Releases: OpenMW/openmw
Releases · OpenMW/openmw
OpenMW 0.48.0 Released!
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.48.0 of our open-source engine!
So what does another fruitful year of diligent work bring us this time? The two biggest improvements in this new version of OpenMW are the long-awaited post-processing shader framework and an early version of a brand-new Lua scripting API! Both of these features greatly expand what the engine can deliver in terms of visual fidelity and game logic.
As usual, we've also solved numerous problems major and minor, particularly pertaining to the newly overhauled magic system and character animations. Read the full list of changes below!
Known Issues:
- On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires ‘OpenMW.app’ and ‘OpenMW-CS.app’ to be siblings
- Performance of enchanted ranged weapons (e.g., darts) isn’t as good as other projectiles’ performance
- [#7354] If reverse Z depth buffer and soft particles are off or unsupported, disabling all post-processing in-game will trigger a crash
- Rarely, quitting the game may crash it on some setups for an unclear reason. If you encounter such an issue, please send us feedback regarding its circumstances
New Engine Features:
- by ptmikheev, uramer and others
- [#5996] Lua scripting API
- by akortunov
- [#4974] Fonts and GUI layout files are now overridable through the VFS
- [#4975] TrueType font replacements are now included by default to avoid missing glyphs with OpenMW-specific GUI localisation
- [#6867] GUI localisation support. Most of the previously hardcoded strings have been localised in French, German, Russian and Swedish
- [#6925] In the character creation widget, the character's head can be rotated in the preview area using the mouse wheel, as if you scrolled the slider below it
- [#6941] TrueType font settings can be changed in the launcher
- by Assumeru/Evil Eye
- [#1465, #6177] 'Repeat' flag is supported for AI package script commands.
- [#2780] 'Help' console command, which prints OpenMW's version string and every available command
- [#4297] The remnants of 'APPLIED_ONCE' spell effect flag have been properly implemented
- [#4414] EXTRA SPELL spell effect expiry now triggers re-equipment
- [#5198] Spell effect expiry is now tracked
- [#5454] Active spell effects are cleared from actors that are removed from the scene for any reason
- [#5489] Telekinesis also extends the activation range of activators, like in Morrowind Code Patch
- [#6380] Commas are treated as whitespace in scripts, heavily loosening the restrictions on their use
- [#6699] 'Ignored' ESM record flag is now respected
- by Capo
- [#6541] Gloss-mapping support
- by Cédric Mocquillon
- by Dominique Martinet
- [#6631] FFmpeg 5 support
- by elsid
- [#6189] Generated navigation meshes are now cached on your storage device
- by Eris Caffee
- by fr3dz10
- by myrix
- by ptmikheev
- by unelsson
- by uramer
- [#6557] Controller gyroscope support
- by Vulpen
- [#6019] Alpha-to-coverage can be toggled on through the launcher
- by wareya
- [#6360] Raindrop ripples have been visually revamped
- by wazabear
- [#4067] Post-processing shader support
- [#5928] Time of day-dependent node switching can be disabled
- [#6032] Support of reverse-Z depth buffer, which reduces the flickering of distant objects tremendously
- [#6078] The depth buffer is no longer cleared before rendering first-person models
- [#6128] Support for soft particles
- [#6199] FBO rendering support
- [#6443] NIF stencil buffer manipulations are supported, completing NiStencilProperty support
- [#6534] Decal texture blending using vertex/material colours is now simulated in shader pipeline
- [#6592] Geometry-based particle emission support
- [#6600] NiSortAdjustNode record type support
- [#6700] Windowed fullscreen support. In this mode, the game is played in a borderless window that matches the display resolution
- by Wolfgang Lieff
- [#6684] Support of NiFltAnimationNode NIF record type, which represents an animated sequence of nodes.
- by AnyOldName3 and Capo
New Editor Features:
- by cc9cii
- [#2554] Modifying an instance in the scene widget will scroll the instances table to that instance
- [#5737] Moved instances are properly deleted from their original cell
- [#6017] Persistent and temporary instances are properly distinguished upon saving a file to improve compatibility with the original ESM format
- [#6288] 'Blocked' record flag support
- by pi03k
- [#890] Table columns can now be hidden using a new menu or with a middle-click
- by SaintMercury
- [#6721] Record subviews can be opened in an exclusive window as an option
- by unelsson
- [#6251] Instance movement now follows the mouse cursor
- by VidiAquam
- [#3245] Instance editing grid and snapping
Engine Bug Fixes:
- by akortunov
- [#5913] Self-targeted line-of-sight checks no longer cause issues
- [#6276] 'Deleted' flag is properly supported for groundcover instance records
- [[#6347](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issue...
