OpenMW

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.50.0 of our open-source engine\! This round number release overhauls the gamepad experience, makes foundational steps in dehardcoding combat, further expands our Lua scripting API and, among the host of user interface fix-ups, introduces the highly requested quick item transfer. **Note:** this only lists the changes and common issues to be aware of. Read [the full announcement](https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-released/) on our website. **Known Issues** * On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires ‘OpenMW.app’ and ‘OpenMW-CS.app’ to be siblings * \[[\#7511](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7511)\] On Windows, a freeze may be reported if engine startup takes too long; ignoring the message is usually harmless, as it should eventually disappear, but if it doesn't, share the freeze dump with us * \[[\#8233](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8233)\] Hardware antialiasing may cause driver timeouts on AMD GPUs of the RX 6000 and 7000 series; this is a driver bug AMD has yet to address * \[[\#8255](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8255)\] On Intel GPUs, the game may freeze visually while still responding to input. This appears to be a recently introduced driver bug; as a workaround, you may need to install an older version of the driver. We've had reports of something similar happening on recent AMD drivers; the same workaround should apply * [\[\#8345](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8345)\] OpenMW-CS might crash randomly on Linux and macOS during global search or saving * \[[\#8464](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8464)\] Shader rendering is tinted red on Apple Silicon; enable per-pixel lighting to prevent that ### **AI and Pathfinding** **Fixes** * \[[\#5331](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5331)\] When a Command effect stops, the affected actor will accept their new location as their new wander point * \[[\#6029](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6029)\] Hostile actors will no longer engage in combat with the player if the player is under the effect of \>=75% Chameleon * \[[\#6029](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6029)\] Awareness rolls of non-hostile actors are cached for 5 seconds to allow easier gain of Sneak experience * \[[\#7871](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7871)\] Immobile actors such as the Kwama Queen in Morrowind can initiate combat, however futile * \[[\#7979](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7979)\] Paralysed and knocked down NPCs can no longer use combat actions: to match Morrowind, they won't yell taunts or drink potions to get themselves out of their predicament * \[[\#8433](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8433)\] Improved Wander pathfinding: actors will try to avoid moving into unreachable waypoints when possible * \[[\#8612](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8612)\] Actors will no longer harvest herbalism-enabled plants non-stop when the Activate package is used ### **Configuration and VFS** **New Features** * \[[\#8077](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8077)\] Setting files are now saved when you exit the settings window, rather than only when you exit the game **Fixes** * \[[\#8599](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8599)\] Non-ASCII paths using native encodings are now supported in Morrowind format BSAs * Improved BSA archive reading stability in various cases, e.g., for corrupted files or files where directory hash collisions occur ### **ESM Format and Saved Games** **Fixes** * \[[\#8333](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8333)\] Reading quest status subrecords no longer causes the rest of the quest record data to be discarded ### **Gameplay** **Fixes** * \[[\#6039](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6039)\] Next Spell now skips over items that belong to the same stack as the current item (it would previously get stuck if there were multiple copies) * \[[\#7622](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7622)\] Ranged attacks will now hit underwater if you're up close to a target (this matches Morrowind) * \[[\#7649](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7649)\] Sounds and visual effects of resisted effects no longer play * \[[\#7693](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7693)\] Potions and ingredients no longer visually end up back in the inventory for a single frame before getting picked up again for convenient consumption (0.49.0 regression) * \[[\#7996](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7996)\] Instant (zero-duration) effects can now act immediately. For example, instant Cure Poison can immediately cure the instant Poison preceding it * \[[\#8303](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8303)\] Underwater spell projectiles cast by objects will explode rather than immediately disappear (this matches Morrowind) * \[[\#8340](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8340)\] Multi-effect enchantment service price is now noticeably lower and should match Morrowind; it's now based on the accumulated strength of the final effect rather than the enchantment's overall strength * \[[\#8371](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8371)\] Silence no longer affects powers * \[[\#8383](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8383)\] Bound helm and boot effects cast on beast race characters are now interrupted immediately * \[[\#8399](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8399)\] Jail-induced major/minor skill increases count as level progress * \[[\#8404](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8404)\] Actors will no longer equip items to all slots when they want to replace their equipped light with a more appropriate shield. This allows the `prevent merchant equipping` option to work more intuitively for exterior merchants * \[[\#8446](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8446)\] Travel prices are calculated more accurately when the player has multiple followers: instead of calculating the offered price based on the base price for one character and multiplying it, the base price is multiplied first and then used for the offer * \[[\#8459](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8459)\] Spell prices are autocalculated properly for autocalculated spells * \[[\#8485](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8485)\] Base diseases bypass disease resistance * \[[\#8500](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8500)\] Fight rating change crime reaction accounts for the number of items in the stolen stack * \[[\#8519](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8519)\] Pickpocket crimes will no longer be erroneously detected twice * \[[\#8540](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8540)\] Effects with no magnitude can no longer be resisted partially * \[[\#8557](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8557)\] Charm no longer influences the disposition clamping range * \[[\#8606](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8606)\] Floating-point imprecision should be less likely to mess with container capacity * \[[\#8615](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8615)\] Increased waiting/resting progress speed to better match Morrowind (tuned based on the expected framerate of 60 FPS) * \[[\#8680](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8680)\] Permanent effects are no longer erroneously restored on dead actors, e.g., when the player rests * \[[\#8710](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8710)\] Creatures can no longer break the game by casting an Absorb Skill spell * \[[\#8734](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8734)\] Shield sheathing animations work properly (0.49.0 regression) ### **Graphics** **Fixes** * \[[\#4437](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4437)\] Skinning base transformations and root bone are now used * \[[\#7799](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7799)\] Harvesting herbalism-enabled plants will no longer trigger expensive object paging chunk regeneration * \[[\#8176](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8176)\] Error marker loading is now thread-safe, preventing a potential crash when cell preloading and cell loading fail to find a model simultaneously * \[[\#8341](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8341)\] Magic glow will no longer disable parallax on the affected geometry * \[[\#8375](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8375)\] Moon phase cycle should now match Morrowind, e.g., "skip" days less often * \[[\#8447](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8447)\] Non-vanilla threshold-based turning is no longer used for the player, fixing werewolf swimming turning animation getting stuck * \[[\#8490](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8490)\] Water normals exposed to post-processing no longer sometimes disappear when refraction is disabled * \[[\#8560](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8560)\] Global filtering settings are used for overridden textures of spawned magic VFX * \[[\#8593](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8593)\] Mipmaps are properly generated for post-processing render targets * \[[\#8598](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8598)\] Post-processing shaders can be loaded from BSA files * \[[\#8610](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8610)\] Terrain normal maps now use the correct (DirectX or \-Y) vertical convention * Parallax should behave correctly for flipped geometry ### **Scripting: mwscript** **New Features** * \[[\#3769](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3769)\] `GetSpellEffects` now detects enchantments, similar to how the relevant Morrowind Code Patch option works * \[[\#8509](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8509)\] `FillJournal` debug instruction, which adds all topics and journal entries into the journal **Fixes** * \[[\#4885](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4885)\] Disabling actors through dialogue scripting should no longer cause crashes * \[[\#8245](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8245)\] `ShowVars` debug instruction now lists the global scripts * \[[\#8318](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8318)\] Improved dialogue filtering: filters are handled more consistently for creatures, while missing global variables no longer break the dialogue window * \[[\#8414](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8414)\] Water Walking effect no longer makes the player collide with water when collision is disabled * \[[\#8432](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8432)\] Moving between an interior and an exterior properly spawns in the (postponed) collision shapes of objects spawned by scripting * \[[\#8466](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8466)\] `ShowMap` now requires a non-empty argument ### **Scripting: OpenMW-Lua** For a full overview of the current state of OpenMW-Lua, please consult [the scripting API reference](https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/openmw-0.50.0/reference/lua-scripting/api.html). **Now Dehardcoded** * \[[\#8399](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8399)\] Jail skill impact * \[[\#8642](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8642)\] Various mechanics triggered when attacks hit the target: armour condition damage and hit sound, damage adjustment due to difficulty and armour rating, blood spawning and miss sound playback. Shield hit redistribution tweak copied from Morrowind Code Patch is now optional **New APIs and Interfaces** * \[[\#6976](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6976)\] `core.weather`: weather API, which allows manipulating various built-in weather settings * \[[\#7879](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7879)\] `core.regions`: region record bindings * \[[\#7966](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7966)\] `types.Player.journal`: API for player journal entries for both topics and quests * \[[\#8112](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8112)\] `core.land`: API for terrain, which currently lets you recover the terrain height and texture for the default exterior * \[[\#8320](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8320)\] `core.mwscripts`: API for mwscript script records, which allows recovering their source * \[[\#8642](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8642)\] `Combat`: interface for interacting with the combat system, primarily attacks (as a part of on-hit mechanics dehardcoding) **New Bindings and Utility Functions** * \[[\#8285](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8285)\] `postprocessing.getChain()`: the chain of active post-processing shaders * \[[\#8334](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8334)\] `types.Player.addTopic(player, topicId)`: mwscript AddTopic equivalent; adds a topic that the given player will be able to ask characters about * \[[\#8355](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8355)\] `Interfaces.UI.isWindowVisible(windowName)`: returns whether the given UI window is currently visible * \[[\#8629](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8629)\] `Cell.pathGrid`: the path grid record relevant to the cell, i.e., the traversable path links and nodes **New Events** * \[[\#8597](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8597)\] `AddVfx`, `PlaySound3d`, `BreakInvisibility`, `Unequip`, `Hit`, `ModifyItemCondition`, `ShowMessage`, `SpawnVfx`, `ConsumeItem`, `Lock` and `Unlock` events (mostly self-explanatory, see [documentation](https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/openmw-0.50.0/reference/lua-scripting/events.html)) **Other New Features** * \[[\#8654](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8654)\] Custom NPC records can now be created **Fixes** * \[[\#7693](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7693)\] `ItemUsage` interface returns the item to its original stack if it could not be equipped or consumed, instead of moving it to the player's inventory * \[[\#8012](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8012)\] OnUpdate engine handlers are now called with a simulation time of zero for paused frames * \[[\#8582](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8582)\] Local scripts started by another script no longer start out inactive * \[[\#8614](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8614)\] Fixed a sol3-side memory leak when indexing user-defined types * \[[\#8650](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8650)\] Checking if a container is resolved no longer initialises its contents, which could previously cause herbalism-enabled containers to be automatically harvested * \[[\#8720](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8720)\] Fixed potential custom UI element corruption during error handling that could lead to instability * \[[\#8757](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8757)\] Fixed a crash when the object type is accessed in a coroutine * \[[\#8758](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8758)\] Fixed a crash when nested UI elements are created twice without destroying the original parent ### **Sound** **New Feature** * \[[\#7813](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7813)\] The Doppler effect is now enabled for the 3D audio. The Doppler effect is a real-life phenomenon that shifts the sound's pitch depending on its velocity relative to the listener ### **User Interface** **New Features** * \[[\#2522](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2522)\] Alt-clicking transfers items immediately in container menus * \[[\#3740](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3740)\] Improved controller menu navigation with an alternative UI (find it in the launcher) * \[[\#8290](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8290)\] Player gold is now shown in the spell creation menu * \[[\#8313](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8313)\] Character name is shown in save info if it doesn't match the current profile * \[[\#8580](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8580)\] Character save profiles are now sorted by date rather than filesystem order * \[[\#8665](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8665)\] Polish translations for OpenMW-specific in-game lines **Fixes** * \[[\#2967](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2967), [\#8431](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8431)\] Container menus should always react appropriately to scripted item additions/removals without crashing * \[[\#6792](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6792)\] Tweaked birthsign tooltip appearance. Descriptions are now printed in multiple lines * \[[\#7371](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7371)\] Failing to equip an item plays a sound when it's moved back to the inventory * \[[\#7740](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7740)\] Enchanted item backgrounds no longer overlap the selected weapon/enchanted item HUD boxes * \[[\#8265](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8265)\] Topic hyperlink generation respects word separators and will no longer inappropriately highlight the middle of a word * \[[\#8349](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8349)\] Non-existent destinations are no longer shown in the travel menu * \[[\#8349](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8349)\] Exterior cells set as travel destinations by name are supported in the travel menu * \[[\#8359](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8359)\] Quick keys menu looks more like Morrowind's * \[[\#8359](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8359)\] Assigning an item to a quick key plays a sound * \[[\#8359](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8359)\] Scripted items that are normally impossible to equip can no longer be assigned to quick keys * \[[\#8385](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8385)\] Fixed Unicode handling problems in formatted strings that go through the YAML localisation system * \[[\#8408](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8408)\] Both potential hindrances for waiting (enemies being nearby and the player not being on solid ground) can be reported by the rest menu * \[[\#8436](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8436)\] Pinned spell window reacts to selected spell and enchanted item changes triggered by quick keys * \[[\#8437](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8437)\] Pinned inventory window button remains visible when out of menu mode, like for other HUD windows * \[[\#8551](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8551)\] Quick keys will remain bound to now-unavailable items when they're loaded, rather than "forget" them * \[[\#8584](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8584)\] Reworked the appearance of various service menus to match Morrowind * \[[\#8585](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8585)\] Increased padding between non-special dialogue menu topics to match Morrowind * \[[\#8609](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8609)\] Reduced the size of the crosshair to match Morrowind ### **OpenMW-CS, Launcher and Tools** **New Features** * \[[\#8113](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8113)\] **Launcher:** Subdirectory addition dialogue now supports extended selection * \[[\#8139](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8139)\] **Editor:** Revamped instance selection markers for better look and usability * \[[\#8579](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8579)\] **Editor:** Bulk indentation support in the script editor * \[[\#8665](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8665)\] Polish localisation for the launcher and the wizard **Fixes** * \[[\#6573](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6573)\] **Editor:** Fixed cube/sphere selection behaviour on high-DPI displays and scaled windows * \[[\#8587](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8587)\] **INI Importer:** Improved consistency with how the other tools handle config file editing * \[[\#8620](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8620)\] **Editor:** Created and cloned instances should no longer erroneously reuse RefNums * \[[\#8686](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8686)\] **Editor:** Fixed a crash when the terrain is smoothened in an undefined cell **Other** * \[[\#8578](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8578)\] Removed Qt 5 support ### **Beyond Morrowind** **New Features** * \[[\#6000](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6000)\] Terrain texturing, finishing the initial terrain rendering implementation * Initial distant object rendering through the means of object paging * Door opening sounds * Faster decompression of files in zlib-compressed archives: quicker loading times for all games other than Skyrim Special Edition and Anniversary Edition

