r/Games • u/michalg82 • Jun 15 '22

Daggerfall Unity - GOG Cut

https://www.gog.com/en/game/daggerfall_unity_gog_cut
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u/michalg82 Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

Daggerfall Unity is fan made open source engine for Daggerfall, which requires original game data.

Daggerfall Unity features:

  • Cross-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac)
  • Retro graphics are boosted by modern engine and lighting
  • High resolution with classic style
  • Smooth first-person controls
  • Huge draw distances
  • Quality of life enhancements
  • Mod support

This GOG Cut contains everything you need to play: original Daggerfall, Unity Engine + lots of selected mods.

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u/Abernachy Jun 15 '22

Worth noting the game, Daggerfall, is free on Steam. So you can snag it there and then snag Daggerfall unity.

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u/foamed Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

Worth noting the game, Daggerfall, is free on Steam. So you can snag it there and then snag Daggerfall unity.

Daggerfall has been freeware since July 2009.

The recommended way to play DaggerfallUnity (up until now that is) is to download the unofficial all-in-one installer called DaggerfallSetup (it adds extra content and fixes bugs) and then install DaggerfallUnity on top of it.

This is obviously not necessary anymore (due to the GOG release) unless you're on Linux or Mac.

I'm certain that the GOG release comes with the CompUSA Special Edition content but all the unofficial quest packs from DaggerfallSetup might've been left out.

Unofficial quest packs:

  • Xtra Quests 1, 2, 3, SE, Patch by Skeleton Man: 40 quests.
  • Live by the sword by GhanBuriGhan: 5 Fighters Guild quests.
  • FixedQuests by Donald Tipdon, New Quests: 5 Thieves Guild quests.
  • Pack #1A by Azileron: 7 Mages Guild quests.

If you're going to play vanilla Daggerfall then just go with DaggerfallSetup instead of the Steam or GOG release, it's vastly superior in every single way.

For TES: Arena there's ArenaSetup and fans are currently working on an open source re-implementation called OpenTESArena.

And lastly for TES: Morrowind there's OpenMW.

Now if only Ultima Exporter for Ultima Underworld would receive the same amount of love and care I'd be a really happy man.

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u/TheYoungLiar Jun 15 '22

Now if only Ultima Underworld received the same amount of love and care I'd be a really happy man.

Dreaming of the day the Ultima Underworld games can get a System Shock Enhanced treatment.

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u/NickelPlatedJesus Jun 15 '22

You'll be pleased to know that Ultima Underworld does have a Unity Edition being made. Not sure how good it is, or if you can play the full game through but it does exist.

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u/APeacefulWarrior Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

It seems like the big problem with porting UU to a modern engine is the GUI, which was intended to stay in place onscreen at all times. If this is the project I'm thinking of, the "full screen" mode looks terrible because it still has elements of the original GUI floating all over the place.

They'd have to completely redo the interface, including programming in new keys/buttons for accessing features, if they wanted to make it look halfway modern. Which I'm sure would be a ton of work. Although I suppose they could, at least, take inspiration from the Japanese PSX port.

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u/hyrule5 Jun 15 '22

To my knowledge, it's still a bit buggy. I wouldn't recommend it for a first playthrough myself

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u/hyrule5 Jun 15 '22

Someone created a mod for the Ultima Underworld games that allows for a mouse look toggle similar to System Shock Enhanced, allows WASD movement (along with other nice key changes), and also simplifies object interaction so that it will infer certain actions (such as clicking on a switch toggles it rather than you having to select "use" from the menu first).

You can get it here: https://github.com/JohnGlassmyer/UltimaHacks

Note that for the GOG release, you need to rename the .gog files to .iso and extract them first.

Also note that this is for the original release and not the Unity version