July 2009

Publish Update Submitted by UO_Herald on July 31, 2009 at 2:51 PM CDT Originally posted 31 Jul 2009 15:06:26 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: This next publish will happen at your local shard's next maintenance cycle. The changes are: Fixed an issue with Ghosts being teleported out of the Champ Spawn area while a corpse was visible. Fixed an issue with Hirelings accepting money without actually working for them. Treasures of Tokuno and the Shadowlord event will come to an end. So buckle up and takedown those shadowlords before they disapear! [Discuss This Article]

FoF: Gargoyles Can Fly Submitted by UO_Herald on July 31, 2009 at 2:45 PM CDT Originally posted by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: In this week's Five on Friday we cover new peerless-type encounters, Gargoyles and pack animals, and patching for the Classic client. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Gametrailers.com Rates UO as the #3 Breakthrough PC game Submitted by UO_Herald on July 31, 2009 at 2:04 PM CDT Originally posted 30 Jul 2009 10:46:38 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Check out the video here.  [Discuss This Article]

Screenshot Contest Reminder Submitted by UO_Herald on July 29, 2009 at 7:57 PM CDT Originally posted 29 Jul 2009 11:54:00 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: This is a reminder to submit your screenshots for the contest. The winner gets a 30 days game time added to their account. Submissions are due by Friday July 31st 2PM EST. Click here for the full contest details. [Discuss This Article]

ICQ SCAM WARNING Submitted by Martyna_Zmuir on July 29, 2009 at 4:21 PM CDT There is an ICQ scam going around the last few days.  Several ICQs have been hacked and the perpetrator is messaging from the hacked accounts in an attempt to get those responding to reveal the answer to their security question(s). The hacker has also tricked a few trusting souls into giving their account information outright which is used to dry loot all characters and houses.  This hacker has been active on Great Lakes! Do not give ANY account information to ANYONE at ANY TIME!  Just like EA Mythic will NEVER ask you for your passwords, nor should your 'friends.' Change your passwords frequently, keep your antivirus and antispyware programs updated, and trust no one with your account.

Mondain's Legacy Submitted by UO_Herald on July 29, 2009 at 10:29 AM CDT Originally posted 29 Jul 2009 11:05:20 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Take a look to your right and see any new. Ok waits for a second. If you didn’t catch it we have made Mondain’s Legacy free, including the seven expansions prior to it. Yes we said FREE! I’m sure you are asking yourself “so how do I get access to all of the expansions?” This is the easy part, all you have to do is log in and play. That’s it it’s that simple.  All players will now have access to: Elves Increased storage capacity Spellweaving All the current Dungeons Much Much More You can see all of the features available in Mondain’s Legacy here: http://www.uoherald.com/uoml. [Discuss This Article]

Enhanced Client Update Submitted by UO_Herald on July 28, 2009 at 3:26 PM CDT Originally posted 28 Jul 2009 14:14:55 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Updates: Updated the look of the rune beetle Bug Fixes: Fixed crash caused by purchasing items from NPC merchants Fixed issues with contents not displaying in Legacy Container view Fixed issues with the custom user interface not loading properly [Discuss This Article]

Great Lakes Shard Submitted by UO_Herald on July 28, 2009 at 3:21 PM CDT Originally posted 28 Jul 2009 11:13:37 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: On Great Lakes we will be doing a revert back to Monday morning maintenance. While the decision to do a revert is never an easy one, this is the only way to resolve an issue that caused items to disappear out of player's homes on Great Lakes. This revert will restore the items players have lost. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank the players for their understanding. Great Lakes will be down for approximately 1 hour to perform the revert. [Discuss This Article]

