The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.28.0! Grab it from our Downloads Page for all operating systems. This behemoth of a release includes many large features, such as Combat AI, Magic, Vampirism, terrain bump/specular/parallax mapping, and many other things. There's also a heap of bug fixes, many thanks to our relentless developers!

Check out the release video by the prodigious WeirdSexy.

Known Issues:

• Issue #416 Extreme shaking may occur during cell transitions for some users (enable anti-aliasing as a possible workaround)
• Issue #1041 Music playback doesn't work on OS X 10.9

Changelog:

• Implemented Combat AI
• Implemented spell casting, ranged, self, and touch magic
• Implemented visual magic effects
• Implemented Vampirism
• Implemented terrain bump, specular, & parallax mapping
• Implemented NIF record NiFlipController
• Implemented soul gem recharging
• Implemented enchanted item glow
• Implemented Invisibility/Chameleon magic effects
• Implemented Resist Magicka magic effect
• Implemented GetLOS, so NPCs can calculate Line Of Sight
• Implemented material controllers
• Implemented mouse unlocking when in any menu
• Implemented Vertex morph animation (NiGeomMorpherController)
• Implemented NiBillboardNode handling
• Implemented NIF texture slot DarkTexture
• Various fixes for equipped torches and candles
• Fixes for torches and shields being visible when casting spells
• Fix for equipped items not updating right away, on characters and in the inventory
• Fix for weather not changing correctly when changing areas
• Fix for global map position marker not updating when changing interior cells, eg: Mages Guild teleport
• Fix for some textures rendering black in Tamriel Rebuilt
• Fix for activation distance to be from the player head instead of the camera
• Fix for NPCs holding torches during the day
• Fix for some hairs from Vvardenfell Visages Volume I not rendering
• Fix for heads of Maormer race in mod by Mac Kom
• Fix for walk key release not being handled during cell load
• Fix for equipped inventory items not being updated on the HUD when they are changed in dialog
• Fix for Launcher writing merged openmw.cfg files
• Fix to enable discrete magnitudes for spells with multiple random magnitude effects
• Fix to allow negative fatigue level
• Fix for particle systems to handle the world space flag
• Fix for crash caused by trying to update a model that is not rendered
• Fix to not override dynamic stats set via console commands
• Fix for equipped inventory icon not appearing immediately when equipped with a keyboard shortcut
• Fix for crash when equipping light source with new character
• Fix for segmentation fault when starting at Bal Isra
• Fix for down arrow console history behavior
• Fix for tooltip disappearing when clicking in the inventory
• Fix for barter window item category not resetting to All correctly
• Fix for replacement model in Graphic Herbalism mod having the wrong orientation
• Fix for addon unchecking not being saved in the Launcher
• Fix for controllers not affecting all objects in the hierarchy
• Fix for being able to talk to NPCs who are in combat
• Fix for crash when trying to load a mod with a capital .ESP filename extension
• Fix for skills/attributes being capped when set via console
• Fix for setting max health through the console to also set the current health
• Fix for gameplay keyboard input echoing to the console input box
• Fix for fall damage sometimes not applying immediately or correctly
• Fix for persuasion window not showing in correct location after maximizing the game in windowed mode
• Fix for player skill list forgetting scroll location when increasing experience
• Fix for notification window not being large enough for skill level ups with long names
• Fix for windows not scaling properly on resolution change
• Fix for notification windows staying on screen permanently if too many are activated
• Fix for used torches stacking with unused ones
• Fix for crash on pickup of jug in Unexplored Shipwreck, Upper level
• Fix for quick key menu not picking suitable replacement tool when it is used up
• Fix for loading TES3 header data: convert characters to UTF8
• Fix for damaged weapon value
• Fix for being able to talk to characters with "locked" dialogue
• Fix for water effects obscuring spell effects
• Fix for animation playing when casting exhausted once-per-day abilities
• Fix for Cure Disease potion removing all effects from the player, not just disease
• Fix for OpenMW binaries linking to unnecessary libraries
• Fix for water not negating fall damage
• Fix for drawing a weapon increasing torch brightness
• Fix for merchants selling stacks of gold
• Fix for incorrect handling of color codes in character names
• Fix for NPCs spawning with 0 skill values instead of calculated values
• Fix for particles rendering too large
• Fix for crash caused by AIWander
• Fix for crash when revisiting dock where the starting ship was
• Fix for scripts on items in inventory stopping when the containing object crossed a cell border
• Fix for merchants equipping items with negative enchantments
• Disallowed view mode switching while performing an action due to animation constraints
• Code maintenance to unify OGRE initialization
• OpenCS: Implemented Info-Record tables
• OpenCS: Fix for not being able to open Journal table from the main menu

see also:
Official Youtube Channel
For New Developers
OpenMW Homepage
Chat @freenode