Ultima IX: Ascension

Ultima
Akalabeth: World of Doom	1980
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress	1982
Ultima III: Exodus	1983
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	1985
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness	1987
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	1988
Ultima VI: The False Prophet	1990
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire	1990
Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams	1991
Ultima VII: The Black Gate	1992
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss	1992
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds	1993
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle	1993
Ultima VIII: Pagan	1994
Ultima Online	1997
Ultima IX: Ascension	1999

Key points

Change the renderer if you get a black screen when starting the game.

General information

The Codex of Ultima Wisdom - A huge wiki for the series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Install Patch v1.18f.
GOG.com
Origin		Not available in some regions.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

The intro video is automatically skipped once start.dat is generated.

Delete/rename column.dat^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Movies\
Delete or rename column.dat.

Patches[edit]

The version 1.18F patch fixes many crucial bugs and is required to finish the game.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Options.ini

Key mappings are stored in <path-to-game>\Default.kmp.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\

start.dat determines the default starting save but saves can still be loaded without it (after completing enough of the tutorial to unlock save/load functions).

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Origin

Video settings[edit]

In-game settings.

Setup tool settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		For a wider FOV see the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS	Use Direct3D mode and a 32-bit color screen depth.
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Edit `Default.kmp`. Left and right mouse buttons are hard-coded.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Toggle with `Ctrl`+`I`.
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music and Speech. Set in options (`Ctrl`+`O`).
Surround sound		Set in `Options.ini`.
Subtitles		Enabled by default. Set in options (`Ctrl`+`O`).
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Set in `FinalSetup.exe`.

Localizations

Thai, Russian, Polish, Italian, Dutch/Greek, Spanish and Portuguese retail only have the manuals translated.^[1]

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
German				German retail only; not available digitally.
French				French retail only; not available digitally.
Japanese				Japanese retail only; not available digitally.

Issues fixed[edit]

Black screen[edit]

Change Game Rasterizer in Options.ini^[2]

Go to the installation folder.
Edit Options.ini.
Change Game Rasterizer=3 to Game Rasterizer=2
Change GameScreenWidth= and GameScreenHeight= to your resolution.
Change GameScreenDepth=16 to GameScreenDepth=32
Save your changes.

Error when launching setup tool[edit]

The setup tool may open with an error: "The device you have selected does not appear to support all the functions required for Ultima IX: Ascension."