After almost 3 years of development, we’re thrilled to release OpenMW version 0.49.0—our largest and most ambitious update yet\! This new release brings a hefty number of additions to our Lua scripting API, further polish to every single area of the engine—animations and lighting in particular—and it is the first one that goes beyond Morrowind\! Be sure to read below for the full list of changes. **Known Issues** * On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires ‘OpenMW.app’ and ‘OpenMW-CS.app’ to be siblings * \[[\#7511](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7511)\] On Windows, a freeze may be reported if engine startup takes too long; ignoring the message is usually harmless as it should eventually disappear, but if it doesn't, share the freeze dump with us * \[[\#8012](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8012)\] Combat music does not start during pause (e.g., during the dialogue that is scripted to start combat) * \[[\#8233](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8233)\] Hardware antialiasing may cause driver timeouts on AMD GPUs of the RX 6000 and 7000 series; this is a driver bug AMD is yet to address * [\[\#8345](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8345)\] OpenMW-CS might crash randomly on Linux and macOS during global search or saving; this is possibly a bug in Qt 6 * \[[\#8464](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8464)\] Shader rendering is tinted red on Apple Silicon; enable per-pixel lighting to prevent that **Removed Features** * \[[\#6624](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6624)\] Support for pre-0.45.0 saved games. Saves made in 0.45.0 up to 0.49.0 RC remain compatible. Use 0.48.0 to convert older saves * \[[\#7394](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7394)\] Virtual filesystem case-sensitivity support * \[[\#7720](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7720)\] Broken 360**°** screenshot support * \[[\#8214](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8214)\] Script blacklisting used in the `--script-all` option and OpenMW-CS script verifier, which served no purpose ### **AI and Pathfinding** **Fixes** * \[[\#2623](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2623)\] Actors prioritise Bound and Summon spells more * \[[\#4207](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4207)\] Actors prioritise healing spells and potions much less * \[[\#5065\]](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5065) Actors no longer attempt pathfinding while playing scripted animations * \[[\#5129](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5129)\] Actors back up smoother during ranged combat * [\[\#5413\]](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5413) Actors don’t yell taunts when engaging in combat against new allies of their current enemies * \[[\#5755](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5755)\] Friendly hit counter doesn't increment during combat and resets after it * \[[\#6313](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6313)\] High Fight rating allies no longer become hostile when the player has multiple allies * \[[\#6574](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6574)\] Navmeshes are no longer generated for very distant exterior cells, preventing a crash * \[[\#6932](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6932)\] Actors will no longer give preference to unreachable/invisible enemies in combat * \[[\#6964](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6964)\] Failed path smoothing can no longer cause the path to be rejected * \[[\#7064](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7064)\] Assaulted actors will realise they were assaulted even if they didn't detect the player * \[[\#7450](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7450)\] Improved obstacle evasion: more movement directions are used depending on the actor's animations * \[[\#7548](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7548)\] Actors can open doors teleported from a different cell * \[[\#7604](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7604)\] Creatures can properly use potions * \[[\#7639](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7639)\] Weapons are now considered useless if the actor's relevant skill is 0 * \[[\#7646](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7646)\] Ranged attacks against allies make them hostile immediately * \[[\#7646](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7646)\] Magical attacks no longer prompt vocal friendly fire responses * \[[\#7647](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7647)\] Wandering interrupted by a greeting properly resumes * \[[\#7661](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7661)\] AI package assignments interrupt combat * \[[\#7685](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7685)\] Increased follow package activation distance to match Morrowind * \[[\#7723](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7723)\] Legalised assault and murder of vampires and werewolves * \[[\#7724](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7724)\] Guards attack NPC werewolves * \[[\#7758](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7758)\] Water-walking actors now properly consider their ability when pathfinding over water * \[[\#7959](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7959)\] NPC in-world book activations are handled as player book activations * \[[\#8132](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8132)\] Actors no longer face the player for greetings they won't deliver * Absorb Skill/Attribute effects, like Drain and Damage effects, are no longer used when the relevant stat is zero and are prioritised based on how important the relevant stat is * Alternate bound weapon spells aren't cast if a bound weapon is already in use * Bound weapon spell priority takes weapon skill and ammunition into account * Combat taunts are suppressed for On Self and On Touch spellcasting * Escort packages terminate immediately when no destination is provided * Wander AI properly supports crossing cell boundaries * Weapon enchantments no longer receive spell priority multipliers when rated as weapons ### **Animations** **New Features** * \[[\#6009](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6009)\] Animation blending: optional, moddable animation transition smoothing for both NIF and Collada files * \[[\#6823](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6823)\] Animation layering support for Collada files (previously erroneously attributed to 0.48.0) **Fixes** * \[[\#4127](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4127)\] Segments of attack wind-up and release are played continuously and are thus less choppy * \[[\#4610](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4610)\] Weapons can no longer be unequipped during an attack, which ensures bound weapons appear after spellcasting animation ends * \[[\#4742](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4742)\] Finished scripted animations no longer cause the same animations played afterwards as non-scripted animations to get stuck * \[[\#4743](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4743)\] Scripted animations that can't loop are no longer automatically disabled * \[[\#4822](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4822)\] Individual NPC body parts can have their own animations * \[[\#5062](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5062)\] Accumulated animation movement is no longer discarded in favour of manual movement This makes movement match Morrowind more closely, e.g. third-person camera sways for beast race characters * \[[\#5066](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5066)\] Playing an ongoing scripted animation group with a script no longer restarts it * \[[\#5371](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5371)\] Animations are no longer enabled for x prefix NIF files without *their own* x prefix NIF files when they are used as models * \[[\#6723](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6723)\] Collada files support head tracking and `turn to movement direction` and `smooth movement` options * \[[\#6992](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6992)\] Crossbow reloading animation is played on the entire body again * \[[\#6993](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6993)\] Shooting the last round of ammunition is no longer interrupted abruptly * \[[\#7042](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7042)\] Unexpected hit triggers are no longer processed – this stops some weapon animations from applying damage multiple times * \[[\#7611](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7611)\] Manual movement mode is no longer stuck after turning or jumping – this prevents idle sliding * \[[\#7636](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7636)\] Scripted animations persist through view mode changes * \[[\#7637](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7637)\] Scripted animations always restrict movement * \[[\#7641](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7641)\] Scripted animation loop count matches Morrowind * \[[\#7886](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7886)\] Ready Weapon transitions can reuse the animation * \[[\#7980](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7980)\] Paralysed actors no longer play blinking and talking animations * \[[\#8191](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8191)\] Re-enabled sheathed melee weapon animations * \[[\#8223](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8223)\] Movement takes priority over weapon animations for non-bipedal actors, allowing them to react to player movement when they're trying to attack * \[[\#8237](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8237)\] Spellcasting stance transitions are disabled again for non-bipedal actors (for now) * Recoil/reloading weapon animation choice matches Morrowind ### **Configuration and VFS** **Fixes** * \[[\#6085](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6085)\] Replaced the remaining usage of Boost filesystem library with C++ standard filesystem library * \[[\#6876](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6876)\] Improved setting validation with automatic value adjustment * \[[\#7092](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7092)\] Archive files of the same name are no longer overridden in reverse order * \[[\#7924](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7924)\] On Windows, crash catcher now generates a full memory dump if the `OPENMW_FULL_MEMDUMP` environment variable is set * \[[\#8567](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8567)\] Paths passed to the applications through the command line support token replacement * \[[\#8567](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8567)\] Passed relative paths are relative to the current working directory ### **ESM Format and Saved Games** **New Features** * \[[\#2566](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2566)\] Proper NAM9 subrecord handling for item stack counts * \[[\#7477](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7477)\] Magic effect negative light flag support. Not to be confused with normal negative lights, this flag merely inverts the effect's colour * \[[\#7608](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7608)\] Saved game dependency warning now lists the missing dependencies * \[[\#7618](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7618)\] Saved game info includes the game day and player health **Fixes** * \[[\#5977](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5977)\] Removed pre-0.43.0 save knockdown state handling, which had side effects in newer saves * \[[\#6025](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6025)\] Subrecords can now overlap the records that follow them, allowing some plugins to load properly * \[[\#6754](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6754)\] NPCs that use default skeleton models use the skeleton requested by their race record * [\[\#7134](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7134)\] Saves with invalid last generated RefNum some OpenMW builds could export can no longer be loaded * \[[\#7204](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7204)\] Missing actor script links are discarded upon loading to prevent runtime problems * \[[\#7553](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7553)\] If multiple faction reactions are defined for a faction, the lowest reaction is used * \[[\#7654](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7654)\] Invalid enchantment effect data is discarded upon loading * \[[\#8021](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8021)\] Fixed incomplete player cell reference reset when a new game is started during an active game session * \[[\#8252](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8252)\] Restored file dependency loading requirement * Broken dialogue response filter conditions are discarded upon loading * NPCs with missing races fall back to the first race loaded * You no longer need to press Sneak twice to leave the stance when a save made while sneaking is loaded and `toggle sneak` option is enabled * Terrain texture records are overridden based on ID rather than both index and ID and can be deleted ### **Gameplay** **New Features** * \[[\#1415](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1415)\] Infinite fall failsafe for interiors **Fixes** * \[[\#3438](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3438)\] Overhauled melee hit target selection to match Morrowind much closer * \[[\#4204](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4204)\] Only actors with a base health of 0 are prevented from floating up upon cell reloading * \[[\#4508](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4508)\] Identical enchanted items' effects can stack * \[[\#4683](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4683)\] Temporary crime disposition changes are properly applied * \[[\#4754](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4754)\] Ammunition can now be equipped partially * \[[\#5057](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5057)\] Melee hit success evaluation now occurs at weapon release rather than apparent target impact * \[[\#5714](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5714)\] On Touch range effects cast by non-actors always explode * \[[\#6156](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6156)\] On Touch spells explode from the correct position * \[[\#6894](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6894)\] To match Morrowind, picked-up ammunition is no longer automatically stacked with equipped ammunition * \[[\#6949](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6949)\] Sun Damage is applied in quasi-exteriors * \[[\#6974](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6974)\] Beneficial effects are reflected * \[[\#6977](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6977)\] Sun Damage properly accounts for sun and cloud visibility * \[[\#7034](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7034)\] Key flag is assigned automatically to items that are used as keys * \[[\#7044](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7044)\] Autocalculated NPCs use service flags from their class * \[[\#7122](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7122)\] Teleporting to a location where Water Walking cannot be active removes the effect * \[[\#7163](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7163)\] Ingredients that do not have the first effect assigned can no longer be consumed instead of breaking the UI * \[[\#7284](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7284)\] *Your weapon has no effect* message of normal weapon resistance shows up regardless of hit success * \[[\#7413](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7413)\] Creatures are now spawned in generated ocean exterior cells * \[[\#7415](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7415)\] Unbreakable lock behaviour matches Morrowind more closely, e.g. they can be unlocked using Open spells * \[[\#7428](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7428)\] Enchantment cost and charge is auto-calculated when the relevant flag is set in the record * \[[\#7472](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7472)\] Fixed the number of items used to calculate the enchantment price * \[[\#7573](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7573)\] Drain effects can bring stats below zero again * \[[\#7630](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7630)\] Charm effect can no longer be applied to creatures * \[[\#7631](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7631), [\#7794](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7794)\] Fleeing actors can now be activated (with varying results) * \[[\#7643](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7643)\] Any effect is allowed to be used in constant effect enchantments regardless of range support * \[[\#7660](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7660)\] Failed ingredient consumption no longer breaks invisibility * \[[\#7660](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7660)\] Item recharging and repairing and potion brewing break invisibility * \[[\#7676](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7676)\] Ingredient order affects the potion effect order * \[[\#7712](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7712)\] Spells and enchantments are no longer required to have effects to be cast * \[[\#7728](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7728)\] Attempting to use a controller that cannot be used no longer causes a crash * \[[\#7742](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7742)\] Governing attribute training limit now checks modified attributes rather than base attributes * \[[\#7744](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7744)\] Fixed a crash when the player's starting inventory contains a weapon * \[[\#7796](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7796)\] Absorbing enchantments properly restores Magicka * \[[\#7859](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7859)\] Potion value is auto-calculated when the relevant flag is set in the record * \[[\#7970](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7970)\] Magic effects removed during resting are no longer active throughout the remainder of resting * \[[\#7997](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7997)\] Paralysis blocks camera perspective changes * \[[\#8018](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8018)\] Potion effects of any range now apply, and they apply exclusively to the drinker * \[[\#8064](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8064)\] 360° movement mode camera zoom can be properly disabled by scripting * \[[\#8124](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8124)\] NPCs no longer resist normal weapons twice * \[[\#8171](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8171)\] Items with above 100% condition can no longer be repaired to 100% condition * \[[\#8187](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8187)\] Intervention spell destination logic now uses cell grid-based Chebyshev distance instead of Euclidean distance * \[[\#8204](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8204)\] Storm wind makes you faster when you move away from its origin * Containers that only contain unresolved levelled items can be properly harvested * Directional movement controller bindings have been unbound from the DPad and can be rebound * Diseases cast as spells can no longer be resisted * If one of multiple active bound effects of the same type expires, a bound item will be properly re-equipped * Only On Self range constant and permanent effects are applied * Scripted effect explosions cannot be reflected ### **Graphics** **New Features** * \[[\#3537](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3537)\] Shader water ripples * \[[\#5492](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5492)\] Precipitation occlusion * \[[\#5926](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5926)\] Water transparency is based on vertical depth rather than the distance to the camera * \[[\#6188](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6188)\] Specular lighting for all light sources * \[[\#6447](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6447)\] Improved object paging LOD node handling * \[[\#6979](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6979)\] Object paging automatically uses meshes intended for MGE XE LOD generation * \[[\#7129](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7129)\] Restored non-adaptive vsync option, which, unlike adaptive vsync, is not disabled when the frame rate gets too low * \[[\#7180](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7180)\] Water shader normal map is now overridable * \[[\#7292](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7292)\] Support for `Rain Ripples` and `Snow Ripples` Morrowind.ini settings, which control the visibility of ripples emitted by precipitation * \[[\#7318](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7318)\] You can now opt out of terrain-occluded water culling * \[[\#7792](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7792)\] Support for `Timescale Clouds` Morrowind.ini setting, which links cloud movement speed to game time scaling * \[[\#7795](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7795)\] Support for `MaxNumberRipples` Morrowind.ini setting, which controls water ripple quantity for non-shader water * \[[\#7932](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7932)\] Two-channel normal map support This allows BC5-compressed normal maps to be used that come with improved quality and memory efficiency on compatible hardware Note to third-party maintainers: RGTC-compressed DDS support is exclusive to [our OpenSceneGraph fork](https://github.com/OpenMW/osg/) * \[[\#8067](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8067)\] Added macOS Game Mode support * Distortion shader effect (see [documentation](https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/modding/custom-shader-effects.html)) * In-game per-pixel lighting toggle * Water shader sunlight scattering and wobbly shores are now optional * Weapon and shield sheathing support for Collada models **Fixes** * \[[\#3842](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3842)\] The first rather than the last instance of every bone found in an object's subgraph is used for skinning * \[[\#4898](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4898), [\#7585](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7585)\] Sunlight direction in exterior and interior cells now matches Morrowind, which improves accuracy and hides some vanilla asset lighting seam issues Indoor shadows continue to align with the sunlight and might look more conspicuous * \[[\#5280](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5280)\] Non-skinned geometry is no longer included in skinned body parts * \[[\#5883](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5883)\] Idle actors now also emit water ripples * \[[\#6190](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6190)\] Sunlight ("moonlight") specularity is no longer disabled for objects and terrain during nighttime * \[[\#6190](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6190)\] Water specularity is no longer subdued harshly during the morning and the evening * \[[\#6240](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6240)\] The same texture file can now be reused for different texture types without them getting confused on enchanted items * \[[\#6657](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6657)\] Diffuse-specular terrain textures (or any terrain textures with an alpha channel) are no longer considered "transparent" by distant terrain (or any non-shader terrain rendering) * \[[\#6665](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6665)\] Creatures should no longer be inappropriately rescaled by `turn to movement direction` setting * \[[\#7040](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7040)\] Geometry rendered at the same depth as previously rendered geometry is drawn over it, which is important for some modded assets * \[[\#7051](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7051)\] Object paging no longer separates animated Collada models from their collision shapes * \[[\#7102](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7102)\] Shadow maps no longer take up texture slots used for normal textures * \[[\#7229](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7229)\] If the error marker provided by content fails to load, the engine will fall back to the built-in error marker instead of crashing * \[[\#7298](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7298)\] When projectiles hit water, their hit position is now used instead of their current position to emit water ripples, which should prevent ripple rendering issues * \[[\#7309](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7309)\] Sunlight scattering accounts for sun visibility * \[[\#7322](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7322)\] Shadows are properly applied to groundcover when the shadow scene bound calculation method is `primitives` * \[[\#7353](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7353)\] Fixed a crash when normal maps are assigned to geometry with no UV * \[[\#7505](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7505)\] Terrain samples used to generate distant terrain are now allowed to cover an area larger than a cell * \[[\#7535](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7535)\] Bookart images can be used as regular object textures and vice versa * \[[\#7557](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7557)\] Terrain preloading should no longer attempt to generate and cache terrain that is not going to be used * \[[\#7633](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7633)\] Legacy groundcover now only attempts to instance normal geometry * \[[\#7696](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7696)\] Fixed a potential freeze during distant terrain texture generation * \[[\#7737](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7737)\] Rendering debug stats are now reported for loading screen frames * \[[\#7931](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7931)\] Individual light contribution is no longer capped * \[[\#7931](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7931)\] Light selection is now view-independent, significantly reducing pop-in * \[[\#7931](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7931)\] You can now opt out of the early light cutoff. Classic falloff is more accurate to Morrowind but also more prone to seams/pop-in, especially when active grid paging is enabled * \[[\#8002](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8002)\] Light sources held by creatures properly emit light * \[[\#8172](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8172)\] Generating extremely complex path grid geometry for `TogglePathGrid` or OpenMW-CS views no longer causes a crash * \[[\#8439](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8439)\] Fixed a variety of crashes when a creature doesn't have a model * \[[\#8462](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8462)\] Fixed crashes when the window is resized or a setting is changed on macOS builds using SDL 2.24.0 or newer * Fixed blizzard wind and particle effect direction mismatch * Herbalism switch nodes no longer change state when a compatible container is reloaded and herbalism switch node support is disabled * Skinned models properly support switch node-based harvesting * Water will no longer sometimes turn invisible due to interior water level changes * Water waves are no longer flipped whenever you change water settings ### **NIF Format** **New Features** * \[[\#5173](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5173)\] `NiFogProperty` support. It is a property often used to disable fogging for parts of the model * \[[\#6945](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6945)\] S3TC-compressed and BGR format `NiPixelData` embedded image support * \[[\#7634](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7634)\] `NiParticleBomb` support. It is a particle effect used to simulate explosions **Fixes** * \[[\#6550](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6550)\] Environment maps are assigned to the affected node's immediate children to ensure certain armour meshes can properly use them * \[[\#7380](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7380)\] `NiZBufferProperty` can *really* disable depth testing this time * \[[\#7763](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7763)\] Extra data flags are no longer handled for nested nodes * \[[\#7780](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7780)\] Non-ASCII NIF strings are properly handled * \[[\#8231](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8231)\] `NiCollisionSwitch` nodes should no longer be accidentally optimised out by active grid object paging or in general ### **Physics** **Fixes** * \[[\#6027](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6027)\] Collision shapes are no longer merged for the entire object and are generated in a more optimal way This improves the performance of very complex meshes and prevents breakage when objects have more than 21 thousand triangles * \[[\#7009](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7009)\] Falling actors no longer teleport to the ground without taking any damage when their cell is reloaded * \[[\#7077](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7077)\] Empty Collada collision shapes no longer cause a crash * \[[\#7763](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7763)\] Collision shapes track the scale of animated nodes * \[[\#7763](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7763)\] Bounding box nodes are detected based on the node name rather than unused flags * \[[\#7763](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7763)\] Detected bounding boxes no longer override non-actor collision shapes * \[[\#7950](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7950)\] Fixed a potential crash when an object is removed from the scene in the middle of physics simulation * \[[\#8048](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8048)\] Invalid extent bounding boxes are replaced with autogenerated bounding boxes ### **Post-Processing** **New Features** * Dropdown menus as shader setting control type * API version shader uniform * Frame number shader uniform * Sky and ambient colour shader uniforms * Render targets can be persistent across frames, which allows temporal effect support **Fixes** * \[[\#7145](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7145), [\#7146](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7146), [\#7202](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7202)\] Fixed various problems with exposed normals * \[[\#7168](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7168)\] Average luminance is now based on a rescaled power-of-two resolution render target, which gives more accurate results * \[[\#7354](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7354)\] Disabling post-processing in-game will no longer cause a crash when reverse Z depth buffer and soft particles are disabled * \[[\#7364](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7364)\] Post-processing is reflected in saved game previews * \[[\#7487](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7487)\] Shader compilation errors caused by intentionally unsupported Clamp wrap mode are more informative * \[[\#7587](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7587)\] Invalid dynamic shader entries should no longer cause crashes upon reloading the game * \[[\#7652](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7652)\] Inactive post-processing shaders are now sorted alphabetically * \[[\#7679](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7679)\] Average luminance is no longer hard reset every time you configure a shader that uses it * \[[\#8295](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8295)\] Fixed a crash when the post-processing chain refers to an existing shader file in a different case * \[[\#8295](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8295)\] Fixed a crash when the post-processing chain includes an existing shader file nested into a subdirectory of the shaders directory (which is going to be unusable) * \[[\#8465](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8465)\] Fixed broken rendering on macOS when hardware antialiasing is enabled * GLSL versions above 1.20 are properly requested on setups that don't support UBO rendering (such as macOS) * GLSL versions above 3.30 are no longer handled as legacy versions * Sun uniforms are properly set when you enter interiors ### **Scripting: mwscript** **New Features** * \[[\#6983](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6983)\] `Get/Set/ModPCVisionBonus` functions, which interact with the base value of the Night-Eye magic effect * \[[\#7058](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7058)\] `TestModels` (`T3D`) instruction, which is used for testing the loading of every single model used by your game content * \[[\#7194](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7194)\] `OutputRefInfo` (`ORI`) debug instruction now also prints the object's currently bound textures. Missing textures are not bound * \[[\#7609](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7609)\] `AllowWerewolfForceGreeting` variable, which controls whether 'ForceGreeting' works if the player is in werewolf form * \[[\#7625](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7625)\] `AddItem`, `RemoveItem`, `StartScript`, `StopScript` and `AddTopic` provide more helpful warnings if the relevant records are not available **Fixes** * \[[\#3846](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3846)\] Unquoted string arguments that start with a period or a minus are supported in more cases * \[[\#4289](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4289)\] Disabling objects that have no placed instances is now allowed * \[[\#4816](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4816)\] `GetWeaponDrawn` starts returning 1 when the weapon is attached, rather than the moment you enter combat stance * \[[\#4996](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4996)\] Redundant function arguments are ignored in a generalised way (but not yet ignored in expressions) * \[[\#6716](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6716)\] Comparison operator parsing is more restrictive in terms of white space and less restrictive in terms of allowed special characters This means combinations such as `>!

