HowTo: make the journal easier to read

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  1. boothby

    boothby Well-Known Member
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    Please see this thread for updated links:

    http://uorforum.com/threads/artmods-are-back.34647/





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    Hello again!

    I'm sure I don't need to tell you the journal can be hard to read. Well, that is a thing of the past, because we're going to change that!

    Final journal look:
    [​IMG]

    (note: you should always make a backup of any mul files you modify in case something goes wrong)
    Lets begin! To modify your mul files, you will need the following:

    Mulpatcher (download)
    Modified journal art (download)


    To begin, open a new folder and place mulpatcher.exe inside. Extract the journal art inside this folder. Fire up mulpatcher and open up your gump (gumpart.mul and gumpidx.mul) files (using the "..." buttons), then click "Load"

    [​IMG]

    Head over to the "Features" tab and in the "Autopatch" section, click the "..." button and navigate to the text file inside the journal art folder. Then, select "Gumps" from the dropdown menu and hit "Start".

    [​IMG]

    After receiving patch confirmation, head back to the "Settings" tab and under the "Gumps" section click "Save". First enter "gumpidx.mul" (no quotes) and hit save, then enter "gumpart.mul" (no quotes) and hit save.

    Next, copy the modified mul files back into your Ultima Online folder and load the game.

    Enjoy!
    Last edited: Jun 24, 2018
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  2. MikeK

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    Holy crap. Doing this tomorrow thanks man!
  3. MikeK

    MikeK Well-Known Member
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    Hi boothby, I can't find the .mul files.
  4. boothby

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    Are you looking for the originals? They should be in C:\Ultima Online\
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    worked ty ty ty
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    Those downloads unpack as 0kb for me… :( QQ
  7. Sockz

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    Just done this and it worked great! Thank You :)
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    Is there any way to make this *not* used for the Animal Lore gump? Sadly that is now unreadable.
  10. Seba

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    Think this is broken now, I tried it and the game client would crash afterwards. Perhaps I did something wrong but I was able to follow the instructions step by step. Just make sure to make backups of the .mul files if you try this in 2017.

    EDIT: Worked in another attempt.

    Thanks for the mod!
    Last edited: May 31, 2017
  11. Iago

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    Bump for a great client mod! Thanks @boothby !
  12. Laec

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    dead link anyone have this still?
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