OpenMW (Open source Morrowind)

It's no problem if you can't help out. We're just raising awareness of a somewhat related project.

We are taking the "if we build, the modders will come" approach. We think that modders from the Morrowind community (as well as the Oblivion and Skyrim communities) will like the of freedom our project offers. You could see radically different mods or total conversions coming from OpenMW.

The engine is based off of well known open source projects and libraries with ecosystems of open source and freeware utilities and users. So experienced developers could extend OpenMW's graphics (and combat) substantially. We use Ogre3d as our renderer. The neoaxis engine uses Ogre as well and here are some videos of what they've accomplished. http://www.neoaxis.com/neoaxis/videos

The mountain village just shows what's possible using the ogre3d renderer. So we'll have to wait and see what graphical niceties people develop.

The plan is to support all existing mods and the script extenders.

Though there won’t be a new release for July, we've had some major improvements.

The new animation system has been merged into the main branch of the engine and is awaiting testing. jhooks1 and Chris’s work should prove a more effecient animation method and boost OpenMW’s frames per second.

Although OpenMW had animations for awhile, the old system did not use the built in animations system of Ogre3d (OpenMW's renderer). Instead OpenMW manually moved all NPC and creature bones. This was both inefficient and also caused some errors in creature animations. This was especially true for Bloodmoon’s werewolf animations which looked really bizarre. But now we're using Ogre3d and those problems should be behind us.

Chris also improved the handling of the nif file format which was a prerequisite to animating meshes, and anything else related to nifnodes, correctly.

scrawl spent a lot of time working on shaders this month. We employ shaders to render our skybox, water, terrain, and soft shadows. Scrawl refined the first two, resulting in marked visual improvements over the original Morrowind and also reduced the amount of code for our terrain implementation by 75%. THREE CHEERS FOR EFFICIENCY!!!

scrawl's main focus was the creation a new shader library called "shiny", which was also recently merged into the main branch. What does that mean for OpenMW? Well, until now we have been using the Nvidia CG toolkit. This toolkit works with DirectX and OpenGL on all graphics cards. However, only Nvidia cards get good performance with it (which is understandable since its developed by Nvidia). OpenMW needs both DirectX and OpenGL support because Radeon graphics cards (made by amd) lack quality OpenGL drivers. Otherwise we’d just write our shaders in OpenGL. To make matters worse, CG is closed source and available only for Linux, windows, OSX and not BSD.

To avoid using CG many game developers write all their shaders twice: in GLSL for OpenGL and in HLSL for DX or just ignore OpenGL and focus on DirectX. This duplication of work is obviously a waste of time. Scrawl's new shader library called “shiny” allows developers to write a shader once and then compile it as either GLSL or HLSL. A more elegant solution to the AMD graphics cards, will make the lives of developers easier, and allow for many beautiful new shaders in the future. But that’s not all, here’s scrawl detailing the new library’s design and features:

- High-level layer on top of OGRE’s material system. It allows you to generate multiple techniques for all your materials from a set of high-level per-material properties.

- Several available Macros in shader source files. Just a few examples of the possibilities: binding OGRE auto constants, binding uniforms to material properties, foreach loops (repeat shader source a given number of times), retrieving per-material properties in an #if condition, automatic packing for vertex to fragment passthroughs. These macros allow you to generate even very complex shaders (for example the Ogre::Terrain shader) without assembling them in C++ code.

- Integrated preprocessor (no, I didn’t reinvent the wheel, I used boost::wave which turned out to be an excellent choice) that allows me to blend out macros that shouldn’t be in use because e.g. the shader permutation doesn’t need this specific feature

- User settings integration. They can be set by a C++ interface and retrieved through a macro in shader files.

- Automatic handling of shader permutations, i.e. shaders are shared between materials in a smart way.

- An optional “meta-language” (well, actually it’s just a small header with some conditional defines) that you may use to compile the same shader source for different target languages. If you don’t like it, you can still code in GLSL / CG etc separately. You can also switch between the languages at runtime.

- On-demand material and shader creation. It uses Ogre’s material listener to compile the shaders as soon as they are needed for rendering, and not earlier.

- Shader changes are fully dynamic and real-time. Changing a user setting will recompile all shaders affected by this setting when they are next needed.

- Serialization system that extends Ogre’s material script system, it uses Ogre’s script parser, but also adds some additional properties that are not available in Ogre’s material system.

- A concept called “Configuration” allowing you to create a different set of your shaders, doing the same thing except for some minor differences: the properties that are overridden by the active configuration. Possible uses for this are using simpler shaders (no shadows, no fog etc) when rendering for example realtime reflections or a minimap. You can easily switch between configurations by changing the active Ogre material scheme (for example on a viewport level).

- Fixed function support. You can globally enable or disable shaders at any time, and for texture units you can specify if they’re only needed for the shader-based path (e.g. normal maps) or if they should also be created in the fixed function path.

Since shiny is designed for the Ogre3d rendering engine, it may have a bright future beyond OpenMW. Huzzah for open source!
Take a look at the new water shader scrawl made using the “shiny” shader library.

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http://wiki.openmw.org/index.php?title=Screenshots

If all that is not awesome enough, there’s more.

Zini, our fearless leader, finished up the potion usage task so that when drinking a potion the correct sound effect is played. As well as the magical effects drain and fortify. Additionally, zini refactored the action class and the code for dynmaic statistics. While working on refactoring he discovered many unnecessary “includes” in the source code. Don’t worry about what includes are, all you need to know is they cause slow downs in compile times. Many users complain that it takes forever to compile and build OpenMW. Removing these unnecessary “includes” improved build times by nearly half.

Corristo made sure that OpenMW still works for you OSX users out there. There were mac specific bugs that should now be resolved.

We also picked up some new developers. _greye finished his first task (making CreatureStats into a class) in a single day. Then he picked another one (maintenance in the item dropping code) and finished that in a short period of time. Both were very well done, so thank you _greye and welcome to the team!

nhydock, another new developer, has taken the camera control task (which is composed of four or five subtasks).

Reverse engineering formulas is going well with several close to completion (some things still need to checked and verified) thanks to the efforts Myckel, Lazaroth, Tarius, and Epsilon who are designing our formulas. It’s great work and we welcome them to the team. Reverse engineering formulas requires testing to see if they accurately describe Morrowind's behavior. Epsilon is developing scripts to speed up the testing phase exponentially. BrotherBrick is using his powerful server to calculate data points. We still need additional help on this front, so if you have an extra computer and want to run some tests that would be very useful.

Thanks for the support everyone.

When do you guys expect a version 1.0 release?

We are hoping a year to a year and a half till it's really playable. We've come far since the start of the year and we still have five more months. 1.0 might be after that as we'll be doing a considerable amount of bug squashing and optimizations.

If you guys can improve the combat and AI, I'll be so happy.

The core OpenMW team is working just on compatibility and getting it to the 1.0 status. That said, OpenMW will allow developers and modders the power to change anything they want. So yes, I'm sure people are going to improve both of those things. I hope there are some wild modders out there who make it things like z-targetting from zelda, squad based combat, god of war/devil may cry style game play. We'll see how ambitious the modding community is.

Thanks for the support everyone.

When do you guys expect a version 1.0 release?

We are hoping a year to a year and a half till it's really playable. We've come far since the start of the year and we still have five more months. 1.0 might be after that as we'll be doing a considerable amount of bug squashing and optimizations.

If you guys can improve the combat and AI, I'll be so happy.

The core OpenMW team is working just on compatibility and getting it to the 1.0 status. That said, OpenMW will allow developers and modders the power to change anything they want. So yes, I'm sure people are going to improve both of those things. I hope there are some wild modders out there who change the combat to be like z-targetting from zelda, or squad based combat, or god of war/devil may cry style game play. We'll see how ambitious the modding community is.

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.18.0! Release packages for Ubuntu are now available via our Launchpad PPA. Release packages for other platforms are available on our Download page. This version introduces a myriad of new features, including Level-Up, Key re-binding, Spell buying, eating ingredients, using Keys to open things, and much more. Read on for the full changelog.

WeirdSexy stars again in the 0.18.0 release video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LdEThh8efGs

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Known Issues:

The launcher can crash on OS X versions < 10.8, this will be fixed in version 0.19.0
“Shaking screen effect” can occur on cell change

Changelog:

Implemented Level-Up dialog
Implemented Hide Marker, fixes big black blocks
Implemented Hotkey dialog
Implemented Keyboard and Mouse bindings, input system rewritten
Implemented Spell Buying Window
Added support for handling resources across multiple data directories
Implemented Object Movement/Creation script instructions
Initial AI framework implemented
Implemented eating Ingredients
Implemented Door markers on the local map
Implemented using Keys to open doors/containers
Implemented Loading screens
Implemented Inventory avatar image and race selection head preview (note that only default Dunmer male displays at the moment)
Fixed the size of Preferences menu buttons
Fixed Hand-to-hand always being 100
Fixes for NPC and character animation
Fix for sound coordinates
Fix for exception when drinking self-made potions
Fix for clothes showing up in 1st person
Fix for weird character on door tooltips
Collision fixes
Fix for “onOfferButtonClicked” crashy7

@Sjors

Yeah, thanks for updating folks. I think it's safer to say that we'll have something feature complete (hopefully) by the end of 2013. Then after that the engine will mature and get performance improvements, enhancements, and become more stable. Also, we hope there will be an explosion in participation and that by the end of 2014 some truly interesting things will have happened.

