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Introduction

OpenMW is a new engine for 2002's Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.

It aims to be a fully playable (and improved!), open source implementation of the game's engine and functionality.

You will still need the original game data to play OpenMW.

OpenMW will run natively on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

To give you a better idea of what this project is about, here are some of the aims for the future of OpenMW:

• be a full featured reimplementation of Morrowind
• support all existing content, including Tribunal, Bloodmoon and all user created mods
• allow much greater modability: change game rules, create new spell effects, etc through scripting.
• fix system design bugs, like the "dirty" GMST entries in mods, and the savegame "doubling" problem
• improve the interface and journal system
• (possibly) improve game mechanics, physics, combat and AI
• (possibly) support multiplayer at some point
• (possibly) improve graphics to use more modern hardware

The Features page is a list of currently implemented tasks.

OpenMW is released under the GNU General Public License version 3. There has been a change and now we are using C++. Some source code has been ported from the D version,

but essentially has been written completely from scratch. It also builds on various other open source tools, most notably OGRE for graphics. At this point in time we are looking for active developers to help us achieve our 1.0 goals;

a bug free Morrowind that can run natively on Windows, Linux and Mac.

If you have any questions, check our Faq for answers, if your query hasn't been answered ask on the forums!

Releases

Building From Source

Source code

How you can help

Sign up on our Forums. We are in need of C++ Developers who have experience with MyGui.

We use Redmine for bug tracking, Bug Tracking! Register and report bugs. (missing features aren't bugs)

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What is OpenMW? OpenMW is a new engine for 2002's Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable (and improved!), open source implementation of the game's engine and functionality. You will still need the original game data to play OpenMW. OpenMW will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. See also: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Questions? Try the forum! Recent Progress What's up? thread and Announcement board [/wiki/index.php?title=File:AnsiLadderCamp06.jpg openmw]

Download OpenMW Latest Version: 0.10.0 (2 April 2011) Download Now! Change Log

Latest News OpenMW 0.10.0 is out! (3 April 2011) OpenMW 0.9.0 Source Code Available (10 Feb 2011) OpenMW 0.9.0 is out! (13 Jan 2011) OpenMW 0.08 is out! (10 Sept 2010) Improvements to GUI (20 July 2010) Last Five News items displayed, archive news can be here.

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Getting Started Forums Installation Instructions FAQ Controls and Commands Known Issues

Development Developer_Reference Developer Reference Issue Tracker Policies and Standards - must read for developers Source documentation OpenMW source at GitHub GitHub FAQ Development Environment Setup Wishlist Developers

More links Screenshots (more on the old site.) Videos Project History Star's Guide to OpenMW - (WIP) Complete guide to OpenMW from different contributor perspectives. Great for beginners. Web Presence - Where you can find OpenMW on the web.

Other Resources Tools and Documents The Unofficial Morrowind Wiki Pages - a wiki with extensive information about Morrowind. Morrowind Video Review by Gamespot Bethseda Blog - Blog produced by the developers of Morrowind Purchase Morrowind - available from Steam