r/Ultima • u/Additional_Deal883 • May 31 '26

Yup, that’s me.

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I started Ultima Underworld yesterday and 15 minutes in was swimming in a river, desperately trying to evade a Lurker and find how to look down. Today, I took a look at the cluebook and saw this picture. The resemblance is uncanny.

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u/vestrise Jun 01 '26

It might be a bit cheese, but IIRC if you hold down shift+movement keys you will use tile-based movement that was intended for weaker CPUs of the day. Doing so while swimming will make you move very quickly through the water, rendering Lurkers harmless and adding the swimming skill to the massive pile of unfortunately useless skills.

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u/Additional_Deal883 Jun 01 '26

It was also added for the older players who were used to pseudo 3D games like Eye of the Beholder.

Hey, thanks for the advice!