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. If you're running an AMD GPU and get frequent freezes (driver timeouts), disable antialiasing in the launcher. AMD is aware of the issue and is working on fixing it. If you're running an Intel GPU and the game's visuals often appear to freeze, try to check if it still happens with the latest available driver for your GPU and downgrade the driver if it does. This also appears to be a driver-side regression. Finally, we received many reports on Nvidia Windows driver crashes with unclear reason or connection. This is *also* suspected to be a vendor-side regression associated with post-50 series drivers, but we do not currently have a recommendation on how to deal with those other than to provide us with more crash dumps and `openmw.log` files. Changes since RC8: * [[#8039](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8039)] Fixed movement accumulation for actors that use Collada models on some builds compiled under LLVM * [[#8558](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8558)] **OpenMW-Lua**: Light record color is now exposed as `util.color` rather than as a number * [[#8559](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8559)] **ESSImporter**: Fixed selected spell/enchanted item and stolen item counter conversion * [[#8563](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8563)] Improved handling of content files that are defined in the non-user version of openmw.cfg * [[#8567](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8567)] Token replacement and relative paths work properly when the paths are passed through CLI * **Linux**: Improved application detection for default shortcuts * **macOS**: Packages now use Qt 6 like the other systems * **macOS**: Reintroduced an Intel package * **Windows**: Improved crash catcher error reporting in situations when crash dump creation fails

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. If you're running an AMD GPU and get frequent freezes (driver timeouts), disable antialiasing in the launcher. AMD is aware of the issue and is working on fixing it. If you're running an Intel GPU and the game's visuals often appear to freeze, try to check if it still happens with the latest available driver for your GPU and downgrade the driver if it does. This also appears to be a driver-side regression. Finally, we received many reports on Nvidia Windows driver crashes with unclear reason or connection. This is *also* suspected to be a vendor-side regression associated with post-50 series drivers, but we do not currently have a recommendation on how to deal with those other than to provide us with more crash dumps and `openmw.log` files. Changes since RC7: - [[#8165](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8165)] **OpenMW-Lua:** For Lua-triggered object activation, Lua activation handler takes priority over mwscript activation inhibition - [[#8445](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8445)] **Launcher:** Fixed a rare crash on exit due to start cell list reloading being interrupted - [[#8465](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8465)] **macOS:** Hardware antialiasing no longer breaks rendering - [[#8469](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8469)] **OpenMW-Lua:** Cell change events are no longer triggered when the player is teleported within a cell - [[#8478](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8478)] **Launcher:** Various startup, content list loading and mass plugin toggling optimisations - [[#8499](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8499)] **Linux:** Generic package launch scripts now support whitespace in the path to OpenMW - [[#8503](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8503)] **OpenMW-Lua:** To prevent rendering deadlocks, camera, time scale and animation speed bindings no longer accept infinities and NaN as input - [[#8514](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8514)] **AMD:** Fixed broken shadows when they are enabled globally but need to be disabled (e.g. in interiors) on some hardware - [[#8516](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8516)] **OpenMW-Lua:** Fixed the order of UI layer insertions if they happened during the same frame - [[#8532](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8532)] Console search works properly and can no longer crash if the current marked occurrence includes the first character of the history - [[#8541](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8541)] **OpenMW-Lua:** `util.color:asHex` properly converts color channel values lower than 16 - **OpenMW-Lua:** Animation API is no longer accessible in menu and global contexts - **OpenMW-Lua:** `self:isActive` binding properly returns false when the object is inactive - Fixed undefined behaviour in the linear bloom shader that reportedly led to problems on Android - Post-processing shaders can properly request a higher minimum GLSL version on systems that don't support UBO rendering, like macOS - Weapon/shield attachment/detachment can once again happen at the very beginning of the (un)equipment animation

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. If you're running an AMD GPU and you get frequent freezes (driver timeouts), disable antialiasing in the launcher. AMD is aware of the issue and is working on fixing it. Changes since RC6: * [[#8273](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8273)] Pathfinding message log level is now controlled by `OPENMW_RECAST_MAX_LOG_LEVEL` environment variable and is raised to Error by default * [[#8378](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8378)] Fixed non-breaking space glyph rendering issues in dialogue and books: this further improves Korean bitmap font support * [[#8380](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8380)] **OpenMW-Lua:** Lua-opened service menus no longer assume they're opened from dialogue: this prevents "crashes" when they're closed automatically on assertion-enabled builds * [[#8405](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8405)] **Launcher:** Major content initialisation optimisations: this eliminates freezes during startup for very large content lists * [[#8425](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8425)] Optimised plugin dependency resolution: this fixes a freeze when a single plugin has many dependencies during initial loading * [[#8426](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8426)] **Launcher:** Data directory selection dialog once again preserves the last directory it was in * [[#8439](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8439)] Fixed crashes when a creature in the scene doesn't have a defined model, e.g. when it fades out at the edge of actor processing range * [[#8439](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8439)] Fixed loading of saves that contain inventory items with non-existent enchantments * [[#8441](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8441)] Main menu video is paused when the window is minimised to prevent a freeze upon reopening * [[#8462](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8462)] **macOS:** Fixed crashes when the window is resized or a setting is tweaked in-game * **OpenMW-Lua:** `TargetPolygonNotFound` pathfinding status is properly enumerated * **OpenMW-Lua:** victim awareness option is properly supported in crime events * Fixed a crash when shaders required to render ripples are unavailable or cannot be compiled * Fixed graphic herbalism support for containers that only contain unresolved levelled items and containers that use skinned models * Minimum point light radius has been raised to 16 to match Morrowind and prevent zero radius lights from turning very bright when `classic falloff` is enabled * Pathfinding debug mesh write errors (e.g. when the files are written to an inaccessible location) can no longer cause a deadlock * Restored `--export-fonts` command line option useful for testing bitmap font loading * TES4 format quest record script variable subrecords are ignored: this allows esmtool to parse Fallout 3 DLC ESMs * **Windows:** Config and data path detection errors are now reported * **Windows:** Freeze catcher message has been revised and will disappear quicker if the application unfreezes

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. Changes since RC5: * [[#7531](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7531)] Added more missing bitmap font glyph substitutions and removed custom substitutions for characters that are already defined by the fonts * [[#8311](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8311)] Fixed more potential breakage when an object removed by Lua cannot be properly unloaded, this time in object paging * [[#8317](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8317)] Magic effect removal in Lua is now a delayed action to prevent it from removing the VFX when they are being rendered (this caused crashes) * [[#8358](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8358)] Automove is no longer automatically disabled when the player cannot move * [[#8364](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8364)] Resizing the dialogue window can no longer break the scrollbar and make it crash the game upon use * [[#8365](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8365)] Actions registered in Lua menu context persist through the entire session * [[#8370](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8370)] Fixed various memory corruption issues when some bindings are used in coroutines * [[#8378](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8378)] Support for unofficial Korean fonts: bitmap font kerning is now set up properly and it is now legal for fonts to only provide partial texture data * [[#8387](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8387)] Fixed invalid memory access when the last remaining saved game is deleted for a character * [[#8389](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8389)] `GetSoundPlaying` mwscript function no longer requires a reference to work (it will always return 0) * LLVM 19.1.0 toolset support * Medium and strong weapon recoil/reloading animations play properly again * Starting or loading the game through Lua automatically hides the main menu

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. Changes since RC4: * [[#8311](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8311)] Fixed a crash when an object removed by Lua cannot be properly unloaded; this could happen during saved game loading * [[#8344](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8344)] Fixed a potential crash when pathgrid geometry is generated but all pathgrid edges are invalid * [[#8346](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8346)] Fixed a crash when a Lua script attempts to start a new game * [[#8347](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8347)] Fixed a crash when levelled creature list record `creatures` binding is used * [[#8354](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8354)] Editor: Improved the robustness of screen detection on multi-monitor setups; it will never fail — well, as long as you *do* have a display * Third-party builds built against SDL2-compat will no longer suffer from unhandled SDL3 display/window event warning spam * `ShowSceneGraph` (`SSG`) command no longer complains about billboard callback (billboard node representation) presence in serialised objects

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. Changes since RC3: * [[#7273](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7273)] Precipitation occlusion should no longer require sky blending to be enabled to work as intended * [[#8280](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8280)] Attacks evaluated as successful will no longer hit if the target is out of reach when the attack is applied * Loading progress bar is properly updated for TES4 format files * Various stereo/multiview setup fixes to allow 0.49.0 and updated OpenMW-VR to use the same shaders: shadow maps are shared between views while sky blending, soft and distortion shader effects and post-processing account for multiple views better

**These RC builds are outdated!** **We *do not* provide support for outdated RC builds!** **Visit the main [Releases page](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases) to find the most recent RC build or corresponding stable release.** Windows 10 or newer is required to run the Windows build. Changes since RC2: * [[#7731](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7731)] Fixed default sound output device tracking sometimes malfunctioning under PulseAudio backend and causing audio stuttering — notably on Steam Deck * [[#8286](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8286)] The launcher will no longer overwrite openmw.cfg if the original file already has all the settings it was going to write (new in 0.49.0) * [[#8287](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8287)] The launcher no longer has unintuitive special handling for commas in setting values when preserving their comments (new in 0.49.0) * [[#8295](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8295)] Fixed a crash when the post-processing chain refers to an existing shader file in a different case (0.48.0 issue) * [[#8295](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8295)] Fixed a crash when the post-processing chain refers to an existing shader file nested into a subdirectory of the shaders directory (0.48.0 issue) * [[#8299](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8299)] Editor: Fixed a crash when terrain is smoothed at a border with undefined cell (0.46.0-0.48.0 issue) * [[#8300](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8300)] Flawed weapon type validation has been corrected to allow custom ammunition records to be created through Lua * Windows build now includes bsatool, esmtool and niftest utilities * When the relevant setting is enabled, Recast meshes are exported before navmeshes are generated to make debugging navmesh generation crashes easier

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 * \[[\#7354](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7354)\] 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* * \[[\#5996](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5996)\] Lua scripting API * *by akortunov* * \[[\#4974](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4974)\] Fonts and GUI layout files are now overridable through the VFS * \[[\#4975](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4975)\] TrueType font replacements are now included by default to avoid missing glyphs with OpenMW-specific GUI localisation * \[[\#6867](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6867)\] GUI localisation support. Most of the previously hardcoded strings have been localised in French, German, Russian and Swedish * \[[\#6925](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6925)\] 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 * \[[\#6941](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6941)\] TrueType font settings can be changed in the launcher * *by Assumeru/Evil Eye* * \[[\#1465](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1465), [\#6177](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6177)\] 'Repeat' flag is supported for AI package script commands. * \[[\#2780](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2780)\] 'Help' console command, which prints OpenMW's version string and every available command * \[[\#4297](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4297)\] The remnants of 'APPLIED_ONCE' spell effect flag have been properly implemented * \[[\#4414](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4414)\] EXTRA SPELL spell effect expiry now triggers re-equipment * \[[\#5198](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5198)\] Spell effect expiry is now tracked * \[[\#5454](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5454)\] Active spell effects are cleared from actors that are removed from the scene for any reason * \[[\#5489](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5489)\] Telekinesis also extends the activation range of activators, like in Morrowind Code Patch * \[[\#6380](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6380)\] Commas are treated as whitespace in scripts, heavily loosening the restrictions on their use * \[[\#6699](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6699)\] 'Ignored' ESM record flag is now respected * *by Capo* * \[[\#6541](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6541)\] Gloss-mapping support * *by Cédric Mocquillon* * \[[\#3616](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3616)\] Optional: You can now zoom the in-game map in and out * \[[\#6248](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6248)\] A default error marker model is now embedded into the engine * *by Dominique Martinet* * \[[\#6631](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6631)\] FFmpeg 5 support * *by elsid* * \[[\#6189](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6189)\] Generated navigation meshes are now cached on your storage device * *by Eris Caffee* * \[[\#2766](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2766)\] Wizard will warn the user if the used version of Morrowind is unrecognised and potentially too old using the known size of English Morrowind BSA * \[[\#6706](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6706)\] The dimensions of the in-game settings window are saved and loaded * *by fr3dz10* * \[[\#2858](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2858)\] Data directories can be set up and BSA archives can be registered through the launcher * \[[\#6496](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6496)\] 'No Camera Collision' flag is properly implemented for NIF nodes * *by myrix* * \[[\#6419](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6419)\] Topics will not be considered exhausted if they can produce a hyperlink to a new topic * \[[\#6888](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6888)\] Optional: Creature damage damages armour * *by ptmikheev* * \[[\#2491](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2491)\] The directory configuration files are read from can be specified manually, allowing you to produce portable OpenMW distributions * \[[\#4595](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4595)\] Every object instance in the game can now be uniquely identified * \[[\#6161](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6161)\] In-game log viewer (assigned to F10) * \[[\#7434](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7434)\] Exponential fog * \[[\#7435](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7435)\] Sky blending * *by unelsson* * \[[\#5701](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5701)\] Optimised Collada model skinning * \[[\#6249](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6249)\] Alpha testing support for Collada models * \[[\#6823](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6823)\] Animation layering support for Collada models * *by uramer* * \[[\#6557](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6557)\] Controller gyroscope support * *by Vulpen* * \[[\#6019](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6019)\] Alpha-to-coverage can be toggled on through the launcher * *by wareya* * \[[\#6360](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6360)\] Raindrop ripples have been visually revamped * *by wazabear* * \[[\#4067](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4067)\] Post-processing