Ultima 6 Online

project website:
http://www.geocities.com/galleondragon/

Forum:
http://kaldosh.kicks-ass.net:8080/default/phpbb2/


U6O is a multiplayer (MMORPG) version of Ultima 6.
It is a fan-made project, we have nothing to do with Origin or EA.
You must have an original copy of Ultima 6 to be allowed to play U6O



MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS       
HARDWARE:
-500MHz CPU 
-Monitor capable of 1024x768 or better
-Internet connection
-Mouse 
-Keyboard

Recomended but not required:
Speakers or headphones
Microphone


SOFTWARE:
Windows 98 or higher
DirectX 7.0 or higher



SETUP
Note: If you have a previous version of U6O we recommend you either
remove it or put the new version into a new folder (not just overwrite
the last version) but be careful to remember your username and password!

1 Download u6o.zip and extract it
2 Run u6o.exe






HOW TO PLAY

U6O "windows"
In U6O there are three types of "windows"
1. PARTY-STATUS window (displays sun, moons, wind, all party member's faces, hp, mp, and spellbook button)
2. INVENTORY window (seperate for each party member, displays ALL stats, equipped items, and inventory items, it can be hidden/displayed by clicking on the party member's face in the party-status window)
3. SPELLBOOK window (if a spellbook is equipped, this window appears, it can be hidden/displayed using the spellbook button in the party-status window)
ALL windows may be DRAGGED (moved to a different location) using the right mouse button. This is currently the only function of the right mouse button in U6O, all other actions use the left mouse button.

Moving items
To PICK UP an item, click on it (you must be standing next to it!), the item now appears on your mouse cursor
To DROP an item (currently being held on the mouse cursor) click on the place you wish to drop it
To ADD ITEM TO INVENTORY, drop it on the grid of 16 circles in your INVENTORY window
To WEAR an item, drop it on a circle in your INVENTORY window above the place on the "body" it should be worn (for example, boots need to be put on the circle on the "body"'s feet, your strength determines how much you can equip)
WARNING! Stealing items makes you lose KARMA (read about KARMA on website)
Picking up PARTIAL AMOUNTS of gold/torches/etc.
To SPLIT/PARTIALLY PICK UP an amount of an item:
i. HOLD SHIFT while typing the number/quantity you wish to pick up
ii. HOLD SHIFT and click on the group of items you wish to pick up
(for example, There are 100 gold nuggets on the ground! But I can only carry 85, so I hold shift and type the number 85, then (still holding shift, or holding it down again) I click on the pile of nuggets)

Using items
DOORS/LEVERS/CHESTS(to open them)/LADDERS/etc., press U then click on it
POTIONS/FOOD/FISHING ROD/etc., PICK UP the item (so that it is on your mouse cursor), press U (the item remains on the mouse cursor, but the cursor changes to the "use" cursor), then click on the person/place/item you wish to use it on (for example, food on a party member, fishing rod on ocean, rune on force field, empty bucket on a cow)

Looking at items
Press L then click on the item you want to LOOK at.
IMPORTANT! Look at items you wish to take, if it says "Taking this is stealing!" you will lose KARMA!

Looking INSIDE CHESTS/BAGS/etc.
Press L and click on the container.
If the container is IN YOUR INVENTORY you will look inside that container, otherwise everything inside that container will be extracted (taken out)

Talking
To talk to OTHER PLAYERS NEARBY, press T, type, then press enter
To talk PRIVATELY to another player, press T, type, then click on the player
To talk GLOBALLY (to everyone in Britannia), HOLD SHIFT and press T, type, then press enter
To talk to a COMPUTER CONTROLED CHARACTER (NPC), press T, type, then click on the character
TIP! NPCs respond to keywords like NAME, JOB, BYE, BUY, SELL or any word they say highlighted in red. If you don't type any keyword it's the equivalent of saying hello to begin the conversation.

SPECIAL U6O KEYWORDS (MUST be typed in CAPITALS)
WHO (tells you which other players are currently in Britannia)
KAL LOR (these words call for help, after a 1 minute delay you will be returned to Britain at the cost of one sixteenth of your experience points)

Attack
Press A, then click on the target to ATTACK
ADVANCED TECHNIQUE! After pressing A, numbers will appear above each enemy, instead of clicking on them you may press a number key instead (very useful when targetting a moving enemy)
NOTE! You can STOP ATTACKING by pressing A twice OR pressing A and clicking on yourself

Spell casting
NOTE! Before you can cast you need to buy a spellbook, spell and reagents
Putting a SPELL INTO A SPELLBOOK
PICK UP the spell, press L, click on the (not equipped) spellbook, DROP the spell into the spellbook
Once you have a spell in your spellbook equip it and the SPELLBOOK window will appear
Click on the spell you wish to cast (the blue number shows how many times you can cast it with the reagents you have), then click on the place you wish to cast it
ADVANCED TECHNIQUE! Once you click on an attack spell, small numbers will appear above each target, press the number key instead of clicking on the target
COOL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS! Click on the spell, then HOLD SHIFT and press a key from F5 to F12, the key is now a shortcut to that spell. By pressing the key (doesn't need shift), if you are holding a spellbook with that spell it will select it for casting!

Controlling other party members
Press a number key, 1 is yourself, 2 is your second party member, etc.
WARNING! Only paid party members will stay if you quit U6O! You will loose any items carried by original party members (Dupre, Iolo, etc.) if you exit while they are still travelling with you!

Cancel
You can CANCEL an action by pressing ESC, this changes the mouse cursor back to the normal arrow

Sound
Press S to show/hide volume controls

Minimize/Maximize
You can switch between the full-screen window 1024x768 or a half size window 512x384 by pressing the M key

Quit
Press Q to quit


Notes:
If you are creating a new character please choose what you think will be a unique username and character name, otherwise after going through the character creation process you will be told to remake the character because the name is alreay in use.

Type "KAL LOR" to return to Britain if stuck, BUT you will lose one sixteenth of your xp!