OpenMW 0.47.0 Released!
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
- 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
New Editor Features:
OpenMW 0.46.0 Released!
After over a year of development, the OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.46.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. This release, potentially the largest ever since the move to OpenSceneGraph, finally reintroduces the long-awaited real-time shadows and also introduces a new improved navigation mesh-based AI pathfinding system based on recastnavigation library, among tons of other improvements.
Mod compatibility has been significantly improved in this release, and you can expect dozens of mods that worked poorly previously to become playable starting with this version.
Check out the release video (https://youtu.be/kMGjf6ZONE8) by the splendiferous johnnyhostile and see below for the full list of changes. The corresponding OpenMW-CS release video is planned to follow soon.
One more thing: one of our major contributors, Capostrophic, has recently started a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/capostrophic. AnyOldName3 (our resident Master of Shadows) also has a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/anyoldname3 and psi29a https://www.patreon.com/psi29a, OpenMW’s new project lead also has a Patreon. So consider supporting them if you want to help OpenMW grow. Other contributors accept donations as well: you can find links to their Patreon pages in our FAQ. https://openmw.org/faq/#donations. Don’t forget to support the software that helps make this all possible: OpenSceneGraph, OpenAL-Soft and SDL2 to name a few.
Known Issues:
- 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
- Shadows and the new navigation system are not yet perfect and they will get further tuning and refining - particularly in the area of performance when it comes to the shadows - in the subsequent releases
0.45.0 Regression Fixes:
- Slowfall magic effect no longer erroneously resets the player jumping flag used for GetPCJumping script function (#4775) - Capostrophic
- Attacking and landing no longer causes issues with the idle animation (#4847) - akortunov
- Actors outside of the actor processing range are now invisible immediately upon loading (#4860) - akortunov
- AiTravel no longer ceases execution erroneously if the AI processing range too low (#4979) - akortunov
- Actors with their AI disabled, including those out of the AI processing range, can no longer drown (#4980) - akortunov
- Collision shapes of dead actors no longer prevent hitting a different actor through them (#4990) - akortunov
- Offered prices are now only capped in the barter window (#5028) - Capostrophic
- Ranged weapon critical hits are now vanilla-friendly (#5067) - Capostrophic
- Blocking unarmed creatures' attacks degrades shield condition again (#5069) - Capostrophic
- Actors will only attempt to open a door when one really obstructs their path (#5073) - elsid
- Player's creature followers killing enemies using spells triggers a crime event properly (#5206) - akortunov
- Windows: Logging can now be redirected into the command prompt again if you launch OpenMW from there - sthalik
Major New Features:
- Improved navigation mesh-based AI pathfinding system (#2229) - elsid
- Native weapon and shield sheathing support (#4673, #5193) - akortunov
- Support for NiPalette, NiRollController, NiTriStrips and NiSwitchNode NIF records (#4675, #4812, #4882, #5121) - akortunov & Capostrophic
- Native seamless container open/close animations support (#4730) - akortunov
- Real-time shadows (#4851) - AnyOldName3
- Support for loading the compressed BSA format from Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and 2011 Skyrim games (#5000) - cc9cii & Azdul
- Native graphic herbalism support (#5010) - akortunov
- Support for custom attachment bones for different weapon types and custom bones in general (#5131) - akortunov
- Support for unique animations for different weapon types (#5132) - akortunov
- Environment-mapped bump-mapping support (#5304) - Capostrophic
Minor Feature Additions:
- Actors avoid walking on the children geometry of an AvoidNode (#1724) - elsid
- Gamepad player character movement is now analogue (#3025) - Perry Hugh
- The global/local openmw.cfg now provides somewhat sensible default config values, making it possible to play a game without Morrowind.ini (#3442) - psi29a
- Optionally, multiple projectiles can be enchanted at once (#3517) - akortunov
- Option to invert input X axis (#3610) - Capostrophic
- Local variables of the object selected in the console can be modified directly (#3893) - Capostrophic
- Controller input can now be disabled in-game (#3980) - Capostrophic
- Shift+Double Click shortcut maximises or restores the size of right-click menus (#3999) - akortunov
- "Toggle sneak" shortcut on gamepads (double-tap of the Sneak button) (#4001) - Perry Hugh