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.19.0! Release packages for Ubuntu are now available via our Launchpad PPA. Release packages for other platforms are available on our Download page. This version introduces Sleeping, Potions, DEATH!!, Spell Creation, Travel, and many other features.

Check out our release video by WeirdSexy.

Known Issues:

• Launcher crashes on OS X < 10.8
  
• Extreme shaking can occur during exterior cell transitions for some users
  

Changelog:

• Implemented sleep/wait
  
• Further implementation for alchemy/potions
  
• Implemented death
  
• Implemented spell creation and spell creation window
  
• Implemented travel and travel dialogue
  
• Implemented first layer of global map
  
• Implemented trainer window
  
• Implemented skill increase from skill books
  
• Implemented ESM/ESP record saving
  
• Fix for Character shaking in 3rd person mode near the origin
  
• Implemented gamma correct rendering (does not work without shaders)
  
• Fix for fortify attribute effects on the last 3 attributes
  
• Fix for NCC flag handling, fixes some collision issues
  
• Sort birthsign menu alphabetically
  
• Various fixes/cleanup for the launcher
  
• Fix for sound listener position updating incorrectly
  
• Implemented dynamically generating splash image list
  
• Fix for markers interfering with raycasting
  
• Fix for crash after picking up items from an NPC
  

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.39.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all operating systems. This release brings background cell loading and caching, which is a feature not to be missed. Initial support for object shaders has found its way back into our engine, and a host of bugs have been smashed. See below for the full list of changes.

The venerable Atahualpa has bravely stepped up to fill WeirdSexy's boundless shoes as our video producer, check out the video for this release and OpenMW-CS 0.39.0. Check our blog or Youtube channel if you missed his videos for versions 0.36, 0.37, or 0.38.

Known Issues:

• Shadows are not re-implemented at this time, as well as distant land

Changelog:

• Implemented background cell loading and caching of loaded cells
  
• Implemented support for object shaders in OSG
  
• Implemented interpolation for physics simulation, smoothing rendering of statics and fixing some collision issues
  
• Implemented support for sphere map NiTextureEffects
  
• Implemented the FixMe script instruction
  
• Implemented support for RGB and RGBA embedded textures in NIF files
  
• Implemented corpse clear delay
  
• Implemented per-creature respawn time tracking
  
• Fixed Dark Brotherhood Assassins, ghosts in Ibar-Dad, and other creatures spawned with PlaceAt spawning inside world geometry
  
• Fixed Activate / OnActivate script instruction to match vanilla behavior
  
• Fixed player spawning underwater when loading a game saved while swimming
  
• Fixed NPCs not using correct animations with Animated Morrowind mod
  
• Fixed Riekling raider pig screaming continuously
  
• Fixed Vivec's hands in the Psymoniser Vivec God Replacement mod
  
• Fixed NPCs spamming restoration spells instead of defending themself
  
• Fixed a crash caused by local script iteration
  
• Fixed AI packages to not stack when duplicates are added
  
• Fixed actor animations not being rebuilt on resurrection
  
• Fixed dialog boxes for non-standard NPCs not scrolling correctly
  
• Fixed wandering NPCs disappearing or getting teleported to strange places
  
• Fixed missing NPC name in journal entry when given Pilgrimages of the Seven Graces quest
  
• Fixed bounding box used for items when dropping them from the inventory
  
• Fixed spells exploding on an actor being applied twice
  
• Fixed Azura's missing head
  
• Fixed potion effect showing when ingredient effects are not known
  
• Fixed hands turning partially invisible when chopping with a spear
  
• Fixed fast travel breaking save files made afterwards
  
• Fixed crash after casting recall spell
  
• Fixed constant effect enchantment animation playing on dead bodies
  
• Fixed spell effects to not persist after the caster dies
  
• Fixed corpses that are submerged at the beginning of the game to stay submerged
  
• Fixed "when strikes" enchantments to not launch a projectile from the attacker when they apply
  
• Fixed camera snapping to straight up or down after teleporting
  
• Fixed alchemy window ingredient count not decrementing when combining ingredients that don't share effects
  
• Fixed mods corrupting the hasWater() flag for exterior cells
  
• Fixed a crash with mods that define bip01 spine1 but not bip01 spine2
  
• Fixed class image display when an image for the class is not found
  
• Fixed possible infinite disposition through exploit
  
• Fixed glitch causing removed clothing to still be rendered on the character on the inventory paper doll
  
• Fixed statics and activators not being able to cast spell effects on the player
  
• Fixed cells not loading when using Poorly Placed Object Fix mod
  
• Fixed female characters incorrectly using the male base animation skeleton
  
• Fixed "use best attack" punches to match vanilla behavior
  
• Fixed crash when clicking through the class selection menu a specific way
  
• Fixed save list jumping to the top when deleting a saved game
  
• Fixed the selected class and race not being cleared when starting a new game
  
• Fixed crash when water normal map is missing
  
• Fixed an issue with handling stray arguments in scripts
  
• Fixed Drop script instruction to match vanilla behavior
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented GMST verifier
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented info record verifier
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented rendering cell border markers in Scene view
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented point lighting in Scene view
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented optional line wrapping in script editor
  
• OpenMW-CS: Reimplemented 3D scene camera system
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented scenes being a drop target for referenceables
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented rendering cell markers in Scene view
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented Instance selection menu in Scene view
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented Move sub mode for Instance editing mode in Scene view
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented behavior for changing water level of interiors to match exteriors
  
• OpenMW-CS: Implemented using "Enter" key instead of clicking "Create" button to confirm ID input in Creator Bar
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed objects dropped in the scene not always saving
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed objects added to the scene not rendering until the scene is reloaded
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed land data being written twice
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed GMST ID named sMake Enchantment being named sMake when making new game from scratch
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed creator bar in Start Scripts subview not accepting script ID drops
  
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed using the "Next Script" and "Previous Script" buttons changes the record status to "Modified"

Hello everyone,

after almost five months, the OpenMW team has released version 0.40.0 of our open source reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Our engine is already in a fully playable state, and maybe some of you would like to enjoy the original Morrowind on OpenMW before Skywind becomes playable itself.

Anyway, I wish you a steady pace of development and less trouble with your releases than we recently had. :-)


Best regards,

Atahualpa / the OpenMW team

And here's the official release announcement (https://openmw.org/2016/openmw-0-40-0-released/):

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.40.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. This release brings some small new features, but mainly bug fixes and improvements. We're winding down on implementable features, these are exciting times for OpenMW, even if releases have a little less user-visible changes. The game is basically fully playable, and future releases will bring mostly more fixes and optimizations.

Check out the release video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avPbctre9Qw) and the OpenMW-CS release video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izlm2CAnCpY) by the prodigious Atahualpa, and see below for the full list of changes.

Known Issues:
- Shadows are not re-implemented at this time, as well as distant land
- To use the Linux targz package binaries Qt4 and libpng12 must be installed on your system

Changelog:
- Implemented NPC "Face" function
- Implemented weather dependent sun/moon reflections
- Implemented effect removal for abilities, fixes locked player movement upon exiting portable house mods
- Implemented deletion of moved references
- Fixed possible reference duplication when a mod modifies the corresponding refID
- Fixed creatures in cells without pathgrids not wandering
- Fixed death events to trigger at the end of the death animation instead of the beginning
- Fixed timed effects not to be interrupted when resting
- Fixed constant effects not to be put on hold when resting
- Fixed some issues with how Magicka is calculated in regard to Fortify Magicka effect and Intelligence
- Fixed several issues with telekinesis interaction
- Fixed issues with how the "#" character was handled in directory names in the config
- Fixed Slowfall spell to now stop forward momentum when jumping
- Fixed not being able to replace parent cell references with a cell reference of different type
- Fixed Cliff Racers not being able to attack targets below them
- Fixed creatures and NPCs not being able to aim ranged attacks vertically
- Fixed the player spawning at the origin if the cell they saved in doesn't exist anymore
- Fixed crash that could occur when using teleportation spells
- Fixed ESS-Importer not separating item stacks
- Fixed NPCs forgetting they had talked to the player before for their voiced dialog
- Fixed NPCs not looping their AiTravel assignments
- Fixed NPCs wandering to invalid locations after training
- Fixed NPCs wandering off their pathgrid when player waits
- Fixed "StopCombat" AI command not functioning correctly
- Fixed Larienna Macrina not correctly stopping combat after killing Hrelvesuu in the "Battle at Nchurdamz" quest
- Fixed monsters respawning when loading a quicksave
- Fixed a visual effect playing in Dagoth Ur's chamber that shouldn't be there
- Fixed blight weather still occurring after killing Dagoth Ur
- Fixed new dialog in a mod inheriting some data from the dialog it replaces
- Fixed actors that start the game dead always using the same death pose
- Fixed NPCs to not auto-equip ammunition
- Fixed NPCs not favoring ranged weapons
- Fixed NPCs detecting the player when they don't have line of sight
- Fixed ashmire particles rendering outside of their pool
- Fixed AiWander start time resetting when saving/loading
- Fixed 1st and 3rd person camera not converting from .ess correctly with ESS-Importer
- Fixed issues caused by the idle camera when the player is paralyzed
- Fixed nearby monsters who have not detected the player not preventing the player from resting
- Fixed an issue with the victim of a pickpocket not always being alerted
- Fixed dead NPCs and creatures contributing to Sneak skill increases
- Fixed weather dependent dialog playing in interior cells
- Fixed effects cast by summons persisting after their death
- Fixed an issue with parallax map rendering
- Fixed level up graphic to match vanilla game behavior
- Fixed segfault in Atrayonis's "Anthology Solstheim: Tomb of the Snow Prince" mod
- Fixed issues with invisibility not dispelling correctly
- Fixed the first couple of seconds of NPC speech being muted on some PCs
- Fixed being able to stack effects from identical magic scrolls
- Fixed 3rd person camera distance getting stuck
- Fixed AiFollow and AiEscort durations to be handled as in-game hours instead of seconds, as per the vanilla engine
- Fixed a couple of issues with how fatigue is displayed when the player has fortified strength
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented multiple deletion of subrecords
- OpenMW-CS: Reimplemented pathgrid rendering
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented configurable key bindings
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented pathgrid editing
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed Start Scripts table not updating when a script is added
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed tooltips not showing in scene view unless holding mouse button on them
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed tab width in Script Editor to be 4 characters instead of 4 pixels
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed being able to create duplicate pathgrid records
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed data in Weapon records not being properly set
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed Regions table to show weather options and allow editing them

