UOBod HistoryRolsim first had the idea for the program almost immediately after the Bod system was added to Ultima Online. The initial release came out about 2 months later. It could only handle Smithy Bods, lacked a lot of features compared to this version, but did already generate reports. UOBod became well known inside the Drachenfels community of Bod collectors, but being hardly documented, and with an all-german interface, not too many outside DF used the program. Still ideas and suggestions kept coming and the program got more and more powerful, increasing the need for some kind of documentation as it grew, So, when I (Astuur) first made contact to Rolsim and offered to help with language related tasks and all the writing, he accepted gladly. This must have been somewhen in spring 2003. From this day on we have had much contact. UOBod grew and I still have a hard time to keep up with the pace (you hear me , Rolsim? :) Initialy I also I made a German documentation, but I soon realized that it would be impossible to keep both versions up to date. So, seeing how most UO players learn a bit of English sooner or later, or leave, I decided to go with an english version alone. And this it it. |
