# openmw openmw-0.50.0 — OpenMW 0.50.0 Released!

- