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Personally, I do think there is room to improve upon shadow volumes, although it's not likely to happen. The only reason shadow mapping has developed smoother edges and more realistic penumbras and other such things is because people put the work in to improve shadow mapping techniques, as opposed t...

We're getting people turn up their viewing distance beyond the ECLD, and then not know they need to enable distant terrain etc. to make stuff show up, or misspell the setting name and think it's on when it isn't etc.. It'd be pretty simple to detect this and log a warning, but then users don't alwa...

In comparison, here's the same thing done in the GoG GOTY version with tribunal and bloodmoon enabled, not OpenMW. Notice how my character's feet do not move, and there are no audible footsteps. Technically they are moving. Just very slowly and glitchily. Vanilla and OpenMW are playing the same tur...

[*] Interactions Lua <-> C++ and interactions between Lua scripts are implemented in different ways: C++ -> Lua : Engine handlers. Lua scripts can subscribe to events that come from C++. C++ can not call Lua functions directly. Lua -> C++ : API packages. Lua calls C++ functions. Lua -> Lua : Extens...

All sorts of functions should be added pre-emptively, so we have a large toolbox to begin with. Sure, more functions should be added over time, but there's no reason to skimp on obvious functions. Yes. In fact, one of my sticking points in an earlier MR was on feeling any attempt to dehardcode now ...

I don't think the distinction here is quite as meaningful as you make out. The behaviour you describe with the base mechanics implemented in C++ and multiple bits of surface being available to attach mod stuff to could also be implemented in Lua, but then there'd be the added advantage that a mod a...

Dehardcoding Dehardcoding means reimplementing game mechanics (which are currently implemented in C++) as built-in Lua mods. Now it is one of the main priorities for development. Not quite. Dehardcoding means supplying means to override default behaviors. This does not necessarily mean "reimpl...

Out of curiosity, if Steam had let me INSTALL the game why would I need OpenMW? To clarify I am still a very big supporter of projects like OpenMW and Open Tomb, and open anything really, but at that point it would be playing on my Linux system wouldn't it? OpenMW has a number of advantages over th...

I ran `sudo apt-get install openmw` and the game showed up in my menu but when I click on it, it pops up with an installation wizard and wants me to select either CD/DVD or existing installation. I have no idea which one to use, where would I get the files if now from apt-get install openmw? You ne...

Rather, I'm curious if there are other changes that fundamentally change the role playing and gameplay experience before I run into something like the birthsign change. There is nothing that fundamentally changes the role playing or gameplay experience. Here is a list of bugs that can effect gamepl...