Hi there. After giving up on the unreliable Civ4 I decided to take a couple of steps back to a more reliable past. Civ 2.
Ultima 5 is a very old game, one of the first I played ever. I was little more than about 6 years old at the time, It was a favourite of mine.
So I made a scenario based on it.
I did one many years ago but using civ2 original graphics and sound rather than U5's. That one got lost in the mists of time.
This time thanks to some decent sound editors and my buddy photoshop. I have made a new U5 scenario using Ultima 5's original graphics and sound.
Getting the graphics required me to take many screen shots and a lot and copy and paste. But the end result looks great from my point of view, and quite nostalgic as well.
Credits for the original artwork from Ultima 5 probably go to many other people, Denis Loubet, and other origin people, so it says in my old ultima 5 manual, yes I still have it.
Although I took many hours making this scenario, I can't of course take credit for the original art or sound.
The map was made with bmp2map.exe which I downloaded from here I forget who made it but thanks you saved me a few hours there, and a computer generated ultima 5 map, which was touched up with the standard civ 2 map program. Although much smaller than the original ultima 5 map it is a reasonable approximation of it.
I will also post the readme here as well:
ULTIMA 5 Scenario.
To play add to your civlization2 scenarios directory.
This mod contains:
Custom sounds from the original ultima 5 game, original graphics taken from screen captures. I have tried my best to make it look and sound like orignal
ultima 5 as much as possible. I hope you enjoy it. Nostalgia factor was a must. The first time I played ultima 5 I was about 7 I think.
As yet there is not a point as such to the scenario, it's all for show. Choose a civ and go bonk some heads.
Changes:
Cities
People
Icons
Terrain
Improvements
Units
Sound
rules
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Details
As I said there is no objective so far unless you make one for yourselves. However here are some details about the scenario.
Civs:
Free Britannia: Basically resistance to Blackthorns rule during British's absence.They rule Castle British and all non principle towns and most huts and keeps.
Inquisition: Blackthorns new fascism.
They rule from Blackthorns palace and control all principle towns and the keeps Windmere and Stonegate. They also control shadowlords and have some evil beasts amongst them.
Triad of evil remnants: The horrid things that lurk in the dungeons.
They control all the dungeons; Deciet, Hythloth ect. They have the most choice of units and some of the most powerful. An easy Civ to play. They also have some nameless
hell holes closer to home too. These represent the random spawning of monsters in the original.
Pirates: From Buccaneers Den. There just to be a pain. They control Buccaneers den and a couple of nameless outposts. Their units are weaker than the
equivalents from other civs, but much much cheaper.
Everyone is at war at present. Although I think evil would be allied with Blackthorn, and the pirates would side with the avatar and co.
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Other Notes:
Shrines = Fortress.
Codex = Airbase
Moongates = Airlift.
There are no settlers, no techs worth researching, no terrain improving, no events.
All terrain production values are inflated.
Wonders:
Blackthorns state prison: Representing the vast torture chamber in Blackthorns palace. This wonder was Shakespeare's Theatre.
The three shards of modains gem: Separate wonders for Hatred, Cowardice and Falsehood. Contained within Deciet, Covetous, and Hythloth.
There is still much to do. But you folks can play around with this still.
Eventually there will be more purpose to this scenario, either I will or you will.
=========================================================
I will also add some screenies for your benefit.
Critique is welcome.
2024 edit: Removed old links as my server logs show people trying to download from dead links likely to their disappointment.
Use, https://wrhnet.co.uk/stuff/u5scn.zip instead.
Ultima 5 is a very old game, one of the first I played ever. I was little more than about 6 years old at the time, It was a favourite of mine.
So I made a scenario based on it.

I did one many years ago but using civ2 original graphics and sound rather than U5's. That one got lost in the mists of time.
This time thanks to some decent sound editors and my buddy photoshop. I have made a new U5 scenario using Ultima 5's original graphics and sound.
Getting the graphics required me to take many screen shots and a lot and copy and paste. But the end result looks great from my point of view, and quite nostalgic as well.
Credits for the original artwork from Ultima 5 probably go to many other people, Denis Loubet, and other origin people, so it says in my old ultima 5 manual, yes I still have it.

Although I took many hours making this scenario, I can't of course take credit for the original art or sound.
The map was made with bmp2map.exe which I downloaded from here I forget who made it but thanks you saved me a few hours there, and a computer generated ultima 5 map, which was touched up with the standard civ 2 map program. Although much smaller than the original ultima 5 map it is a reasonable approximation of it.
I will also post the readme here as well:
ULTIMA 5 Scenario.
To play add to your civlization2 scenarios directory.
This mod contains:
Custom sounds from the original ultima 5 game, original graphics taken from screen captures. I have tried my best to make it look and sound like orignal
ultima 5 as much as possible. I hope you enjoy it. Nostalgia factor was a must. The first time I played ultima 5 I was about 7 I think.
As yet there is not a point as such to the scenario, it's all for show. Choose a civ and go bonk some heads.
Changes:
Cities
People
Icons
Terrain
Improvements
Units
Sound
rules
=========================================================
Details
As I said there is no objective so far unless you make one for yourselves. However here are some details about the scenario.
Civs:
Free Britannia: Basically resistance to Blackthorns rule during British's absence.They rule Castle British and all non principle towns and most huts and keeps.
Inquisition: Blackthorns new fascism.
They rule from Blackthorns palace and control all principle towns and the keeps Windmere and Stonegate. They also control shadowlords and have some evil beasts amongst them.
Triad of evil remnants: The horrid things that lurk in the dungeons.
They control all the dungeons; Deciet, Hythloth ect. They have the most choice of units and some of the most powerful. An easy Civ to play. They also have some nameless
hell holes closer to home too. These represent the random spawning of monsters in the original.
Pirates: From Buccaneers Den. There just to be a pain. They control Buccaneers den and a couple of nameless outposts. Their units are weaker than the
equivalents from other civs, but much much cheaper.
Everyone is at war at present. Although I think evil would be allied with Blackthorn, and the pirates would side with the avatar and co.
=========================================================
Other Notes:
Shrines = Fortress.
Codex = Airbase
Moongates = Airlift.
There are no settlers, no techs worth researching, no terrain improving, no events.
All terrain production values are inflated.
Wonders:
Blackthorns state prison: Representing the vast torture chamber in Blackthorns palace. This wonder was Shakespeare's Theatre.
The three shards of modains gem: Separate wonders for Hatred, Cowardice and Falsehood. Contained within Deciet, Covetous, and Hythloth.
There is still much to do. But you folks can play around with this still.
Eventually there will be more purpose to this scenario, either I will or you will.

=========================================================
I will also add some screenies for your benefit.
Critique is welcome.

2024 edit: Removed old links as my server logs show people trying to download from dead links likely to their disappointment.
Use, https://wrhnet.co.uk/stuff/u5scn.zip instead.
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