Make a Ultima map for Dominions II!

DeathDaemon · #1 August 15th, 2004, 05:18 AM

Ultima IV on commadore 64/128 has to be one of the best games ever!... Which Ultima was the best one? (I liked Serpent Isle too) I'm not gonna make a poll..

But I think a Dom2 map of one or more of these would be sweet.

Found them at:
http://www.dengler.net/xedragon/hrump/index.htm#maps

Here's some of the better ones
Ultima1
Ulitma4
Ultima7
Ultima7 Serpent Isle

Substitute 200 for the 050 in the URLs to get a dom2 sized map.

Arryn · #2 August 15th, 2004, 06:13 AM

You have to get permission from the copyright holder first, before you can use any of these maps ...

Agrajag · #3 August 15th, 2004, 06:30 AM

And besides, those maps are TINY!
If you are going to enlrage them, they are going to look like crap, and if you are going to keep their current size, they are going to make VERY boring game maps...

DeathDaemon · #4 August 15th, 2004, 06:33 AM

The links I supplied are the the 50% scaled Version for faster downloads. They have large enough maps available.

Arryn · #5 August 15th, 2004, 06:36 AM

Even if you doubled each dimension (quadrupled the map size), they'd still be tiny.

Agrajag · #6 August 15th, 2004, 06:48 AM

Think of it this way - a minimal map is considered to be 1600X1200 (which is still TINY), now check your maps.

DeathDaemon · #7 August 15th, 2004, 07:06 AM

Once again, they have maps at sizes of 2280x2370. I posted the shrunk Versions for faster preview.

DeathDaemon · #8 August 15th, 2004, 10:55 PM

I made a map using the Ultima 7 Black Gate map, 289 provinces... came out pretty good I think. Added special locations for magic sites (Dungeons, shrines, Bucaneer's Den, etc.) and added moongates to make for an interesting play.

Testing it now locally with a few friends, but if there is some interest and someone would like to host the map I'll send them the files. Looking at a 12-16MB .tga as of right now.

Yes I'm aware of all the good user contributed content. I've played it all plenty of times

. Something new, even if not exactly new, should be fun for a little while...

Boron · #9 August 16th, 2004, 09:13 AM

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DeathDaemon said:
I made a map using the Ultima 7 Black Gate map, 289 provinces... came out pretty good I think. Added special locations for magic sites (Dungeons, shrines, Bucaneer's Den, etc.) and added moongates to make for an interesting play.

Testing it now locally with a few friends, but if there is some interest and someone would like to host the map I'll send them the files. Looking at a 12-16MB .tga as of right now.

Yes I'm aware of all the good user contributed content. I've played it all plenty of times

. Something new, even if not exactly new, should be fun for a little while...

hopefully gandalf or arryn will host them

just publish the map as you said new stuff is always nice

and your map seems to be especially nice for sp like the faerun maps

DeathDaemon · #10 August 18th, 2004, 01:34 AM

Having fun with with the ultima vii map... I have attached a low quality 320k screenshot in map editor. Anyone interested? It's a little red at places, but other than that I think it's rather colorful and plays interestingly with the moongates providing quick access to most of the map.

And as I'm dreaming of a SP mod with Ultima enemies, especially the sea nations and bosses, a mercenary group of Pirates shows up! That's exactly what I need heh, and to think I don't ever remember seeing them before. Too strange.