Ultima Online: News

FoF: We're Jammin'

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-11-06 16:42:41

In this week's Five on Friday we cover the crystals from the Halloween quest, Enhanced Client, and veteran reward character statues.

To read the full article click HERE.

Community Spotlight

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-11-06 13:54:40

In this week's community spotlight we have fansite news and player run events, from:

Atlantic
Baja
Catskills
Chesapeake
Europa
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sonoma
Whispering Rose

If you have fan site news, an event for your shard, or a suggestion for next week's Community Spotlight please click here. Please ensure your submissions are before Friday 1PM EST.

Happy Halloween!

Jess Folsom — 2009-10-30 14:34:08

In this week's Five on Friday we cover the next story arc, additional dyeable armor, future content, and more!

To read the full article click HERE.

Community Spotlight

Jess Folsom — 2009-10-30 14:02:05

In this week's community spotlight we have fansite news and player run events, from:

Atlantic
Baja
Catskills
Chesapeake
Europa
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sonoma
Whispering Rose

If you have fan site news, an event for your shard, or a suggestion for next week's Community Spotlight please click here. Please ensure your submissions are before Friday 1PM EST.

Publish 62.2

Jess Folsom — 2009-10-28 17:09:16

Publish 62.2 will go through during your local shard's maintenance period. The following fixes and changes will be implemented during this publish:

Fixed an issue that was causing double NPCs to spawn with the Halloween Quest.
Adjusted the Gypsy’s respawn timer.
Players can no longer summon the Harbinger in the Abyss.
Removed the Naughty Twin's ability to turn players into a Mound of Maggots.
Fixed an issue with Veteran clothing becoming unblessed on the Siege Perilous shard.

Interview with Gamasutra

Jess Folsom — 2009-10-27 15:40:14

Tim Cotten, UO's very own lead designer, recently sat down with Gamasutra to discuss the past, present, and future of UO. Check out the full interview HERE!

Publish 62 All Shards

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-25 23:01:33

All shards will be published at their local shard's maintenance period. This will have this years Halloween Content. Click on more to read the full story.

Origin Pub 62

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-23 16:34:33

Origin will be brought down in approximately 30 minutes to add this years Halloween Content.

FoF: ooOOOooooOOOoo

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-23 14:58:12

In this week's Five on Friday we cover the guild database, bows, and faction system.

To read the full article click HERE.

Community Spotlight

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-23 14:50:43

In this week's community spotlight we have fansite news and player run events, from:

Atlantic
Baja
Catskills
Chesapeake
Europa
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sonoma
Whispering Rose

If you have fan site news, an event for your shard, or a suggestion for next week's Community Spotlight please click here. Please ensure your submissions are before Friday 1PM EST.

TC1: Pub 62

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-22 15:44:03

TC1 will be brought down to add this years Halloween Content.

Patch Notes for Enhanced and Classic Clients

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-22 15:43:56

Enhanced Client:

- Keybindings and Mouse Settings will now saved for each character.

o First load, old keybindings and mouse settings will be reset.

o Does not affect keybindings assigned to hotbar and macros.

- When a player logs in for the first time they will now be able to choose between Enhanced or Classic default settings.

Fixed several client crashes

Fixed a memory leak

Classic Client:

- Added a crash reporting dialog box that appears during client crashes.

Return to Britannia

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-17 13:41:18

We would like to thank everyone who Returned to Britannia through this limited time event. For those of you who wish to stay in Britannia for a little while longer just update your billing information HERE. If you reactivate your account it will include all of the expansions up to Mondain’s Legacy regardless of what your account was initially registered for. If the Gargoyles of the Stygian Abyss are calling your name, click HERE to purchase the latest expansion.

FoF: C:/DOS, C:/DOS/RUN, RUN/DOS/RUN

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-16 16:34:43

In this week's Five on Friday we cover Codex of Virtue, Virtues, and Veteran Rewards.

To read the full article click HERE.

Community Spotlight

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-16 13:08:12

In this week's community spotlight we have fansite news and player run events, from:

All Shards Player Contest (ends tomorrow)
Atlantic
Baja
Catskills
Chesapeake
Europa
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sonoma
Whispering Rose

If you have fan site news, an event for your shard, or a suggestion for next week's Community Spotlight please click here. Please ensure your submissions are before Friday 1PM EST.

New Small Rugs at UO Gamecodes

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-16 10:51:21

We have added four additional small rugs to our collection. These rugs come in plain red, golden, cinnamon, and blue decorative. You can get them at www.uogamecodes.com. They come as a five piece set for $5.00.

Soulforges

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-14 11:05:27

These smaller forges are obtained by going to the Primeval Lich champ spawn. They are for decoration only and have NO functionality. There are some merchants that have these for sale at a very high gold value. The item will say “Soulforge” and the seller’s description may say “Portable Soulforge”. We would like to put a buyer beware on this particular item. Below, is an example of this particular issue.

Origin to be Published 61.1

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-14 10:59:52

Adjusted the special move attack on the Slasher Veil, he will now ignore invulnerable people.
The two (2) new Veteran Reward mounts will no longer take up 4 control slots
The issue with the housing teleporters not recognizing characters on the same account as a homeowner as well as issues with grandfathered house have been resolved.
You can once again place addons on top of goza mats.

Welcome to the UO Archive

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-13 17:33:15

We have added a new section to the UO Herald called the Archive. We have imported all of the information spread out on UO.com to one central location. This includes all of the BNN articles, past storylines, Player Spotlights, and much much more. To get to this section just click the Archive button to the left or click HERE.

Anniversary Item Virtue Floor Deed

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-13 16:00:19

If you have redeemed this item as a 12th anniversary gift please do not use an axe to re-deed this item. Please, keep an eye out on the Herald for when this issue has been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

FoF: Pub 61 is Out the Door

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-09 17:42:05

In this week's Five on Friday we cover Damage to Durability, Mortal Strike, and Loyalty Systems.

To read the full article click HERE.

Community Spotlight

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-09 17:18:51

In this week's community spotlight we have fansite news and player run events, from:

All Shards Player Contest
Atlantic
Baja
Catskills
Chesapeake
Europa
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Sonoma
Whispering Rose

If you have fan site news, an event for your shard, or a suggestion for next week's Community Spotlight please click here. Please ensure your submissions are before Friday 1PM EST.

Anniversary Items and Veteran Rewards

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-09 17:03:22

Within Publish 61 we added new Veteran Rewards and our 12th Anniversary Items. To read the details of each item please click on more.

Publish 61 notes

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-09 16:36:00

Click on "More" to read the full article.

Publish Delay

Chrissay Zeeman — 2009-10-09 10:41:53

This morning's publish has been delayed to fix an issue with pets that has appeared on Origin. We expect to publish later this afternoon.