OpenMW v0.23.0

v0.23.0 ENGLISH

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Hello Everyone! OpenMW v0.23.0 has been

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released.

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This brings us some long-awaited
features as well as many bugfixes.

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For example, all races were the same height in
the last version. Now, they scale properly

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so that a Nord is not the same height as a Bosmer.

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Let's not dwell on OpenMW player-height issues as we sometimes have in

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the past. Let's have a look at what's new.

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The player's armor rating is now calculated and

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displayed correctly.

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Item repair has also been implemented.

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With some skill and the right tools, you can keep your gear performing at its best

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and not have to worry about replacing it
all after every excursion into a

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Dwemer ruin.

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You can also pay any competent smith a
nominal fee to perform the same service.

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The enchanting skill has made its way
into OpenMW so you magic types

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can add fortifying enchantments to your
armor

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and devastating magical effects to your
weapons.

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This skill comes complete with a
functional enchanting menu.

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The companion share interface has been
implemented.

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In Morrowind's expansion, Tribunal, this
menu is used to access and modify the

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inventories of the hire-able mercenary,
Calvus Horatius,

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and of companion pack rats which you may
purchase from Rerlas Mons

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in Mournhold's Great Bazaar.

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The appropriate, reflective text is now
displayed in the level-up dialogue

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each time the player gains a level.

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Those of us who remember reading these
inspirational footnotes when we were ten

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years younger will be filled with nostalgia

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and a timeless sense of pride when reading
them again, for the first time, with OpenMW.

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The younger crowd, reading them for the first
time period, will see them displayed in a

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better font and the rest of us did originally.

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The AI (Artificial Intelligence) package that allows NPCs to walk to a specific location has been implemented.

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We can see it in action on the prison
ship in the beginning of Morrowind when

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the guard initially walks up to the
player.

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This feature relies on NPC path-finding which was also implemented in this version.

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Other AI packages rely on path-finding as well. Once they are

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implemented certain NPCs will be able to
travel alongside you

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and you'll see NPCs walking around town
like you're use to.

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This release brings us texture
animations and basic particle effects.

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This means that we now have waterfalls,

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flowing lava,

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fire...

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OpenMW renders a world that looks
more alive with every passing day.

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Now might be a good time to talk about
OpenMW's launcher as it hasn't

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gotten much coverage thus far.

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Obviously, the windowing elements will
look a bit different depending on your

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operating system.

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The first time you run the launcher,
after you've installed OpenMW, you'll be

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prompted to import values from an
existing Morrowind ".ini" file as

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well as to specify the location of your
data files.

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Just follow the prompts, and you'll be fine.

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The graphics tab give you standard
rendering options,

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and the data files tab lets you choose
which mod and expansions you wish to load.

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Click the play button at the bottom once
you're ready to launch the game.

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Well, that pretty much wraps things up for
now. We're moving along at a steady pace

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and are getting closer to a playable
version with each release. So keep

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watching the project, and we'll have
another release out soon, until then

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thanks for watching!