We need to share some updates regarding Lua and the upcoming lighting improvements. Petr Mikheev just reached a major milestone with the upcoming Lua scripting system: The first playable Lua test mod is live!
But while the mod in itself might not be too exciting, it still proves that things are actually moving forward and that we are getting closer and closer to a world where OpenMW has greatly enhanced modding capabilities compared to today. Here is the link to the forum topic, and here is the one to the merge-request.
In the last post, we talked about how Cody Glassman is working on support for more than 8 lights per object. Well, his merge request has evolved into something even more. This manifests in light seams, visible popping, and mismatched object lighting, which you may have noticed in previous builds or the original Morrowind engine.
With the arrival of Active Grid Object Paging in the upcoming 0. Thanks to under-the-hood changes to lighting and a brand new attenuation formula, all of these problems are cleaned up wonderfully. As a preview, here are some before and after shots placed side by side for you to compare. Stay safe everyone, and stay tuned for the next release! The lack of updates has nothing to do with lack of development.
Blame me, Lysol, for the silence. Instead, let us talk about three major features: Lua, groundcover and "The Enlightenment". This means that OpenMW will require a scripting system that is compatible with, and benefits, both projects. The consensus has for the most part been to continue upon this foundation and implement both a single- and multiplayer friendly Lua-based scripting system for OpenMW. A system that will give massive power to modders making mods for both singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay.
Discussions have come and gone regarding the subject, but there was never any real work done. Our productive developer Petr Mikheev ptmikheev therefore decided to take the matters in his own hands. It resulted in this merge request which is frequently updated by Petr. Bearing in mind that final comment, one suspects that Rolston may have been behind some of Morrowind's quirkier aspects.
The man himself remains tight-lipped when it comes to this subject. There's a wealthy, alcoholic talking mudcrab in the islands on the south-east coast. What's more, many people have savoured the whimsical allusion to Icarus that plunges from the skies and crashes to the ground in front of you. I absolutely forbid our designers to allow any humorous nonsense like that into the final version of the game, he says with a wry smile.
I have no idea how it got past my ever-vigilant editorial delete key. While Ken Rolston was instrumental in providing the themes and backgrounds, the visual side of things was Todd Howard's domain.
I hold Todd completely responsible for our pioneering forays into cutting-edge visuals, attests Rolston. Todd wanted revolutionary advances in graphics and revolutionary advances in console design and interface. We designers were the lucky ones, working mostly with familiar narrative technologies. Todd and the artists and programmers were marching courageously into the unknown.
Combine our ambitions to achieve new levels of graphical splendour m with our ambitions to make the 'Biggest Game Of All Time', and we E were confronting terrible risks.
The H team successfully managed those W risks, bringing Morrowind in at the E exact sweet spot of achievable "graphic distinction. Getting it right was very important to me, Howard adds. I'm the graphics whore and SBiw Ken is the text whore, and Bgus think that Morrowind really represented a coming together of those two disciplines. In this day and age most of the audience is enticed by sexy graphics, but they stay for the deep gameplay. Enticed the gamers were, and stay they did.
Morrowind was a huge commercial success upon its release, both on PC and, somewhat surprisingly for Howard, on Xbox. I thought it would be successful, but I think I underestimated how many people wanted a game like that and how long it would be successful.
I really underestimated how popular it would be on Xbox. Ken Rolston was less shocked by the enthusiastic response. So it would have killed me if it hadn't been a success. Morrowind also garnered a warm reaction from the gaming press, who heaped praise on its visuals, scope and freeform gameplay style; we gave it a stellar 94 per cent in issue But not everyone loved it. A quick scout online reveals a slew of recurring criticisms: a lack of direction; too slow-paced; characters that were impassive and dull.
The perceived lack of direction can be put down to Morrowind's open-endedness a big plus in most reviewers' and fans' eyes. The pacing depends on personal preference, but Howard agrees there's some truth in the third point. If I could go back, I'd spend more time on the dialogue and general characters in the game to add more life -they do feel very stale, he admits.
I know it's a desolate world, but at times it came across as too lifeless. It seems that Bethsoft is spending a lot of time ensuring that such a criticism won't be levelled at Morrowind's follow-up, the forthcoming Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion see The Future', opposite page. Following its release, Morrowind's lifespan was bolstered by two successful expansions, Tribunal and Bloodmoon, not to mention Bethsoft's decision to ship the Construction Set -the selfsame toolset that had been so invaluable during development - with the finished product.
This gave fans the means to build and modify content for the game. The number of plug-ins created and downloaded is staggering, says Howard. I think the big fan site is over five million downloads and growing rapidly. That's a big number. One of my favourites was created by Brian Robb; you can run around, do Matrix-style combat and lop people's heads off.
We eventually hired him full-time. Despite Morrowind's resounding success, there have been very few imitators or even strongly influenced titles released since.
Ken Rolston believes he knows why. It's just too difficult. MMORPGs can provide vast landscapes and epic scope, but they lack the narrative depth to make those settings more than entertaining loot-and-advancement treadmills. Singleplayer games can spend more energy on character and story, but they generally don't have the time or resources to build such wide and deep settings.
In fact, it's likely that in this centric age of games development, no company will ever again attempt to create a game offering such breadth and freedom as Morrowind. Even Bethsoft seems to be narrowing the scope or altering the focus with Oblivion, which will feature less NPCs and fewer quests, with much of the emphasis on recreating convincing emotions and reactions in the game's inhabitants rather than on building the largest world possible.
So Morrowind may well turn out to be one of a kind, which suits its creators. I loved it," says Rolston. For all its flaws and blemishes, it's a classic monster whose like shall never be seen again.
It was too big, too grand In conception, too overwhelming in scope to ever be produced. It was a miracle. And sometimes, thankfully for the game's legions of fans, miracles do happen. While we may not see other developers working on Morrowind-esque titles, Bethsoft is currently working on its follow-up, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Currently scheduled to appear before the end of the year, Oblivion is set in another part of the Elder Scrolls world - the Imperial capital, no less - and its plot revolves around the assassination of the Emperor and the opening of a portal to Oblivion, a hellish underworld populated by legions of demonic nasties.
If the screenshots are any indication, we're in for another visual feast, while Bethsoft is promising to inject far more life into the realm's inhabitants. Improved Al gives the NPCs daily cycles, needs and desires, while combat will be far more visceral and dynamic than that of Morrowind. Gameplaywise, you can expect another freeform approach, giving you the opportunity to again join various different factions or simply do your own thing and ignore the main quest.
We can't wait. The mother lode has been struck, and you, my fellow RPG lover, are about to become wealthy. Morrowind is a classic RPG with uncommon realism and staggering replay ability. A single player game that is viewed in the first person, Morrowind has you select what race, class, birth sign yes, it affects the game along with attributes and skills that let you know you are in for a long, long ride. Once the game begins and you have created your character, it's off you go, into a massive gaming environment that breaks all the rules of traditional RPGs.
Do you choose to start your quest, or do you choose to start robbing people and drinking in the local bar? Will you travel the main road, or prowl through the forest in search of villains and their treasure. The game's choices are literally endless and you could arguably play for as little as hours or for as many as , maybe even more!
Yes, this is the closest thing to an alternate reality I have ever had the pleasure of playing. What makes it even scarier is the game also includes a construction set to make your own quests. But let the numbers do the talking:.
Casual players and peasants will get the holy living bejeebers slapped out of them. The challenge has been issued, do you dare venture forth? At last, I have finally got my hands on Morrowind. Questions raced through my mind, can this game possibly live up to all the hype, will it be buggy, and could we finally have a decent RPG out on the XBOX?
Let me tell you what I found. Morrowind is a hugely ambitious game. Everything about it makes us RPGers salivate: non-linear game play, huge variety of character classes, countless NPCs to interact with, completely immersive interactive environments, an engaging plotline, as well as a seemingly endless number of quests, dungeons and lands to explore.
You have complete control over whom your character will be which is where the replay value really shines. You can choose to be play a good character, helping those around you in need, or you can play as a self-seeking rogue looking to enhance his wealth and power, stealing items when others aren't looking.
It's your decision. It's your life. This could be the last game you need to buy for the year! After playing only the first several hours, I began to realize how detailed this world really was. I stumbled across a murdered tax collector pocketed the taxes, that he no longer needed , helped bring the murder to justice at the end of my sword, assisted a guard to locate the hiding place of a stash of treasure and by then I was hooked, totally immersed in the world of Morrowind. Asus View Profile View Posts.
Originally posted by Teralitha :. Last edited by Asus ; 1 Aug, am. Originally posted by Asus :. Last edited by Teralitha ; 1 Aug, am. Yea sometimes there are mistakes even in a readme. If you can identify which mod adds those meshes then you can just double check to make sure the files go to the right place and try again. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 30 Jul, am.
Posts: So did you still need help, or did you get your mods working? Sooooooo, did you want help trying to find other mods? Gonna just play vanilla? Play something else? I'm confused here. Best of luck with that, then. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 19 Sep, am.
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