OpenMW 0.44.0 Released!

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.44.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page (https://openmw.org/downloads/) for all operating systems. This release brings a slew of new features and bug fixes, including a search bar for spells, a tab for advanced settings in the launcher, and multiple quicksaves.

Check out the release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbQKIiqHDU) and the OpenMW-CS release video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJv5Orvs20) by the perspicacious Atahualpa, and see below for the full list of changes.

Known Issues:

• Shadows are not re-implemented yet
• To use the Linux targz package binaries, Qt4 and libpng12 must be installed on your system
• On macOS, OpenMW-CS is able to launch OpenMW only if OpenMW.app and OpenMW-CS.app are siblings

New Features:

• Spell search bar implemented
• Launcher: Advanced settings tab added (#4054)
• Implemented option for fast travel services to charge for every companion (#4064)
• Added an option to have multiple quicksaves (#4174)
• Added an option to rebalance soul gem values based only on soul value, not soul times gem value (#4423)
• OpenMW-CS: Terrain Texture Brush button implemented (#3870)
• OpenMW-CS: Edit functions for terrain texture editing mode implemented (#3872)
• OpenMW-CS: New, and more complete, icon set added

Bug Fixes:

• Daedra are now summoned when picking up cursed items through the inventory, OnActivate is now triggered even with the inventory menu open (#1428, #3726)
• Similar glyphs are now used as fallbacks when unsupported glyphs are encountered (#1987)
• Magic effects active when a save is loaded are now rendered (#2254)
• Journal alphabetical indexing now works in Russian language versions (#2485)
• Declaring OnPCHitMe in an actor's script now prevents the actor from attacking, even in self-defense, if his Fight is equal to zero (#2703)
• Content selector now places Morrowind.esm at the beginning of the mod list, if it is present (#2829)
• Undefined weather settings now fallback to middle grey instead of pure black (#2841)
• Mods are now found if the mod directory is a parent of the installation directory (#3557)
• Flying and swimming creatures no longer use the pathgrid (#3587)
• SetPos no longer skips weather transitions, fixing transitions in mods that use SetPos to travel the player, such as Boats Mod (#3603)
• ESM files with capital-case extensions now load correctly with the launcher (#3618)
• Fixed an issue where NPCs could get stuck inside terrain/objects when the player rests (#3638)
• Combat music is now updated in menu mode (#3664)
• Extraneous carriage returns are cut from dialog output (#3696)
• Fixes for controllers on macOS (#3708)
• SetPos can no longer place the target under terrain level (#3783)
• Fixed an issue where casting Calm Humanoid on a guard the player is resisting arrest from caused a dialog loop when trying to resist again (#3863)
• Enemies who are knocked out will no longer recover immediately (#3884)
• Imported content files are now sorted according to their dependencies, instead of just modified time (this fixes Bethesda ESMs broken by the Steam version of Morrowind) (#3926)
• Scripts now support period and hyphen characters in the script name, as long as it is not the first character (#4061)
• Soul gems with trapped souls of creatures from mods that have been removed will now be empty instead of crashing the game (#4111)
• Swim animation is no longer interrupted when attacking underwater (#4122)
• An empty battle music folder now results in explore music being played in combat (#4134)
• Added a vanilla absorb spell behavior option, which is enabled by default (#4135)
• Added vanilla enchanted weaponry behavior option, which is enabled by default (#4136)
• Centroid interpolation is now used for shader lighting, fixing some graphical artifacts when using antialiasing (#4143)
• NPC base skeleton files are not longer optimized, fixes some body replacer mods (#4159)
• To prevent animation flickering, the landing animation is no longer played when the player is turning as they are landing (#4177)
• Fighting actors now face their target instead of the nearest actor (#4179)
• Weapon switch sound is no longer played when no different weapon is present to switch to (#4180)
• Guards can no longer initiate dialog with the player when the player is far above the guard (#4184)
