fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart) (02/07/91)
Does anyone know where I can get docs, a walkthrough, or something similar for Ultima V? --Frank fstuart@eng.auburn.edu
epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) (05/23/91)
***POSSIBLE SPOILER*** I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? Spoilers would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Oh, I'm playing the Amiga version(8.0).
mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) (05/24/91)
epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) writes: >I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. >I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the >one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle >square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? >Spoilers would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Hmmm...this is Ultima IV you're talking of. In Ultima IV you'll find mandrake in the swamps and nightshade in the woods, but in Ultima V you can buy it in herbs shops. :-) -Efchen --- /~\ | Martin Friedrich IRC/FN/BITNET: Efchen C oo | Postfach 1602 NightFall: Sir Efchen, Knight of Elvendar _( ^) | 8520 Erlangen ~\ | GERMANY InterNet:mnfriedr@informatik.uni-erlangen.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tie two birds together. Though they have four wings, they cannot fly. - The silent Flute
epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) (05/25/91)
Followuepfister@polyslo.calpoly.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407 Keywords: In article <1991May24.080149.23373@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) writes: > >>I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. >>I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the >>one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle >>square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? >>Spoilers would be appreciated, thanks in advance. > >Hmmm...this is Ultima IV you're talking of. In Ultima IV you'll find >mandrake in the swamps and nightshade in the woods, but in Ultima V >you can buy it in herbs shops. No, this is Ultima V. Saul, in Skara Brae, will tell you where to find them if you ask him about either Nightshade or Mandrake. They can also be bought in certain areas though.
david@starsoft.hou.tx.us (Dave Lowrey) (05/28/91)
In article <283e8cba.197c@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) writes: > > > Followuepfister@polyslo.calpoly.edu > Distribution: usa > Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407 > Keywords: > > In article <1991May24.080149.23373@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) writes: > > > >>I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. > >>I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the > >>one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle > >>square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? > >>Spoilers would be appreciated, thanks in advance. > > > >Hmmm...this is Ultima IV you're talking of. In Ultima IV you'll find > >mandrake in the swamps and nightshade in the woods, but in Ultima V > >you can buy it in herbs shops. > > No, this is Ultima V. Saul, in Skara Brae, will tell you where to find > them if you ask him about either Nightshade or Mandrake. They can also > be bought in certain areas though. I don't know about Ultima V, but in Ultima IV, not only did you have to search at midnight, you would only find it when the moons were in proper phase (I believe both had to ne "new" (black)). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft.hou.tx.us Starbound Software Group | "The large print giveth, the small print Houston, TX | taketh away." -- Tom Waits in "Step Right Up"
wangsawm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Wangsawidjaja Mintardjo) (05/30/91)
epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) in article <283e8cba.197c@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> submit: > >Followuepfister@polyslo.calpoly.edu >Distribution: usa >Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407 >Keywords: > >In article <1991May24.080149.23373@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) writes: >> >>>I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. >>>I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the >>>one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle >>>square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? >>>Spoilers would be appreciated, thanks in advance. >> >>Hmmm...this is Ultima IV you're talking of. In Ultima IV you'll find >>mandrake in the swamps and nightshade in the woods, but in Ultima V >>you can buy it in herbs shops. > > No, this is Ultima V. Saul, in Skara Brae, will tell you where to find >them if you ask him about either Nightshade or Mandrake. They can also >be bought in certain areas though. It's not false. There's a spot (the only spot) where mandrake and another spot (also the only spot) where nightshade can be retrieved without going to shop. I don't remember the exact coordinate of both spots. Spoilers: *** The spots are real spots. Search at the exact time. Otherwise, they can't be retrieved. *** ***** /---------------------------------------------------------------------/ * **** // Wangsawidjaja, Mintardjo Oregon State University. // ** *** // Groups: student Domain: CS.ORST.EDU // *** ** // Internet: wangsawm@PRISM.CS.ORST.EDU Phone: (503) 737-9000 // **** * /---------------------------------------------------------------------/ *****