shader support * \[[\#5928](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5928)\] Time of day-dependent node switching can be disabled * \[[\#6032](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6032)\] Support of reverse-Z depth buffer, which reduces the flickering of distant objects tremendously * \[[\#6078](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6078)\] The depth buffer is no longer cleared before rendering first-person models * \[[\#6128](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6128)\] Support for soft particles * \[[\#6199](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6199)\] FBO rendering support * \[[\#6443](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6443)\] NIF stencil buffer manipulations are supported, completing NiStencilProperty support * \[[\#6534](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6534)\] Decal texture blending using vertex/material colours is now simulated in shader pipeline * \[[\#6592](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6592)\] Geometry-based particle emission support * \[[\#6600](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6600)\] NiSortAdjustNode record type support * \[[\#6700](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6700)\] Windowed fullscreen support. In this mode, the game is played in a borderless window that matches the display resolution * *by Wolfgang Lieff* * \[[\#6684](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6684)\] Support of NiFltAnimationNode NIF record type, which represents an animated sequence of nodes. * *by AnyOldName3 and Capo* * With the bump of the minimum required version of OpenSceneGraph to 3.6.5, the following older improvements of OSG are brought over to every possible build of OpenMW: * \[[\#3180](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3180)\] Support of uncompressed colour-mapped TGA files * \[[\#3668](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3668)\] Support of palettised DDS files **New Editor Features:** * *by cc9cii* * \[[\#2554](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2554)\] Modifying an instance in the scene widget will scroll the instances table to that instance * \[[\#5737](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5737)\] Moved instances are properly deleted from their original cell * \[[\#6017](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6017)\] Persistent and temporary instances are properly distinguished upon saving a file to improve compatibility with the original ESM format * \[[\#6288](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6288)\] 'Blocked' record flag support * *by pi03k* * \[[\#890](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/890)\] Table columns can now be hidden using a new menu or with a middle-click * *by SaintMercury* * \[[\#6721](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6721)\] Record subviews can be opened in an exclusive window as an option * *by unelsson* * \[[\#6251](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6251)\] Instance movement now follows the mouse cursor * *by VidiAquam* * \[[\#3245](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3245)\] Instance editing grid and snapping **Engine Bug Fixes:** * *by akortunov* * \[[\#5913](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5913)\] Self-targeted line-of-sight checks no longer cause issues * \[[\#6276](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6276)\] 'Deleted' flag is properly supported for groundcover instance records * \[[\#6347](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6347)\] Scripts can now spawn levelled creatures * \[[\#6519](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6519)\] Duration is no longer displayed for ingredient magic effects * *by Andreas Stöckel* * \[[\#6129](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6129), [\#6131](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6131)\] Character doll coordinates are properly calculated for large window sizes and non-1.0 UI scaling factor * \[[\#6354](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6354)\] Sounds that are being culled due to being too far away will fade out instead of getting cut off * \[[\#6386](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6386)\] Fixed screen-space coordinate computations for water reflections, preventing them from becoming a pixelated mess as you get close to the water surface on some video cards * *by andrew-app* * \[[\#5434](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5434)\] Pinned windows no longer cover the remaining breath bar * *by anikm21* * \[[\#6303](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6303)\] Going to jail makes the player cancel their current attack and sheathe their weapon * *by AnyOldName3* * \[[\#6718](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6718)\] Throwable weapons’ enchantments will no longer break the rendering of their target in unpredictable ways * \[[\#7251](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7251)\] Shader rendering is properly enabled for nodes that don't have any rendering state set * *by Assumeru/Evil Eye* * \[[\#1751](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1751)\] Birthsign abilities increase base stat values * \[[\#1930](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1930)\] When an actor stops fighting a target, the actor’s allies stop fighting that target as well * \[[\#2036](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2036)\] 'SetStat' and 'ModStat' group instructions behave much more like Morrowind, which allows Galsiah’s Character Development to increase stats beyond the cap of 100 * \[[\#3488](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3488)\] AI will not attempt to attack before finishing aiming * \[[\#3737](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3737)\] If a script’s execution fails on one target, it will still run on other targets, as it could have failed due to target-specific factors * \[[\#3737](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3737)\] 'Equip'’s behaviour of implicitly adding an item if it’s missing will no longer make the actor equip anything else * \[[\#3792](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3792)\] Magicka is recalculated immediately after Intelligence is changed instead of doing so a frame later * \[[\#3846](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3846)\] Scripts now support unquoted string literals that start with a hyphen * \[[\#3855](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3855)\] AI will avoid casting identical Bound item effects * \[[\#3855](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3855)\] AI will also avoid casting Bound Shield if it can’t make use of the shield * \[[\#3867](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3867), [\#5318](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5318)\] An actor’s allies that are already in combat will not join combat with the actor’s potential new targets * \[[\#3905](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3905)\] 'GetDistance' that has no target will still “work”, preventing a problem in Great House Dagoth * \[[\#4203](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4203)\] Overriding an object’s inventory will close that object’s looting window, preventing issues or crashes if an actor is resurrected during looting * \[[\#4376](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4376)\] Levelled creatures that moved out of their original cell will properly respawn in their original cell, instead of being duplicated * \[[\#5054](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5054)\] Spellcast equip/unequip animations are supported for non-bipedal creatures * \[[\#5100](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5100)\] Temporary disposition changes can no longer bring an actor’s disposition below zero * \[[\#5120](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5120)\] Scripted object spawning no longer automatically inserts the object’s physics model – it will be inserted when the scene is reloaded, when the object is enabled or when any object in the scene is disabled * \[[\#5207](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5207)\] Summoned creatures are properly cleared if their caster is removed from the scene * \[[\#5377](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5377)\] Keyboard focus is only restored to widgets with visible parents, preventing MenuTest from messing with the console input field focus * \[[\#5596](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5596)\] Using multiple identical Summon effects in permanent spells can summon multiple creatures of the same type like temporary spells can * \[[\#5621](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5621)\] Restore effects can restore drained stats * \[[\#5801](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5801)\] The order of teleportation effects in a single spell matters; the last effect will take priority * \[[\#5842](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5842)\] Temporary disposition change from the currently active dialogue will not affect GetDisposition result for any other actor * \[[\#5842](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5842)\] 'ForceGreeting' updates disposition change target * \[[\#5842](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5842)\] 'SetDisposition'/'ModDisposition' applies the current temporary disposition change permanently * \[[\#5863](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5863)\] 'GetEffect' returns 1 for teleportation spell effects only after the teleportation is complete * \[[\#5937](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5937)\] All portable light sources are rotated by 90 degrees when they’re attached to the character, while body parts that have a BoneOffset node are not * \[[\#6051](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6051)\] Invalid water levels are handled more gracefully * \[[\#6066](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6066)\] Quoted keywords can be used as string literals * \[[\#6087](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6087)\] Manually added bound items no longer conflict with bound item effects and won’t disappear when they end * \[[\#6107](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6107)\] Fatigue recalculation after attributes are updated can properly bring its current value above the maximum, like Magicka recalculation, if necessary * \[[\#6123](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6123)\] Scripts assigned to voiced greetings that cannot be compiled will no longer break the game: their local variables are cached, fixing problems in Traveling Merchants * \[[\#6172](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6172)\] All weapon-wielding creatures can open doors * \[[\#6184](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6184), [\#6255](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6255)\] Illusion school and Reflect effects work more like vanilla * \[[\#6197](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6197)\] Scripted spellcasting commands will no longer stack, and instead either override the previous packages (if casting hasn’t started yet) or do nothing (if casting is in progress) * \[[\#6253](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6253)\] Reflect effects are now multiplicative * \[[\#6273](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6273)\] The rotation of actors that have been respawned is reset to the original rotation * \[[\#6282](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6282)\] Fixed parsing of unquoted string literals that start with a digit * \[[\#6283](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6283)\] 'GetCurrentAIPackage' returns -1 for non-actors and dead actors * \[[\#6291](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6291)\] Local variables that are named the same as a script command will be used instead of that command * \[[\#6302](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6302)\] Only enabled objects are added to the scene after teleportation * \[[\#6321](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6321)\] On-self projectile enchantments are applied to the projectile’s target instead of the caster * \[[\#6323](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6323)\] 'StayOutside' script variable now only blocks a follower’s teleportation from an exterior to an interior * \[[\#6324](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6324)\] 'Rotate' script instruction always rotates the player on the Z axis regardless of the axis argument * \[[\#6326](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6326)\] Detect Enchantment/Key effects can detect items in containers the contents of which weren’t resolved yet * \[[\#6333](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6333)\] Werewolf stat bonuses are now considered magical in nature instead of affecting the base stats * \[[\#6363](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6363)\] Integer arguments can be passed as string arguments and treated as names in unambiguous contexts * \[[\#6376](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6376)\] All creatures can equip portable light sources at night * \[[\#6396](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6396)\] Various instances of non-ASCII character handling have been made more reliable * \[[\#6493](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6493)\] Magically unlocking owned containers and doors that have never been locked is no longer illegal * \[[\#6493](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6493)\] However, magically unlocking owned doors that have already been unlocked is now illegal as was the case for containers * \[[\#6523](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6523)\] Disintegrate Weapon effect is resisted by Sanctuary instead of Resist Magicka * \[[\#6606](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6606)\] All quests with the same name are restarted when one of them is restarted * \[[\#6670](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6670)\] Dialogue ordering matches Morrowind behaviour more closely * \[[\#6682](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6682)\] 'HitOnMe' script function will only reset the hit object if there was a match * \[[\#6717](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6717)\] Broken scripts should no longer cause interpreter stack corruption * \[[\#6655](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6655)\] Creating constant effect Absorb Attribute/Skill enchantments no longer breaks the game * \[[\#6730](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6730)\] Scripted animations will no longer prevent wandering actors from playing idle animations after the animations finish * \[[\#6753](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6753)\] Dialogue response records without a DATA subrecord are loaded properly * \[[\#6799](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6799)\] Class-less NPCs fall back to the default class instead of causing crashes * \[[\#6913](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6913)\] Equipping constant effect enchanted items cancels invisibility * \[[\#6923](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6923)\] Loading a save where a corpse was disposed no longer prevents the actor’s respawning * *by Bo Svensson* * \[[\#4602](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4602)\] Attaching a non-skinned body part that is potentially shared between multiple instances of a model always copies it, preventing crashes with Robert’s Bodies * \[[\#6142](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6142)\] Groundcover mods no longer override cell flags * *by Capo* * \[[\#4227](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4227)\] Spellcasting animation will still play even if the casting fails due to insufficient Magicka * \[[\#4310](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4310)\] Spell and enchanted item effect list is aligned left instead of centre * \[[\#4374](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4374)\] Mouse movement events happening during a loading screen are discarded * \[[\#4389](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4389)\] Lip animation timer source will override any other timer source in the head model, fixing the animation of head models that have Autoplay animation flag set on the root node * \[[\#4744](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4744)\] Invisible particles are always processed to prevent visual glitches with some creature animations * \[[\#5192](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5192)\] Base actor turning speed is about 57% faster, increased from 10 radians (\~573 degrees) per second to the original value of 900 degrees per second * \[[\#5453](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5453)\] Fixed magic effect VFX position and scale calculations to be in-line with Morrowind * \[[\#5592](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5592)\] Fixed many instances of idle animation seemingly restarting at the wrong time * \[[\#5976](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5976)\] An attack will cancel invisibility when it’s released, not when it’s started * \[[\#5978](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5978)\] Actors will not talk with or look at a magically invisible player character * \[[\#6049](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6049)\] Pre-menu video audio will play at the same time as the title music, like in Morrowind, making Arktwend intro – which has a silent audio stream which would previously prevent the title music from playing – behave as expected * \[[\#6054](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6054)\] All quick keys actions will be delayed while an important animation is playing, not just weapon equipment * \[[\#6109](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6109)\] Multiple videos playing at the same time will no longer crash the game * \[[\#6115](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6115)\] 'ShowMap' script instruction will enable map markers for all locations whose names start from its argument, not just those that match the argument * \[[\#6118](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6118)\] Creature landing sound is considered an Effect type sound, not a Footstep type sound * \[[\#6154](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6154)\] Levitating/swimming actors will be snapped down upon teleportation into an inactive cell * \[[\#6174](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6174)\] Clicking on the free area in spell effect creation sliders increments the values instead of shifting the sliders to an unpredictable position * \[[\#6307](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6307)\] Actors with a Travel package will stop if they have been close enough to the destination for a bit of time like in Morrowind, preventing them from getting stuck on their destination if they can’t quite reach the final position and fixing Infidelities quest in Tribunal expansion * \[[\#6327](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6327)\] Blocking no longer prevents movement * \[[\#6343](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6343)\] Magic projectile velocity is affected by NPC casters’ Weight * \[[\#6416](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6416)\] In