Big news from the Exult-based Ultima 6 Remake this week: they have successfully implemented Doris, the innkeeper in Minoc! AgentOrangeGuy explains:

I implemented the ‘now or later’ inn feature where you can do it U6 style or U7 style. The only drawback to U6 style right now is that it doesn’t heal you as of yet. Until I figure out how to do that without doing it manually and very ‘clunky’ (lots of code that isn’t worth it), it just passes time until checkout time (9am next day). The fade and unfade works just fine. The U7 style works but I need to make the egg to where you give the key back or the stuff that happens when your late.

He has also made some other progress in and around Minoc:

I also fixed the conversations of Dale the glassblower. you can buy jars, glass (glass cup) and hand mirrors (desk item) along with the glass sword. I did some map work, doing much fixes to the NW coastline. I did the edging on the coast with the deep water to shallow water (blue to white).

Finally, Odkin has been busy at work generating new portraits, and his work is nothing short of astounding:

[singlepic id=2521 w=550 h=550 float=center]The richness of the NPC portraits in Ultima 6 — I prefer them to the rather mediocre ones in Ultima 7 — was one of the more notable highlights of the game, and the re-creations here are about as close to perfect as one could reasonably expect from any project. They will go a long way toward re-creating the experience of Ultima 6 within the Ultima 7 engine!