OpenTESArena 0.5.0

New features in version 0.5.0:

• Sound support (.VOC files)
• More weapon animations
• Day/night cycle (classic sky colors and times of day. Simple sun + ambient shading)
• Status pop-up in game world (location, time, and date. No weight or health yet)
• Location icons on province maps (can't travel yet, though)
• Automap improvements (scrolling, player direction)
• Better mouse look calculation
• Partial collision detection (no jumping or falling yet)
• More options in options menu (cursor scale, letterbox aspect, look sensitivity)
• Better debug messages (now includes filename and line number)

For details on how to get OpenTESArena running, see the Installation section in the Readme.

OpenTESArena 0.4.0

New features added in 0.4.0 (mostly first attempts and prototypes):

• Optional modern interface mode with free-look
• Weapon animations (just fists for now)
• Automap
• More options in options menu (resolution scale, classic/modern interface mode, field of view)

This version also addresses an issue caused by how I was building WildMIDI. If you previously had an issue with missing .dlls on Windows (i.e., missing VCRUNTIME140D.dll), that should no longer be a problem.

OpenTESArena 0.3.0

For this release, I focused primarily on developing a software renderer prototype to replace my OpenCL renderer with (since OpenCL isn't really a graphics API). I intend for the rendering to be more simple so it is easier to work with, and so I can spend more time developing other parts of the program.

Another important addition is the implementation of a PKLITE v1.12 decompressor for A.EXE, so more data such as locations and names can be read in at runtime. Thanks to @Dozayon for the PKLITE specification.

OpenTESArena 0.2.0

This release contains a couple interface changes and some stability fixes, as well as a first attempt at sprite and point light rendering. In the interest of faster prototyping, I may decide to move away from OpenCL in favor of a software renderer instead.

OpenTESArena 0.1.0

This is the first pre-alpha release for OpenTESArena! The project is mostly just a "tech demo" at this point, and it's not guaranteed to run, but a few of the menus already work and you can walk around in the test world.

Note: the Linux packages currently require a system that is Trusty compatible. The source code requires GCC 4.9 or newer. Anyone may download the source code and build the latest version for themselves at any time.

Read the installation notes here for more information on how to get the program running. See the issues page if you find any reproducible bugs. I'm occasionally on the OpenTESArena IRC channel if you have any questions or comments.