Requesting Volunteers

[Mockhazzard]

My name is Zodin and i have just created a Shard "Warriors Haven" which is runUO1.0

The question: is there a list of modifications and tweeks which are generally considered to be the "needed for the shard to work better". An example would be like, if there was a town that was dark, the scrypt would have to be changed so players could see in the city. This mod is less of a mod and more of a "just fixing a flaw".

Basically what im asking is any suggestions for obvious needed mods to start a shard. I havn't really played this specific version of ultima so im unacustom to any samurai stuff or ninja or pally stuff. Im a oldschool UO at heart.

My server is also up and running and i would love to have some people checking it out and making suggestions. I currently also have a facebook group called "Ultima Online new shard". let me know if anyone is interested.

[Pyro-Tech]

Knive's Townhouses 2.0 is worth a look

Knive's Chat System 3.0

Cat's Jail System by Karmagedon is a must

Nerun's Distro if you don't want to do your own spawns and using the default map

Thost are the first 4 that i thought of....ill post more if i think of anymore that are a great help to have going right at the beginning. There are alot of things out there, and i have installed alot of scripts and fluff on my game. Just look through and find things that look interesting to you

when i was first setting up my server, i looked through about 100 pages on the script release section....it's worth the look

EDIT: A custom help gump...the default one i found useless

[Mockhazzard]

Thanks!

I actually tried the neruns thing, but all it did was wipe my shard of all items/spawns etc. Im sure it works, i probably just did it wrong.

While i have your attention i have a really big newb question about owning your own shard. i keep getting errors in this forum so its hard to search for answers.
question is...

I want other to connect to my shard. But i dont know how the process works for sending them my custom files without overwriting their data (so people can play on my shard as well as others). I was under the impression that this was done through UOgateway or ConnectUO. But UOgateway doesn't seen to exists and i cant find it anywhere, and ConnectUO has serious bug issues which the head programmer says wont be fixed for a few months.
Maybe an example would be appropriate. I build a nice new house is green acres, i know how to make it static (freeze it), but now what? how do i a) make the house an item which can be spawned and b) send the files to others who want to play.

I know these are newb things. Im really not that experianced but everyone starts somewhere eh?
Thanks for the help. If anyone is willing to chat about some of this stuff with me to help me out that would be even better my msn is cohenc00@hotmail.com.

[greywolf79]

To my knowledge it is not possible... If you have tweaks that require mods/patches to the client they have to be installed. The only way around this would be to copy all the old files that will be changed into a folder for safe keeping and then replace them back and forth. I have played on shards that require mods/patches, no way around it that I know of if the shard needs the patch done to play on it...

GreyWolf.

[Pyro-Tech]

right now i use connect uo to distribute a hue patch cause i have alot of custom hue's....you can follow their directions and what not and it will work fine

to make your players able to download it, you have to give them the information to be able to enter a local server and they have to enter everything manually...until the serverlist is fixed

but they have walkthroughs for all of it on the connectUO forums

[Mockhazzard]

all the conenctuo forums say is that ConnectUO crashes on startup (which it does, i downloaded it and tried it). The developer says itll be a while until it is fixed.

All i remember is i used to play on multiple shards via UOgateway, and when you added a shard to your list, you would automatically download any custom files associated with that shard. how to i get it so others can see, join, and download my files?

Thanks again.

[Pyro-Tech]

the crash is easy to fix...it's with the template it loads

just go to the options and change the template do default and restart....it should work fine.

im using connect UO right now so....*shrug* if im the only one with it working then go me lol

[DreamCatcher]

Originally Posted by Mockhazzard

Thanks!

I actually tried the neruns thing, but all it did was wipe my shard of all items/spawns etc. Im sure it works, i probably just did it wrong.

While i have your attention i have a really big newb question about owning your own shard. i keep getting errors in this forum so its hard to search for answers.
question is...

I want other to connect to my shard. But i dont know how the process works for sending them my custom files without overwriting their data (so people can play on my shard as well as others). I was under the impression that this was done through UOgateway or ConnectUO. But UOgateway doesn't seen to exists and i cant find it anywhere, and ConnectUO has serious bug issues which the head programmer says wont be fixed for a few months.
Maybe an example would be appropriate. I build a nice new house is green acres, i know how to make it static (freeze it), but now what? how do i a) make the house an item which can be spawned and b) send the files to others who want to play.

I know these are newb things. Im really not that experianced but everyone starts somewhere eh?
Thanks for the help. If anyone is willing to chat about some of this stuff with me to help me out that would be even better my msn is cohenc00@hotmail.com.

You can also go to the FAQ's here...On page 3 or 4 it tells how to make the patch... You'll find lots of interesting things there that will be helpful with opening a shard...
Good luck to you!

[Mockhazzard]

I havn't found anything on how to make a patch other then using connectUO. I know there are just 3 or 4 .mul files which i need to give to others. can someone tell me which ones? and even in connectUO, it says "Patch URL". now say what you want but honestly i dont know what to put in there. i assume its an address for the specific .mul files, but im not srue how to make em into a URL. Thanks.

[Pyro-Tech]

you have to get some webspace and upload them....follow the directions for making a patch for connectuo.

now the place you upload them to will have an address ending with the file name...you can get a geocities or something like that, but they normally don't allow alot of bandwith and depending on the number of players you have download them, you could see problems

your best bet is to get actual web hosting....you can find them pretty cheap...i was lucky to have gotten in on a deal where i have 50 gb storage and unmetered bandwith for $7 a month....you can still find it that cheap....but usually with bandwith and/or space limitations.

if you don't know how to do some of the stuff needed to be able to properly administer a server, you may want to wait on the server for awhile tand taketime to learn what your going to need to know.