Lesson 1 - UO File System Basics
Ultima online stores character-specific settings in a folder structure underneath your "My Documents" folder. This structure may start with the folder "Desktop" (my XP machines) or "User Data" (My Windows 7 machines):
Example 1 - "C:\Documents and Settings\%loginname%\Ultima Online 2D\Desktop"
Example 2 - "C:\Documents and Settings\%loginname%\EA Games\Ultima Online Legacy\User Data"
For the rest of this discussion this path will be listed as "%UOPath%"
Beneath the %UOPath% folder can be found a folder for each account name used to login to UO on this PC:
Example - "%UOPath%\Account1", "%UOPath%\Account2", "%UOPath%\Account3", etc
Beneath the account name is each shard logged into with that account on this PC:
Example - "%UOPath%\Account1\Atlantic", "%UOPath%\Account1\Drachenfels", "%UOPath%\Account2\Atlantic", etc
And finally, beneath the shard is a folder for each character logged into on that shard with that account on this PC:
Example - "%UOPath%\Account1\Atlantic\Character1", "%UOPath%\Account1\Atlantic\Character2", "%UOPath%\Account2\Drachenfels\Character1", etc
So, assume your account name is "MyUOLogin", you play on the "Atlantic" shard, and your character name is "SuperBadAssPvPer"; the path would look like:
%UOPath%\MyUOLogin\Atlantic\SuperBadAssPvPer"
Now, armed with this little bit of information, you can already perform some very powerful tasks like backing up your UO configurations so that they can be transfered to a different PC or used to restore your settings should you, for example, lose your hard drive or accidentally delete them. I periodically make a copy of this entire folder structure somewhere and have been greatful for it a number of times over the years!
Pretty straightforward so far, right? You with me? Keep your eyes peeled for lesson 2, UO Configuration Files, coming in the next couple of days!
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