New Patch! (ver. B)

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New Patch! (ver. B)

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You may have noticed some strange things going on at brit bank, as well as some thing at excelsior halls missing. We are now publishing the first true patch, called patch A.

How to get it?

UOGateway users
1. Close all UO clients
2. Remove our shard from your serverlist
3. Add our shard again from the public serverlist
4. Connect and wait for the patch to download - approx 6.3 MB


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Non-UOgateway users
1. Close all UO clients
2. Download our manual patch, from this url, approx 5.4 MB:
http://patch.uoexcelsior.com/patch-b-manual.rar
3. Go to your Ultima Online directory, and create backup copies of:
- staidx0.mul
- statics0.mul
4. Copy the contents of the .rar archive to your UO folder, rewriting the current files (with you having backups, it isnt much work to get it back to it's original shape)

Note that this manual patch only gives you statics for trammel/felucca, aka buildings. UOgateway users also get:
- nicer paperdoll graphics
- better spell icons
- ability to see custom mounts
- ability to see some custom items
Therefor, we recommend you use UOGateway (not trying to sell anything, but it gives you more features).


Changes from patch A to B
Just statics:
- New Login Screen
- Bushido/Ninjitsu and special abilities spell icons now like the 1st-8th circle spell icons.
( ^ thanks to morpheus ^ )
- A few statics corrections (birt stable, a few patches excelsior halls)
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Post by Voltage Spike »

After applying the new patch, UO won't load. The client keeps Not Responding. A different server that I have tested out runs fine and yet Excelsior will not. Any suggestions?

I had Katijay log in under my character to renew the stable time on my biopet. I still can't get UO to do anything but crash when I try connecting to Excelsior.

Edit: After uninstalling EVERYTHING and starting over, I'm able to connect. :)
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Post by +Colibri »

Strange, it worked fine for me.

There's been a mixup and we forgot to put in a file correction for custom ridables.

This Applies to UO Gateway users only - You need to re-patch (remove our server from your list and add us again, follow the above procedure).

After that, you will be able to see the ridables.
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Voltage Spike wrote:I had Katijay log in under my character to renew the stable time on my biopet. I still can't get UO to do anything but crash when I try connecting to Excelsior.
btw, i think that whole "i shall sell it off in one real week time" doesnt stick. i still have some pets i stabled like 1 year ago on one shard, hehe (runuo one)
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Post by Llexa »

I am getting the same thing with UO going nonresponsive.. i dont know what else to do.. all i did was remove the shard from my UOGateway list of servers, and then put it back.. it patches but then UO will not start.. what did you do to fix that problem?
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Ok i am not trying to be a you-know-what about this, but.. it is still not working.. I mean, all I did was remove the server from my server list and add it back.. and i get this kind of crap? I dont get it.. is Ultima Online client so unstable that drastic problems can happen from just removing it from your server list? I dont get it.. I even went back and re downloaded the 5.0.1j from this site, and still.. keeps crashing my computer and becoming non responsive (both UOGateway and/or UO).. I even reinstalled UOGateway.. I dont get it.. I hope someone reads this soon, so i can get back online. I shouldnt have even changed anything. I mean, I think after these problems, i would have rathered just not been able to see ridable drakes..
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Post by Harabakc »

You can always try Razor, I just connect with razor to centes.uoexcelsior.com port 2593.
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Post by Llexa »

I would love to do that but this computer cannot run Razor.. lol
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Post by Llexa »

OK, i completely give up.. I reinstalled UO, patched it up to 5.0.1j, so it is perfectly patched, reinstalled UOgateway, EVERYTHING is exactly how it should be and NOTHING is working.. everytime i try to pull up Excelsior, UO is not responding.. I can pull up any other shard on the public list.. So, i give up..
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Post by Sighten »

I assume that by not responding you mean uog and uo hangs up. No errors show up and any other info right ?

I have no idea, as i know some kind of info should show up. Maybe you turned on some program working in tray, which takes some system resouroces. I know the pain with bad computer and to playing uo i had to turn off most of other things.

Did you download patches for the other servers from list ? If not then you can try to remove Excelsior patch and start uo w/o downloading patch.

