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Latest version of the Exult engine, ported to Haiku!

It is fully working and will use Haiku-specific paths for storing savegames and configuration files. (more specifically they are stored into the "/boot/home/config/settings/exult/" folder)

This port, unfortunately, compared to Exult on other OSes, has a couple of missing features, namely:

It doesn't play MIDI music, not even using Timidity (can somebody test and confirm this? It may be also a problem on my end). There is even a legacy "be_midi" driver, among others, in the code, but it should be updated to support Haiku, as it doesn't compile. Exult's own digital audio, on the other hand, plays fine, but I didn't include it since it is a rather big download. If you want it, here is the Exult digital audio pack; unzip it into the "/boot/apps/exult/data/" folder, then enable the digital music and SFX from the "Audio Options" menu.
Exult Studio (U7 map/mod editor) is not included as it depends on GTK+.

Exult needs either the U7 or SI game data to work (or both, if you prefer ;) ), unpack them into their respective folders in "/boot/apps/exult/data/":

"Ultima 7: The Black Gate" should go into a "/blackgate/" folder.
"/forgeofvirtue/" is the folder for "Ultima 7: The Black Gate" + the "Forge Of Virtue" expansion.
"/serpentisle/" for "Ultima 7 Part Two: Serpent Isle".
"/silverseed/" for "Ultima 7 Part Two: Serpent Isle" + "The Silver Seed" expansion.

As it has been compiled with gcc4 it needs gcc4 SDL, ogg and vorbis libraries but don't worry, they are included in the package.

Works with:

gcc4: yes

gcc4hybrid: yes

gcc2hybrid: yes

gcc2: I guess not... you're free to try, though

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