morph geometry, morph target zero is considered to be the target geometry instead of being ignored * \[[\#6417](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6417)\] Movement accumulation node choice now takes into account whether the animation source references either of the possible nodes * \[[\#6429](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6429)\] Any AI script commands are no-op on non-actors instead of stopping script execution * \[[\#6473](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6473)\] NIF strings are only parsed up to their first null terminator * \[[\#6517](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6517)\] Empty Euler/XYZ rotation key groups are properly read * Alternative Euler rotation orders are now supported * \[[\#6545](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6545)\] Actor momentums are discarded upon worldspace changes * \[[\#6559](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6559)\] Weapon condition is consistently damaged before damage bonuses are applied * \[[\#6579](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6579)\] OSG builds with double precision bounding sphere type are supported * \[[\#6653](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6653)\] Console and maximised window dimensions are closer to Morrowind’s * \[[\#6869](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6869)\] Stagger animation is cancelled when an attack animation is completed * \[[\#6890](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6890)\] SDL input event errors are properly handled * \[[\#6895](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6895)\] 'RemoveItem' with a negative count argument will overflow like 'AddItem' instead of stopping script execution * \[[\#6896](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6896)\] Sounds are no longer stopped when their emitter leaves the worldspace, until the player leaves the cell * \[[\#6898](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6898)\] Quick keys menu can be opened when a different GUI window is active * \[[\#6909](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6909)\] Enchanted item casting aligns the first person character model to the direction of the casting for a single frame * \[[\#6910](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6910)\] Portable light sources are no longer extinguished under water when they are not held * *by cc9cii* * \[[\#3246](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3246)\] Various actor stats potentially not included in converted ESS files will be loaded from the ESM file, preventing actors from being dead for no apparent reason * \[[\#6067](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6067)\] Moved instances can now be loaded from any point in the instances list of a cell record * *by elsid* * \[[\#5508](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5508)\] Binaries that don’t depend on Qt won’t be linked to Qt * \[[\#5858](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5858)\] Giant objects no longer cause the navigation meshes to be generated based on everything within such objects’ bounds * \[[\#6143](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6143)\] Screenshot capturing no longer freezes the game while it’s in progress * \[[\#6143](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6143)\] Optional: Screenshot saved message can be shown again * \[[\#6256](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6256)\] Enabling shadows should no longer cause a crash on exit with a statically linked OSG * \[[\#6711](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6711)\] Log time always matches the real time * \[[\#6849](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6849)\] The textures of textured buttons are properly scaled if their height is not a multiple of the original height * \[[\#6860](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6860)\] Actors may no longer try to evade an obstacle when there isn’t an obstacle due to their destination position changing * \[[\#6937](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6937)\] Wander package destination can no longer be outside of the Wander radius, fixing 'Divided by Nix Hounds' quest * \[[\#7008](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7008)\] Reserved node name list handling is now thread-safe * \[[\#7121](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7121)\] Making the game time settings invalid will no longer cause instability * *by Eris Caffee* * \[[\#5279](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5279)\] Console text selection no longer breaks auto-scrolling * \[[\#6667](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6667)\] Pressing Escape during waiting properly cleans up the wait dialogue * *by Kindi* * \[[\#6191](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6191)\] Encumbrance messagebox works more like in Morrowind, with only one message appearing at a time and with the semi-broken delay removed * \[[\#6258](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6258)\] Changing the offered price in the barter window may no longer cause the UI to confuse the seller and the buyer * \[[\#6322](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6322)\] Barter offer price is properly reset when no items are getting exchanged * \[[\#6358](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6358)\] 'ChangeWeather' script instruction will report a warning if the used region doesn’t exist * \[[\#6433](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6433)\] Items assigned to quick keys are updated when their quick key is activated in case they become unavailable to prevent them from becoming unavailable until the quick keys menu is reopened * \[[\#6451](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6451)\] Weapons summoned by Cast When Used enchantments will have their name set in the HUD properly * *by Léo Peltier* * \[[\#5483](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5483)\] Spells that have 'Autocalc' flag set have their cost calculated automatically * *by myrix* * \[[\#6901](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6901)\] Equip instruction prefers equipping filled soul gems * \[[\#6901](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6901)\] Trying to use an empty soul gem shows a message * *by NeveHanter* * \[[\#6133](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6133)\] The player’s allies no longer react to the crimes the player commits * *by Nuri* * \[[\#6165](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6165)\] Paralysis, knockout and death prevent the player from picking up items from the ground through the inventory window * *by psi29a* * \[[\#4175](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4175)\] OSGoS: Double precision transformation matrix type is used by default again, preventing objects far from the world origin from vibrating * \[[\#4526](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4526)\] Bumping the minimum required OSG version to 3.6.5 prevents crashes when out-of-bounds UV sets are used for multitexturing * \[[\#5379](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5379)\] Loaded actors are no longer snapped down until all objects in the scene are loaded * \[[\#5766](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5766)\] Fixed an object paging culling issue, preventing some objects in the active grid from disappearing * *by Simon Meulenbeek* * \[[\#6037](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6037)\] The choice of the content language in the launcher properly replaces the previous choice * *by Skeevert* * \[[\#6101](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6101)\] Disarming trapped unlocked owned objects is considered illegal * *by Tetramir* * \[[\#6289](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6289)\] Keyword highlighting no longer assumes all the text is ASCII * \[[\#6395](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6395)\] Long in-game setting tab titles will cause the window’s minimum size to be recalculated * *by unelsson* * \[[\#6680](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6680)\] Objects with malformed root nodes should no longer cause memory corruption * *by uramer* * \[[\#6395](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6395)\] Left and right arrow skins were added to tab control widget, allowing you to scroll in-game settings tabs if their titles get too long * *by wazabear* * \[[\#4949](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4949)\] Spell VFX now have a white light attached like in Morrowind, fixing the dullness of some VFX when shaders are used * \[[\#5088](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5088)\] During weather transitions, sky rotation is separate for each weather * \[[\#5394](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5394)\] Windows Aero snap works properly with a borderless window * \[[\#5989](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5989)\] Simple water respects texture filtering settings * \[[\#6168](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6168)\] Weather particles will no longer briefly disappear at the beginning of their animation * \[[\#6389](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6389)\] Maximum light distance setting now affects water reflections * \[[\#6544](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6544)\] Physics interpolation no longer causes objects to vibrate while the camera is still * \[[\#6697](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6697)\] Per-vertex lighting clamping works properly again * \[[\#6794](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6794)\] When 'AttachLight' node is missing, light sources are attached to the mesh origin instead of the centre of the object’s bounds **Editor Bug Fixes:** * *by Capo* * \[[\#6705](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6705)\] Improved nested table column naming for levelled list subviews * *by cc9cii* * \[[\#3514](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3514)\] Moved instances should no longer disappear for no reason * *by unelsson* * \[[\#4700](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4700)\] Undo command implementation should be more reliable * \[[\#5788](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5788)\] Fixed various problems with the parsing of land texture indices * \[[\#6285](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6285)\] Optimised terrain editing and selection **Miscellaneous:** * *by psi29a* * \[[\#5534](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5534)\] As mentioned, the minimum required version of OpenSceneGraph has been bumped from to 3.6.5 and the support for OpenSceneGraph 3.4 has been dropped * *by SaintMercury* * \[[\#6435](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6435)\] Visual Studio 2022 support has been added * *by wazabear* * \[[\#6161](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6161), [\#6162](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6162)\] Sky and GUI can now be rendered using shaders

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](https://openmw.org/downloads/) 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9sUhduT-K4) by the hacking Atahualpa and the slashing johnnyhostile, and see below for the full list of changes. There are also a [German release video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cwdf7fwO6k) and a [German changelog](https://openmw.org/2021/openmw-0-47-0-veroffentlicht/) 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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5524)] Failed scripts are flagged as 'inactive' and ignored rather than being removed -- until the game is reloaded or restarted * [[#5580](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5813)] Improved handling of groundcover mods via grass instancing * *by AnyOldName3* * [[#4899](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4899)] Alpha-to-coverage anti-aliasing -- this improves the look of alpha-tested objects, e.g., foliage from "Morrowind Optimization Patch" * [[#4977](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4977)] Show default icon if an item's icon is not found * *by Assumeru* * [[#2404](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2404)] Levelled lists can be placed in containers * [[#2798](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5730)] Add option to support graphic herbalism to 'Advanced' tab in the launcher * [[#5771](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2386)] Optional: Object paging in active cells (3x3 grid around player character); ON by default *[corrections and polishing by psi29a]* * *by Capostrophic* * [[#5362](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5362)] Dialogue for splitting item stacks displays the name of the trapped soul for stacks of soul gems * [[#5445](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5445)] Handle 'NiLines' property of NIF meshes * [[#5545](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5545)] Optional: Allow the player character to steal from unconscious (knocked-down) NPCs during combat; OFF by default * [[#5579](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5579)] Support for inverse-order rotation (z, y, x) in 'SetAngle' function * [[#5649](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5649)] Support Skyrim SE's compressed BSA format * [[#5672](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5672)] Setting 'Stretch menu background' which makes background images fit the full screen is also available in the launcher * *by CedricMocquillon* * [[#1536](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1536)] Show current level-up attribute multipliers in 'Level' tooltip * [[#4486](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4486)] Handling and logging of crashes on Windows * [[#5297](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5297)] Search bar in the launcher's 'Data Files' tab * [[#5486](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5486)] Optional: Determine a trainer's offered skills and their respective limits by evaluating base values instead of modified ones; OFF by default * [[#5519](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5519)] Reorganised and expanded 'Advanced' tab in the launcher to integrate most MCP-like settings * [[#5814](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5814)] 'bsatool' can add to or create new BSA archives (supports all BSA types) * *by elsid* * [[#4917](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4917)] Objects too small to change the navigation mesh no longer trigger updates of that mesh which improves performance * [[#5500](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5500)] Scene loading ends only when enough navigation mesh tiles around the player character have been generated * [[#6033](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6033)] Automatically add existing path grid to navigation mesh to further improve pathfinding * [[#6033](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6033)] Partially remove fallbacks to old pathfinding to avoid, e.g., actors following other enemies into lava * [[#6034](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6034)] Calculate optimal navigation paths based on an actor's individual movement speed on land and in water * *by fr3dz10* * [[#2159](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4201)] Projectile-projectile collision, including targeted spells (a successful hit cancels both projectiles); emulates vanilla behaviour * [[#5563](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5563)] Optional: Physics are run in one or several background threads to improve performance; OFF by default * *by glassmancody.info* * [[#5828](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5828)] New, shader-based, customisable lighting system which removes the limit of eight light sources per object * *by jefetienne* * [[#5692](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/390)] Optional: New over-the-shoulder look in 3rd-person view; OFF by default * [[#390](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/390)] Optional: Auto-switch shoulder in narrow passages; ON by default but 'View over the shoulder' needs to be enabled * [[#2686](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2686)] Logged info in 'openmw.log' displays timestamps * [[#4894](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4894)] Optional: NPCs avoid collisions when moving; OFF by default * [[#4894](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4894)] Optional: NPCs give way to moving actors if they are idle; ON by default but 'NPCs avoid collisions' needs to be enabled * [[#5043](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5043)] Optional: Customisable head bobbing in first-person mode; OFF by default * [[#5457](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5457)] Optional: More realistic diagonal character movement; OFF by default * [[#5610](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5610)] Optional: Actors move and turn smoother; OFF by default * *by simonmeulenbeek* * [[#5511](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5511)] Add audio settings to 'Advanced' tab in the launcher * *by TescoShoppah* * [[#3983](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3983)] Installation wizard provides link to FAQ section regarding buying Morrowind. * *by unelsson* * [[#5456](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5456)] Basic support for 'Collada' animation format * *by wareya* * [[#5762](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5762)] 'Movement solver' is now much more robust * [[#5910](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5910)] Fall back to true delta time if needed to prevent physics death spirals in game **New Editor Features:** * *by Atahualpa* * [[#6024](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6024)] Customisable primary and secondary selection modes for 'terrain land editing' mode (see [#3171](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3171)) * *by olcoal* * [[#5199](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5199)] Improved and configurable colours in 3D view * *by unelsson* * [[#832](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/832)] Proper handling of deleted references * [[#3171](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3171)] Instance drag selection with the following modes: 'centred cube', 'cube corner to corner', 'centred sphere' * [[#3171](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3171)] Configurable actions for instance drag selection: 'select only', 'add to selection', 'remove from selection', 'invert selection' **Engine Bug Fixes:** * *by akortunov* * [[#3714](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3714)] Resolved conflicts between 'SpellState' and 'MagicEffects' functionality of the engine * [[#3789](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3789)] Fixed a crash which could occur when updating active magic effects * [[#4021](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4021)] Attributes and skills are now stored as floating-point values * [[#4623](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4623)] Improved implementation of the Corprus disease * [[#5108](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5108)] Prevent save-game bloating by using an appropriate fog texture format * [[#5165](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5165)] Active