3D client to disappeasr?
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3D client to disappeasr?
The other day, while patching up a new UO install, I saw that EA is scrapping the 3D client atleast temporarily or atleast the message appeared to say that.
The message "3D client going away" showed up in the UO news that EA places in the patch window. From what I read the 3D client is giving them problems with Kingdom Reborn and they are removing it from the mix. The article seemed to indicate that they might release a new 3d client at a later date but it was vague at best if that was a certainty.
Anyone else see this or was I imagining things?
The message "3D client going away" showed up in the UO news that EA places in the patch window. From what I read the 3D client is giving them problems with Kingdom Reborn and they are removing it from the mix. The article seemed to indicate that they might release a new 3d client at a later date but it was vague at best if that was a certainty.
Anyone else see this or was I imagining things?
They don't want to continue developing 3 clients. So they are dropping 3D for now and going on with just 2D and KR for now. The ultimate goal is to encourage people to use KR in the future so they can also drop development for 2D but they said this probably wont happen fast. It all depends on the popularity of the clients.
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OK so let me see if I understand what this means for those of us with custom graphics/map/skill files...
Our files will no longer work with KR. Since UO is a copyrighted product it will be illegal for us to provide Mondain's Legacy for our players to download. Therefore we are going to be forced to using whatever EA has provided in the graphics of KR. Now if this brand new version of UO also contains changes to the way the map muls are formatted then those with custom maps are left out in the cold as well.
Now, I understand that UO is the property of EA and that means we are at their mercy but if the above be true then most of the really good free shards will be out of business or be forced to do some fast rework of their systems.
If this isn't a reason to get behind an independant non-EA client then I don't know what is.
If EA screws us over, and they really shouldn't care if they do cause they are in this for the money, then I will probably shut down my shard such as it is and bid y'all a fond farewell.
Will someone PLEASE start developing a good configurable 2D client? I'll donate to the cause when I can.
Our files will no longer work with KR. Since UO is a copyrighted product it will be illegal for us to provide Mondain's Legacy for our players to download. Therefore we are going to be forced to using whatever EA has provided in the graphics of KR. Now if this brand new version of UO also contains changes to the way the map muls are formatted then those with custom maps are left out in the cold as well.
Now, I understand that UO is the property of EA and that means we are at their mercy but if the above be true then most of the really good free shards will be out of business or be forced to do some fast rework of their systems.
If this isn't a reason to get behind an independant non-EA client then I don't know what is.
If EA screws us over, and they really shouldn't care if they do cause they are in this for the money, then I will probably shut down my shard such as it is and bid y'all a fond farewell.
Will someone PLEASE start developing a good configurable 2D client? I'll donate to the cause when I can.
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I'm not sure what to believe when it comes to EA. I remember when they said that Samurai Empire was the very last update they were going to do to UO. The word was that they were going to let it die because as I understood it there was another game they were developing. Now we are into the second major upgrade, if you can call Mondain's Legacy a major upgrade, of Ultima Online since SE.
Well, either way I guess we'll see what we'll see.
Well, either way I guess we'll see what we'll see.
Iris2 has a 2D-Renderer plugin. So you are able to play 2D or 3D (including inGame switching of the renderers .
2D is far from perfect but on it's way.
So you might support the Iris2 project and submit feature requests, bugs, 3D Models, Textures and Ideas.
UO:KR uses the Gamebryo gameengine. It's the Gameengine Oblivion uses but i think they modified it a lot to render a 3D world from iso-perspective.
2D is far from perfect but on it's way.
So you might support the Iris2 project and submit feature requests, bugs, 3D Models, Textures and Ideas.
UO:KR uses the Gamebryo gameengine. It's the Gameengine Oblivion uses but i think they modified it a lot to render a 3D world from iso-perspective.