Hello,

before the new year finally arrives (at least for me), it is my pleasure to announce the release of version 0.41.0 of the OpenMW engine. Please note that our open source reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is already in a fully playable state and only a few steps away from version 1.0.

Find the full change log below, and also have a look at our release videos. I look forward to hearing more of your awesome project in the future -- I especially like your blog posts (man, you even got a Monkey Island reference in the last one!), so don't let me down. [External image]


Best wishes for the new year,

Atahualpa / the OpenMW team

And here's the official release announcement (https://openmw.org/2016/openmw-0-41-0-released/):

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.41.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. This release brings an assortment of small new features, such as a handful of graphical magical effects, and some new NPC AI behavior. We continue to plod along to a 1.0 release, stay tuned!

Check out the engine release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wntey5M5kvc) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDlLxs87u4I) by the irrepressible Atahualpa.

Known Issues:
- Shadows are not re-implemented at this time, as well as distant land
- To use the Linux targz package binaries Qt4 and libpng12 must be installed on your system
- On OSX, OpenMW-CS is able to launch OpenMW only if OpenMW.app and OpenMW-CS.app are siblings
- On OSX, some users may experience the beginning of acted voice clips cut off

New Features:
- Implemented zero-weight boots playing light armor boot footsteps
- Implemented playing audio and visual effects for every effect in a spell
- Implemented doubling the size of spell explosions
- Implemented particle textures for spell effects
- Implemented NPCs using opponent's weapon range to decide whether to dodge
- Implemented dodging for creatures with the "biped" flag
- Implemented drop shadow for items in the menu
- Implemented correct range for "on touch" spells
- Implemented using telekinesis with on touch spells on objects
- Implemented AI Combat: Flee
- Implemented player glow for non-portable lights added to the inventory
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented rotate and scale sub modes for instance editing mode
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented water rendering
- ESS-Importer: Implemented player control flags

Bug Fixes:
- Almsivi and Divine intervention now display the correct spell effect
- Instant spell effects now show an effect indicator
- Fixed playback of weapon idle animation to include a part previously omitted
- Stat review window at character creation now shows starting spells, powers, and abilities
- Repair and recharge interfaces no longer cause a performance drop under certain circumstances
- Fullscreen can now be disabled again after enabling it in-game on OSX
- Disabled door markers no longer show up on the map
- Fixed an issue when the equip script instruction is used on an NPC without the item, fixing mods Romance 3.7 and Vampire Embrace
- Banners now show random animations during stormy weather
- Inventory tooltip for zero-weight armor no longer displays weight info
- Idle animations now always loop
- Spark showers near Sotha Sil now appear at the right time
- The type of an NPC's melee attack (chop, slash, thrust) no longer depends on their movement direction
- Fix for freeze when the cell was changed immediately after dying
- Unalerted slaughterfish in the same cell as the player no longer prevent resting
- Blood effects no longer occur when the hit is resisted
- Todwendy can now be interacted with in the German version of the game
- Fix for crash when opening the journal with missing fonts
- SetInvisible command no longer applies a graphic effect
- Non-hostile NPCs can no longer be disarmed by pickpocketing their weapons
- Hidden inventory items, such as the light source for Trueflame's light effect, are no longer shown
- Corrected the order in which alembics and retorts are used
- Animation replacer no longer hangs after one animation cycle
- Corrected sounds and skill increases for bound armor and shields
- Corky can now be sold to Drulene Falen
- NPC disposition can no longer be lowered below zero
- NPC autoequip behavior now better matches vanilla
- State of enabled/disabled player controls is now correctly saved
- Moved references are now properly handled in respawning code
- Water ripples are now shown when walking on water
- Argonian NPCs no longer swim like Khajiits
- Spells with the "always succeed" flag can now be deleted from the spellbook
- Bound equipment spells can no longer be recast
- Fixed some objects added by Morrowind Rebirth not properly displaying their texture
- Fixed OSX not being able to find settings-default.cfg
- Fixed dialogue/journal links being unclickable on certain platforms due to undefined behavior
- Attacking with a stacked enchanted thrown weapon no longer reduces the charge of items remaining in that stack
- Fixed an issue with the water surface transparency when viewed from certain angles using non-shader water
- Fixed animation state to be saved upon cell-changing or save & load; fixes several traps as well as the metal doors in Sotha Sil
- "Can't Cast" message now displayed when water walking is cast from too great of a depth
- Player is now moved out of the water when casting water walking from a shallow enough depth
- Levelled items in merchant inventory are no longer re-added every time the trade window is reopened
- Weather manager now handles weather for regions added by plugins after a save game was created
- Fix to more gracefully handle cases where an object refers to an enchantment ID which does not exist
- Fixed how NPCs react to hostile spell effects being cast on them (for now, see: https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=43942#p43942)
- Player/NPC skeleton's bone cache is now cleared when a node is added/removed, fixing a crash that could happen whenever player/NPC equipment is updated
- OpenMW-CS: Globals are now initialized with a valid type
- OpenMW-CS: The nested tables for NPC skills and attributes are now hidden when the auto-calc flag is checked
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed verification for "Not Local" info condition
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed verification for special faction ID "FFFF"
- OpenMW-CS: Changes from omwaddon are now loaded in [New Addon] mode
- OpenMW-CS: Objects moved in interior cells in the scene editor will no longer be teleported outside
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed not being able to find the project file when launching the game
- OpenMW-CS: Deleted instances will no longer reappear
- OpenMW-CS: Using "Extend Selection to Instances" will no longer cause duplicates

Hello,

I somehow forgot to update this thread with our v0.42.0 release announcement (damn real life!). Please check out the corresponding post on our homepage instead. In the meantime, the OpenMW team has released version 0.43.0 of our open source reimplementation of TES III: Morrowind. Read through the official release announcement below and check out our release commentaries on YouTube.

Best regards,
Atahualpa

"The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.43.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all operating systems. This release brings a host of new features and bug fixes, including AI resurfacing to breathe, improved AI combat behavior and keyboard shortcuts for menus.

Check out the release video and the OpenMW-CS release video by the masterful Atahualpa, and see below for the full list of changes.

Known Issues:
- Shadows are not re-implemented yet
- To use the Linux targz package binaries, Qt4 and libpng12 must be installed on your system
- On macOS, OpenMW-CS is able to launch OpenMW only if OpenMW.app and OpenMW-CS.app are siblings

New Features:
- Implemented AI resurfacing to breathe (#1374)
- Implemented rain and snow induced water ripples (#452, 4156)
- Implemented fade to black on cell transitions (#824)
- Implemented starting in an unnamed exterior cell with --start (#3941)
- Implemented AI using "WhenUsed" enchantments (#3953)
- Implemented stacks of ingredients or potions remaining grabbed after using one (#4082)
- Implemented keyboard navigation for menus (#3400)
- Implemented an option to show the success rate while enchanting (#3492)
- Implemented an option to show projectiles' damage in tooltips (#2923)
- Implemented an option to show melee weapons' reach and speed in tooltips (#2923)
- Implemented a "launch OpenMW" tickbox on the Windows installer (#2258)
- Implemented the ability to close the inventory while dragging items (#1692, #3099)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented LTEX record table (#933)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented LAND record table (#936)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented highlighting occurrences of a variable in a script (#2509)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented using one resource manager per document (#2748)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented shortcuts and context menu options for commenting code out and uncommenting code respectively (#3274)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented an option in user settings to reset settings to their defaults (#3275, #3682)
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented reloading data files (#3530)
- ess-Importer: Implemented converting projectiles (#2320)

