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Revision as of 23:05, 12 October 2017

Ultima IX: Ascension
Ultima IX: Ascension cover
Developers
Origin Systems
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows November 24, 1999
Ultima IX: Ascension on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
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
Akalabeth: World of Doom 1998
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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Install Patch v1.18f.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Origin
Origin
 Not available in some regions.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Patches

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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System Location
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

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

In-game settings.
In-game settings.
Setup tool settings.
Setup tool settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

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

Black screen

Instructions

Error when launching setup tool

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."
Instructions

FMV cutscenes are blank

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
These requirements are for the GOG.com release.

References