Ultima Underworld II - Revision history

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Added link to game page

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‎Sub Quests

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Gammadragon: /* Useful Links */

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‎Useful Links

Gammadragon: Gammadragon moved page UltimaUnderworld2 to Ultima Underworld II: Clearer name

2013-03-27T08:42:07Z

Gammadragon moved page UltimaUnderworld2 to Ultima Underworld II: Clearer name

Gammadragon at 08:41, 27 March 2013

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Gammadragon: /* Tricks and Glitches */

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‎Tricks and Glitches

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 [[Category:PC]]
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 ==Aim of the Game==

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 *** All 8 of Guardian's "lines of power" cut using Altara's rod
 *** Supply Nystul with Mors Gotha's Spellbook
 ** '''Triggers''': Mors Gotha storms the castle, Nystul moves to throne room

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 * '''Kill "The Listener"''' - an Imp hiding in the Castle Sewers
-** '''Prerequisites''': Obtain Jeweled Dagger from Altara
+** '''Prerequisites''':
 ** '''Triggers''': Lady Tory's murder
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 ** '''Prerequisites''': Kill Mors Gotha in Castle British - if you kill her in Killorn Keep it doesn't count as she is saved by the Guardian
 ** '''Triggers''': Endgame sequence
 ==Tricks and Glitches==

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	==Useful Links==		==Useful Links==
−	[[~~UltimaUnderworld2~~-~~ItemList~~]]	+	[[Ultima Underworld II - Item List]]
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		+	[https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/ultima_underworld_ii_labyrinth_of_worlds.html SDA Forum Topic]

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	==Aim of the Game==		==Aim of the Game==

← Older revision	Revision as of 08:42, 27 March 2013
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 * When Mors Gotha storms the castle, if there is a female guard wearing green in the corridor outside Nystul's room, MG fails to appear making the game unwinnable. To prevent this, either push the guard down the hall towards the throne room, or go down a level and back up to reset her location
 * Sometimes the Vorz in the Ethereal Void purple room can bump into the Djinn Bottle and make it disappear
 ==Spell Guide==
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 ===Jump - Uus Por===
 This spell is very useful because it allows the Avatar to jump much higher than normal, making some extra shortcuts possible. It can be cast very early in the game (second circle, requires experience level 3) and in the absence of the Levitate or Fly spells, which are only available in scroll form towards the end of the game on worlds 7 and 8, it is the only way of reaching certain heights to take advantage of certain shortcuts. Even when the Fly spell is available, the Jump spell can give a nice quick boost to reach a high altitude compared to the slow "float upwards" movement.

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 # Jump again but immediately load game - momentum carries over, giving an extra boost upwards immediately after loading game
 # To jump to any height, repeat steps 2-3
 ===Bad Glitches===
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 ==Spell Guide==
-===Portal Spell - Vas Ex Ylem===
+===Portal - Vas Ex Ylem===
-The Portal spell is one of the most useful speedrunning spells in the game. Once obtained, the spell allows the Avatar to pass through every locked door in the game, as well as most walls of single-square thickness. There are a huge number of shortcuts that this allows which are not immediately obvious.
+The Portal spell is one of the most useful speedrunning spells in the game. Once obtained, the spell allows the Avatar to pass through every locked door in the game, as well as most walls of single-square thickness. There are a huge number of shortcuts that this unlocks which may not be immediately obvious. Using a map viewer like "uw2ed.exe" by Alistair Brown is a good way to find these shortcuts.
 Here are some basic observations about the game rules which govern how the spell works:
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 # If the destination square contains a wall in any part of the square (even diagonally) the spell will fail
 # After casting, the Avatar is moved to the same height as the floor - bridges do not count and the spell will always move the Avatar underneath a bridge
-# The spell can place the Avatar in the middle of a teleport square without triggering the teleport - any movement will subsequently trigger the teleportation, but a second portal spell will not
+# The spell can place the Avatar in the middle of a teleport square without triggering it - any movement will subsequently trigger the teleportation, but a second portal spell will not

