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Revision as of 04:17, 29 May 2019
Developers | |
---|---|
Looking Glass Technologies | |
Publishers | |
Origin Systems | |
Engines | |
Underworld engine | |
Release dates | |
DOS | January 1993 |
Windows | June 2, 2011[1] |
macOS (OS X) | October 18, 2012[2] |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Floppies or CD-ROM; see run in DOSBox (retail). | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] Includes Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. | |||
Origin | Not available in some regions. |
Essential improvements
Patches
The Ultima Underworld 2 Patch is needed for floppy disk versions. The CD-ROM and GOG.com versions are already fully patched. An unofficial General MIDI patch is available here.
Run in DOSBox (retail)
To run correctly in DOSBox change cycles=auto
to cycles=max
.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVE*\ |
Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE*\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Boxer/Gamebox States/com.gog.ultima-underworld-1+2/Current.boxerstate/C Ultima Underworld 1 and 2.harddisk/UNDEROM2 |
- The
SAVE1
,SAVE2
,SAVE3
andSAVE4
folders are save slots I-IV.SAVE0
is temporary storage, not a save. - In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video settings
- An alternate shades.dat is available here which will increase the overall brightness of the game without destroying it's atmosphere. Use it if you feel the game is too dark.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
- French, German, Korean and Polish retail versions only have the manuals translated; the game itself is still in English.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Piano footstep sounds (GOG.com)
The GOG.com version's sound is incorrectly configured by default, resulting in misplaced effects such as piano sounds for footsteps.[4]
Fix piano footsteps (Windows)[4] |
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|
Fix piano footsteps (OS X)[citation needed] |
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|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | DOS 3.3 or higher | |
Processor (CPU) | IBM or 100% compatible 386SX, 386 or 486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB with Expanded Memory (EMS) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256-color VGA graphics |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 48 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 MB | |
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).