<s>
OpenMW	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
game	O
engine	O
recreation	O
that	O
reimplements	O
the	O
one	O
powering	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
 '	O
2002	O
open-world	O
role-playing	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Elder	I-Application
Scrolls	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Morrowind	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aims	O
to	O
address	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
engine	O
,	O
as	O
Morrowind	B-Application
has	O
had	O
no	O
support	O
or	O
bug-fix	O
updates	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenMW	B-Application
engine	O
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Bullet	B-Application
physics	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
OpenAL-Soft	B-Application
for	O
audio	O
,	O
MyGUI	O
for	O
window	O
widgets	O
,	O
and	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
for	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
launcher	O
and	O
OpenMW-CS	O
tool	O
use	O
Qt	B-Language
for	O
their	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
quests	O
and	O
other	O
character	O
choices	O
of	O
Morrowind	B-Application
and	O
its	O
official	O
expansions	O
and	O
add-ons	O
are	O
fully	O
playable	O
in	O
OpenMW	B-Application
,	O
as	O
are	O
many	O
third-party	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
recreation	O
,	O
it	O
therefore	O
relies	O
on	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
original	O
assets	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
art	O
,	O
textures	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
Bethesda-copyrighted	O
material	O
,	O
meaning	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
(	O
in	O
any	O
edition	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Edition	O
)	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
play	O
Morrowind	B-Application
in	O
OpenMW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Side	O
projects	O
have	O
been	O
started	O
to	O
create	O
free	O
assets	O
to	O
accompany	O
OpenMW	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
OpenMW-CS	O
content-development	O
tool	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
any	O
third-party	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
engine	O
being	O
developed	O
primarily	O
for	O
Morrowind	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
outdated	O
Gamebryo	O
engine	O
some	O
have	O
attempted	O
to	O
port	O
other	O
Bethesda	O
games	O
into	O
the	O
Open-Source	O
engine	O
with	O
varying	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
OpenMW	B-Application
was	O
version	O
0.1.0	O
in	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
initially	O
using	O
Ogre3D	B-Language
for	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
0.37.0	O
,	O
Ogre3D	B-Language
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
OpenSceneGraph	O
due	O
to	O
concerns	O
about	O
the	O
future	O
direction	O
of	O
Ogre3D	B-Language
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
quests	O
,	O
classes	O
,	O
races	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
character	O
choices	O
of	O
Morrowind	B-Application
and	O
its	O
official	O
expansions	O
and	O
add-ons	O
are	O
fully	O
playable	O
in	O
OpenMW	B-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
remains	O
in	O
extended	O
beta	O
testing	O
Most	O
third-party	O
mods	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
dependent	O
on	O
any	O
MS	O
Windows	O
executables	O
and	O
which	O
are	O
free	O
of	O
serious	O
scripting	O
syntax	B-Application
errors	I-Application
are	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
OpenMW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenMW	B-Application
is	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
TES3MP	O
,	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
networked	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