- BetaComment/ObjectReferenceInfo output is logged into openmw.log as well for convenience (#4129) - akortunov
- RepairedOnMe, which is broken in vanilla, is implemented and always returns zero (#4255) - Capostrophic
- RaiseRank/LowerRank instructions now work correctly and their rank changes are saved properly (#4316) - akortunov
- The default controller bindings now replicate those from Xbox version of Morrowind (#4360) - Perry Hugh
- Travelling, following and wandering actors can now properly decelerate before reaching their destination (#4544) - akortunov
- Optional: Fog's intensity can be calculated based on the actual distance from the eye point (#4708) - akortunov
- "Clone Content List" button in the launcher which allows you to copy the current load order into a content list (#4784) - Capostrophic
- Search fields were added to the inventory, trading and companion share windows (#4831) - fr3dz10
- Support for switch nodes that change their state depending on the time of the day (e.g. Glow in the Dahrk mod) (#4836) - akortunov
- Water reflections have much more detail levels and can be disabled completely (#4859) - wareya & akortunov
- Random number generator seed command line argument (#4887) - elsid
- Various distant terrain settings (#4890) - bzzt
- Audio and video playback is paused when the game is minimised (#4944) - akortunov
- At least 8 supported blood types (like vanilla) instead of just 3 (#4958) - Capostrophic
- Optional: Enchanted item usage triggers a casting animation (#4962) - akortunov
- Most UI widget skins are now properly rescalable and can use a higher resolution texture (#4968) - akortunov
- Pinnable windows hiding is persistent (#4994) - akortunov
- GetWeaponType returns different values for tools which are consistent with those from a fix from Morrowind Code Patch (#5031) - Capostrophic
- Creatures can make use of magic armor mitigation (#5033) - Capostrophic
- Enchanting window stays open after a failed attempt to enchant an item, for the player's convenience (#5034) - Capostrophic
- Characters can be removed from factions through scripting like the respective Morrowind Code Patch feature allows (#5036) - Capostrophic
- Gamepad emulated cursor speed setting (#5046) - jrivany
- Scroll bars now use separate replaceable textures (#5051) - akortunov
- Optional light source duration display is now human-readable (#5091) - Capostrophic
- Unix-like Ctrl+W and Ctrl+U shortcuts in the in-game console, which remove the last word and the entire line respectively (#5094) - Assumeru
- User controller bindings (#5098) - alexarice
- Refresh button in the launcher that allows you to reload the content files (#5114) - James Moore
- Enchanted arrows glow correctly (#5122) - akortunov
- Corpse disposal should be safe in most cases (#5146) - akortunov
- Spell magicka cost is shown in the tooltip of the spell in spell buying window (#5147) - James Stephens
- TestCells/TestInteriorCells debug instructions (#5219) - akortunov
- NiTriShape can now be controlled by NiKeyframeControllers (#5224) - akortunov
- Lighting can optionally be applied to environment maps like in Morrowind Code Patch, improving bump-mapped object appearance (#5304) - Capostrophic
- On devices that have a gyroscope, its movement will optionally rotate the camera (#5311) - akortunov
- Ingredients can be filtered by their name or their magic effects in the alchemy window (#5314) - fr3dz10
Editor Feature Additions:
- Terrain texture selection (#3871) - unelsson
- A more obvious way to reset key bindings to their defaults - a button (#4068) - Capostrophic
- Content files can now be opened directly as a file association on Windows and GNU/Linux (#4202) - Utopium
- Faction Ranks table (#4209) - akortunov
- Transient terrain change support (#4840) - unelsson
- Instance record editor can now be opened directly from the scene window (#5005) - Utopium
- Terrain shape selection and editing (#5170) - unelsson
- Object instances in the scene view can be deleted with a keypress (#5172) - unelsson
- Edit mode tool outlines are displayed in the scene view (#5201) - unelsson
- Keyboard shortcuts to drop objects to the ground in the scene view (#5274) - unelsson
Bug Fixes:
- The console window will no longer hide the other windows (#1515) - akortunov
- Items with differing redundant ownership information now stack (#1933) - akortunov
- Content file selector dialogues in the launcher and the editor only list one instance of a content file with a specific file name (#2395) - Capostrophic
- The mouse wheel can now be bound to most actions in the in-game Controls menu, e.g. Previous and Next Weapon shortcuts (#2679) - Stomy
- Scripted items no longer stack so as to avoid scripting issues (#2969) - Capostrophic
- Data folders listed in the global openmw.cfg configuration file will no longer be handled after those in the user configuration file (#2976) - Capostrophic
- Stray text following 'else' operator is now discarded, fixing scripting issues in Blo...
