Project Tamriel & Tamriel Rebuilt - Morrowind modders keep chugging along

[ind33d]

Beth doesn't get enough credit for cell-based engines future-proofing their games for stuff like OpenMW

 

[deuxhero]

That's because Bethesda was amazingly incapable of current-proofing their engine in virtually ever other aspect (no culling of stuff outside the player's view). They essentially just got lucky.

 

[frajaq]

Sooooo does anyone know where the Thieves Guild in Anvil is? I hope its not this locked door upstairs Sailors Fluke...

e: it actually is, fuck

 

[CootKeeper]

If anyone is playing with MWSE and hasn't noticed it yet, there's custom weather now. You should experience the occasional tropical storm. Now I'm not the one who did the work, but I was the one who showed them it was possible after getting told "nu uh" so you're all welcome.

But they've started to embrace lua, which is great because it opens up tons of opportunities to do some really cool shit. OpenMW just needs to catch up so there can be feature parity. Other shit that I'm aware of is the insight spell, among other new spell types, which is supposed to be useful in solving quests. Think there might even be some kind of speak to the dead spell iirc. Again, lots of cool opportunities to make skills useful elsewhere and expand on existing or introduce new gameplay mechanics.

so if you were in my shoes, you would pick a mwse modlist over openmw? still undecided

I'm an MWSE supremacist so that'll always be my recommendation. It can be a more involved process than OpenMW but it comes with benefit of being more feature rich. OpenMW looks better and has a better shader model but that's where the advantages (as far as I see it) stop.

Thanks for your input. I'm gonna stick with MWSE for now, it's just easier for me to play with as i'm used to it after so many years. But I think I'll install openMW on a separate install just to have a look at it and use it with Starwind

when will openMW 0.49 release? there seems to be builds every day or so (!) not sure how people keep up to date

 

[Funposter]

The cool thing about being a mage is that you can cheese your way through sprawling dungeons and abuse summons and pathfinding to make it to the end even at Level 5. The bad thing about doing this is that you accidentally come across 300,000 gold worth of loot and completely break the game's progression.

Spoiler

There were some extra bits of Adamantium and Orcish that I equipped on my character, too. And an Ebony Shortsword that I didn't touch, because I'm pretty sure it was cursed and I had completely run out of restore magicka potions.

 

[frajaq]

Completed two Anvil Fighters Guild quests (before I knew they existed) just by exploring the game

 

[CootKeeper]

If anyone is playing with MWSE and hasn't noticed it yet, there's custom weather now. You should experience the occasional tropical storm. Now I'm not the one who did the work, but I was the one who showed them it was possible after getting told "nu uh" so you're all welcome.

But they've started to embrace lua, which is great because it opens up tons of opportunities to do some really cool shit. OpenMW just needs to catch up so there can be feature parity. Other shit that I'm aware of is the insight spell, among other new spell types, which is supposed to be useful in solving quests. Think there might even be some kind of speak to the dead spell iirc. Again, lots of cool opportunities to make skills useful elsewhere and expand on existing or introduce new gameplay mechanics.

so if you were in my shoes, you would pick a mwse modlist over openmw? still undecided

I'm an MWSE supremacist so that'll always be my recommendation. It can be a more involved process than OpenMW but it comes with benefit of being more feature rich. OpenMW looks better and has a better shader model but that's where the advantages (as far as I see it) stop.

Thanks for your input. I'm gonna stick with MWSE for now, it's just easier for me to play with as i'm used to it after so many years. But I think I'll install openMW on a separate install just to have a look at it and use it with Starwind

when will openMW 0.49 release? there seems to be builds every day or so (!) not sure how people keep up to date

to answer my own question

0.49 RC1 is here: https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases/tag/openmw-49-rc1

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

If anyone is playing with MWSE and hasn't noticed it yet, there's custom weather now. You should experience the occasional tropical storm. Now I'm not the one who did the work, but I was the one who showed them it was possible after getting told "nu uh" so you're all welcome.

But they've started to embrace lua, which is great because it opens up tons of opportunities to do some really cool shit. OpenMW just needs to catch up so there can be feature parity. Other shit that I'm aware of is the insight spell, among other new spell types, which is supposed to be useful in solving quests. Think there might even be some kind of speak to the dead spell iirc. Again, lots of cool opportunities to make skills useful elsewhere and expand on existing or introduce new gameplay mechanics.

so if you were in my shoes, you would pick a mwse modlist over openmw? still undecided

I'm an MWSE supremacist so that'll always be my recommendation. It can be a more involved process than OpenMW but it comes with benefit of being more feature rich. OpenMW looks better and has a better shader model but that's where the advantages (as far as I see it) stop.

Thanks for your input. I'm gonna stick with MWSE for now, it's just easier for me to play with as i'm used to it after so many years. But I think I'll install openMW on a separate install just to have a look at it and use it with Starwind

when will openMW 0.49 release? there seems to be builds every day or so (!) not sure how people keep up to date

to answer my own question

0.49 RC1 is here: https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw/releases/tag/openmw-49-rc1

And here is their article on their website. https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-49-0-is-now-in-rc-phase/

 

[Brancaleone]

All right! Last RC phase lasted only ... *checks notes* ...

... ten months!

 

[Funposter]

Realised that I didn't update TR for that Nord playthrough I mentioned, so I had to start over. Playing through the Cyrodiil Mages Guild and Kingdom of Anvil at the moment after having done a good chunk of mainland Morrowind Mages Guild content, and thoroughly enjoying both. Fashionwind is going very strong. Sort of LARPy but in basically every quest, I try to pick the option that benefits Imperial society the most or somehow damns elves. It's quite amusing that the game is freeform and robust enough for you to create these sorts of little stories about your character.

But she's got a new hat!