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
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- The intro video is automatically skipped once
start.dat
is generated.
Delete/rename column.dat[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies\
- Delete or rename
column.dat .
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Patches
The version 1.18F patch fixes many crucial bugs and is required to finish the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Key mappings are stored in
<path-to-game>\Default.kmp
.
Save game data 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).
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
- Thai, Russian, Polish, Italian, Dutch/Greek, Spanish and Portuguese retail only have the manuals translated.[3]
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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German retail only; not available digitally. |
French |
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French retail only; not available digitally. |
Japanese |
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Japanese retail only; not available digitally. |
Spanish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Black screen
Change Game Rasterizer in Options.ini[4]
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- 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.
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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."
FMV cutscenes are blank
Uninstall codec packs[5]
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Uninstall any codec packs (e.g. K-Lite).
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
References