Bug Fixes:
- Water visibility is now consistent across different setting configurations (#815)
- Autosaves are now created when waiting, to match vanilla behavior (#1452)
- Container Close button no longer loses key focus when an item is clicked (#1555)
- Guards no longer become aggressive towards creatures that are beyond their alarm radius (#2405)
- Players can no longer change their weapon or spell during attack or spellcasting, though weapons can still be sheathed (#2445)
- UI window pinning now persists between saves and boots (#2489, #2834)
- First person view now uses the correct body texture with the "Better Bodies" mod (#2594)
- Stat review menu now reads correctly from the player's stats (#2628)
- Player states are now correctly reset when a save is loaded (#2639)
- Rain and snow weather effects no longer move with the player (#2698)
- Implemented some missing creature swim animations (#2704)
- "Owned" crosshair now does not mark objects which can be activated without triggering a crime (#2789)
- Drag-and-drop is now ended if the item is removed (#3097)
- GetDetected can now be used without a reference (#3110)
- Fixed poor performance when resizing the dialog window (#3126)
- Fixed how ampersands in filenames are handled by the Launcher and Wizard (#3243)
- Improved water reflection rendering along shorelines (#3365)
- Improved AI usage of Dispel magic effect (#3341)
- Disposing of corpses no longer breaks related quests (#3528)
- Framerate limit is now enforced in videos and menus (#3531)
- Only one copy of a given sound effect may now be played at a time (#3647)
- Stationary NPCs resume returning to their position after a game is loaded if they had moved (#3656)
- Added a fade-out for music transitions (#3665)
- Spellcasting effects now disappear when resting (#3679)
- Filled soul gems no longer count against the number of empty soulgems a merchant restocks of the same type (#3684)
- Fixed magicka calculation during character generation (#3694)
- Guards will now try to arrest the player when attacked, instead of just fighting back (#3706)
- Death counts are now checked to be for valid actors before they are loaded (#3720)
- Malformed inequality operators are now handled as equality to match vanilla and give a warning (#3744)
- Yagrum Bagarn no longer twitches (#3749)
- DisableLevitation now removes Levitate visual spell effect indicators (#3766)
- Script commands now run if they were in voiced dialog scripting (#3787)
- Added enabled check to animation script commands (#3793)
- Default sound buffer size was increased (#3794)
- RemoveItem behavior adjusted (#3796)
- Godmode adjusted to match vanilla (#3798)
- Animations now loop correctly in the "Animated Morrowind" mod (#3804)
- Fixed enchantment point calculation to match vanilla (#3805)
- Missing book art now logs a warning instead of showing a pink rectangle (#3826)
- Fixed "Windows Glow" mod so window textures are not darker than they should be (#3833)
- Bodyparts with multiple NiTriShapes are now handled correctly (#3835)
- InventoryStore::purgeEffect() now removes all effects with argument ID (#3839)
- Fixed fatigue loss calculations when jumping (#3843)
- Underwater effects are now not applied to scripted "say" commands (#3850)
- Actors no longer try to speak underwater (#3851)
- Fixed a crash caused by an NPC being spawned by two routines at once (#3864)
- Fixed an exploit where constant effect enchantments could be made with any soul gem by switching the soul gem during enchanting (#3878)
- Fixed jail state not being cleared when a game is loaded (#3879)
- Journal no longer displays empty entries (#3891)
- An empty line is no longer displayed between a topic and the actual dialog text in the dialog window (#3892)
- PositionCell in dialog no longer closes the dialog window (#3898)
- "Could not find Data Files location" dialog no longer appears multiple times (#3906)
- Fixed a case where the user could get stuck when installing without a CD (#3908)
- Adjustments made to the Morrowind Content Language dropdown in the settings pane of the launcher (#3909)
- Scroll in launcher window can no longer be cut off by resizing the window (#3910)
- NC text key on nifs now works correctly (#3915)
- Menu click sound no longer plays for right clicks (#3919)
- Improved AI targetting algorithm to choose targets based on attack effectiveness (#3921)
- AI now avoids enemy hits while casting self-ranged spells (#3922)
- Copy/Paste now uses the correct command key on macOS (#3934)
- AI attack strength is now reset when starting a new attack (#3935)
- Changed spell priority calculation to match vanilla (#3937)
- UI sounds are no longer distorted under water (#3942)
- Fixed the game not pausing when minimized on Windows (#3943)
- Vendors now confiscate stolen items that the player tries to sell them back (#3944)
- Fixed some character preview rendering issues (#3955)
- EditEffectDialog close button now updates range button and area slider properly (#3956)
- Fixed some issues with body part rendering with mods (#3957)
- Clothing value is now unsigned, preventing some value overflow issues (#3960)
- Fatigue is now consumed if your encumbrance equals your maximum carry weight exactly (#3963)
- Journal sounds are now played when flipping pages and closing the journal (#3974)
- Fixed containers instantly closing when opened with a controller and the cursor over the close button (#3978)
- Fixed performance issue when casting spells, especially on new landmasses such as Tamriel Rebuilt (#3981)
- Corrected down and up sounds played when trading (#3982)
- NPCs taunted to aggression no longer continue dialog with the player (#3987)
- Journal can no longer be opened at the main menu (#3991)
- Fixed Dispel to only cancel spell effects (#3995)
- Fixed missing header inclusion breaking OpenBSD clang build (#4002)
- Inventory avatar now fits within display border (#4003)
- Manis Virmaulese now speaks to the player before attacking (#4004)
- AI spawn position is now reset if they are moved to another cell (#4010)
- Keypresses consumed by the UI are no longer processed again by the game (#4016)
- GetPCRunning and GetPCSneaking now check if the PC is actually moving (#4017)
- Music track shuffling is improved (#4024)
- Spells with copy/pasted names no longer sort to the top of the spell list (#4025)
- NPC archers now switch to another weapon to attack when they run out of arrows (#4033)
- Reloading a save game while falling no longer prevents fall damage (#4049)
- Draw animation is no longer played when a player equips a new weapon while already holding one (#4056)
- Disposition is now updated correctly when dialog is closed (#4076)
- Alchemy skill increases now take effect immediately after potion creation, instead of after the next batch is started (#4079)
- GetResist commands now work like in vanilla (#4093)
- Level-up messages for levels past 20 are now used (#4094)
- Fixed error in framelistener when taking all items from a corpse (#4095)
- Default 0 float precision is now used in float formatting (#4096)
- Cycling through weapons now only selects weapons that can be equipped (#4104)
- A scroll bar has been added to the birthsign effects list at character creation (#4105)
- Changed inventory sort order to be more consistent (#4112)
- Fixed unexpected "Resolution not supported in fullscreen" messages (#4113)
- Fixed pickpocketing behavior to match vanilla (#4131)
- Fixed a case where NPCs would not equip a second ring (#4155)
- NPCs now do not autoequip clothing of the same price (#4165)
- Multiple GUI and AI fixes and improvements
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed issues with using # characters in loaded configuration files (#3045)
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed camera position jumping when switching camera modes (#3709)
- OpenMW-CS: "Map Color" field in Cells table now works correctly (#3971)
- OpenMW-CS: Name is now reported correctly as OpenMW-CS on macOS (#4027)
- OpenMW-CS: New greetings now work in-game (#4037)
- OpenMW-CS: Merging of Land and Land Texture records fixed (#4074)
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed narrow left pane in Preferences window (#4107)"

Hello,

after quite some delay, we've finally released version 0.45.0 of our OpenMW engine. This release is really huge - although it doesn't yet include shadows -, so make sure to check out the official release announcement (see below) and the release commentaries on our YouTube channel.

Best regards,
Atahualpa

"The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.45.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all operating systems. This release brings yet another horde of bug fixes and several new features, including support for per-group KF animation replacers, 360° screenshots, and the ability to brew a whole stack of a potion at once.

Check out the release video and the OpenMW-CS release video by the illustrious Atahualpa, and see below for the full list of changes.