spell effects now use real-time updates instead of timestamps to avoid problems with time scale and scripted daytime changes * [[#5387](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5387)] 'Move' and 'MoveWorld' commands now correctly update the moved object's cell * [[#5499](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5499)] Game logic for rank advancement now properly considers the two favoured skills of a faction * [[#5502](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5502)] Dead zone of analogue sticks can now be configured in the 'openmw.cfg' file * [[#5619](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5619)] Key presses are now ignored during savegame loading * [[#5975](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6043)] An NPC's 'shield' animation is now cancelled when a light source is equipped instead of a shield * [[#6047](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6047)] In-game mouse bindings can no longer be triggered when controls are disabled, e.g., when loading a savegame * *by AnyOldName3* * [[#2069](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2069)] 'NiFlipControllers' now only affect the base texture which, e.g., solves issues with the fireflies in the "Fireflies Invade Morrowind" mod * [[#2976](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2976)] Fixed issues with the priority of OpenMW's local and global config files * [[#4631](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5391)] Bodies from "Races Redone" mod are now correctly shown on the inventory's paper doll * [[#5688](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5688)] Water shader no longer breaks in interior cells when indoor shadows are disabled * [[#5906](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5906)] Sun-glare effect now works with 'Mesa' drivers and AMD GPUs * *by Assumeru* * [[#2311](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2311)] Targeting non-unique actors in scripts is now supported * [[#2473](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/2473)] Selling respawning items to vendors now increases the amount that respawns * [[#3862](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3862)] Random contents of containers are now determined in a similar way as in the original engine * [[#3929](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4039)] Followers no longer form a train of actors but rather follow their leader at the same distance * [[#4055](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5300)] NPCs carrying torches now switch to using a shield when they enter combat *[inspired by Capostrophic's work]* * [[#5423](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5423)] Bigger creature followers -- e.g., Guars -- no longer bump into their leader * [[#5469](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5469)] Scripted rotations or displacements of large objects no longer reset the local map's fog of war * [[#5661](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5661)] Region sounds now use fallback values to determine the minimum and maximum time between sounds * [[#5661](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5835)] Scripts can now set AI values ('AI Hello', 'AI Alarm', 'AI Fight', 'AI Flee') to negative numbers * [[#5836](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5836)] Dialogue conditions containing negative AI values now work * [[#5838](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5838)] Teleport doors to non-existent wilderness cells no longer break the local map * [[#5840](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5841)] Free spells can now be cast even if the caster has no magicka left * [[#5871](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5871)] Users with Russian keyboard layout can now use 'Ё' in input fields without opening the console * [[#5912](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5912)] 'Summon' effects that failed to summon anything are no longer removed * [[#5923](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5923)] Clicking on blank spaces in the journal can no longer open topics on the next page * [[#5934](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5991)] Scripts can now open books and scrolls in the inventory * [[#6007](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6007)] Corrupt video files no longer crash the game * [[#6016](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6016)] Sneaking or jumping NPCs no longer stop and turn to greet the player character * *by Capostrophic* * [[#4774](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4774)] Guards no longer ignore attacks of invisible player characters but rather initiate dialogue and flee if the player resists being arrested * [[#5358](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5363)] 'Auto Calc' flag for enchantments is now properly treated as flag in OpenMW-CS and in OpenMW's 'esmtool' * [[#5364](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5364)] Scripts which try to start a non-existent global script now skip that step and continue execution instead of breaking * [[#5367](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5367)] Selecting already equipped spells or magic items via hotkey no longer triggers the 'equip' sound to play * [[#5369](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5369)] 'Scale' argument in levelled creature lists is now considered when spawning creatures from such lists * [[#5370](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5397)] NPC greetings are now properly reset when leaving and re-entering an area * [[#5403](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5403)] Visual spell effects affecting an actor now also play during that actor's death animation * [[#5415](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5415)] Environment maps now properly work for equipped items, e.g., those of the "HiRez Armors" mod * [[#5416](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5416)] Junk non-node root records in NIF meshes are now handled more gracefully to allow certain modded assets to be loaded * [[#5424](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5424)] Creatures now head-track the player character * [[#5425](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5425)] Magic effects which are not applied once now have a minimum duration of 1 second * [[#5427](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5427)] 'GetDistance' function no longer stops script execution when there is no object found for the given ID * [[#5427](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5427)] 'GetDistance' function and the engine's object search now log improved warning messages regarding missing objects of a given ID * [[#5435](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5435)] Enemy attacks can now hit the player character when collision is disabled * [[#5441](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5451)] Magic projectiles now instantly disappear when their caster vanishes or dies * [[#5452](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5452)] Auto-walking is no longer included in savegames, i.e., the player character will stand still again after loading * [[#5484](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5484)] Items with a base value of 0 can no longer be sold for 1 gold * [[#5485](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5485)] Successful intimidation attempts now always increase an NPC's disposition by at least a minimum margin * [[#5490](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5525)] Case-insensitive search in the inventory window now also works for non-ASCII characters * [[#5603](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5604)] OpenMW's NIF loaders can now correctly handle NIF files with multiple root nodes * [[#5611](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5622)] Fixed the priority of the main-menu window to prevent the in-game console from becoming unresponsive * [[#5627](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5633)] Negative spell effects received before switching to god mode no longer continue to harm the player character * [[#5639](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5639)] Tooltips no longer cover message boxes * [[#5644](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5644)] Active summon effects on the player character no longer cause crashes during game initialisation * [[#5656](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5656)] Characters no longer use the standing animation when blocking attacks in sneak mode * [[#5695](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5706)] AI sequences -- e.g., for patrolling NPCs -- no longer stop looping when a savegame is reloaded * [[#5758](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5758)] Paralysed actors who are underwater now float to the surface * [[#5758](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5758)] Levitating actors who get paralysed now fall to the ground * [[#5869](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5869)] Guards now only initiate the arrest dialogue if the player character is in line of sight * [[#5877](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5877)] Transparency of magic-effect icons is now properly reset to prevent "empty" icons from appearing in certain situations * [[#5902](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5902)] 'NiZBufferProperty' now handles 'depth test' flag * [[#5995](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5995)] UV offset in 'NiUVController' -- which is used in vanilla Morrowind to simulate liquid movement -- is now properly calculated * *by ccalhoun1999* * [[#5101](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5101)] Hostile followers no longer follow the player character through teleport doors or when they use travel services * *by davidcernat* * [[#5422](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5422)] The player character no longer loses all spells if resurrected via the 'resurrect' console command * *by elsid* * [[#4764](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4764)] Synchronise main thread and rendering thread to avoid errors with particles, e.g., in the water-ripple effect * [[#5479](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5479)] Fixed an issue with pathfinding that led to NPCs standing rooted to the ground instead of wandering about * [[#5507](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5531)] Fleeing actors are now correctly rotated which, e.g., prevents cliff racers from diving underwater when fleeing * [[#5914](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5914)] 'Navigator' now builds "limited" paths for actors with far-away destinations to ensure pathfinding even over greater distances (outside the navigation mesh) * [[#6294](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6294)] Fixed a crash caused by an empty path grid * *by fr3dz10* * [[#3372](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3372)] Magic bolts and projectiles now always collide with moving targets * [[#4083](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4083)] Doors now mimic vanilla Morrowind's behaviour when colliding with an actor during their open/close animation *[partially fixed by elsid]* * [[#5472](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5548)] 'ClearInfoActor' script function now removes the correct topic from an actor * [[#5739](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5739)] Saving and reloading the savegame prior to hitting the ground no longer prevents fall damage * *by glassmancody.info* * [[#5899](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5899)] Exiting the game without having closed all modal windows no longer leads to a crash * [[#6028](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5588)] Clicking on an empty journal page no longer triggers topic entries to show * *by madsbuvi* * [[#5539](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5539)] Resizing of the game window no longer breaks when switching from lower resolution to full-screen resolution * *by mp3butcher* * [[#1952](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1952), [#3676](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3676)] 'NiParticleColorModifier' in NIF files is now properly handled which solves issues regarding particle effects, e.g., smoke and fire * *by ptmikheev* * [[#5557](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5557)] Moving diagonally using a controller's analogue stick no longer results in slower movement speed compared to keyboard input * [[#5821](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5680)] Actors now properly aim magic projectiles which, e.g., prevents bull netches from shooting over the player character's head * *by Tankinfrank* * [[#5800](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/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](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1901)] Actors' collision behaviour now more closely replicates vanilla Morrowind's behaviour * [[#3137](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/3137)] Walking into a wall no longer prevents the player character from jumping * [[#4247](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4247)] Actors can now walk up certain steep stairs thanks to the usage of AABB ("axis-aligned bounding box") collision shapes * [[#4447](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4447)] Switching to AABB collision shapes also prevents the player character from looking through certain walls * [[#4465](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4465)] Overlapping collision shapes no longer cause NPCs to twitch * [[#4476](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4476)] Player character no longer floats in the air during scenic travel in abot's "Gondoliers" mod * [[#4568](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4568)] Actors can no longer push each other out of level boundaries when there are too many of them in one spot * [[#5431](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5431)] Prevent physics death spirals in scenes with a huge amount of actors * [[#5681](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5681)] Player characters now properly collide with wooden bridges instead of getting stuck or passing through them **Editor Bug Fixes:** * *by akortunov* * [[#1662](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/1662)] OpenMW-CS no longer crashes if there are non-ASCII characters in a file path or in a configuration path * *by Atahualpa* * [[#5473](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5473)] Cell borders are now properly redrawn when undoing/redoing changes made to the terrain * [[#6022](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6022)] Terrain selection grid is now properly redrawn when undoing/redoing changes made to the terrain * [[#6023](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6023)] Objects no longer block terrain selection in 'terrain land editing' mode * [[#6035](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6035)] Circle brush no longer selects terrain vertices outside its perimeter * [[#6036](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6036)] Brushes no longer ignore vertices at NE and SW corners of a cell * *by Capostrophic* * [[#5400](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5400)] Verifier no longer checks for alleged 'race' entries in non-skin body parts * [[#5731](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5731)] Skirts worn by NPCs are now properly displayed in 3D view * *by unelsson* * [[#4357](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4357)] Sorting in 'Journal Infos' and 'Topic Infos' tables is now disabled; you may adjust the order of records manually * [[#4363](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4363)] Clone function for 'Journal Infos' and 'Topic Infos' records now allows you to edit the new record's 'ID' respectively * [[#5675](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5675)] Object instances are now loaded and saved with the correct master index to prevent overwritten objects from appearing in game * [[#5703](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5703)] OpenMW-CS will no longer flicker and crash on XFCE desktop environments * [[#5713](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5713)] OpenMW-CS now properly renders 'Collada' models * [[#6235](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6235)] OpenMW-CS no longer crashes when changes to the terrain height are undone and then redone * *by Yoae* * [[#5384](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5384)] Deleting an instance in 3D view now correctly updates all active 3D views **Miscellaneous:** * *by akortunov* * [[#5026](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5026)] Prevent data races with 'rain intensity uniforms' * [[#5480](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5480)] Drop Qt4 support in favour of Qt 5.12 or later * *by AnyOldName3* * [[#4765](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/4765)] Avoid binding an OSG array from multiple threads in OpenMW's 'ChunkManager' * [[#5551](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5551)] Windows: OpenMW no longer forces a reboot during installation * [[#5904](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5904)] Mesa: Fixed OpenSceneGraph issue regarding RTT method ("render-to-texture") * *by CedricMocquillon* * [[#5520](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5520)] Improved handling of combo box 'Start default character at' in the launcher to avoid warning messages and possible memory leaks * *by fr3dz10* * [[#5980](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5980)] Check for and enforce double-precision 'Bullet' during configuration *[addition by akortunov]* * *by glebm* * [[#5807](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5807)] Fixed crash on ARM machines caused by incorrect handling of frame allocation in 'osg-ffmpeg-videoplayer' * [[#5897](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5897)] Updated 'MyGUI' to prevent errors when dynamically linking it

