exult(6)

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💖 exult — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the exult(6) page — yes it lives in the Games Manual section, and yes it's about to be your whole personality. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

exult — an engine for running Ultima VII 🎮

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

exult [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. Exult is an engine built for running Ultima VII. it started its whole life as a map-browser for Ultima VII and then evolved from there, thanks to the open source model and contributions of time and code from many people. glow up of the century honestly 👑

lowkey important: you cannot use Exult without game data files. at present, the only finished games are Origin's Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Ultima VII, Part 2: The Serpent Isle. and like, in any case, both Ultima VII's are some of the best computer Role-Playing-Games made to date, no cap. check your local computer dealer's bargain bin or an online auction site — Ultima VII can still be purchased for only a few dollars. run out and buy it! fr fr 🏃♀️💨

there's also a world editor available so you can create your own games: Exult Studio. check the exult homepage (URL below, bestie, it's down there) for more information ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — shows you the available command-line options 🫶
  • -v, --version — displays (detailed) Exult version information 📋
  • -c configfile — specify an alternate configuration file to load 🗂️
  • --bg — skip the main Exult menu and run Black Gate 🖤
  • --si — skip the main Exult menu and run Serpent Isle 🐍
  • --nomenu — skip the game menu for BG/SI 🙈
  • --buildmap type — create a fullsize map of the current gameworld 🗺️. If type = 0, paint all roofs. If type = 0, skip second-floor roofs. If type = 2, don't paint any roofs. you also need to specify --bg or --si.
  • --nocrc — skip the CRC check of the .flx datafiles 💀. only use this if you modified them yourself without recompiling exult.
okay not me reading --buildmap twice — the page really does say type = 0 both times, I'm just the messenger bestie 😭 I don't make the rules, I just deliver them faithfully.

🎀 FILES 🎀

see the README supplied with exult for information on this. (Note: you NEED this configuration file to set up and run the game). like, genuinely need it, no skips 🙏

👑 NOTES 👑

for more help and information with exult go to:

Ultima itself remains the property of Origin Systems, Inc. Ultima VII (The Black Gate) is copyright Origin Systems, Inc. Ultima VII (The Serpent Isle) is copyright Origin Systems, Inc. The Exult Team is in no way affiliated with Origin Systems, Inc., Electronic Arts, and those companies probably neither know nor care about Exult. don't go bugging them if you have problems. bug the Exult Team instead 🙌

💀 BUGS 💀

there are always bugs. please report them at:

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

The Exult Team 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this little masterpiece is the exult(6) page from the Games Manual, dated July 22, 2003 — iconic behavior from 2003, honestly. mwah, go play some Ultima VII 💋

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