OpenMW 0.45.0 Released!
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.45.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) 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.
If you haven't tried OpenMW out already, now is the big chance! Bethesda's free giveaway of Morrowind got extended, so you are still able to get Morrowind for free until March 31st! (https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/tes25)
Check out the release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5vMfYmqOMo) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVztdWo-TNQ) 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 f...
OpenMW 0.44.0 Released!
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.44.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. This release brings a slew of new features and bug fixes, including a search bar for spells, a tab for advanced settings in the launcher, and multiple quicksaves.
Check out the release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbQKIiqHDU) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJv5Orvs20) by the perspicacious 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:
- Spell search bar implemented
- Launcher: Advanced settings tab added (#4054)
- Implemented option for fast travel services to charge for every companion (#4064)
- Added an option to have multiple quicksaves (#4174)
- Added an option to rebalance soul gem values based only on soul value, not soul times gem value (#4423)
- OpenMW-CS: Terrain Texture Brush button implemented (#3870)
- OpenMW-CS: Edit functions for terrain texture editing mode implemented (#3872)
- OpenMW-CS: New, and more complete, icon set added
Bug Fixes:
- Daedra are now summoned when picking up cursed items through the inventory, OnActivate is now triggered even with the inventory menu open (#1428, #3726)
- Similar glyphs are now used as fallbacks when unsupported glyphs are encountered (#1987)
- Magic effects active when a save is loaded are now rendered (#2254)
- Journal alphabetical indexing now works in Russian language versions (#2485)
- Declaring OnPCHitMe in an actor's script now prevents the actor from attacking, even in self-defense, if his Fight is equal to zero (#2703)
- Content selector now places Morrowind.esm at the beginning of the mod list, if it is present (#2829)
- Undefined weather settings now fallback to middle grey instead of pure black (#2841)
- Mods are now found if the mod directory is a parent of the installation directory (#3557)
- Flying and swimming creatures no longer use the pathgrid (#3587)
- SetPos no longer skips weather transitions, fixing transitions in mods that use SetPos to travel the player, such as Boats Mod (#3603)
- ESM files with capital-case extensions now load correctly with the launcher (#3618)
- Fixed an issue where NPCs could get stuck inside terrain/objects when the player rests (#3638)
- Combat music is now updated in menu mode (#3664)
- Extraneous carriage returns are cut from dialog output (#3696)
- Fixes for controllers on macOS (#3708)
- SetPos can no longer place the target under terrain level (#3783)
- Fixed an issue where casting Calm Humanoid on a guard the player is resisting arrest from caused a dialog loop when trying to resist again (#3863)
- Enemies who are knocked out will no longer recover immediately (#3884)
- Imported content files are now sorted according to their dependencies, instead of just modified time (this fixes Bethesda ESMs broken by the Steam version of Morrowind) (#3926)
- Scripts now support period and hyphen characters in the script name, as long as it is not the first character (#4061)
- Soul gems with trapped souls of creatures from mods that have been removed will now be empty instead of crashing the game (#4111)
- Swim animation is no longer interrupted when attacking underwater (#4122)
- An empty battle music folder now results in explore music being played in combat (#4134)
- Added a vanilla absorb spell behavior option, which is enabled by default (#4135)
- Added vanilla enchanted weaponry behavior option, which is enabled by default (#4136)
- Centroid interpolation is now used for shader lighting, fixing some graphical artifacts when using antialiasing (#4143)
- NPC base skeleton files are not longer optimized, fixes some body replacer mods (#4159)
- To prevent animation flickering, the landing animation is no longer played when the player is turning as they are landing (#4177)
- Fighting actors now face their target instead of the nearest actor (#4179)
- Weapon switch sound is no longer played when no different weapon is present to switch to (#4180)
- Guards can no longer initiate dialog with the player when the player is far above the guard (#4184)
- The correct graphical effect is now applied to armor and clothes when changing them while chameleoned or invisible (#4190)
- "Screenshot Saved" message has been removed (#4191)
- Attack range for NPC archers and spellcasters now more accurately matches vanilla behavior (#4192)