Well you could try using PlayUO, its alternative uo client. Menus looks crapy and there are few glitches but it is WAY less crashable than basic client. As far as i rember you can find it on runuo page. Just run it and connect to what Harabakc said.
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Post by Llexa »

See what happens is:

Start with my computer freshly rebooted... then, i pull up UOGateway. I would then, add Excelsior to My Server List and then allow it to patch. At the end of the patch, nothing happens.. and if you cntrl + alt + del , then it says that UOGateway is (not responding)

When that happened, I uninstalled UOGateway and reinstalled it. Also, I reinstalled UO and only allowed it to patch to 5.0.1j, then disconnected the patching so it wouldnt go higher. THEN as a back up, I even used this website to download the 5.0.1j RAR after I tried logging in again, and again, it didnt work.

The only other thing I can do, which i am sure will not work, is to reinstall UO again, then not patch at all, and only download the 5.0.1j from this site.. but that leaves SO MUCH unpatched up to that point, I doubt it would work.

If anyone knows how to walk me through this, or knows how to fix this, OR if you had this problem and were able to fix it, then respond here, and maybe we can stay in touch Via a chat method while i attempt to get this working.

This just doesnt make any sense to me, that is, no reason why it shouldnt be working.
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Post by Llexa »

Forgot to mention.. the (not responding) issue, is happening when UO is loading.. the screen where you sign in.. what happens is:

you see that window pop up, but its just gray.. it does not load fully. and then goes non responsive.. that is the current status..
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*brain meltdown*

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OK so here is the latest.. I uninstalled and reinstalled UO AGAIN... and didnt patch anything.. just got the 5.0.1j from this page to update the client..

So now, I have a new problem.

UOGateway WILL attempt to open the Client, EXCEPT, i get the following while i am waiting for the client to load, OR, after i put in my username and password:

"This Program has performed an illegal operation, etc..."

the details for the error are as follows:

CLIENT caused an invalid page fault in
module CLIENT.EXE at 0167:004fb1e3.
Registers:
EAX=ec408f4e CS=0167 EIP=004fb1e3 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000018 SS=016f ESP=00acfd44 EBP=8af22008
ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=8af22008 FS=404f
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=8af22008 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
66 8b 50 06 66 8b 48 04 8d 70 08 83 c4 04 8d 6c
Stack dump:
00006054 bff52d8a bff552f6 00000000 00001466 00006054 00000000 0052da4a 005e23d4 005aed2c 0052da50 0052da82 00000000 00000000 00acfe38 00000000


Colibri if you have any idea what i need to do that would be great.. or anyone for that matter.. thanks.
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Post by Morpheus »

Can you connect without Gateway?

1. In your UO folder search for Login.cfg.
2. Make a backup.
3. Open with notepad.
4. Delete everything in that file
5. Put this in it: LoginServer=shard.uoexcelsior.com,36300
6. Run Client.exe
Damn it feels good to be a pirate. Yaaarrrr!
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Post by Llexa »

OK, so i did exactly what you said. I made a backup of that file, then i deleted the contents which was:

;Loginservers for Ultima Online
;Do not edit this file or patching will fail! Always save a backup.
;LoginServer=login.owo.com,7775
;LoginServer=login.owo.com,7776

so i changed it to read what you told me.. AND, it still will not connect.. It will bring up the client page to sign in, but then when "connecting" it becomes non responsive. I even downloaded razor and tried using that. Same thing, becomes non responsive.

BTW, if this shard recommends not patching with UO patch then, how are you ever supposed to get patched?

Right now, I have a client that, when installed, was version like 4.0.4 and then i used the 5.0.1j patch from here. But, isnt there a lot of stuff in between that i need?

I did try yesterday to both patch with UO Patch up to 5.0.1j, AND also patch fully then downgrade. BOTH scenarios brought same results. Non responsive UOGateway and/or UO Client.

I still cannot believe all this mess happened just by removing excelsior from the server list and adding it back.


BTW, the version of UO that i install everytime is the SE, just a tid bit of info that might be important.


PLEASE HELP, this is killing me.
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