OpenMW v0.24.0 English Captions

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Hello again.

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The OpenMW team has released v0.24.0.

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This release brings several features that push OpenMW much further in terms of

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playability; so let's have a look at what's new.

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The in-game menu now gives the option to start a new game.

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This is, of course, an option given by vanilla Morrowind

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and makes it much less tedious to properly start a new game.

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For now, OpenMW will continue to initially start up in the cell "Beshara" for testing purposes.

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But, by v1.0, the main menu with options to start a new game

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or load a previous saved game will be shown on startup.

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The "Athletics" skill has been implemented,

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which is useful since Vvardenfell's fast travel services don't always go all the

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way to the remote locations where an adventurer's quests may take them.

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The "Escort" AI packages have been implemented.

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These are used when an NPC escorts the Player to a predetermined location.

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The Player must follow the NPC, and the NPC will wait when the Player strays too far away from them.

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One of the more prominent missing features impeding playability has been added in this version.

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The Player may now open interior doors and simply walk through them rather than

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having to disable collision and float through them like the ghost of Nerevar.

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Now once our characters can kill other living creatures with their own in-game hands,

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rather than with the console,

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we'll be pretty close to playing a legitimate game of Morrowind with our new engine.

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When in dialog with an NPC, topic links and reply choices are now highlighted on mouse-over.

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Journal entries now have the correct titles are marked with a time-stamp.

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Also, the questline and topic indices have been added.

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Several trading enhancements have been made in this release.

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NPCs will now sell items in containers that belong to them, and certain

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NPCs will refuse service to the Player under particular circumstances.

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For example, when the Player is below the rank needed to access services provided by a member of a guild

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that they belong to.

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The magical effects of "Blind" and "Night-Eye" have been implemented so that the Player can

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make it a little easier for itself to see in the dark

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or a little harder for its enemies to see it all.

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Or if you like, you can don the "Boots of Blinding Speed" and blind yourself

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... and be fast!

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There are some corpses in Morrowind that are meant to be persistent and so one

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should not be able to dispose of them

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as they could most other corpses.

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OpenMW now recognizes and respects this feature.

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Animation layering is now implemented in OpenMW's animation systems.

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This allows the Player and NPCs to do more than just move around and

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play idle animations.

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OpenMW now renders equipped tools, weapons, and shields and the Player may

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now assume the ready positions for combat and using magic.

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Actual combat and spell-casting are yet to be implemented, so unfortunately one

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cannot swing their trusty blade around or cast their favorite spells.

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However, the "Security" skill is fully implemented in this version,

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so feel free to pick locks and disarm traps until your heart's content.

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Currently, these animations only play in the third-person view.

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And that's it for now.

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As you can see, the project continues to move forward at a steady pace,

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so keep looking for future updates and we'll report more progress soon.

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As always, thanks for watching.