Not for Online

24th November 2006, 01:36 PM

Its for off line...I thought it was legal if only playing with self. I don't have online and won't have for quit a while....just thought to ask

**Adam** · 24th November 2006, 01:41 PM

Naw, EA consider the use and creation of "free shards" illegal

We and other fan sites don't mind if you post pictures created from your own personal shards for comic/funny related things.

But we don't provide instructions/guides on how to setup non EA shards, i'm afraid.

24th November 2006, 01:43 PM

Well, I didn't know that....but thank you for your patience and info. Don't wanna make that mistake. Thanx...8)

Terrance · 24th November 2006, 04:23 PM

Actually (correct me if I'm wrong) EA's policy is that you may emulate a shard locally, on your own system and not accessible by anyone else. This is why they distributed UOX, the very first UO shard emulator, themselves on the Beta distribution CD.

However, it's still best not to discuss it on supported forums for production shards, and that is understandable.

**Adam** · 24th November 2006, 04:27 PM

I don't know, but i'm just going by their current rules

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You will not attempt to play Ultima Online on any service that is not controlled or authorized by Electronic Arts.
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You will not create, use, play on or provide any server emulator or other service where Ultima Online may be played. You will not post, use or distribute any utilities, applications, emulators or other software tools related to Ultima Online that do not have the express written permission of Electronic Arts to be used with the Service. Information about approved software can be found here.

As for the UOX thing, I think that was stratics who used to host the UOX emulator.

Yea, it was

http://web.archive.org/web/199901250....stratics.com/

It's on the left hand side, UOX Emulator.

**Ezekiel** · 24th November 2006, 04:28 PM

I thought that that would be bad for the simple reason that you would have the server side code running on your own computer.

When I first started playing I asked on Stratics why there wasnt a small single player tutorial. This would let you figure out controls etc without any risk and more importantly, would let you see how a session that doesnt depend on connectivity would play. So that you would have a non-net comparison and be able to recognize lag very easily.

Everyones big argument aainst it was that the server code would be distributed and that was a no-no...

Terrance · 24th November 2006, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam

I don't know, but i'm just going by their current rules

As for the UOX thing, I think that was stratics who used to host the UOX emulator.

Yea, it was

http://web.archive.org/web/199901250....stratics.com/

It's on the left hand side, UOX Emulator.

Aye, but it was on the Beta distribution CD as well. At least I think it was..is..I'll have to look later.

Terrance · 24th November 2006, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kettlewhistle78

I thought that that would be bad for the simple reason that you would have the server side code running on your own computer.

When I first started playing I asked on Stratics why there wasnt a small single player tutorial. This would let you figure out controls etc without any risk and more importantly, would let you see how a session that doesnt depend on connectivity would play. So that you would have a non-net comparison and be able to recognize lag very easily.

Everyones big argument aainst it was that the server code would be distributed and that was a no-no...

HARR! That's funny, since there was an offline, single-player tutorial on the T2A CD. You were in Ocllo and had a "guide wisp" which was actually very neat. The wisp guided you around and told you about things. Eventually, you had to go get a "glass sword" from a local NPC and go kill a dragon outside of town. It was a great idea and I'm really not sure why it was dropped...

guide wisp: "Ooh! Doesn't that dragon look mean!"

Som · 24th November 2006, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Terrance

Aye, but it was on the Beta distribution CD as well. At least I think it was..is..I'll have to look later.

Nope I still have my beta CD and it is not on it.

**Adam** · 24th November 2006, 09:53 PM

Yea I remember there being an "offline demo"
hehe

24th November 2006, 01:36 PM	#1
Fayt_ShadowWolf Guest Posts: n/a Gold: 0 [Check]	Not for Online Its for off line...I thought it was legal if only playing with self. I don't have online and won't have for quit a while....just thought to ask

24th November 2006, 01:41 PM	#2
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 6,093 Gold: 70,143 Thanks: 49 Thanked 578 Times in 190 Posts	Re: Not for Online Naw, EA consider the use and creation of "free shards" illegal We and other fan sites don't mind if you post pictures created from your own personal shards for comic/funny related things. But we don't provide instructions/guides on how to setup non EA shards, i'm afraid.

24th November 2006, 01:43 PM	#3
Fayt_ShadowWolf Guest Posts: n/a Gold: 0 [Check]	Re: Not for Online Well, I didn't know that....but thank you for your patience and info. Don't wanna make that mistake. Thanx...8)

24th November 2006, 04:23 PM	#4
Terrance Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Napa Valley Posts: 514 Gold: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Not for Online Actually (correct me if I'm wrong) EA's policy is that you may emulate a shard locally, on your own system and not accessible by anyone else. This is why they distributed UOX, the very first UO shard emulator, themselves on the Beta distribution CD. However, it's still best not to discuss it on supported forums for production shards, and that is understandable.

24th November 2006, 04:28 PM	#6
Ezekiel Wycorp--Dwarf Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Shard: Area 52 Posts: 2,506 Gold: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Not for Online I thought that that would be bad for the simple reason that you would have the server side code running on your own computer. When I first started playing I asked on Stratics why there wasnt a small single player tutorial. This would let you figure out controls etc without any risk and more importantly, would let you see how a session that doesnt depend on connectivity would play. So that you would have a non-net comparison and be able to recognize lag very easily. Everyones big argument aainst it was that the server code would be distributed and that was a no-no...

24th November 2006, 09:53 PM	#10
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 6,093 Gold: 70,143 Thanks: 49 Thanked 578 Times in 190 Posts	Re: Not for Online Yea I remember there being an "offline demo" hehe

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