UOX3.org News

UOX3 v0.99.1 Released

xuri@uox3.org (Geir Ove Alnes) — Wed, 21 March 2012 05:40:00 GMT

This smaller release includes fixes for a couple of issues that were overlooked in the release on monday, plus a few other bits and bobs. You can download UOX3 v0.99.1 from the Downloads-page.

UOX3 0.99 Released

xuri@uox3.org (Geir Ove Alnes) — Mon, 19 March 2012 11:40:00 GMT

The year 2012 - say hello to UOX3 0.99! Fresh off the compiler, UOX3 0.99 is now available from a Downloads-page near you.

Now, how does one go about writing release notes for a new version of a program that has not had a proper version released in over three years? The CVS has received some updates, and we did put up some "experimental builds", but the version on the Downloads-page has been stuck on the same version for over three years. This is not ideal.

However, this does mean we've got a changelog chuck full of good stuff for this version! The full changelog of changes done since the last proper release amounts to ~320 lines of text, a little less than half of which were done in 2012. This list includes both changes that have already been available through CVS and experimental builds, as well as a whole bunch of never before seen changes, fixes and additions that will hopefully be of some interest to people.

The entire changelog is available here, however a summary of the most important changes will follow.

New UOX3 release coming soon - supports SA and HS clients

xuri@uox3.org (Geir Ove Alnes) — Fri, 3 March 2012 19:32:00 GMT

A new version of UOX3 will be released in the not distant future, which will drag UOX3 kicking and screaming into the 211th decade by including support (login, character-creation, tiledata, multis, items and maps) for UO clients all the way up to 7.0.23.0, by breaking through various packet and data-related barriers in versions 6.0.14.2, 7.0.9.0, 7.0.13.0 and 7.0.16.0 - while keeping backwards compability with older clients back to the 4.0.x versions.

That's not everything, though; for a more complete overview of what changes are coming, check this forum thread.

Merry Christmas! Forum update plus note on Experimental Builds

xuri@uox3.org (Geir Ove Alnes) — Sun, 25 December 2011 07:58:00 GMT

As explained in a recent post on the forums, we're in the process of upgrading our forums from phpBB2 to phpBB3, and as such the front-page link will be changing from the old forum to the new in one of the coming days, once some kinks have been ironed out and we're certain the new forum is behaving as it should.

This means that the two forums will co-exist for a short period of time, which also means that posts on the old made after December 24th, 05:30am (GMT) will not automatically be brought over to the new forum. Feel free to start using the new forum right now, though!

It has been a while since the latest proper UOX3 release - 0.98-4.0, but there have still been various updates done since then. The source-code for these updates is of course available on the CVS, which is hosted on the OpenUO SourceForge-page. From time to time we also post Experimental Builds in the forums, which are compiled based on the CVS source-code.

Some highlights from updates that have been made since the last official release, which are available in the form of these Experimental Builds right now:

Xuri's WorldBuilder 0.23

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Sun, 20 July 2008 01:13:00 GMT

The first official version of Xuri's WorldBuilder in over six and a half years has now been released. Rumors has it that this version includes basic support for Vista as well as a brand spanking new installer, which drags the tool kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

For those of you who have no idea what WorldBuilder is, it's a combined ingame worldbuilding utility (constructing houses, decorating your world, etc) and GM Tool (similar to CGMT/ShardAce of old, easy access to most commands and many features of UOX3). Download it and give it a try!

About UO Client v6.0.1.7

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Tues, 17 July 2007 17:25:00 GMT

As of version 6.0.1.7 of the UO client, problems have started occuring when connected to emulated UO servers such as UOX3. Client lockups and freezes are very frequent, and some reports indicate a change in the packet system that could have other gameplay-affecting consequences as well.

For now, we advice you to hold those client updates for the time being, until more information/a fix to UOX3 is available.

Discuss here

UOX3 INI Editor and WorldForge grimson Edition

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:56:00 GMT

he resident coding wizard - giwo - has conjured up a much needed and long awaited utility with which shard admins easily can modify the general UOX3 settings stored in the UOX.INI file without having to trudge through the file manually in a text-editor. Instead, you can now navigate through a tabbed GUI (img) with all the options laid out in an orderly fashion. You can download and/or stay up to date on the latest versions of the UOX3 Ini Editor by browsing to this thread in the forums.

Another version of WorldForge has been added to the Downloads-page; a modified version (by grimson) of the one already there, it includes support for maps sized 7168x4096 as well as some smaller fixes to the overview map.

(Happy Newyear!) New UOX3.org Webserver

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Tue, 2 Jan 2007 03:45:00 GMT

UOX3.org has been unavailable during the last few days due to a change of webserver host. The changeover is now more or less complete and the page should be showing normally, though some details yet remain to get up and running (such as the forum).

If you encounter any new errors on the page, don't hesitate to let us know so we can fix it.

Merry Christmas

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Sun, 24 Aug 2006 07:30:00 GMT

It has been pretty quiet around here for a while now, but we're still around, and we hope you'll all have a very Merry Christmas, whether you celebrate the day(s) or not.

It must also be mentioned that for the time being any and all new forum accounts must be activated by an administrator before they can be used. Manual activation has been disabled due to the huge amount of spambots that keep registering.

Until a solution can be found (either through upgrades to the forum software or by add-ons), it might take a day or two for new forum accounts to be activated.

Sorry about that.

Forum Registration Fixed... Again

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:30:00 GMT

Just received an e-mail mentioning that authorization e-mails for newly registered users on the forums weren't being sent - the problem has now been fixed, and new users since 25th of July have all been manually activated.

UOX3 Newsfeeds and Opera Widgets

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:30:00 GMT

RSS newsfeeds for UOX3 have been added for both the UOX3.org news-page (in the front-page menu) and the forums (in the forum header), along with Opera Widget.-versions of said newsfeeds (screenshot).

Note that version 9.0 or newer of the Internet Browser Opera is required to use the Widgets.

UOX3 0.98-3.7 Released

xuri@sensewave.com (Geir Ove Alnes) — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Three months have passed since the previous UOX3 version was released (though any changes and updates are always available directly from the CVS at any time after they've actually been made), but now we're back on the release track with UOX3 0.98-3.7, which is available from the Downloads-page.

Read below for a summary of this version's updates, or check out the detailed changelog.