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Hi all guys, nearly 3 years ago, when i closed my (sphere) shard, which i loved, i quitted UO's world but now, with the Stygian Abyss Enhanced Client and some interesting screenshots of custom maps, i got quite excited and in the last days i did some experiments with this new client.
The main problem i'm having right now (which i think it's also the bigger) is using a custom map, i can't convert my ML one in another compatible with the EC. I'm writing here to ask for some help, maybe someone had some experience with this, but first i'll show you my findings.

I'm not a programmer so skilled to develop by myself the tools i need, so i searched through the internet and i find the following things:

- Kons developed a tool to convert pre-KR maps (mul) in SA ones (uop), but he didn't release it (maybe he will do it, but not soon)
Kons-Link: http://code.google.com/p/kprojects/wiki/Mul2Uop

- Radstar developed another tool, i think prior to kons' one, but converts pre-KR maps in KR maps.
Radstar-Link: http://ultima.manawydan.cz/download_uokr.php
When i saw that he released it this i said "oooooooh, great!", but at the time i didn't know that file format changed from KR to SA, even if the extension (uop) is the same, so i can't use it as it is..
Moreover, when i tried to convert my map or the SA Classic Client standard map, the app crashed.
However, Radstar released also the source code, so i MAY make it work, seeing where it crashes and solving the problem (i'm very doubtful about that, i'm not a C# programmer and i don't know the UO file structure).

Since i discovered that Mythic Package Editor can open both KR and SA uops, unpack and repack them, i thought that i can convert my custom ML map from mul to KR-uop with the fixed Radstar tool (if i ever get it work), then unpack it with MPE and repack in a SA-UOP.
To see if that's possible, i tried to unpack the standard KR map and repack it, so i tried the new, repacked facet0.uop with the SA Enhanced Client in a fresh sphere server (running with Classic Client files), but it didn't work, the character is in a black space and he can't move. However, i must say that i'm not very practical with MPE, maybe i did wrong.
Now i've run out of ideas, the only thing i can do is to wait Kons to release his Mul2Uop.

So, there's my experience. There's someone luckier than me, or just smarter or whatever, who succeeded in converting his custom map in EC format?