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Yeah that's what I was thinking, most modders aren't programmers and most programmers (using this engine) I imagine would understand the license. Still, maybe there should be a disclaimer for the least common denominator.

BrotherBrick wrote:Vectors... like polygons?

Well, more like polyhedrons. But also shapes with curved faces, etc.

I'm not too familiar with 3D engines, but couldn't you have a vector terrain? Like the difference between bitmap and .svg? I imagine that would be more efficient than voxels, but perhaps not so.

Does the paralysis spell effect work?

Happy lava funtime

I expect OpenMW to be on the books as an open source success story, recorded for all posterity

Cool. I can't wait to see what this becomes

Ooh, that actually sounds quite clever I like that name.

This has nothing to do with OpenMW, that's why I put it in Off Topic :P I just wanted to know if this would be more difficult than starting from scratch. My reason for asking this question has less to do with Morrowind and more to do with First-person RPG's in general, which is the whole reason of m...

BrotherBrick wrote:... isn't Skyrim a FPS with a bit of sword play tossed in for good measure?

Exactly, that's what I mean. From the combat-side, though. All of the RP elements are also a big part of Skyrim, which don't exist in any FPS I am aware of.