UO House of Commons is back Submitted by DaKaren on July 27, 2009 at 12:38 AM CDT Copied from Stratics because this is an important event. Originally posted on Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2:19 PM EDT by Avenhar: Stratics IRC and UO Stratics proudly announce Ultima Online House of Commons is back. HoC has had a long tradition throughout the years and has been missing in action for a good while. Our staff had been hard at work with the EA team to get the ball rolling again. The first of hopefully many more HoC is scheduled for Thursday July 30th, 7 pm EST. Please join us in the #straticshoc channel on the Stratics IRC network for another great hour of questions and answers with the UO team! The HoC Topic of this week will be: New Client’s open Beta and Stygian Abyss You can connect to one of our IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client or you can visit our downloads section to choose a client. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668 or choose a server listed below that is closest to you: stratics.frws.com USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000 irc.glowfish.de EU - Germany 6667 6668 irc.us.glowfish.de USA - Missouri 6667 6668 irc.gamers-irc.org USA - Colorado 6667 6668 7000 Once connected, join the #straticshoc channel and you'll be able to submit your questions to the assigned question taker. You can also join us any time in #ultima-online on Stratics IRC for general chat about the best MMO ever - Ultima Online! Newer readers that have not taken part before can find instructions and some information on the House of Commons below. House of Commons: http://uohoc.stratics.com/intro.shtml http://uohoc.stratics.com/questions.shtml http://uohoc.stratics.com/hocjavairc.shtml IRC http://chat.stratics.com/ [Discuss This Article]

Stygian Abyss Expansion Beta Invitations Submitted by UO_Herald on July 24, 2009 at 5:19 PM CDT Originally posted 24 Jul 2009 17:33:43 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We have sent out the next round of invitations to the the closed content beta. Check your email! UPDATE: There was an error distributing the codes on Friday. We resent out the beta invitations on Sunday. So please check your email. This email will be coming from "nobody@mythic.com". [Discuss This Article]

FoF: 01010101 01001111 Submitted by UO_Herald on July 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM CDT Originally posted 24 Jul 2009 17:32:12 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: In this week's Five on Friday we cover Cloaks of Silence, Spirit Speak Jewelry, and the release of a new installer. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Enhanced Client Desktop Screenshot Contest Submitted by UO_Herald on July 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM CDT Originally posted 24 Jul 2009 15:57:32 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Guess what?!?! We want you to take a screenshot of your desktop in the Enhanced client.  The winner will get a 30 days of gametime added to their account.  We are looking for cool looking monsters and/or creative ways to use the new client UI.  The rules are simple: Submissions to be sent to stygian_beta@mythic.ea.com (hosted screenshots will not be accepted) Include Name (character or real name), Shard you play on, and account you would like the 30 days added  Submissions must be in .jpg, .gif, or .bmp with a minimal desktop resolution of 1024x768 (all other formats will not be accepted) Enter as many times as you like  We will narrow down the submissions to 5 unique finalists  The 5 finalists will be voted on by the players To ensure fairness to all players the finalist character names will be blacked out Submissions will be accepted from July 24th  to July 31st 2:00PM EST. At that point we will then elect the 5 finalists. Once the finalists are selected their screenshots will be posted on the Herald to be voted on. The vote will last 7 days and after 7 days we will announce the winner. The winner will be notified prior to the announcement.  [Discuss This Article]

New Client Patch Submitted by UO_Herald on July 23, 2009 at 7:18 PM CDT Originally posted 23 Jul 2009 18:05:42 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Updates Optimized client to reduce hitching while running/teleporting Bug Fixes Fixed skills not alphabetizing in the customized skill index of the character creation process Fixed overhead text not relocating itself based on stance or avatar height Fixed hotbar items adopting the hue of the last item that was clicked on Ships are no longer flooded with water Fixed doorway pathing issues in player housing for towers, keeps, and castles Bottom portion of several Legacy Container contents are no longer get cutoff Viewing contents of player-run vendors and pack animals no longer locks to Legacy Container view Fixed Equip macro contents becoming inaccessible when scrollbar is removed [Discuss This Article]

Shadowlords and ToT Extended Submitted by UO_Herald on July 22, 2009 at 5:08 PM CDT Originally posted 22 Jul 2009 17:17:26 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Due to feedback regarding the dates we will extend the Shadowlords and the Treasures of Tokuno until the end of this month. [Discuss This Article]

Origin Shard Submitted by UO_Herald on July 22, 2009 at 5:05 PM CDT Originally posted 22 Jul 2009 01:05:04 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: While preparing the shards for the next publish we encountered an error that caused a revert to the Origin shard. The revert is approximately 5 hours. The engineers were able to quickly identify and resolve this issue and prevented it from happening to other shards. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. [Discuss This Article]

