OpenMW 0.24.0
Posted: 18 Apr 2013, 22:11
The roadmap for 0.24.0 consists of the leftovers from 0.23.0 (with some minor additions). We are definitely running out of OpenMW feature tasks, which can only be a good thing.
There are a few important points I want to highlight:
* Render Weapon and Shield
* Animation Layering (apparently a prerequisite for the above)
This is a key task for several features: Melee combat (obviously), ranged combat and also (to some degree) the security skill. But the implementation will also be useful for spellcasting. it is absolutely crucial that we get this sorted out as quickly as possible.
* Atlethics Skill
* Acrobatics Skill
This are on the current roadmap since we changed trackers. And before that I was begging people for about a year to do something about it. With no success at all. To this day the research hasn't come to a useful conclusion. If this trend is going to continue and we will have to delay the release of 1.0 because these features are incomplete, I will scream. Loudly.
As usual there are still a lot of bugs to fix, even though we fixed tons of bugs in 0.23.0. I hope this trend continues.
And then there are dozens of editor tasks. They are almost in the majority among feature tasks now. I think we will need at least one person more on the editor.
Overall things look good. 0.23.0 is a lot smaller than 0.22.0, but at least based on the number of issues still the second largest release in the history of OpenMW. Let's make sure 0.24.0 will be in the same category. A continuation of the monthly releases looks more than likely, so about 3 weeks for the actual development work.
There are a few important points I want to highlight:
* Render Weapon and Shield
* Animation Layering (apparently a prerequisite for the above)
This is a key task for several features: Melee combat (obviously), ranged combat and also (to some degree) the security skill. But the implementation will also be useful for spellcasting. it is absolutely crucial that we get this sorted out as quickly as possible.
* Atlethics Skill
* Acrobatics Skill
This are on the current roadmap since we changed trackers. And before that I was begging people for about a year to do something about it. With no success at all. To this day the research hasn't come to a useful conclusion. If this trend is going to continue and we will have to delay the release of 1.0 because these features are incomplete, I will scream. Loudly.
As usual there are still a lot of bugs to fix, even though we fixed tons of bugs in 0.23.0. I hope this trend continues.
And then there are dozens of editor tasks. They are almost in the majority among feature tasks now. I think we will need at least one person more on the editor.
Overall things look good. 0.23.0 is a lot smaller than 0.22.0, but at least based on the number of issues still the second largest release in the history of OpenMW. Let's make sure 0.24.0 will be in the same category. A continuation of the monthly releases looks more than likely, so about 3 weeks for the actual development work.