• The correct graphical effect is now applied to armor and clothes when changing them while chameleoned or invisible (#4190)
• "Screenshot Saved" message has been removed (#4191)
• Attack range for NPC archers and spellcasters now more accurately matches vanilla behavior (#4192)
• Dialog topics are now always highlighted when first encountered (#4210)
• Fixed an FPS drop after minimizing the game during rainy weather (#4211)
• Thrown weapon projectiles now all rotate when in the air (#4216)
• Spell casting chance now displays as zero if the player does not have enough magicka to cast it (#4223)
• Fixed double activation button presses when using a gamepad (#4225)
• The player's current class and birthsign is now the default value in the class select and bithsign select menus, rather than the first item in the list (#4226)
• Tribunal and Bloodmoon summoned creatures no longer automatically fight other followers (#4229)
• Player movement from one directional key is now nullified if the opposite directional key is also pressed (#4233)
• Wireframe mode no longer affects the map (#4235)
• Fixed a crash when quick loading from the container screen (#4239)
• Greetings are no longer added to the journal topic list (#4242)
• Merchant NPCs no longer sell ingredients from containers that they own that have zero capacity, such as plants (#4245)
• Armor condition is now taken into account when calculating armor rating (#4246)
• Removed unintended jump cooldown (#4250)
• Fixed console spam when OpenMW encounters a non-music file in the Music folder (#4252)
• Magic effects from eaten ingredients now have the correct duration (#4261)
• Arrow position is now correct in third person view during attacks for beast races (#4263)
• Players in god mode are no longer affected by negative spell effects (#4264)
• Missing 'sAnd' GMST no longer causes a crash (#4269)
• Root node transformation is no longer incorrectly discarded, fixing characters in the mod The Black Mill (#4272)
• The map is now updated with explored cells correctly, instead of only when the map window is opened (#4279)
• MessageBoxes now appear over the chargen menu (#4298)
• Optimizer no longer breaks LOD nodes (#4301)
• PlaceAtMe now correctly inherits the scale of the calling object (#4308)
• Resistance to magic now affects all resistable magic effects (#4309)
• Opening doors is now restricted to bipedal actors (#4313)
• Rainy weather no longer slows down the game when changing from indoors to outdoors (#4314)
• Meshes with CollisionType=Node flag are no longer ignored (#4319)
• Activate and Move keys are no longer used for GUI navigation if they are bound to mouse buttons (#4320)
• NPC negative faction reaction modifier now works correctly (#4322)
• Taking owned items is no longer considered a crime if the owner is dead (#4328)
• Torch and shield equipping behavior now is more consistent with the original game (#4334)
• Installation wizard now appends "/Data Files" if needed when autodetecting path (#4336)
• "Interior" removed from cell not found message (#4343)
• Inventory item count for very high numbers no longer shows incorrect values due to truncation (#4346)
• Using AddSoulgem no longer fills all sould gems of the specified type (#4351)
• A message is displayed if the spell a player tries to select via quickkey is missing (#4391)
• Inventory filter is now reset to All when loading a game (#4392)
• Terrain is now rendered for empty cells (#4405)
• OpenMW now handles marker definitions correctly, fixing mod Arktwend (#4410)
• iniimporter no longer ignores data paths (#4410)
• Moving with zero strength no longer uses all of your fatigue (#4410)
• Camera no longer flickers when opening and closing menu while sneaking (#4420)
• Cursor now displays correctly when OpenMW is compiled against macOS 10.13 SDK (#4424)
• Item health is no longer considered a signed integer, it can no longer be negative (#4424)
• Adding items to currently disabled creatures will no longer crash the game (#4441)
• Encumbrance value is now rounded up (#4441)
• Werewolf health is now correctly calculated (#4142)
• NiLookAtController node is now ignored, like in vanilla (#4407)
• OpenMW-CS: "Original Creature" field renamed to "Parent Creature" (#2897)
• OpenMW-CS: Unchecking "Auto Calc" flag when editing an NPC record no longer causes unreasonable values to be filled in (#3278)
• OpenMW-CS: Fixed search and verification result tables to be case-insensitive when sorting (#3343)
• OpenMW-CS: "Model" column renamed to "Model/Animation" (#2694)