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 * '''Obtain the Jeweled Dagger''' - the only weapon that can kill "The Listener"
 ** '''Prerequisites''':
-*** In Killorn Keep, talk to Kintara and Lobar to gather info
+*** In Killorn Keep, talk to Kintara and Lobar to gather answers for Mystell's questions
 *** Talk to Mystell to convince her you are an ally of the Guardian
 *** Talk to Altara about being an enemy of the Guardian
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 ** '''Prerequisites''':
 *** Merge the small blackrock gem from Talorus with the large blackrock gem
-*** Obtaine the small blackrock gem from Scintillus Academy
+*** Obtain the small blackrock gem from Scintillus Academy
 *** Talk with Zoranthus (from Pits of Carnage) about process of containing a Djinn
 *** Talk to Miranda after all of the above
-*** Talked to Nelson after talking to Miranda
+*** Talk to Nelson after talking to Miranda
 ** '''Triggers''': Opens final two worlds: Tomb of Praecor Loth and Ethereal Void
 * '''Obtain the Horn of Praecor Loth'''
-** '''Prerequisites''': Access to Tomb of Praecor Loth (Patterson must be dead)
+** '''Prerequisites''': Access Tomb of Praecor Loth (Patterson must be dead)
 ** '''Triggers''': Nothing, but is one of the requirements for Nystul to prompt for details about Guardian's spell
 * '''Steal Mors Gotha's Spellbook from her room in Killorn Keep and give it to Nystul'''
-** '''Prerequisites''': Air daemon trapped in Avatar's body
+** '''Prerequisites''': Trap air daemon in Avatar's body
 ** '''Triggers''': Nothing, but is one of the requirements for Nystul to prompt for details about Guardian's spell
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 *** All 8 small blackrock gems treated by Nystul and merged with large blackrock gem
 *** All 8 of Guardian's "lines of power" cut using Altara's rod
-*** Supplied Nystul with Mors Gotha's Spellbook
+*** Supply Nystul with Mors Gotha's Spellbook
 ** '''Triggers''': Mors Gotha storms the castle, Nystul moves to throne room
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 * '''Assist Nystul with the ceremony in the throne room'''
-** '''Prerequisites''': Mors Gotha killed in Castle British - she is saved by the Guardian if you choose to attack her in Killorn Keep and doesn't actually die
+** '''Prerequisites''': Kill Mors Gotha in Castle British - if you kill her in Killorn Keep it doesn't count as she is saved by the Guardian
 ** '''Triggers''': Endgame sequence
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 ===Useful Tricks and Glitches===
 * Dying while in an alternate dimension (i.e. through the big blackrock gem) makes the Avatar respawn in the gem room in the Castle Sewers
-* Damaging single-use magic items (like potions and scrolls) by throwing them against walls (or shooting them with the Fireball spell) turns them into debris which has the same enchantment as the original item but can be used unlimited times
+* Destroying single-use magic items (like potions and scrolls) by throwing them against walls or shooting them with the Fireball spell turns them into debris which has the same enchantment as the original item but can be used unlimited times
 * Using "Easy Move" keys (SHIFT+WASDX) moves or turns the Avatar in discrete amounts rather than the normal smooth motion. It also has the following useful effects:
 ** It is faster than normal movement in many situations - especially when swimming
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 * Projectiles are frozen in mid-air when Freeze Time is active. Running into the projectile is a fast way to commit suicide (to respawn in the gem room)
 * When loading a game, there are a couple of useful glitchy things that happen:
-** The "item usage delay" is reset, allowing firing of attack spells in quick succession (save, fire attack spell, save, load, fire attack spell, etc)
+** The "item usage delay" is reset, allowing firing of attack spells in quick succession (fire attack spell, save, load, fire attack spell, etc)
 ** The momentum currently applied to the Avatar at the point of loading the game carries over to the loaded game. This means you can jump to any height by doing the following:
-# Jump to max height, save at peak height
+# Jump to maximum height ("Leap" spell is useful here)
-# Jump again but immediately load game (at max upward momentum) - momentum carries over, giving an extra boost upwards immediately after loading game
+# Save at peak height
-# To jump to any height, repeat steps 1-2
+# Jump again but immediately load game - momentum carries over, giving an extra boost upwards immediately after loading game
 ===Bad Glitches===
 * Avoid talking to the servants - if you are not super-nice they start a strike and this takes time to resolve. In early versions of the game there was also a chance that the strike would glitch out and never end, making the game unwinnable
 * When Mors Gotha storms the castle, if there is a female guard wearing green in the corridor outside Nystul's room, MG fails to appear making the game unwinnable. To prevent this, either push the guard down the hall towards the throne room, or go down a level and back up to reset her location
-* Sometimes the Vorz in the Ethereal Void purple room can bump into the Djinn Bottle and make it disappear.
+* Sometimes the Vorz in the Ethereal Void purple room can bump into the Djinn Bottle and make it disappear
 ==Spell Guide==

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	* When Mors Gotha storms the castle, if there is a female guard wearing green in the corridor outside Nystul's room, MG fails to appear making the game unwinnable. To prevent this, either push the guard down the hall towards the throne room, or go down a level and back up to reset her location		* When Mors Gotha storms the castle, if there is a female guard wearing green in the corridor outside Nystul's room, MG fails to appear making the game unwinnable. To prevent this, either push the guard down the hall towards the throne room, or go down a level and back up to reset her location
	* Sometimes the Vorz in the Ethereal Void purple room can bump into the Djinn Bottle and make it disappear.		* Sometimes the Vorz in the Ethereal Void purple room can bump into the Djinn Bottle and make it disappear.
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		+	==Spell Guide==
		+	===Portal Spell - Vas Ex Ylem===
		+	The Portal spell is one of the most useful speedrunning spells in the game. Once obtained, the spell allows the Avatar to pass through every locked door in the game, as well as most walls of single-square thickness. There are a huge number of shortcuts that this allows which are not immediately obvious.
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		+	Here are some basic observations about the game rules which govern how the spell works:
		+	# The spell places the Avatar in the centre of the square which is two squares in front of the Avatar's currently occupied square, where the "currently occupied square" is the square which contains the Avatar's centre of mass
		+	# It only moves the Avatar in the direction of the 8 main compass points - if facing a different angle then it is rounded off to the nearest 45 degrees
		+	# Casting Portal in a diagonal direction (NE, SE, SW or NW) will move the Avatar two squares horizontally and two squares vertically - for example, casting the spell while facing NE will move the Avatar two squares East and two squares North
		+	# If the destination square is more than a single step higher than the Avatar's current height, the spell will fail - a "single step" is the normal step size limit which the Avatar can move directly onto without needing to jump
		+	# If the destination square contains a wall in any part of the square (even diagonally) the spell will fail
		+	# After casting, the Avatar is moved to the same height as the floor - bridges do not count and the spell will always move the Avatar underneath a bridge
		+	# The spell can place the Avatar in the middle of a teleport square without triggering the teleport - any movement will subsequently trigger the teleportation, but a second portal spell will not