Exult: What Do I Need?

[plinydogg]

Hi everyone,

I'm glad to learn that Exult (the Ultima 7 emulator), which I had on Windows, is also available for Linux. I'm a newbie to Linux and I can't figure out what I need to download in order to install it. The link is here:

http://exult.sourceforge.net/

What do I need to download from this site? And then what do I need to do with it?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[cogadh]

No, you don't need to download it from there, it is available in the Games and Amusements (multiverse) repository.

[plinydogg]

cogadh: Thanks! See, I'm such a newbie that I haven't yet learned to accept how easy things can be with Ubuntu :)

[plinydogg]

Okay. Another stupid question: I installed Exult and copied my Ultima 7 (original Black Gate version) files to my home directory (I don't know where else to put them). So, they're here:

/home/ben/Ultima7

I went to edit the exult.cfg file to let Exult know what the path to the files was and wrote the following:

<blackgate>
<title>
blackgate
</title>
<path>
/home/ben/Ultima7
</path>
</blackgate>
<serpentisle>
<title>
serpentisle
</title>
<path>

But when I try to run Exult it can't find the files. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance (again)!

[plinydogg]

Okay, I got it working. For others with the same question, make sure that you are editing the exult.cfg file that is in your home directory (not the one in the etc directory).

Edit the exult.cfg file by inserting between the <path></path> tags this:

/home/yourname/.exult/blackgate

repalce "yourname" with your name.

Put the Ultima 7 files in the .exult/blackgate subdirectory of your home directory (you may have to View-->show hidden files first).

[Nossie]

I bought the game a while ago... I think it was the EA classics double cd box... the same with strike commander..

Sadly, although I know the box exists somewhere in my room I've no idea where it is!

I have however downloaded the software again from abandonia.com ... but I'm not having much luck setting it up... can anyone tell me where the files go? I've been trying to follow the 'guide' posted here but all I have are some files and a 'static' folder... what stuff goes in the exult 'blackgate/gamedat' folder ?


ty for any help

[Gen2ly]

Good question. I have Ultima 7 but now I own PPC so I am not able to install Ultima 7 through wine. If anyone has this installed, please give a file listing.

[Khar]

I got it working after some fiddling.

First, install Exult through Synaptic. Then copy the STATIC folder and the following files into /home/YOURNAME/.exult/blackgate: install.exe, endgame.exe, install.prm, intro.exe, mainmenu.exe, u7.cfg, u7.exe, ultima7.com

Next, edit the Exult.cfg file by typing:
sudo gedit ~/.exult.cfg in a terminal window, and edit the path parameters so they read as follows:

<path>
/home/YOURNAME/.exult/blackgate
</path>

Add the following under the </savegame_path> line

<music_path>
/usr/share/games/exult/music
</music_path>

Next, go to http://exult.sourceforge.net/download.php and download 'Sound Pack for Black Gate', 'Ogg encoded Music files for Exult Part 1' and 'Ogg encoded Music files for Exult Part 1'.

Extract the oggs to 'music' folder on your desktop, and extract the jmsfx.flx file to your desktop.

Then type the following in a terminal window:
cd ~/Desktop
sudo cp jmsfx.flx /usr/share/games/exult/
cd music
sudo mkdir /usr/share/games/exult/music
sudo cp *.* /usr/share/games/exult/music

Then run Exult, start a new game and press Esc to bring up the options menu. Go into the audio options and change the driver to digital. Now the game, music and sound effects should all be working!