Ultima 7: Fixing the Earthquake Effect in DOSBox
I’ve added a new download and project entry to the Ultima 7 subdomain: ripsaw8080’s fix for the earthquake effect in Ultima 7, which goes all wonky when the game is run under DOSBox.
Since the earthquake effect is first used, assuming Forge of Virtue is installed — which is the case with the GOG Ultima 7 bundle, mere moments into the game, this should be a welcome patch for pretty much anyone wanting to play Ultima 7 outside of Exult.
So, if you’ve been having issues with that particular aspect of Ultima 7, click on over and find a fix for it.
That’s interesting. I don’t ever remember noticing a problem though, I’ll fire up Exult tonight and compare with DosBox to verify my craziness.
Old news, I know… but the original thread for this fix is at http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=24334
and you can see it also fixed the static screens in the intro, which is important as well 🙂