Zulu Hotel Valhalla - Launch Friday

[Vex]

Even after roughly 15 years, we all keep running back to this ancient, outdated game.. Why? Because there's no other game that can give you the feeling that Ultima Online(Zulu Hotel specifically) can give you. No other game can make your heart race, just because another player's name shows up at the edge of your screen when you're out hunting. No game can give you the feeling of anticipation as you kill that Golden Dragon, and walk up to it to begin identifying the loot, hoping to see the name change from "a magic robe" to "King's Adamntium Robe", or "Sage's Robe". Just as we, the players, are getting older, so is Ultima Online. With each passing shard, the thought that it may be the last good ZH shard that we are ever able to play on plays through our head, and with that thought is a lingering bit of sadness. Now is the time to brush aside that memory and join us for another glorious reunion. Hunt with your friends, and meet your enemies on the battlefield once again!

After many hours of work, and a great deal of patience, we are prepared to make our public announcement. Zulu Hotel Valhalla is nearly prepared for launch! We are running on the POL99 core, with many modifications to bring the gameplay back in line with the Zulu Hotel feel that we all know and love. The shard is based out of Holland, on a highly stable dedicated host with advanced security and DDoS protection.


zuluhotel-valhalla.proboards.com/


Plans are to launch Friday, April 24th 17:00 CET. (11:00 EST).


I would like to publicly thank Dev Dreams for his assistance with this project. His assistance has been invaluable.

[dead]

So the question still remains, will enough ppl join the shard?

[dead]

btw, any skills to 100, max clients per ip and so on? alot of questionmarks here

[Vex]

Refer to our forums for more information.

[casanova]

Why not just get the ZHD scripts from Dreams?

[ironclad]

Dreams didn't want to give anyone the scripts because the POL core it was based on was too unstable. ZH Valhalla is based on a newer version of POL than dreams was, I think...

[Vex]

This is correct. If we were to use the same scripts as Dreams, we would be open to the same vulnerabilities which brought Dreams down. POL98 has an extreme vulnerability to packfloods. That's why we're using the POL99 core, which is a lot more stable.

[Algalord]

Dreams just had to update pol to 99 and fix bugs.

[Vex]

You say "just had to update to 99" like that's a simple and quick task. That's not the case. 098 and 099 handle many things quite differently.

[Seer Noah]

I will surely give a try.

[Vex]

Awesome See you there!

[Vex]

Everyone get the word out to your friends

[Admin Nagash]

See you there

[Vex]

Due to popular demand, client limit has been increased to 3.

[sinstruck]

nice place to play just landed a great dev in Toadstool aswell