Known Issues:
- Shadows are not yet re-implemented
- There's currently no way to redirect the logging output to the command prompt on Windows Release builds -- this will be resolved in version 0.46.0
- To use generic Linux binaries, Qt4 and libpng12 must be installed on your system
- On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires OpenMW.app and OpenMW-CS.app to be siblings

New Features:
- Non-actor objects display visual effects during spellcasting (#1645)
- Creatures without any collision box use auto-generated ones (#2787)
- Launcher: File paths of selected content files can be copied via context menu (#2847)
- Actors play casting animations during scripted spellcasting (#3083)
- As an option, barter deals permanently modify merchant disposition (#3103)
- Ranged weapons deal critical hits to unaware opponents (#3703)
- 360° screenshots of various kinds can be made (#4222)
- 'ToggleBorders' debug instruction ("tb") available in console (#4256)
- Sound generator keys in activator animations are supported (#4285)
- On macOS, function key shortcuts can be used (#4324)
- Some of the debug settings previously available as command line arguments can be set up in the launcher (#4345)
- Support for per-group KF animation replacers has been added (#4444)
- Shader water is rougher during bad weather (#4488)
- The number of enchanted items in a stack is shown in the Spells window (#4509)
- The actual chance of hitting the target is used for AI weapon rating instead of just the skill (#4548)
- The real potential damage of a weapon is used for its rating (#4549, #4697)
- A bonus is applied to the rating of ranged weapons if the attacker is far enough from the target (#4550)
- As an option, the Strength attribute affects Fatigue and Health damage in hand-to-hand combat (#4579)
- The logging system has been heavily reworked (#4581)
- AI no longer uses magic effects that affect hit chance if the enemy has not taken the appropriate stance (#4624)
- AI uses the root mean square of melee-weapon damage for more precise weapon rating (#4625)
- AI accounts for weapon speed when rating a weapon (#4626)
- Various vanilla GMSTs regarding combat action rating are utilised (#4632)
- 'sTo' GMST ("to") replaces hyphen in the Spellmaking menu (#4636)
- New count field in the Alchemy window allows you to brew multiple potions at the same time (#4642)
- To improve performance, actors outside of the AI processing range are no longer rendered but faded out (#4647)
- AI processing range can be configured via an in-game slider and a configuration option (#4647)
- If the animated creature model lacks a collision box, the non-animated model's collision box is used as a fallback (#4682)
- Tooltips of thrown weapons show the actual in-game damage (twice the base-record damage) the projectiles have (#4697)

New Editor Features:
- All top-bar dropdown menu options and most context menu options have icons (#912, #4506)
- Actors are rendered in Scene view (#1221)
- Verifier functionality covers Enchantment records (#1617)
- Added a check box to execute a case-sensitive global search (#2606)
- Shift + C is default shortcut for viewing cells (#2845)
- Shift + V is default shortcut for previewing records (#2845)
- Global search has a status bar (#3276)
- Frame rate in Preview window can be limited (#3641)
- Log files are created in case of a crash (#4012)
- Previously sorted-by-ID lists, such as magic-effect lists, are now alphabetically sorted (#4404)
- As an option, base records are ignored in verifier runs (#4466)
- Already existing marker models for light sources and creature levelled lists are now used (#4512)

Bug Fixes:
- All actors (not only those in active cells) restore Health and Magicka during player character rest (#1875)
- Precise times of sunrise and sunset are now recovered from the imported Morrowind INI file (#1990)
- Actors now properly aim during scripted spellcasting (#2131)
- Skills and attributes that affect trading no longer cause low selling prices if they're too high (#2222)
- Landing sound behaviour for NPCs and the player character has been reworked (#2256)
- Scripted movement of an object now adjusts the position of actors standing on top of that object (#2274)
- The last equipped item of a certain type is automatically re-equipped once a bound-item spell of the same type expires (#2326)
- Restore effects can restore drained stats (#2446)
- Attacks from unarmed, non-bipedal creatures no longer degrade armour (#2455)
- For the time being, actors are no longer allowed to activate teleport doors so that their abrupt cell change doesn't cause a crash (#2562)
- Using 'Resurrect' instruction on a dead player character fully resumes the game (#2626)
- References to non-existent classes or factions no longer crash the game (#2772)
- Weapons are visually unequipped before the start of a spellcasting stance transition (#2835, #4327)
- The player character now gets a bounty when a player follower commits a murder (#2852)
- To prevent issues on macOS, SDL is only initialised for the Graphics tab of the launcher when Qt5 is used (#2862, #3911)
- Explicit reference calls no longer break [Tab] autocompletion in the console (#2872)
- Naked expressions starting with a member operator are no longer allowed outside of the console (#2971)
- The handling of Drain and Fortify effects for health, magicka, and fatigue has been reworked to match vanilla behaviour (#3049, #4231)
- Enemies are no longer immune to ranged attacks at very close range (#3059)
- Adding an item with a self-equipment script to an actor no longer causes a freeze (#3072)
- Actors who are placed above the ground are now snapped down at a significantly larger distance when a cell is loaded, preventing them from falling to their death (#3219)
- TrueType fonts are now properly rescaled (#3288)
- Targets are now much easier to hit with on-touch spells (#3374)
- The handling of scripted and death animations has been reworked to significantly improve mod compatibility (#3486, #4286, #4291, #4307)
- 'GetSpellEffects' scripting function can now detect zero-duration effects (#3533)
- Enemies are much easier to hit with low-reach weapons, since the intended start position of the attack raycast is now replicated (#3591)
- Scripted sleeping interruptions no longer prevent the spawning of random sleep encounters (#3629)
- Calling 'AddSoulGem' and 'RemoveSpell' scripting instructions with an extra argument no longer breaks script compilation (#3762)
- 'GetPCInJail' scripting function has been reworked to more closely match vanilla behaviour (#3788)
- Previous placeholder implementation of 'GetPCTraveling' scripting function has been replaced with a proper solution (#3788)
- Message boxes can now have newline characters in the text argument (#3836)
- Alignment of terrain texture painting has been corrected to match the vanilla look (#3876)
- Attenuation of magic light sources is now properly calculated (#3890)
- 'Goodbye' scripting function in dialogue results now makes any additional choices act like 'Goodbye' (#3897)
- 'RemoveSpellEffects' scripting instruction now also removes permanent effects (#3920)
- Movement prediction for spell aiming now uses the correct GMST to calculate the magic projectile's speed (#3948)
- Animated collision shapes are no longer erroneously optimised (#3950)
- The terrain texture blending map is now upscaled to more closely match the vanilla look (#3993)
- Issues with actors not returning to their initial position in various situations have been fixed (#3997, #4251, #4393)
- AI packages with a non-unique target no longer choose a random target with the same ID (#4036)
- On macOS, version numbers are now properly displayed in the application properties (#4047)
- Text after the last end-of-line tag is no longer shown in books to match vanilla behaviour (#4215)
- 'FixMe' script instruction has been reworked to more closely match vanilla behaviour (#4217)
- Jumping on slopes is now less restrictive, preventing the player character from getting stuck in V-shaped terrain (#4221)
- Pathgrid nodes which lie between an actor and that actor's destination are now ignored (#4230)
- Actors with an AiTravel package now stop near their target position if that position is blocked by another actor (#4230)
- [Activate] key can no longer be held down to spam Persuasion and other kinds of repeatable actions (#4260)
- Turning animations no longer reset idle animations (#4271)
- Death animations from pre-0.43.0 savegames are now forward-compatible (#4274)
- 'CenterOnCell' script instruction ("coc") now teleports the player character to the accurate door marker or exterior position for interior and exterior cells respectively (#4292)
- Faction members are now aware of faction ownership during barter (#4293)
- AiWander packages which are placed before an AiFollow package in the AI package list no longer override vital functionality of that AiFollow package (#4304)
- Key focus in containers is now automatically (re)set to the [Close] button to prevent players from accidentally stealing items (#4333)
- Spellcasting stance transitions no longer interrupt movement animations (#4358)
- OK button in the Settings window has key focus by default (#4368)
- It's no longer possible to cast an Absorb spell on oneself (#4378)
- Non-audio files no longer crash the game when the engine tries to play them (#4416)
- When there is a 'NiStringExtraData' node with MRK value in a NIF model node, only 'NiTriShape' meshes starting with "Tri EditorMarker" are ignored instead of the whole node (#4419)
- 'RotateWorld' scripting instruction now rotates objects around the correct axis, while keeping the objects' initial rotation (#4426)
- Some issues with building OpenMW on Windows and macOS were fixed (#4429, #4613)
- Applying the console command "Lock 0" to a door or a container now creates an unbreakable lock, like in vanilla Morrowind (#4431)
- Actors without any AI packages now properly return to their initial position after combat or pursuit (#4432)
- Guards with AiAlarm = 0 no longer attempt to arrest the player character when they observe a crime but no one reports it (#4433)
- 'Begin' and 'End' script keywords can now be followed by a comma (#4451)
- The default terrain texture no longer shines through terrain texture blending transitions (#4452)
- Broken items are now ignored when trying to equip an item via quick key (#4453)
- Actors now open doors more quickly (#4454)
- Light sources which cannot be carried no longer prevent the AI from auto-equipping shields (#4457)
- The handling of idle chances in AiWander packages has been reworked to more closely match vanilla behaviour (#4458)
- 'NotCell' dialogue condition now supports partial name matches (#4459)
- Scripted equipment now bypasses most standard equipping restrictions, e.g., those for beast races (#4460)
- When a non-player object casts an Open spell, a player crime event is triggered if the player character is detected to ensure vanilla compatibility (#4461)
- General-number formatting ("%g") now works like in vanilla Morrowind and properly handles the fractional part (#4463)
- Cancelled AI packages are now removed from the package cache (#4464)
- Non-ASCII strings are now properly handled in the content selector and in the ESM reader (#4467, #4653)
- Silt striders in abot's "Silt Striders" mod are no longer rotated by 90 degrees (#4469)
- The behaviour of weapon-using non-bipedal creatures has been reworked to make them less helpless in certain situations (#4470)
- Actors who are vampires now display their regular record head when no vampire head is found (#4474)
- Scripted animations no longer move actors away from their initial position (#4475)
- Potential crashes in the quick-keys menu when an item is no longer available in the inventory no longer occur (#4480)
- 'Goodbye' dialogue scripting instruction now disables hyperlinks in dialogue topics (#4489)
- 'PositionCell' scripting instruction no longer tries to add local scripts to scripted items in the teleported player character's inventory twice (#4490)
- Training cap is now limited by the trainer's modified skill instead of their base skill (#4494)
- Crossbow reloading animations now only apply to the upper body (#4495)
- Crossbows now use animations for one-handed weapons as a fallback (#4495)
- Animations for turning in spellcasting stance are now used (#4496)
- Animated meshes without slashes in their full path are now properly classified as animations (#4497)
- Scripted spellcasting no longer increases the Alteration skill (#4503)
- A potential zero division in the Fatigue calculation has been removed (#4510)
- A knocked-down player character can no longer move or be moved in first-person view (#4519)
- Some issues with sun specularity in the water shader have been fixed (#4527)
- Movement animations without idle-animation fallback no longer trigger idle animations (#4531)
- The game now switches between distorted (underwater) and undistorted sound effects based on the camera position instead of the player character's head position (#4532)
- The inventory paper doll is now affected by GUI scaling (#4539)
- Items with an 'OnActivate' command present in their script (such as "cursed" items) no longer visually disappear when they are picked up in menu mode (#4543)
- Creatures no longer incorrectly flee from werewolves (#4545)
- Minimum and maximum sound ranges with zero value are now separately reset to their default ranges (#4551)
- Non-actor objects can no longer have a dialogue window opened via script (#4553)
- Dialogue topics with reserved names, e.g., "Barter" or "Repair", now behave the same as in vanilla Morrowind (#4557)
- Optimiser search for reserved node names is now case-insensitive (#4558)
- Pinned windows are now properly updated (#4560)
- Fast-travel logic now always depends on the type of the service NPC's cell instead of the destination cell type (#4563)
- The underwater viewing distance limit is no longer broken (#4565)
- The player character no longer uses headtracking in first-person view (#4573, temporary workaround for another issue)
- The handling of player character turning animations has been improved (#4574)
- Several weapon animation inconsistencies during movement in first-person view have been fixed (#4575)
- Idle animations are no longer reset in certain situations where they should be continuous (#4576)
- If an innocent actor dies from the continuing effects of a player attack, the murder is now also reported if the player has already paid their fine (#4582)
- Attack strength is now 0 if the player spams the [Attack] button (#4591)
- The incorrect inequality operator "<>" is now interpreted as less-than operator "<" to ensure compatibility with certain mods (#4597)
- Picking a stack of gold up in menu mode now grabs the whole item stack (#4604)
- Scaling for animated collision shapes is no longer erroneously applied twice (#4607)
- Fall damage is no longer erroneously applied twice (#4608)
- The pseudo duration of instant magic effects has been adjusted in the spellmaking menu to match vanilla spell cost calculations (#4611)
- A zero division occurring in 'NiFlipController' nodes without textures has been removed (#4614)
- The flickering frequency of light sources and some light-related calculations have been fixed (#4615)
- The sneaking offset in first-person view is now also applied when switching to sneak mode in midair (#4617)
- Sneaking is no longer possible while flying (#4618)
- Recharging enchanted items now always increases the Enchant skill regardless of success or failure, like in vanilla Morrowind (#4622)
- NPC record entries Reputation, Disposition and Faction Rank are now loaded as unsigned variables (#4628)
- Sneaking stance no longer affects speed if the actor is not actually sneaking (#4633)
- 'GetPCJumping' scripting function has been reworked to match vanilla behaviour (#4641)
- "%Name" string replacer can now be used in creature dialogue (#4644)
- Force-equipping a weapon now resets ongoing attack animations (#4646)
- HUD no longer displays an "item condition" for throwing weapons (#4648)
- Levelling up no longer fully restores health but rather applies the gained health points (#4649)
- Actors no longer fall from cliffs or run into obstacles when backing down from attackers (#4656)
- Enabling collision with 'ToggleCollision' scripting instruction ("tcl") now snaps the player character down to the ground (#4669)
- The number of known ingredient and potion effects is now determined by the modified rather than the base Alchemy skill (#4671)
- Pitch factor handling for crossbow animations has been streamlined to more closely match vanilla behaviour (#4672)
- Journal can no longer be opened while the Settings window is open (#4674)
- NPC fast-travel destination records without any data no longer crash the game upon loading (#4677)
- Declared but empty script variable lists no longer crash the game upon loading (#4678)
- The chance of a successful spell absorption is now multiplicative rather than additive, which is how the magic effect is designed in vanilla Morrowind (#4684)
- Calling 'Say' scripting instruction with non-existent sound as argument no longer breaks script compilation (#4685)
- Creatures that lack unique sounds now make use of fallback sound generator records (#4689)
- Loading bars no longer obscure message boxes but are instead moved to the centre of the screen (#4691)

