The Light of Magnus: What’s coming in OpenMW 0.52.0

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Executive Summary

Well-lit, traveller! This is a rare development blog post sighting. We haven’t had one of those in a while… While version 0.52.0 of our open-source engine is still baking in the oven and will take some time to finish, we’d like to talk about some of the exciting changes coming with it. Lighting One of […]

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