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 Bloodmoon and mods like Sotha Sil Expanded (#3006) - Capostrophic - SetPos/Position can now teleport actors into active exterior cells, allowing modded followers to correctly handle player teleportation (#3109) - Capostrophic - Reserved F3, F4, F10 and Windows (on non-Apple platforms) keys can no longer be shortcuts for other actions (#3282) - Capostrophic - Modded companions will no longer try to start combat with themselves (#3550) - Capostrophic - Stealing items from the "evidence" chest is always considered to be a crime (#3609) - akortunov - Windows: Display scaling no longer breaks in-game GUI mouse controls (#3623) - sthalik - Script functions like OnActivate can be used in non-conditional expressions and still work as expected (#3725) - Capostrophic - Normal maps are no longer inverted on mirrored UVs (#3733) - Capostrophic - DisableTeleporting instruction no longer makes teleportation magic effects undetectable by scripting (#3765) - Capostrophic - Melee and thrown weapons use absolute animation time for controllers, fixing issues in Improved Thrown Weapon Projectiles mod (#3778) - akortunov - Multi-line tool-tips now have the correct width when they use word wrapping (#3812) - akortunov - GetEffect script instruction no longer relies on outdated magic effect information (#3894) - Capostrophic - Object and script IDs can now contain non-ASCII characters in various situations (#3977) - akortunov - First run and missing game data dialogues of the launcher behave more consistently (#4009) - Capostrophic - Enchanted items outside the player's inventory are now recharged automatically as well (#4077) - akortunov - PCSkipEquip and OnPCEquip hardcoded script variable behavior is much closer to vanilla, resolving issues with commonly used book script templates (#4141) - Capostrophic - Hand shielding animation behavior is now consistent with vanilla (#4240) - Capostrophic - Ash storm origin coordinates are now accurate to vanilla (#4240) - Capostrophic - Various rain and snow settings normally included in Morrowind.ini are no longer hardcoded (#4262) - akortunov - Door closing/opening sound effect is now stopped when the door is obstructed (#4270) - James Stephens - Character stats window left pane now has a minimum width and height (#4276) - anikm21 - Actors that are currently playing a random idle will not combine this idle with the sneaking idle animation (#4284) - Capostrophic - Removed birthsign abilities are no longer erroneously restored upon loading ensuring mod compatibility (#4329) - akortunov - Previously confusing GDB detection error message now prints the value of PATH environment variable for convenience (#4341) - akortunov - Pulled arrows are no longer off-center for the characters of races that are not scaled uniformly (#4383) - akortunov - Either the ranged weapon or its ammunition can be magical for its damage to ignore normal weapons resistance effects, with the previous behavior available as an option (#4384) - Capostrophic - Reloading a saved game where the player character was falling will no longer prevent the falling damage (#4411) - Capostrophic - Wind speed returned by GetWindSpeed function is now accurate to vanilla (#4449) - akortunov - AiActivate AI package now behaves mostly like in Morrowind (#4456, #5210) - akortunov - ModCurrentFatigue script instruction will always correctly knockdown the actor when their Fatigue reaches 0 due to it (#4523) - Capostrophic - The rain particles are no longer delayed when the camera emerges from the water (#4540) - sthalik - Having a wander package is no longer necessary for actors to use greeting and idle voiceover (#4594) - Capostrophic, akortunov - Script parser now fully supports non-ASCII characters, fixing scripting issues in Arktwend total conversion (#4598) - akortunov - Disabling the audio no longer causes issues or crashes in some situations (#4600) - jlaumon - Screen fading operations always correctly finish (#4639) - Capostrophic - Pressing Escape in the saved game window dialogues no longer resets the keyboard navigation focus (#4650) - James Stephens - Prison marker ESM record is now hardcoded as well to avoid issues in total conversions like Arktwend (#4701) - Capostrophic - Loading a saved game while a message box is active should no longer cause issues (#4714) - akortunov - Leaving the dialogue menu with Escape should no longer cause issues (#4715) - akortunov - Shields and two-handed weapons can no longer be displayed simultaneously on the inventory paper doll (#4720) - akortunov - ResetActors instruction now traces the affected actors down and no longer teleports them back to inactive cells (#4723) - akortunov - Land texture ESM records can be properly replaced (#4736) - akortunov - The player character can run and sneak when their collision shape is disabled by ToggleCollision instruction (#4746) - Capostrophic - NPCs correctly use the skeleton from the model set in their ESM record (#4747) - Capostrophic - The player character is no longer considered not sneaking when they are about to land an attack (#4750) - Capostrophic - Vertex Array Objects from OpenSceneGraph 3.6.x libraries are no longer incompatible (#4756) - AnyOldName3 - openmw.cfg numeric fallback setting recovery handles invalid values more gracefully (#4768) - Capostrophic - Interiors of Illusion puzzle in Sotha Sil Expanded mod is solvable (#4778) - Capostrophic - Blizzard weather particles origin is no longer a direction perpendicular to Red Mountain (#4783) - Capostrophic - First person sneaking animation is no longer very slow (#4787) - Capostrophic - Sneaking and running stances are handled correctly when the player character is airborne (#4797) - Capostrophic - Object collisions are updated correctly immediately after it is teleported if the cell didn't change fixing issues in Sotha Sil Expanded mod (#4800) - Capostrophic - The player character should no longer be able to rest before taking falling damage (#4802) - Capostrophic - Stray special characters are allowed before a Begin statement in scripts (#4803) - Capostrophic - Particle systems with no sizes defined in their models are valid (#4804) - akortunov - Optional: NPC movement speed calculations take race Weight into account by default (#4805) - Utopium - Nodes named Bip01 now have higher priority than nodes named Root Bone when the movement accumulator node is determined, fixing Raki creature movement in Skyrim: Home of the Nords (#4810) - Capostrophic - Like in vanilla, but only as a last resort, creatures will try to use the sounds of their "model-sakes" that were loaded earlier (#4813) - Capostrophic - Journal instruction now affects the quest status even if it sets the quest index to a lower value (#4815) - Capostrophic - SetJournalIndex no longer changes the quest status (#4815) - Capostrophic - Spell absorption effect absorbs both harmful and beneficial effects once again (#4820) - Capostrophic - Jail progress bar's behavior is more intuitive and has better performance (#4823) - akortunov - NiUVController only updates the texture slots that use the defined UV set (#4827) - akortunov - Looping VFX caused by potion effects are now shown for NPCs (#4828) - akortunov - A NiLODNode can be the root node of a mesh with particles (#4837) - akortunov - Russian Morrowind localization no longer ignores implicit topic keywords (#4841) - akortunov - Arbitrary text after local variable declarations no longer breaks script compilation (#4867) - Capostrophic - Actors with no AI data defined like the player character no longer have corrupted AI data (#4876) - Capostrophic - Hello AI rating has 0-65535 range (#4876) - Capostrophic - Startup script can execute if you load a specific save through a command line argument (#4877) - elsid - SayDone script function no longer returns 0 on the frame Say instruction is executed (#4879) - Capostrophic - Stray explicit reference calls of global variables and in expressions no longer break script compilation, fixing issues in Sotha Sil Expanded mod (#4888) - Capostrophic - Title screen music is looped (#4896) - Capostrophic - Invalid resolution changes are no longer queued and then applied when settings are changed in-game (infamously those with sliders) (#4902) - akortunov - Specular power/shininess specular map channel is no longer ignored (#4916) - AnyOldName3 - Permanent spells always play looping VFX correctly when they are applied (#4918) - akortunov - Combat AI checks Chameleon and Invisibility magic effects magnitude correctly (#4920) - akortunov - Werewolves' attack state is reset upon their transformation allowing them not to become helpless in combat (#4922) - akortunov - Invalid skill and attribute arguments are now automatically cleared from spell effects that do not accept them instead of causing severe issues (#4927) - Capostrophic - Instances with different base object IDs can no longer match when you are loading a saved game that depends on a plugin that was modified (#4932) - akortunov - The default vertical field of view is now 60 degrees like in Morrowind and not 55 degrees (#4933) - Capostrophic - ESM files can now contain both actually empty strings and zero-length null-terminated strings (#4938) - Capostrophic - Hand-to-hand attack type is no longer chosen randomly when "always use best attack" is turned off (#4942) - Capostrophic - Magic effect magnitude distribution now includes the maximum value in the range (#4945) - Capostrophic - Player character's 2D voiceover now uses lip animation (#4947) - Capostrophic - Footstep sounds are disabled for flying characters (#4948) - Capostrophic - Light source flickering and pulsing behavior now replicates vanilla calculations completely (#4952) - Capostrophic - Flying and swimming creatures no longer take vertical distance to their enemies into account, increasing cliff racer attack range (#4961) - Capostrophic - Enchant skill progression behaves like vanilla now (#4963) - akortunov - Only one instance of a specific Bolt sound will play for spell projectiles, fixing the loudness of Dagoth Ur's spell projectiles (#4964) - Capostrophic - All global attenuation settings from Morrowind.ini are now used (#4965) - Capostrophic - Light magic effect light source uses the global attenuation settings (#4965) - Capostrophic - Miss sound now only plays for the player character (#4969) - Capostrophic - Quick keys can no longer be used when DisablePlayerFighting script instruction is active (#4972) - terabyte25 - Only the player's allies react to friendly hits as friendly hits (#4984) - akortunov - Object dimension-dependent VFX scaling behavior is now consistent with vanilla (#4989) - Capostrophic - Jumping mechanics are no longer framerate-dependent (#4991) - Capostrophic - Drop script instruction now behaves much closer to vanilla (#4999) - Capostrophic - Werewolves no longer shield their eyes during storm (#5004) - akortunov - Taking all items from a container no longer generates multiple "Your crime has been reported" messages (#5012) - akortunov - Spell tooltips now support negative magnitudes (#5018) - Capostrophic - Self-enchanting success chance is now calculated like in vanilla (#5038) - Capostrophic - Hash sign (#) in cell, region and object names no longer changes the color of a part of the name (#5047) - Capostrophic - Invalid spell effects are now dropped from spell records upon loading (#5050) - Capostrophic - Instant magic effects are now applied immediately if they're removed through scripting during the frame they were added (#5055) - Capostrophic - Player->Cast/Player->ExplodeSpell instruction calls make the player character equip the spell instead of casting it (#5056) - Capostrophic - Actors will do and will only do damage randomly chosen from their weapon damage range if their weapon animations lack the wind up animation (#5059) - Capostrophic - Most magic effect visuals stop when the death animation of an NPC ends instead of when it begins (#5060) - Alexander Perepechko - NIF file shapes named "Tri Shadow" are always hidden (#5063) - Capostrophic - Paralyzed actors can no longer greet the player (#5074) - Capostrophic - Enchanting cast style can no longer be changed if there's no object (#5075) - Capostrophic - DisablePlayerLooking/EnablePlayerLooking now work correctly (#5078) - Capostrophic - Scrolling with a controller in GUI is now possible (#5082) - jrivany - Much more script keywords can be used as string arguments, allowing more valid script names to work properly (#5087) - Capostrophic - Swimming actors are no longer traced down upon loading (#5089) - Capostrophic - "Out of charge" enchanted item sound no longer plays for NPCs (#5092) - Capostrophic - Hand-to-hand damage sound no longer plays on KO'ed enemies (#5093) - Capostrophic - String arguments can be parsed as number literals in scripts, fixing some issues in Illuminated Order mod (#5097) - Capostrophic - Non-swimming enemies will no longer enter water if the player is walking on water (#5099) - anikm21 - Levitating player character can no longer be considered sneaking in more cases (#5103) - Capostrophic - Thrown weapons and ammunition now ignore their enchantment charge so they can always trigger their enchantment - like vanilla (#5104) - Capostrophic - Being over-encumbered no longer allows you to "jump" with zero vertical velocity (#5106) - Capostrophic - ModRegion accepts an additional numerical argument (#5110) - Capostrophic - Current spell HUD icon bar now correctly reflects the zero chance to cast a spell you don't have enough magicka to cast (#5112) - Capostrophic - Unknown effect question mark is now centered (#5113) - James Stephens - Local scripts will restart for respawned actors immediately (#5123) - Assumeru - Arrows are detached from the actor if their pulling animation is cancelled (#5124) - akortunov - Swimming creatures which lack RunForward animations but have WalkForward animations are no longer motionless (#5126) - Capostrophic - Lock script instruction now always resets the door rotation like a normal door rotation would, fixing gates in The Doors mod series (#5134) - akortunov - Textures that have tiling disabled are no longer too dark outside their boundaries (#5137) - Capostrophic - Actors have a lower chance to get stuck in a door when it is being opened (#5138) - elsid - Failing to pick a lock physically or magically is now a crime in all cases (#5149) - Capostrophic - Natural containers like plants can't be locked or unlocked using spells (#5155) - Assumeru - Lock and Unlock scripting instructions work on any object (#5155) - Assumeru - Objects can now use the ID as a substitution for their name in general case, allowing them to have tooltips and be activated (#5158) - Capostrophic - NiMaterialColorController target color is no longer hardcoded (#5159) - Capostrophic - Companions which use companion variable from Tribunal can always be activated (#5161) - Capostrophic - Node transformation data should no longer be shared between objects in some situations incorrectly (#5163) - akortunov - The player character will correctly get expelled from a faction upon an illegal interaction with an item owned by the faction (#5164) - akortunov - Scripts are no longer stopped after the player character's death (#5166) - akortunov - The player is no longer able to select and cast spells before the spells window is enabled (#5167) - akortunov - PCForce1stPerson/PCForce3rdPerson instructions now really force perspective changes (#5168) - akortunov - Nested levelled item and creature spawning chance is now calculated correctly (#5169) - Capostrophic - Random script function returns a floating point value (like 55.0) instead of an integer value (like 55) fixing math in scripts that rely on it (#5175) - Capostrophic - OnPCEquip flag is now set on skipped beast race attempts to equip something that cannot be equipped (#5182) - Capostrophic - Equipped item enchantments now affect creatures that can equip items (#5186) - Capostrophic - Non-projectile ranged weapons can no longer be enchanted on-strike which breaks the original game balance (#5190) - Capostrophic - On-strike enchantments cannot be used on non-projectile ranged weapons that were enchanted earlier (#5190) - Capostrophic - Dwarven ghosts play their idle animations properly (#5196) - akortunov - The launch position of spell projectiles takes the character's height into account (#5209) - akortunov - Excessive screen fading when a game saved in an interior cell is loaded first has been removed (#5211) - akortunov - Travelling actors are handled outside of AI processing range to avoid oddities in some mods (#5212) - Capostrophic - SameFaction script function is no longer broken (#5213) - Capostrophic - Exiting the game while the debug cell borders are active should no longer lead to crashes or serious issues (#5218) - akortunov - GetLineOfSight, GetDetected, StartCombat and Cast will no longer break scripts when they're working with actors that aren't present (#5220) - Capostrophic - The previous arrow is properly reattached when a spell with Bound Bow magic effect active on the player character expires (#5223) - akortunov - Actor reputation is now capped: it can no longer be above 255 or be negative (#5226) - akortunov - NIF controllers will no longer try to work without data and cause issues (#5229) - Capostrophic - On-self Absorb effect spells can be detected by scripting again (#5241) - Capostrophic - ExplodeSpell instruction behaves closer to Cast instruction (#5242) - Capostrophic - Water ripples will be correctly cleaned up when you enter a different cell again (#5246) - Capostrophic - Wandering actors wait longer after their greeting before starting walking again (#5249) - akortunov - Shields should always use the correct models when they are displayed on actors (#5250) - Capostrophic - GetTarget function with Player as an argument will return 1 when the affected actor is greeting the player (#5255) - Capostrophic - Wandering actors shouldn't become stuck when they are crossing cell borders (#5261) - akortunov - Absorb Fatigue effect will no longer bring Fatigue under 0 (#5264) - Capostrophic - Damage Fatigue effect will bring Fatigue under 0 only as an option (#5264) - Capostrophic - Show debug instruction will still show the value of relevant global variables even if the chosen object is not scripted or lacks a local variable with the given name (#5278) - Capostrophic - Thanks to an inefficient copy operation being removed from explored map loading - among other reasons - saved game loading should be slightly faster (#5308) - akortunov - NIF properties like NiAlphaProperty are always applied in the order they are listed, avoiding incorrect rendering when multiple properties of the same type are listed (#5313) - Capostrophic - Settings writer preserves blank lines more sensibly and should cause much less settings.cfg formatting issues (#5326) - Capostrophic - Skills of dead actors that were fortified or damaged are properly reset when their magic effects are cleared (#5328) - Capostrophic - dopey Necromancy mod scripts should execute correctly (#5345) - Assumeru - Magic bolts with invalid target direction should no longer cause issues (#5350) - akortunov - Light items won't use up their duration if the player character doesn't actually hold them while they are equipped (#5352) - Capostrophic Editor Bug Fixes: - Various fields like probabilities and actor AI ratings can no longer overflow (#2987) - Capostrophic - NPC records can be filtered by gender again (#4601) - Capostrophic - It is no longer possible to "preview" levelled list records which obviously lack models (#4703) - jrivany - Exterior cell views can be correctly opened from the Instances table (#4705) - unelsson - Interior cell lighting field values are now displayed as colors (#4745) - Capostrophic - Cloned, moved and added instances can no longer incorrectly reuse existing reference numbers (#4748) - Stomy - Texture painting is possible with a duplicate of a base texture (#4904) - unelsson - Rotations are now displayed as degrees and not radians (#4971) - Utopium - "Alembic" apparatus type is no longer misspelled as "Albemic" (#5081) - Atahualpa - Unexplored map tiles are no longer corrupted when a file with the relevant terrain record is resaved (#5177) - unelsson - Empty cell name subrecords are now saved to improve vanilla ESM format compatibility (#5222) - Capostrophic - Non-ASCII characters are supported in file paths (#5239) - akortunov - Interior cell lighting should no longer be corrupted in cleaned content files that were resaved (#5269) - Capostrophic Other Improvements: - Media decoding has been updated to a FFmpeg 4-compatible API (#4686) - akortunov - Serious distant terrain performance and memory usage optimisations (#4695) - bzzt - NMake support in Windows pre-build script (#4721) - AnyOldName3 - Cell transition performance optimisations (#4789) - bzzt & akortunov

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 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)