Ultima VI: The False Prophet is a singleplayer RPG game in the Ultima series.
This was the first game in the series developed specifically for PC with full support for VGA graphics and the contemporary sound cards.
General information
- Can be run under ScummVM.[3]
- Characters can be imported from Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar or Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (see Import characters).
- The Codex of Ultima Wisdom - A huge wiki for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see
manual.pdf
for the GOG.com version).
Essential improvements
Import characters
- Supports importing from Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (
PARTY.SAV
) or Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (SAVED.GAM
).
- Ultima IV is detected first; move/rename
PARTY.SAV
to use an Ultima V save if both are present.
Make Ultima folder[citation needed]
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- Go to the Ultima VI installation folder.
- Make a new folder called
ultima (this is not case-sensitive).
- Copy
PARTY.SAV or SAVED.GAM here.
- Start the game and choose to transfer (or press T).
- Press C when prompted for a drive letter.
- Follow the steps to finish importing.
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Nuvie
- Nuvie is an engine remake that adds new features including higher-resolution support and optional interface improvements. Use the Daily Builds.
Skip intro videos
- Use Nuvie (set in Gameplay Options).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Nuvie settings are stored in
<path-to-game>\nuvie.cfg
on Windows, $HOME/Library/Preferences/Nuvie Preferences
on OS X and $HOME/.nuvierc
on Linux.
Save game data location
- Nuvie saves are stored in a
u6_save
folder in <path-to-game>
on Windows.
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Toggle with Ctrl+Z. Use Nuvie for separate volume settings. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Everything is text-based. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Spanish |
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Fan translation by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download. |
German |
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Fan translation, Download. |
Issues fixed
"A game is already in progress. Please run the install program to create a new character disk." error
- The save can't be overwritten in-game.
Install the game again (GOG.com Windows version)[citation needed]
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- Run the GOG.com installer again.
- If you have Ultima IV or Ultima V saves you want to keep uncheck those games in the installer options.
- Continue installation. The save will be replaced.
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Run INSTALL.EXE in DOSBox[5]
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- Edit the DOSBox configuration file (
dosboxULTIMA6_single.conf for the GOG.com version).
- Change
ULTIMA6.EXE to INSTALL.EXE and save your changes.
- Press H when prompted for the installation location.
- Press C when prompted for a drive letter.
- Press 5 when prompted for the graphics mode.
- Press Y when prompted for mouse support.
- Press 1 when prompted for a music card.
- Press ↵ Enter when prompted for a port.
- Press Y to confirm the settings are correct.
- Press 1 to clear the current character and exit the installer.
- Edit the DOSBox configuration file again.
- Change
INSTALL.EXE back to ULTIMA6.EXE and save your changes.
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Cannot load the main game
If the main game does not start, after selecting "Journey Onward", try to run LOADFIX -32
before starting Ultima VI.
LOADFIX
is included with DOS 5.0 or later, and is also part of DOSBox.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
CGA, Hercules, Tandy, EGA, MCGA, VGA |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit | ARM |
Notes |
macOS (OS X) | | |
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Requires Nuvie.[6][7] |
System requirements
DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
| |
Processor (CPU) |
8088 / 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) |
640 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
|
4 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
CGA
| VGA |
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
| |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References