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For Exult, tryF2, its what works for me.
I think thisgame is insanely full of stuff to do, like robbing the Mint in Brittania, or poisoning someone with a poison vial, or even attacking a band of guards and using the Help spell to flee from the scene (yeah, im a maniac )

I only think the game needs more numbers. Like, knowing how mcuh DMG you are causing on the attack as you do it, monsters HP or DEF values for armors. Luckily a blue book in Trinsic has all the defense and attack values of the game, so get it right away.

See ya

hi , i finish black gate and forge of virute last two week ago.

the game is ok , the storyline was slighty better than u6
have tons of secrets , chests , drawers and surrounding to check. that's the good thing about u7

but i found it , i like u6 more....

the reasons dat i like u6 more than u7 are :

1. combat system, i definetly dont enjoy so much everytime i battle with monsters. it was too quickly , not need to rely on yur magic attack. the only magic i used was death bolt against lich (i need to save game before i battle against lich coz he has death bolt too, quite annoying) , the final battle against batlin and co were also quick too, i tried to battle without black sword, equipped all the party member with normal equipment , no magic stuff and the battle is just slighty slower than before. no excitement in combat

2. dragons are easy to beat , seriously. before i had black sword , i use to raid dragons in dungeon destard.
they were threatless and unchallenge , manage to get plenty of gems , and might get 2000 gold pieces from selling gems. easy way to get money.

3. swamp, euuwwwhhh , it is ugly. i prefer u6 swamp. the swamp texture/terrain in u7 is so yucky , the combination color of the swamp was horrible to look.

4. why the caltrop isn't visible after i walk on it and taking damage from it.

5. we can look the items but we cant know the description or specification like weights , damage , etc
...............

there is a several reasons dat i haven't list them but people might thinking i just try make small matter worse.

but as ultima fans , i really had fun time for discovering the main story and some secrets. as far i played, i never encountered bugs or errors. well this quite weird for me since every ultimas have their own bugs.
u7 has various land to discover. so it is worth to play for second time

I have got problem with Exult.

I run Black Gate, watch the intro, and after that... it skips to Forge of Virtue.

What to do about it?

[Blood-Pigggy]

No clue, doesn't do that with me.

Tell you what, use the program DosBox that's on this site in utilities if you haven't already, and try to run it with that. If it still does funky stuff like that, come back and tell me.

It'd be better if you played it with DosBox as well, all it does is emulate the environment the game plays in, Exult attempts to transform the engine itself into being compliant with Windows.

Well, i've tried, but it just doesn't work with dosbox. I see error message about some missing file.

Well, the other reason i prefer Exult is because it's just much easier to use. Dosbox makes me waste alot of time.

(sorry that i write as a guest - now i'm waiting for activation mail)

[Blood-Pigggy]

Mmm, strange, it does not do that for me, have you attempted to reinstall the game? Perhaps you ran the install file (if I remember it comes in the zip) and that might fudge up some things.

Otherwise try a reinstall of Exult and perhaps even DosBox and try it again.
It might take awhile, but a lot of my games have been screwed up because my installs weren't smooth, or I ran programs that I wasn't supposed to. Usually, you shouldn't use the install or setup files that come with the game unless you're told to in the review or in a note.

I don't know if that's the case with you though, if it is, post and it might explain a lot.

[Mr.Evil]

Well, i've ran the game in DosBox and... it still does it.

Well, now i will try this reinstallation thing but i think the problem is about game.

(sorry about mediocre english, i'm still learning...)

[Blood-Pigggy]

Right, right, erm, by the way, which Ultima 7 did you download? The Black Gate or Serpent Isle.

[Mr.Evil]

Both.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Well which one are you running, The Black Gate is first.
Also can you post a screen shot of the starting area as well?

The game might be loading up Serpent Isle for some reason first (which is bizarre, but it might be the case) I would recognize the area with a screenshots.