UO:ML Cartography - RunUO

Trillian08 · 05-19-2008, 12:03 AM

I was looking for information on cartography and what exactly sextants do in relation to treasure maps (I still don't know @_@), when I came upon something interesting to me. First of all, I've never played retail Ultima Online, just RunUO. So I'm wondering if RunUO's cartography system isn't up to date, or if something happened between Mondain's Legacy and Samurai Empire that changed it from this,

Ultima Legacy

to what it is now. I really like the way that system looks, with lots of different sizes of maps and 'charts' that work in tandem with sextants to show your actual position in the world like the old Ultima Underworld games did. Is RunUO missing this content, or was it removed in a subsequent patch or expansion to make the system simpler and less redundant by condensing the multiple types into only four maps?

By the way, why is a 'world' map not a world map? The one you buy in the cartographer's shop is all scrunched up and impossible to read, while the one you actually craft is much too small to see the whole world. The map window should expand once you reach 100 cartography to take up most of if not all of the screen ( at least all the space it needs to show you the 'world.' )

MalGanis · 05-19-2008, 02:46 AM

That is a custom cartography thingy. Cartography in official uo is like the one in RunUO --> ORIGIN - Ultima Online - Playguide

Trillian08 · 05-19-2008, 10:31 AM

Ohhh... Sorry, it was late when I looked at that. I'd heard of a similar system before so I figured I was missing out on something. It's a custom shard, isn't it?

...

Well, thanks for the information. It was really confusing - I looked up Mondain's Legacy and cartography and that one was at the forefront.

Wardka · 05-19-2008, 12:57 PM

That's my shard, actually. Well, those are the remnants of the old shard website, when it was running under Sphere. And yes, that was a custom system.

05-19-2008, 12:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trillian08 Lurker Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6	UO:ML Cartography I was looking for information on cartography and what exactly sextants do in relation to treasure maps (I still don't know @_@), when I came upon something interesting to me. First of all, I've never played retail Ultima Online, just RunUO. So I'm wondering if RunUO's cartography system isn't up to date, or if something happened between Mondain's Legacy and Samurai Empire that changed it from this, Ultima Legacy to what it is now. I really like the way that system looks, with lots of different sizes of maps and 'charts' that work in tandem with sextants to show your actual position in the world like the old Ultima Underworld games did. Is RunUO missing this content, or was it removed in a subsequent patch or expansion to make the system simpler and less redundant by condensing the multiple types into only four maps? By the way, why is a 'world' map not a world map? The one you buy in the cartographer's shop is all scrunched up and impossible to read, while the one you actually craft is much too small to see the whole world. The map window should expand once you reach 100 cartography to take up most of if not all of the screen ( at least all the space it needs to show you the 'world.' )

05-19-2008, 02:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
MalGanis Forum Expert Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Slovenia Age: 23 Posts: 308	That is a custom cartography thingy. Cartography in official uo is like the one in RunUO --> ORIGIN - Ultima Online - Playguide __________________ A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a thousand men with guns. Do NOT PM me asking if I will script for your shard or send you files or anything else along those lines.

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05-19-2008, 10:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Trillian08 Lurker Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6	Ohhh... Sorry, it was late when I looked at that. I'd heard of a similar system before so I figured I was missing out on something. It's a custom shard, isn't it? ... Well, thanks for the information. It was really confusing - I looked up Mondain's Legacy and cartography and that one was at the forefront.

05-19-2008, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wardka Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 28 Posts: 26	That's my shard, actually. Well, those are the remnants of the old shard website, when it was running under Sphere. And yes, that was a custom system.

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