- Dialog topics are now always highlighted when first encountered (#4210)
- Fixed an FPS drop after minimizing the game during rainy weather (#4211)
- Thrown weapon projectiles now all rotate when in the air (#4216)
- Spell casting chance now displays as zero if the player does not have enough magicka to cast it (#4223)
- Fixed double activation button presses when using a gamepad (#4225)
- The player's current class and birthsign is now the default value in the class select and bithsign select menus, rather than the first item in the list (#4226)
- Tribunal and Bloodmoon summoned creatures no longer automatically fight other followers (#4229)
- Player movement from one directional key is now nullified if the opposite directional key is also pressed (#4233)
- Wireframe mode no longer affects the map (#4235)
- Fixed a crash when quick loading from the container screen (#4239)
- Greetings are no longer added to the journal topic list (#4242)
- Merchant NPCs no longer sell ingredients from containers that they own that have zero capacity, such as plants (#4245)
- Armor condition is now taken into account when calculating armor rating (#4246)
- Removed unintended jump cooldown (#4250)
- Fixed console spam when OpenMW encounters a non-music file in the Music folder (#4252)
- Magic effects from eaten ingredients now have the correct duration (#4261)
- Arrow position is now correct in third person view during attacks for beast races (#4263)
- Players in god mode are no longer affected by negative spell effects (#4264)
- Missing 'sAnd' GMST no longer causes a crash (#4269)
- Root node transformation is no longer incorrectly discarded, fixing characters in the mod The Black Mill (#4272)
- The map is now updated with explored cells correctly, instead of only when the map window is opened (#4279)
- MessageBoxes now appear over the chargen menu (#4298)
- Optimizer no longer breaks LOD nodes (#4301)
- PlaceAtMe now correctly inherits the scale of the calling object (#4308)
- Resistance to magic now affects all resistable magic effects (#4309)
- Opening doors is now restricted to bipedal actors (#4313)
- Rainy weather no longer slows down the game when changing from indoors to outdoors (#4314)
- Meshes with CollisionType=Node flag are no longer ignored (#4319)
- Activate and Move keys are no longer used for GUI navigation if they are bound to mouse buttons (#4320)
- NPC negative faction reaction modifier now works correctly (#4322)
- Taking owned items is no longer considered a crime if the owner is dead (#4328)
- Torch and shield equipping behavior now is more consistent with the original game (#4334)
- Installation wizard now appends "/Data Files" if needed when autodetecting path (#4336)
- "Interior" removed from cell not found message (#4343)
- Inventory item count for very high numbers no longer shows incorrect values due to truncation (#4346)
- Using AddSoulgem no longer fills all sould gems of the specified type (#4351)
- A message is displayed if the spell a player tries to select via quickkey is missing (#4391)
- Inventory filter is now reset to All when loading a game (#4392)
- Terrain is now rendered for empty cells (#4405)
- OpenMW now handles marker definitions correctly, fixing mod Arktwend (#4410)
- iniimporter no longer ignores data paths (#4410)
- Moving with zero strength no longer uses all of your fatigue (#4410)
- Camera no longer flickers when opening and closing menu while sneaking (#4420)
- Cursor now displays correctly when OpenMW is compiled against macOS 10.13 SDK (#4424)
- Item health is no longer considered a signed integer, it can no longer be negative (#4424)
- Adding items to currently disabled creatures will no longer crash the game (#4441)
- Encumbrance value is now rounded up (#4441)
- Werewolf health is now correctly calculated (#4142)
- NiLookAtController node is now ignored, like in vanilla (#4407)
- OpenMW-CS: "Original Creature" field renamed to "Parent Creature" (#2897)
- OpenMW-CS: Unchecking "Auto Calc" flag when editing an NPC record no longer causes unreasonable values to be filled in (#3278)
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed search and verification result tables to be case-insensitive when sorting (#3343)
- OpenMW-CS: "Model" column renamed to "Model/Animation" (#2694)
OpenMW 0.43.0 Released!
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.43.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) 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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0MPLXdl0y4) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ywx8BSyKg) 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 us...
OpenMW 0.42.0 Released!
The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.42.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. Apologies for the delayed release, but we wanted to have everything in order for you! Check the changelog below for new features and bug fixes.
