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i want to make my own shard. the last time i did that was back in 96 so apparently am TOTALLY lost now. what are the programs i need to get started with and how do i work them, plus any tips on changing scripts and such would be a plus. if anyone wouldnt mind taking some time to help me out on this i would be VERY grateful. if you want my icq # or messenger ID's just let me know. and the email address i have on this i dont use anymore either i wont take up anymore time of yours but any help at all would be appreciated. im like a newbie at making shards again

There are quite a few options when it comes to UO emulators. World of Dreams is a POL shard (http://www.polserver.com). POL is a highly configurable UO server program, but its not exactly easy to get started with. The WoD scripts are available for anyone who wants to use them. More information about them can be found on my website at http://drocket.net/pol_stuff.html . In addition to the WoD scripts, there's also the main POL distro, which can be found at the main POL website.

In addition to POL, there's also RunUO and Sphere. I'm not very familiar with either of them, so if you would want to use them, you'd have to post any questions on their webboards.

sphere is easy to script but its so buggy and usless its not even funny
runuo is ok but i still like pol

thank you. i think sphere is what i used last time after looking at it. and it was because it was so buggy that i gave up on the whole idea of a shard.

ok i have everything downloaded for the PoL server and i can get the POL running but on the start text file i get this

No entry for MultiID 0x1f4 found in multis.cfg

and i get about 50 of them all with different multiID codes. that and i cant figure out how to connect to my shard. i have no client? *bangs head on desk repeatidly*

bAnging head wont help
ignore them mulit msg
its nothing to worry aobut i get them to

you can get any client you want off the net.
try 2.0 thats an ok one
ther shouls be a default admin account
if your using wod scripts just use the wod client

I have never had this error, but I have T2A and not UOR version of Ultima Online.
The error with the multis, I think, is you have an old version of the mul files and POL is trying to locate definitions that only appeared in later versions of those files.
I think you can run UO.EXE and let it patch your files from OSI.
You can then copy the patched mul files to your server's mul file location. That problem at least will go away.

Regards,
Stephen Donald.