OpenMW 0.21.0 Brings Fixes

Posted by Michael Larabel on February 20, 2013

OpenMW 0.21.0 has been released that provides a number of fixes for this open-source game engine that seeks to re-implement support for Elderscrolls III: Morrowind.

Fixes include addressing crashes, background music, meshes, incorrect terrain shapes, and much more. New to OpenMW 0.21.0 is video playback support, support for escape sequences in the message box and dialog text, AI-related script functions, execution of scripts of objects in containers/inventories in active cells, and cell loading performance improvements.

More details on OpenMW 0.21 can be found at OpenMW.org. Below is a video showing off the new release for this open-source Morrowind remake.


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