Editor Bug Fixes:
- 'Revert' action now properly updates subviews (#3249)
- A native colour picker is now used on all operating systems, fixing major issues on macOS (#3681)
- 'Undo' and 'Redo' actions now keep assigned shortcuts (#4110)
- Lock status of newly opened subviews is now correctly initialised (#4520)
- Instance dragging, which was broken in 0.44.0, has been fixed (#4593)
- Skeletons of animated objects are now properly initialised (#4654)
- The Colour entry in Light Source records is now displayed as a coloured box instead of an integer number (#4668)

Other:
- Windows builds in 'Release' mode no longer automatically open a command prompt window (#2490)
- Race condition in terrain code has been fixed (#4584)
- Skinning and AI optimisations (#4605, #4621)
- Support for Rapture3D OpenAL driver has been added (#4606)
- Record verifying functionality in OpenMW-CS has been revised (#4643)"

OpenMW requires Bethesda's original assets to play Morrowind. That includes, of course, the corresponding ESM files. Apart from that, you're free to use any vanilla mod with OpenMW as long as it doesn't contain severe (scripting) errors or relies on third-party software (e.g., MWSE).

Or did I get your question wrong?

Hello guys,

we've just released version 0.46.0 of our OpenMW engine! This release includes over 270 solved issues and contains many new features, next-gen mod support, and a ton of bug fixes and mod compatibility fixes. Check out our release video and visit our homepage for the official release announcement.

Best regards,
Atahualpa

Hello again,

after more than a year, OpenMW got its next major update: we are proud to announce the release of version 0.47.0 of our engine! This release is at least as big as the previous one and brings distant statics via object paging, improved groundcover support, and a new, shader-based lighting system. Check out the full release announcement below and head over to our YouTube channel for the official release video (both in English and in German).

Best regards,

Atahualpa

Another year of busy and fruitful development lies behind us -- and the OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.47.0 of our open-source engine! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all supported operating systems.

 

With over 180 solved issues and a plethora of new features, this release is on par with the enormous 0.46.0 release we had last year. Brace yourself for object paging which allows OpenMW to finally display distant statics, proper support for groundcover mods, an improved lighting system, more efficient and robust physics, the new, optional over-the-shoulder camera, and much, much more!

 

In addition, countless bugs have been solved -- both for the vanilla game and for a variety of mods to ensure even better mod compatibility in the new version.

 

Check out the release announcement video by the hacking Atahualpa and the slashing johnnyhostile, and see below for the full list of changes. There are also a German release video and a German changelog available.

 

Known Issues:

• On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires 'OpenMW.app' and 'OpenMW-CS.app' to be siblings
• Lighting of spellcasting particles looks dull
• Pathfinding during the "Tribunal" expansion quest "Infidelities" is broken and the journal may not get updated because Taren Andoren hasn't yet reached his target spot; as a workaround, waiting for one hour will allow Taren to reach his target spot and the journal to be correctly updated
• Performance of enchanted ranged weapons (e.g., darts) isn't as good as other projectiles' performance

New Engine Features:

