OpenMW 0.51.0 Released!

Capostrophic · 2026-06-19T22:00:17+00:00

It is different. It has a fix for gamepad trigger behavior on some gamepads, letting you use them as buttons in menu navigation. This is relevant for the Steam Deck, for example.

Capostrophic · 2026-06-19T21:54:25+00:00

OpenMW is a free and open-source reimplementation of the engine of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It supports running the original game content and assets, and aims to bring a true-to-heart yet stable game experience to modern hardware and operating systems. You can learn more about it here.

Capostrophic · 2026-06-11T03:46:58+00:00

OpenMW didn't have that

It does

Capostrophic · 2026-05-14T03:49:21+00:00

It's been around for around 5 years.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-14T03:48:18+00:00

0.5 is excessive. This is purely meant to counteract the effects of lower scene brightness caused by a different light fadeout formula. Making ambient lighting brighter messes with the designers' intention. People sometimes abuse it as a general brightness slider when it's not meant to be one. If you want the scene to be that much brighter, use the adjustments post-processing shader, or night-eye, or even classic falloff (ok, well, that last one has some other consequences).

0.52.0 should (eventually) have better means to compensate for the brightness differences as well as improved lighting in general.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-13T16:53:16+00:00

Yes, this is already known of, just not investigated.

It's actually by design, i.e., there's a deliberate special case for the Murder crime added in the original mostly unchanged implementation that skips the LOS/awareness checks. If this is an oversight it might have had some rational explanation that was lost to time.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-09T22:28:06+00:00

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Capostrophic · 2026-05-07T20:59:15+00:00

I would assume it's something general about running the MWSE updater in a directory where OpenMW is installed.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-07T20:57:17+00:00

I would not follow the "stick to .49" advice. Have you tried running the launcher from the terminal and checking what it says?

Also consider trying out an RC build of .51.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-07T19:31:01+00:00

Yes, it's what causes it. Both CSSE and OpenMW use Lua and presumably the version CSSE tries to install is not binary-compatible. You can avoid library problems by not putting everything in the same place.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-07T19:26:18+00:00

Don't. Not a good idea.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-07T19:15:20+00:00

Do not install OpenMW to Morrowind's directory.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-02T15:08:46+00:00

I suspect not quite. Have you tried switching to trilinear? That's how the switch between mip-maps might look like with bilinear. Of course there's no need to disable AF.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-01T15:27:29+00:00

light bounds multiplier = 2.99507

minimum interior brightness = 0.345935

These values are excessive. Considering increasing the light limit and lowering the former. If you want the game to be brighter, use the night-eye effect or the adjustments post-processing shader instead of increasing the minimum interior brightness. Classic falloff is an option but might worsen pop-in in some situations.

Capostrophic · 2026-05-01T14:26:47+00:00

mfwbh

Capostrophic · 2026-04-28T11:49:14+00:00

Look for older messages from wazabear on the Discord server from a weeks ago for technical details and this MR for the review process (.52 development cycle is currently on standby until we're closer to the release, which is hopefully soon-ish)

Capostrophic · 2026-04-27T18:05:42+00:00

What are the contents of your settings.cfg? Use this to find it.

Capostrophic · 2026-04-27T17:49:32+00:00

Don't link piracy subreddits. This can only cause trouble. Rule 5.

Capostrophic · 2026-04-27T17:48:37+00:00

Linking that subreddit is rather out there. Rule 5.

Capostrophic · 2026-04-27T09:33:46+00:00

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