Client Open Beta Update Submitted by UO_Herald on July 21, 2009 at 3:30 PM CDT Originally posted 21 Jul 2009 11:48:59 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We had a small update to the new client. Please patch the new client prior to logging in. [Discuss This Article]

TC1: Pub 59.01 Notes Submitted by UO_Herald on July 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM CDT Originally posted 20 Jul 2009 17:04:55 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Bug fixes Fixed the ability to throw the cream pies at another player if they do not have one in their backpacks. [Discuss This Article]

Live Event Update Submitted by UO_Herald on July 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM CDT Originally posted 20 Jul 2009 13:43:03 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: It's getting to the end of the event where Treasures of Tokuno and the Shadowlords will be ending this week. So get some Marties and take down the Shadowlords while you can. [Discuss This Article]

The New and Improved Trial Account Page Submitted by UO_Herald on July 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM CDT Originally posted 17 Jul 2009 21:07:32 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We have updated our Trial account page. Check out the new page here.  [Discuss This Article]

New Client Open Beta Submitted by UO_Herald on July 17, 2009 at 7:14 PM CDT Originally posted 17 Jul 2009 18:16:58 EST by Calvin Crowner on the UO Herald: With the release of UO’s 8th expansion pack around the corner we thought we’d give the community just a glimmer of the technology that’s been under development. We’d like the community to take a look at our latest efforts to improve on the interface and user experience. Please understand that you do not need to use this client for the new expansion; however, we do think you’ll enjoy a lot of the features and improvements we’ve made. This client will maintain the “beta” tag as we continue to gather information and improve it based on community feedback. We hope you’ll take a look, and more importantly, use it as a lens for future adventures as we open up the Stygian Abyss coming this Summer! Please note: This is an open beta of the new client, but not the expansion content. This client will work on any shard, not just Test Center, so you can test it in a real environment. Players can download the client here. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

FoF: Blackrock Rocks Your Socks! Submitted by UO_Herald on July 17, 2009 at 4:43 PM CDT Originally posted 17 Jul 2009 15:32:48 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: In this week's Five on Friday we cover Honorable Execution, Personal Blessed deeds, and Blackrock. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Stygian Abyss Expansion Site Updated Submitted by UO_Herald on July 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM CDT Originally posted 16 Jul 2009 17:54:06 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We have added additional screenshots, images, and updated the game overview section. Check it out here.  [Discuss This Article]

Emergency Maintenance Submitted by UO_Herald on July 14, 2009 at 5:20 PM CDT Originally posted 14 Jul 2009 17:53:45 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We will be bringing all of the shards down in approximately 30 minutes for an emergency maintenance. Shard will be down for approximately 45 minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 59 Submitted by UO_Herald on July 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM CDT Originally posted 14 Jul 2009 10:00:59 EST by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: All shards will be brought down in aproximately 2 hours for Pub 59.  Once the shards are back up you must patch your client or you may not have access to the game. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

FoF: Jack of all Trades Submitted by UO_Herald on July 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM CDT Originally posted 10 Jul 2009 16:33:18 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: In this week's Five on Friday we cover Vortex llamas, Titles, and jack of all trades. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Origin to be Published Submitted by UO_Herald on July 10, 2009 at 8:42 AM CDT Originally posted 09 Jul 2009 16:43:40 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: Origin will be coming back up with Pub 59. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE. [Discuss This Article]

Client Versions Submitted by DaKaren on July 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM CDT Originally posted 07 Jul 2009 18:12:19 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: We have updated the client versions. Kingdom Reborn Version is 2.59.0.1 Legacy is 6.0.14.1 [Discuss This Article]

TC1: Pub 59 notes Submitted by DaKaren on July 7, 2009 at 4:24 PM CDT Originally posted 07 Jul 2009 16:33:14 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: TC1 has been published with the following notes: To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

FoF: Happy 4th of July Submitted by DaKaren on July 3, 2009 at 12:00 AM CDT Originally posted 03 Jul 2009 13:02:47 by Chrissay Zeeman on the UO Herald: In this week's Five on Friday we cover Champ/Harrower titles, Faction Stat Loss, and Gargoyle flying. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.