• by akortunov
  • [#5524] Failed scripts are flagged as 'inactive' and ignored rather than being removed -- until the game is reloaded or restarted
  • [#5580] An NPC's service refusal (e.g., for training, trading, or enchanting) can be filtered by service type to allow more complex NPC reactions instead of the vanilla "all or nothing" behaviour
  • [#5642] Arrows can be attached to an actor's skeleton instead of the bow mesh to allow implementing left-handed bows and actor-dependent shooting animations
  • [#5813] Improved handling of groundcover mods via grass instancing
• by AnyOldName3
  • [#4899] Alpha-to-coverage anti-aliasing -- this improves the look of alpha-tested objects, e.g., foliage from "Morrowind Optimization Patch"
  • [#4977] Show default icon if an item's icon is not found
• by Assumeru
  • [#2404] Levelled lists can be placed in containers
  • [#2798] Base records are mutable, i.e., modifying an instance of a base record (e.g., a guard NPC) will now affect all instances sharing the same base record (e.g., all other clones of that guard NPC)
  • [#5730] Add option to support graphic herbalism to 'Advanced' tab in the launcher
  • [#5771] 'ori' console command displays the mesh's data source as well as whether the x-prefixed version is used
• by bzzt
  • Proper underwater shadows when refraction is enabled; disabled if 'refraction scale' setting is not 1.0 [additions by AnyOldName3 and madsbuvi]
  • [#2386] Optional: Render distant static objects via object paging, i.e., by merging objects which are close to each other; ON by default but 'Distant land' needs to be enabled [corrections and polishing by psi29a]
  • [#2386] Optional: Object paging in active cells (3x3 grid around player character); ON by default [corrections and polishing by psi29a]
• by Capostrophic
  • [#5362] Dialogue for splitting item stacks displays the name of the trapped soul for stacks of soul gems
  • [#5445] Handle 'NiLines' property of NIF meshes
  • [#5545] Optional: Allow the player character to steal from unconscious (knocked-down) NPCs during combat; OFF by default
  • [#5579] Support for inverse-order rotation (z, y, x) in 'SetAngle' function
  • [#5649] Support Skyrim SE's compressed BSA format
  • [#5672] Setting 'Stretch menu background' which makes background images fit the full screen is also available in the launcher
• by CedricMocquillon
  • [#1536] Show current level-up attribute multipliers in 'Level' tooltip
  • [#4486] Handling and logging of crashes on Windows
  • [#5297] Search bar in the launcher's 'Data Files' tab
  • [#5486] Optional: Determine a trainer's offered skills and their respective limits by evaluating base values instead of modified ones; OFF by default
  • [#5519] Reorganised and expanded 'Advanced' tab in the launcher to integrate most MCP-like settings
  • [#5814] 'bsatool' can add to or create new BSA archives (supports all BSA types)
• by elsid
  • [#4917] Objects too small to change the navigation mesh no longer trigger updates of that mesh which improves performance
  • [#5500] Scene loading ends only when enough navigation mesh tiles around the player character have been generated
  • [#6033] Automatically add existing path grid to navigation mesh to further improve pathfinding
  • [#6033] Partially remove fallbacks to old pathfinding to avoid, e.g., actors following other enemies into lava
  • [#6034] Calculate optimal navigation paths based on an actor's individual movement speed on land and in water
• by fr3dz10
  • [#2159] Optional: Grey out dialogue topics which are -- at least in that moment -- exhausted and highlight newly added topics; OFF by default (colours are customisable)
  • [#4201] Projectile-projectile collision, including targeted spells (a successful hit cancels both projectiles); emulates vanilla behaviour
  • [#5563] Optional: Physics are run in one or several background threads to improve performance; OFF by default
• by glassmancody.info
  • [#5828] New, shader-based, customisable lighting system which removes the limit of eight light sources per object
• by jefetienne
  • [#5692] Filter in the spell window also displays items and spells with matching magic effects -- not only those with matching names
• by ptmikheev
  • Improved vanity mode in third-person view
  • [#390] Optional: New over-the-shoulder look in 3rd-person view; OFF by default
  • [#390] Optional: Auto-switch shoulder in narrow passages; ON by default but 'View over the shoulder' needs to be enabled
  • [#2686] Logged info in 'openmw.log' displays timestamps
  • [#4894] Optional: NPCs avoid collisions when moving; OFF by default
  • [#4894] Optional: NPCs give way to moving actors if they are idle; ON by default but 'NPCs avoid collisions' needs to be enabled
  • [#5043] Optional: Customisable head bobbing in first-person mode; OFF by default
  • [#5457] Optional: More realistic diagonal character movement; OFF by default
  • [#5610] Optional: Actors move and turn smoother; OFF by default
• by simonmeulenbeek
  • [#5511] Add audio settings to 'Advanced' tab in the launcher
• by TescoShoppah
  • [#3983] Installation wizard provides link to FAQ section regarding buying Morrowind.
• by unelsson
  • [#5456] Basic support for 'Collada' animation format
• by wareya
  • [#5762] 'Movement solver' is now much more robust
  • [#5910] Fall back to true delta time if needed to prevent physics death spirals in game

New Editor Features:

• by Atahualpa
  • [#6024] Customisable primary and secondary selection modes for 'terrain land editing' mode (see #3171)
• by olcoal
  • [#5199] Improved and configurable colours in 3D view
• by unelsson
  • [#832] Proper handling of deleted references
  • [#3171] Instance drag selection with the following modes: 'centred cube', 'cube corner to corner', 'centred sphere'
  • [#3171] Configurable actions for instance drag selection: 'select only', 'add to selection', 'remove from selection', 'invert selection'

Engine Bug Fixes:

