|
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