[image:98:r:s=1:l=x]There have been a number of updates concerning Ultima projects in these first couple days of April.

Seven Towers Exult Mods

The three Seven Towers mods for Exult — Black Gate Keyring, Serpent Isle Fixes, and the Avatar Pack — have all been updated.

• The Avatar Pack features two new avatars (including, apparently, a “bucket-headed avatar”) and a few retouches to the portraits and graphics already in the mod.
• The Keyring mod features a new title screen and a few modifications to its implementation. As well, it features the updates made to the previous version of the Avatar Pack.
• Finally, Serpent Isle Fixes adds a new title screen and a few other minor updates.

I have updated Aiera’s entries for all three mods with the latest files.

Ultima 4: Virtue of Humility

Virtue of Humility has been updated again to version 7.0401. Among other things, this update introduces the following changes:

• Iolo is now a Bard by class
• Flicker has (hopefully) been fixed
• Delay pause on load has been corrected
• Screen resolution set to 1024×768
• Paying the Herb Lady gold equal to or greater than what she is asking for increases Honesty (apparently this was previously only true in the ‘greater than’ case)

As with the Exult mods above, the latest files for Virtue of Humility have been uploaded to the site.

Ultima IX: Redemption

Direhaggis posted an update on progress in the Redemption forums:

After 3 complete overhauls, 2 paradigm shifts, a writer cage match to the death with a partridge in a pear tree, and revisions both major, minor, and punctuation mark related, I can now say:

The main plot is approximately more than half way done.

There are about 30 chapters in total–some rather short, some rather not so much. I’m still vaguely shooting for 60-80 hours of gameplay if one goes straight through the game. Take that estimate with a grain of salt, though.

Chapters 1-6 have been fully implemented by our resident scripting demi-god, Zini, where Chapters 7-12 are being tinkered with and scripted right now.

Somehow I ended up writing the bigger chapters like 15, 19-20, 23 and 26 out of sequence. I guess that’s just how I work sometimes.

It’s good to hear that this remake is making what sounds like excellent progress!

(Frothy mug of ale: Dino)