Re: HELP! Ulitma Hacks?

[Lockar <lockar@nospam.com>]

   Ruby,

        Yes I am playing the original Ultima that I got with my ][+. 
But you are right I am playing it on a //e and or GS.  Depends on what
machine I deside to use at the time.

     I will have to convert one of those images from Asimov to a 5 1/4
and to your edit. 

     Thanks!! :D

         -Lockar



In article <4030E8B9.D6CA53FB@swbell.net>, Rubywand
<rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

> Lockar writes ...
> > 
> >    Okay, I have been playing Ulitma since I was 8 (orignal Ulitma
> > published by California Pacific Computers).  I have 3 of the Gems (some
> > of them I have like 3 or of them), and I am haivng a tough time getting
> > the 4 gem.  Not to mention I can't shoot down all the aliens with out
> > running out of fuel.
> > 
> >     Do any of you know of some hacks I can do so I have the 4th Gem and
> > become a Space Ace.  That's all the cheets I want, I will free the
> > princess and take on the Wizard with out cheeting.
> > 
>  ....
> 
>      Bet you are playing the original Ultima on a //e or later Apple II. It
> has a glitch in the Space combat targetting routine which makes combat a
> little easier on II+ and other pre-//e models but dooms your efforts
> otherwise. (For a detailed discussion, search this newsgroup for "Ultima
> Weirdness".)
> 
>      If the problem is the messed up code on a deprotected disk image, you
> should be able to fix it using Copy II Plus. Boot Copy II Plus on your emu.
> 'Insert' the the Ultima I boot disk (.dsk). Select SECTOR EDITOR and go to
> the drive with the Ultima I boot disk.
> 
>      Once you are in the SECTOR EDITOR, do a Search for this hex code ...
> 90 0C 47 43. (I found it on Track 14, Sector A.)
> 
>      Go into Hex Edit mode and change the code to ...
> 90 0C C9 43. Write the changed sector back to disk.
> 
>      The patch should fix the targetting so that getting hits on enemy ships
> is possible on a //e or //e emu.
> 
> 
> 
> Rubywand