ooh nice, but now I think I am several weeks late on news articles O_O

I remember with ROL3 when it took me 3 months to draw all thos elil sprites  

Some more Ultima V features and a small update:

>20 different weapons
>6 types of armor
>4 types of shields
4 types of helmets
3 different magic amulets
3 different magic rings
8 types of potions
8 types of reagents (reagents are used to mix magic spells)
>45 magic spells

The "Status" command is basically complete... Here is a screenshot:



This post has been edited by Ranman on 4 Oct, 2005, 1:25

QuoteBegin-Kevin+4 October 2005, 8:25

 In the Overworld (Britannia) you can always see at least one tile around you... even during the night.

In the Underworld, dungeons, and basements you must have a torch to be able to see anything. Without a torch (or a magic light spell) you will see nothing but black. So... stock up on torches before you enter the dungeons. You can even steal torches from town walls (but thats not good for your virtue)... sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Torches provide enough light to see a distance of 3 tiles all around.


On another note... there are other items I did not list specifically for spoiler reasons :ph43r:

cool, what do you mean by slowly?  

Good for you!  I know exactly what you mean!  Keep it up!  

Like me... *feels guilty and hides*  

QuoteBegin-MathStuf+9 October 2005, 13:07

 I may try your script. I was reading about it earlier today. It sounds pretty neat.

You bring up a good question. I may have touched on this subject a little bit before, but here is a better explanation:

I am attempting to create the same "feeling" of gameplay as the original version. This calls for a tilemap of 11x11 tiles. The best way to fit a complete 11x11 tilemap onto a TI92+ screen is to use 12x12 pixel tiles or 11x11 pixel tiles.

I realize this method still does not work for the TI89 screen. And I did not want the tiles to be too small. So, I had to just except the fact that the TI89 tilemap could only be a 9x9 tilemap... close enough to simulate the original game. An 11x11 tilemap using 12x12 pixel tiles looks great on the TI92, but on the TI89 you would lose 33% of the outer tiles... that was too much for me. So, I ended up choosing 11x11 pixel tiles.

The original tiles are 16x16 pixels. So, I needed to shrink each tile to fit within a 11x11 tile. Every image scaling program I tried did way too much "blending" for my tastes. Some tiles just cannot have any blending.

So, I began the daunting task of redrawing all 512 tiles. It was very fun in the beginning... lets say the first 200. But, as usual, it gets a little monotonous and tedious after awhile. It is still fun to some degree. It is a good break from programming.

Believe me, I spent many many many days deciding on what method to go forth with. I am happy with my decision even though it required a lot more work.