Ultima Online as a 3D first person view sandbox game?
If you've ever played UO and wondered what Britannia might look like from your avatar's perspective, you've come to the right place. What do the mountains look like that overlook the city of Britain? How does a glimmering sunset appear from the shores of Nujel'm? This series of videos will show you that and more as it documents the process of recreating the map of Ultima Online in Wurm Unlimited on a server called Ultima Nostalgia.
The server is set to private for now, but once the main areas of the world have been built, the server will open it's doors to the public and players will be able to come and explore. The only thing you will need is the Wurm Unlimited sandbox game which you can get on Steam. Catch a horse and use it as a mount to gallop through the forests. Board a ship and sail the seas to visit famous towns, dungeons and islands. This server will offer the experience of seeing how Ultima Online would have been as a 3d game.
As we fly over the newly generated server map of Britannia, I explain what this project is all about.
This video contains:
The goal of the project and why I'm doing this
How I made the map
An overview of the server after it's been freshly generated
I begin the process of building the server and in this episode we check out what parts of Britain are done so far. We then work on Castle Britannia together.
This video contains:
Overview of west Britain
Bdew's set height mod
Castle Britannia
Bdew's nolimits mod
How to refresh yourself as a GM
We build the hedge maze together.
This video contains:
How trees and chopping wood works in Wurm
Terraforming in Wurm
Raising the bedrock
The difference between a 10QL and 99QL lamp
We build the city of Vesper together and connect the small islands with bridges.
This video contains:
The new Change terrain tool
How bridges are built in Wurm
Setting items on the ground in Wurm
How to dye/paint things as a GM
This is a very special episode in which I share my housing adventures from UO and we try to build the UO houses in Wurm. Seeing the castle in 3d is especially breathtaking!
This video contains:
My history with player housing in Ultima Online
How player housing compares between UO and Wurm
Is it possible to build the classic UO houses in Wurm?
As we build the island of Occlo, I decide to map out the location of all the grassy and forest patches of the land and build them exactly like they are in UO.
This video contains:
Sailing in Wurm
My history with Occlo
Mapping out the land and terraforming it to be exactly like UO
How to summon animals as a GM
The horses and riding in Wurm
There is a hidden valley inside a mountain near Trinsic that some know about, but many do not. It's always been one of my favorite places in UO. Together, we build it in Wurm.
This video contains:
Secret tunnels
How players climb mountains in Wurm
Trinsic is one of the most beautiful cities in Ultima Online. And so it turned out to be in Wurm as well. Watch as we build Trinsic together. The end result is absolutely beautiful!
This video contains:
How to replace textures in Wurm Unlimited
How to make DDS files
The difference between the server and the client files
Creating focus zones in the database
In this episode we build the icy Dagger isle and try to build a dungeon for the very first time.
This video contains:
Creating a dungeon in Wurm
Creating an arctic landscape with polar bears
Creating solid rock with focus zones
Deleting items from the database
Out of all of the episodes so far, this has got to be my favorite. Not only do we manage to make Nujel'm look like an authentic desert island, but we go through all of the many new mods Bdew has made.
This video contains:
Custom NPC mod
Taxidermy mod
No damage mod
Placing items on tables aka ThreeDee mod
Would Wurm be better off with NPCs?
Player screenshots of the game
It was a beast to make, but worth it. So far the hugest endevour of the project due to how big Yew is. Also see how I solved the issue of getting log cabins. (at least sort of)
