| Shapes.ult File Description by Xenerkes Dragon
 | 
Size
: 5120 bytes, fixed format
Info
:
- 
This file
contains all the 64 maptiles of Ultima III and each tile is 16x16 pixels
large and contains special tiles.
- 
I'll explain
this structure later because it's quite hard to explain (they're coded
in a strange way)
 
File Description
| Offset | Length | Description | Misc | 
|  |  |  |  | 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
| Charset.ult File Description by Xenerkes Dragon
 | 
Size
: 2048
bytes, fixed format
Info
:
- 
This file
contains all the 128 tiles of Ultima III like characters, symbols and each
tile is 8x8 pixels large.
- 
Same structure
as the shapes.ult file
 
| Shapes.ega File Description by Xenerkes Dragon
 | 
Size
: 10240 bytes, fixed format (this file comes
with the Ultma III: Exodus Upgrade Project)
Info
:
- 
This file
contains all the 64 maptiles of Ultima III and each tile is 16x16 pixels
large and other special tiles.
- 
Each byte
corresponds to two pixels with indexed color (0->15).
- 
I don't
know where the palette is stocked, so I use my own palette which is the
following one:
 
Colors Table
| Color Number | RGB | 
| 00 | 0,0,0 | 
| 01 | 0,112,252 | 
| 02 | 0,176,0 | 
| 03 | 0,252,252 | 
| 04 | 252,0,0 | 
| 05 | xx,xx,xx | 
| 06 | 252,144,0 | 
| 07 | 176,176,176 | 
| 08 | 176,176,176 | 
| 09 | 0,0,252 | 
| 0A | 0,176,0 | 
| 0B | 0,252,252 | 
| 0C | 252,0,0 | 
| 0D | 252,0,252 | 
| 0E | 252,252,0 | 
| 0F | 252,252,252 | 
 
 
 
File Description
| Offset | Length | Description | Misc | 
| 0x0000 | 128
bytes | First
Tile ("Water") | 1
byte=2 color, first 8 bytes for the first line, next 8 bytes for the second
line,.. | 
| 0x0100 | 128
bytes | Second
Tile ("Grass") |  | 
| ... |  |  |  | 
| 0x1F80 | 128
bytes | Last
Tile ("Ranger") |  | 
| 0x2000 | 2048
bytes | Other
tiles | Coded
in the same format. I'll
will show them later
 | 
| Charset.ult File Description by Xenerkes Dragon
 | 
Size
: 4096
bytes, fixed format
Info
:
- 
This file
contains all the 128 tiles of Ultima III like characters, symbols and each
tile is 8x8 pixels large.
- 
Same structure
as the shapes.ult file
 
 
 

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