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PayPalMorrowind just got even better with the new OpenMW 0.50.0 release, as the free and open source game engine reimplementation has some big fancy new features.
One of the headliners being vastly improved gamepad support, allowing you to play through it properly and interact with the UI. This is going to make it a whole lot nicer to play on handhelds like the Steam Deck. They've also made "foundational steps in dehardcoding combat, further expands our Lua scripting API and, among the host of user interface fix-ups, introduces the highly requested quick item transfer".
This brings a new Controller Menus option in the launcher, which slightly adjusts the in-game UI allowing you to use the "controller action buttons to navigate more conveniently through the slightly altered in-game UI" no longer limiting you to the combination of emulated mouse input.
There's a lot they've improved elsewhere including:
- Better NPC AI pathfinding.
- Improvements to sneaking.
- Settings are now actually saved when you exit the settings, not the game itself.
- Improved graphics compatibility with various modded assets.
- Fixes for normal mapping and parallax mapping graphics issues.
- Some big improvements to scripting for modders, like allowing modders to manipulate the weather.
Source: OpenMW Blog
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Caldathras 9 Nov 2025
Of course, if you don't maintain a custom mod list like I do, you could always try the automatic install feature at Modding OpenMW.
[https://modding-openmw.com/guides/auto/](https://modding-openmw.com/guides/auto/)
Last edited by Caldathras on 9 Nov 2025 at 4:44 pm UTC
hardpenguin 12 Nov 2025
Caldathras 4 hours ago
Not for me. My mods are already installed. All I have to do is upgrade the game and update the config files with my mod list and game settings then I'm ready to go...!I guess I spoke too soon. The OpenMW 0.49.0 generic installer works beautifully in Mint 21.3 but the OpenMW 0.50.0 installer throws a "version `GLIBC_2.38' not found" error and fails. So much for the OpenMW team's claim that they provide a universal/generic installer that works for any distro.
I guess I spoke too soon. The OpenMW 0.49.0 generic installer works beautifully in Mint 21.3 but the OpenMW 0.50.0 installer throws a "version `GLIBC_2.38' not found" error and fails. So much for the OpenMW team's claim that they provide a universal/generic installer that works for any distro.Now that Mint 22 has been out for a year and four months with 22.3 coming out in December, is there a reason you don't want to upgrade? I know 21.3 still gets security updates for a long time, but is there something specific holding you back?
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