Check out the release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKhfdOxkafo) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exWbXBAJYtY) by the magnanimous 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 water sound effects
- Implemented light particles showing in inventory character preview
- Implemented magic projectiles emitting light
- Implemented NiSphericalCollider
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented "Book Type" combo box replacing "Scroll" check box in Book records
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented "Blood Type" combo box replacing blood check boxes in NPC and Creature records
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented "Emitter Type" combo box replacing emitter check boxes in Light records
- OpenMW-CS: Implemented "Gender" combo box replacing "Female" check box in NPC and Body Part records
- ess-Importer: Implemented converting mark location
- ess-Importer: Implemented converting last known exterior cell
Bug Fixes:
- Falling leaves in Vurt's tree mods now render correctly
- Actors now use capsular collision shapes (solves issues with characters getting stuck or floating above the ground)
- Collision handling has been improved (better performance and overall behaviour)
- Collision is now not disabled for actors until their death animation has finished playing
- Players can no longer climb sheer terrain by jumping and then moving forwards in the air
- Doors no longer stutter when colliding with the player
- Dialog boxes now appear in the center of the screen after the window is resized
- Weapon and spell cycling is now disabled while in GUI mode
- Weapon and spell cycling can now be bound to a gamepad
- Gamepad and mouse/keyboard may now be used at the same time
- Inventory window titles are now centered vertically
- Changed name tooltips' behavior on enemies to match vanilla behavior
- The maximum width of a tooltip is no longer set to a fixed value
- The drowning widget now more accurately matches the vanilla one
- Fall height is now reset when the player teleports
- Changed Slowfall spell effect to better match vanilla behavior while jumping
- Combat with water creatures now ends when leaving the water
- AI actors no longer hit unintended targets
- Changed NPC wander and idle behavior to better match vanilla
- Fixed some summoned creatures not engaging underwater creatures in combat
- Enemies now initiate combat with player followers on sight
- Creatures now auto-equip their shields on creation
- Changed combat engagement logic to better match vanilla behavior
- The Command spell effect now brings enemies out of combat
- Followers now continue to follow after resting and saving and reloading the game
- Light prioritization on objects now takes the light sources' intensity into account (fixes issues with light sources popping up)
- Icon shadows no longer persist in GUI windows
- Disintegrate Armor/Weapon spell effects are no longer bound to the framerate
- Enchanted arrows now explode when they hit the ground or a static object
- Fixed a crash that occurred while using a container and the console at the same time
- Fixed the beginning of NPC speech being cut off on macOS
- Nodes named "bounding box" are now ignored by the nifloader making corresponding meshes render correctly
- The correct swish sound is now played for NPC weapon attacks
- The player now has to pay for their followers when using fast travel
- Fixed a regression with Dispel; it now is an instant spell effect again
- Corrected greetings in Antares' Big Mod
- The ProjectileManager no longer crashes when a sound ID fails to play or is not found
- Fixed behavior of Activate and OnActivate commands (fixes freeze when opening "Hammers" container in Aanumuran Reclaimed mod)
- Fixed possible game-breaking exception caused by trying to access NPC stats on a creature
- Identification papers can now be picked back up after they are dropped
- Fixed the interpreter to properly handle a reference change caused by an Activate command
- Interpreter context now properly handles Activate actions in the middle of script execution
- Changed behavior of stat script commands to better handle stats above 100
- Fixed gun sounds in Clean Hunter Rifles mod
- Fixed selling success chance when bartering
- Fixed objects doubling when loading a save game after editing the used game files
- Silenced SDL events of types 0x302 and 0x304
- Fixed a rare crash that occurred on cell loading
- Activation flags are now reset when an object is copied
- Removed the possibility to implicitly call GetJournalIndex by simply stating a script ID (solves issues with objects using the same ID as a script in Emma's Lokken mod)
- Blacklisted some unused scripts from the Bloodmoon expansion pack which relied upon the abovementioned implicit function call
- Fixed the ResourceHelpers to allow the simultaneous use of forward and backward slashes in a model path
- Fixed handling of enchantments' spell effects to correctly display these effects in the GUI
- OpenMW-CS: New or cloned Body Part records may now use the ".1st" suffix
- OpenMW-CS: Fixed sorting verification results by Record Type
- OpenMW-CS: Cloned and added pathgrids are no longer lost after reopening an omwgame file
- OpenMW-CS: Camera position is now re-centered when changing interior cells via drag & drop
- OpenMW-CS: Added missing Text field to allow editing a book's actual text
- OpenMW-CS: Skill books now show associated skill IDs instead of attribute IDs
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
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
OpenMW 0.39.0 Released!
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 here: https://youtu.be/6SIz0LYWJzQ and OpenMW-CS 0.39.0 here: https://youtu.be/IthswdFkyss. 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"