• by akortunov
  • [#3714] Resolved conflicts between 'SpellState' and 'MagicEffects' functionality of the engine
  • [#3789] Fixed a crash which could occur when updating active magic effects
  • [#4021] Attributes and skills are now stored as floating-point values
  • [#4623] Improved implementation of the Corprus disease
  • [#5108] Prevent save-game bloating by using an appropriate fog texture format
  • [#5165] Active spell effects now use real-time updates instead of timestamps to avoid problems with time scale and scripted daytime changes
  • [#5387] 'Move' and 'MoveWorld' commands now correctly update the moved object's cell
  • [#5499] Game logic for rank advancement now properly considers the two favoured skills of a faction
  • [#5502] Dead zone of analogue sticks can now be configured in the 'openmw.cfg' file
  • [#5619] Key presses are now ignored during savegame loading
  • [#5975] Controllers for "sheath" meshes (used by weapon sheathing mods) are now disabled to prevent, e.g., accidentally playing shooting animations for bows in "HQ Arsenal" mod
  • [#6043] An NPC's 'shield' animation is now cancelled when a light source is equipped instead of a shield
  • [#6047] In-game mouse bindings can no longer be triggered when controls are disabled, e.g., when loading a savegame
• by AnyOldName3
  • [#2069] 'NiFlipControllers' now only affect the base texture which, e.g., solves issues with the fireflies in the "Fireflies Invade Morrowind" mod
  • [#2976] Fixed issues with the priority of OpenMW's local and global config files
  • [#4631] GPUs which don't support an anti-aliasing value of 16 now always fall back to a lower value if '16' is set in the settings
  • [#5391] Bodies from "Races Redone" mod are now correctly shown on the inventory's paper doll
  • [#5688] Water shader no longer breaks in interior cells when indoor shadows are disabled
  • [#5906] Sun-glare effect now works with 'Mesa' drivers and AMD GPUs
• by Assumeru
  • [#2311] Targeting non-unique actors in scripts is now supported
  • [#2473] Selling respawning items to vendors now increases the amount that respawns
  • [#3862] Random contents of containers are now determined in a similar way as in the original engine
  • [#3929] Random loot in a container no longer respawns when the player character takes the loot and trades with the container's owner afterwards
  • [#4039] Followers no longer form a train of actors but rather follow their leader at the same distance
  • [#4055] If a script is running as a global script, newly triggered local instances of that script will now be initialised with the global script's variable state
  • [#5300] NPCs carrying torches now switch to using a shield when they enter combat [inspired by Capostrophic's work]
  • [#5423] Bigger creature followers -- e.g., Guars -- no longer bump into their leader
  • [#5469] Scripted rotations or displacements of large objects no longer reset the local map's fog of war
  • [#5661] Region sounds now use fallback values to determine the minimum and maximum time between sounds
  • [#5661] There now is a chance to play no region sound at all if the sum of all sound chances for the current region is below 100 %
  • [#5687] Bound items covering the same equipment slot no longer freeze the game if they expire at the same time, e.g., while resting
  • [#5835] Scripts can now set AI values ('AI Hello', 'AI Alarm', 'AI Fight', 'AI Flee') to negative numbers
  • [#5836] Dialogue conditions containing negative AI values now work
  • [#5838] Teleport doors to non-existent wilderness cells no longer break the local map
  • [#5840] NPCs being hit due to attacking an enemy with an active 'fire/frost/shock shield' effect now trigger the corresponding damage sound effect
  • [#5841] Free spells can now be cast even if the caster has no magicka left
  • [#5871] Users with Russian keyboard layout can now use 'Ё' in input fields without opening the console
  • [#5912] 'Summon' effects that failed to summon anything are no longer removed
  • [#5923] Clicking on blank spaces in the journal can no longer open topics on the next page
  • [#5934] Morrowind legacy madness: The item count in 'AddItem' commands is now transformed into an unsigned value, i.e., negative numbers will overflow and result in a positive number of items being added
  • [#5991] Scripts can now open books and scrolls in the inventory
  • [#6007] Corrupt video files no longer crash the game
  • [#6016] Sneaking or jumping NPCs no longer stop and turn to greet the player character
• by Capostrophic
  • [#4774] Guards no longer ignore attacks of invisible player characters but rather initiate dialogue and flee if the player resists being arrested
  • [#5358] Initiating dialogue with another actor without closing the dialogue window no longer clears the dialogue history in order to allow, e.g., emulation of three-way dialogue via 'ForceGreeting' command
  • [#5363] 'Auto Calc' flag for enchantments is now properly treated as flag in OpenMW-CS and in OpenMW's 'esmtool'
  • [#5364] Scripts which try to start a non-existent global script now skip that step and continue execution instead of breaking
  • [#5367] Selecting already equipped spells or magic items via hotkey no longer triggers the 'equip' sound to play
  • [#5369] 'Scale' argument in levelled creature lists is now considered when spawning creatures from such lists
  • [#5370] Morrowind legacy madness II: Using a key on a trapped door/container now only disarms the trap if the door/container is actually locked
  • [#5397] NPC greetings are now properly reset when leaving and re-entering an area
  • [#5403] Visual spell effects affecting an actor now also play during that actor's death animation
  • [#5415] Environment maps now properly work for equipped items, e.g., those of the "HiRez Armors" mod
  • [#5416] Junk non-node root records in NIF meshes are now handled more gracefully to allow certain modded assets to be loaded
  • [#5424] Creatures now head-track the player character
  • [#5425] Magic effects which are not applied once now have a minimum duration of 1 second
  • [#5427] 'GetDistance' function no longer stops script execution when there is no object found for the given ID
  • [#5427] 'GetDistance' function and the engine's object search now log improved warning messages regarding missing objects of a given ID
  • [#5435] Enemy attacks can now hit the player character when collision is disabled
  • [#5441] Fixed the priority of certain animations to allow enemies to push the player character in first-person view if the player just holds the attack button
  • [#5451] Magic projectiles now instantly disappear when their caster vanishes or dies
  • [#5452] Auto-walking is no longer included in savegames, i.e., the player character will stand still again after loading
  • [#5484] Items with a base value of 0 can no longer be sold for 1 gold
  • [#5485] Successful intimidation attempts now always increase an NPC's disposition by at least a minimum margin
  • [#5490] Hits to the 'left carry' slot are now redistributed to the 'left pauldron' slot or the 'cuirass' slot if the actor has no shield equipped
  • [#5525] Case-insensitive search in the inventory window now also works for non-ASCII characters
  • [#5603] When switching to constant-effect enchanting in the enchantment window, all effect ranges are now reset to 'self' if possible and incompatible effects are removed
  • [#5604] OpenMW's NIF loaders can now correctly handle NIF files with multiple root nodes
  • [#5611] Repair hammers with 0 uses can now be used only once before they break, while lockpicks and probes with 0 uses do nothing at all -- thanks, Bethesda!
  • [#5622] Fixed the priority of the main-menu window to prevent the in-game console from becoming unresponsive
  • [#5627] Book parser now considers images and formatting tags after the last 'end of line' tag to correctly display certain in-game books and scrolls added by mods
  • [#5633] Negative spell effects received before switching to god mode no longer continue to harm the player character
  • [#5639] Tooltips no longer cover message boxes
  • [#5644] Active summon effects on the player character no longer cause crashes during game initialisation
  • [#5656] Characters no longer use the standing animation when blocking attacks in sneak mode
  • [#5695] Actors casting a target spell at themselves via script now aim for their feet rather than casting the spell in their current target's direction
  • [#5706] AI sequences -- e.g., for patrolling NPCs -- no longer stop looping when a savegame is reloaded
  • [#5758] Paralysed actors who are underwater now float to the surface
  • [#5758] Levitating actors who get paralysed now fall to the ground
  • [#5869] Guards now only initiate the arrest dialogue if the player character is in line of sight
  • [#5877] Transparency of magic-effect icons is now properly reset to prevent "empty" icons from appearing in certain situations
  • [#5902] 'NiZBufferProperty' now handles 'depth test' flag
  • [#5995] UV offset in 'NiUVController' -- which is used in vanilla Morrowind to simulate liquid movement -- is now properly calculated
• by ccalhoun1999
  • [#5101] Hostile followers no longer follow the player character through teleport doors or when they use travel services
• by davidcernat
  • [#5422] The player character no longer loses all spells if resurrected via the 'resurrect' console command
• by elsid
  • [#4764] Synchronise main thread and rendering thread to avoid errors with particles, e.g., in the water-ripple effect
  • [#5479] Fixed an issue with pathfinding that led to NPCs standing rooted to the ground instead of wandering about
  • [#5507] Sound volume settings are now always restricted to the range [0.0, 1.0] and are no longer potentially unclamped in response to in-game volume changes.
  • [#5531] Fleeing actors are now correctly rotated which, e.g., prevents cliff racers from diving underwater when fleeing
  • [#5914] 'Navigator' now builds "limited" paths for actors with far-away destinations to ensure pathfinding even over greater distances (outside the navigation mesh)
  • [#6294] Fixed a crash caused by an empty path grid
• by fr3dz10
  • [#3372] Magic bolts and projectiles now always collide with moving targets
  • [#4083] Doors now mimic vanilla Morrowind's behaviour when colliding with an actor during their open/close animation [partially fixed by elsid]
  • [#5472] Zero-lifetime particles are now handled properly and a related potential zero division in 'NiParticleColorModifier' that caused crashes on non-PC platforms, e.g., when using Melchior Dahrk's "Mistify" mod, has been fixed
  • [#5548] 'ClearInfoActor' script function now removes the correct topic from an actor
  • [#5739] Saving and reloading the savegame prior to hitting the ground no longer prevents fall damage
• by glassmancody.info
  • [#5899] Exiting the game without having closed all modal windows no longer leads to a crash
  • [#6028] NIF particle systems now properly inherit the particle count from their 'NiParticleData' record which, e.g., solves issues with the "I Lava Good Mesh Replacer" mod
• by kyleshrader
  • [#5588] Clicking on an empty journal page no longer triggers topic entries to show
• by madsbuvi
  • [#5539] Resizing of the game window no longer breaks when switching from lower resolution to full-screen resolution
• by mp3butcher
  • [#1952, #3676] 'NiParticleColorModifier' in NIF files is now properly handled which solves issues regarding particle effects, e.g., smoke and fire
• by ptmikheev
  • [#5557] Moving diagonally using a controller's analogue stick no longer results in slower movement speed compared to keyboard input
  • [#5821] OpenMW now properly keeps track of NPCs which were added by a mod and moved to another cell, even if the mod's load-order position is changed
• by SaintMercury
  • [#5680] Actors now properly aim magic projectiles which, e.g., prevents bull netches from shooting over the player character's head
• by Tankinfrank
  • [#5800] Equipping a constant-effect ring no longer unequips a cast-on-use ring which is currently selected in the spell window
• by wareya
  • [#1901] Actors' collision behaviour now more closely replicates vanilla Morrowind's behaviour
  • [#3137] Walking into a wall no longer prevents the player character from jumping
  • [#4247] Actors can now walk up certain steep stairs thanks to the usage of AABB ("axis-aligned bounding box") collision shapes
  • [#4447] Switching to AABB collision shapes also prevents the player character from looking through certain walls
  • [#4465] Overlapping collision shapes no longer cause NPCs to twitch
  • [#4476] Player character no longer floats in the air during scenic travel in abot's "Gondoliers" mod
  • [#4568] Actors can no longer push each other out of level boundaries when there are too many of them in one spot
  • [#5431] Prevent physics death spirals in scenes with a huge amount of actors
  • [#5681] Player characters now properly collide with wooden bridges instead of getting stuck or passing through them

Editor Bug Fixes:

• by akortunov
  • [#1662] OpenMW-CS no longer crashes if there are non-ASCII characters in a file path or in a configuration path
• by Atahualpa
  • [#5473] Cell borders are now properly redrawn when undoing/redoing changes made to the terrain
  • [#6022] Terrain selection grid is now properly redrawn when undoing/redoing changes made to the terrain
  • [#6023] Objects no longer block terrain selection in 'terrain land editing' mode
  • [#6035] Circle brush no longer selects terrain vertices outside its perimeter
  • [#6036] Brushes no longer ignore vertices at NE and SW corners of a cell
• by Capostrophic
  • [#5400] Verifier no longer checks for alleged 'race' entries in non-skin body parts
  • [#5731] Skirts worn by NPCs are now properly displayed in 3D view
• by unelsson
  • [#4357] Sorting in 'Journal Infos' and 'Topic Infos' tables is now disabled; you may adjust the order of records manually
  • [#4363] Clone function for 'Journal Infos' and 'Topic Infos' records now allows you to edit the new record's 'ID' respectively
  • [#5675] Object instances are now loaded and saved with the correct master index to prevent overwritten objects from appearing in game
  • [#5703] OpenMW-CS will no longer flicker and crash on XFCE desktop environments
  • [#5713] OpenMW-CS now properly renders 'Collada' models
  • [#6235] OpenMW-CS no longer crashes when changes to the terrain height are undone and then redone
• by Yoae
  • [#5384] Deleting an instance in 3D view now correctly updates all active 3D views

Miscellaneous:

• by akortunov
  • [#5026] Prevent data races with 'rain intensity uniforms'
  • [#5480] Drop Qt4 support in favour of Qt 5.12 or later
• by AnyOldName3
  • [#4765] Avoid binding an OSG array from multiple threads in OpenMW's 'ChunkManager'
  • [#5551] Windows: OpenMW no longer forces a reboot during installation
  • [#5904] Mesa: Fixed OpenSceneGraph issue regarding RTT method ("render-to-texture")
• by CedricMocquillon
  • [#5520] Improved handling of combo box 'Start default character at' in the launcher to avoid warning messages and possible memory leaks
• by fr3dz10
  • [#5980] Check for and enforce double-precision 'Bullet' during configuration [addition by akortunov]
• by glebm
  • [#5807] Fixed crash on ARM machines caused by incorrect handling of frame allocation in 'osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer'
  • [#5897] Updated 'MyGUI' to prevent errors when dynamically linking it