thinker@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (71065000) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.080552.16501@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> wangsawm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Wangsawidjaja Mintardjo) writes: >epfister@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ed Pfister) in article <283e8cba.197c@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> submit: >>In article <1991May24.080149.23373@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> mnfriedr@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (M. Friedrich) writes: >>>>I found out from Saul where mandrake and nightshade can be found. >>>>I went to the Bloody Plains and waited until midnight and searched the >>>>one swamp area. There was nothing there. I also went to the one jungle >>>>square in Spirit Wood and found nothing there. What am I doing wrong? >>>Hmmm...this is Ultima IV you're talking of. In Ultima IV you'll find >>>mandrake in the swamps and nightshade in the woods, but in Ultima V >>>you can buy it in herbs shops. >> No, this is Ultima V. Saul, in Skara Brae, will tell you where to find >>them if you ask him about either Nightshade or Mandrake. They can also >>be bought in certain areas though. I have the exact same problem as the original poster, whose question has not yet been answered. I know, from Saul, exactly where to look for mandrake and nightshade, but I don't know WHEN (i.e. what phase of the moon). Actually, looking in the manual, under nightshade (I think it's nigtshade- whichever one found in the forest), it says that it can be found when the moons are full and in a certain conjunction. Finding the right conjunction shouldn't be too hard, but one should remember that it could be two different nights. The main prob- lem is finding when both moons are full. I have been playing for a month or so,and I have never seen a time when they are full at the same time. It always seems that one is full, and then it changes as the other becomes full (or sim- ilar situations). As for the Mandrake, again, it can be found in the damp spot in the Bloody Plains (and also the Fens of the Dead), and I think at night, but I have no idea when. I'm making a chart of all the possible phases of the moon, but I really don't want to go through them all. It isn't like Ultima IV, where it is available during two new moons- I've already tried that. If anybody can help with this, I and the original poster, I'm sure, would be most grateful.
wangsawm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Wangsawidjaja Mintardjo) (06/01/91)
thinker@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (71065000) in article <16394@darkstar.ucsc.edu> submit: > >I have the exact same problem as the original poster, whose question has not >yet been answered. I know, from Saul, exactly where to look for mandrake and >nightshade, but I don't know WHEN (i.e. what phase of the moon). Actually, >looking in the manual, under nightshade (I think it's nigtshade- whichever one >found in the forest), it says that it can be found when the moons are full and >in a certain conjunction. Finding the right conjunction shouldn't be too hard, >but one should remember that it could be two different nights. The main prob- >lem is finding when both moons are full. I have been playing for a month or so,and I have never seen a time when they are full at the same time. It always >seems that one is full, and then it changes as the other becomes full (or sim- >ilar situations). As for the Mandrake, again, it can be found in the damp >spot in the Bloody Plains (and also the Fens of the Dead), and I think at >night, but I have no idea when. I'm making a chart of all the possible phases >of the moon, but I really don't want to go through them all. It isn't like >Ultima IV, where it is available during two new moons- I've already tried that. >If anybody can help with this, I and the original poster, I'm sure, would be >most grateful. I guess the manual has distracted you somehow. But, have you tried the following: A spoiler: At any midnight, between 00:00 and 00:30 (If I am not wrong), try searching one of the spots. *** How many hardware engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? None: "We'll fix it in software." How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? None: "We'll document it in the manual." How many tech writers does it take to change a lightbulb? None: "The user can work it out." *** ***** /---------------------------------------------------------------------/ * **** // Wangsawidjaja, Mintardjo Oregon State University. // ** *** // Groups: student Domain: CS.ORST.EDU // *** ** // Internet: wangsawm@PRISM.CS.ORST.EDU Phone: (503) 737-9000 // **** * /---------------------------------------------------------------------/ *****