hi and welcome =)
the background about needing a specific uo installer version :
Ultima online original client used to have a pseudo 3d mode, characters were real 3d models, but camera was fixed and statics (trees, furniture, scenery, items etc..) were still 2d.
Iris uses these 3d character models.
The original ultima online client stopped support for this pseudo 3d mode, and the newer installers don't have that 3d data anymore.
But if you use an old uo installer that still has the data, you can update to the newest version without the 3d data being removed,
the links on the
http://iris2.de website to the right point to such old installers that still have the 3d character models needed by iris.
Have you edited a wiki before ? maybe you can help us improve those instructions =)
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1, there commands are a lot different. I can't figure out how to mount a horse. I'll search around and see what I can find out.
Mounting a horse should work by double-clicking like normal, are you sure it doesn't ? i've been using eth mounts for a while now...
Make sure you don't have warmode on or you'll attack it instead, just like in the original client
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2, I've made a lot of addons, like houses and stuff. And maybe I'd put a tile on top of another tile, and it was never noticed before. But this client does notice those flaws.
being able to move the camera around shows a lot of things that you don't see in the original client,
i'm afraid that's a fundamental problem with making a 3d client for a 2d game.
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So now that I'm installed on ubuntu, how can I contribute?
* help improve install instructions and similar in the wiki, if you're up for it email me (
ghoulsblade@schattenkind.net), i'll set up a wiki account then, i think auto-account creation on the wiki was blocked due to spam problems.
* if you're into 3d modelling, there's a lot of stuff missing and ready for improvement :
http://iris2.de/index.php/Item_Model_List* if you're into coding and want to really dig into iris internals we should chat a bit in irc or icq to find out how you can best help there. see
http://iris2.de at the bottom for irc webchat and channel details. Most of iris is written in lua script, if you've got coding experience in any language you should be able to pick it up quickly.
* if you happen to know your way around making ubuntu/debian packages, it'd be awesome to have a binary install for linux.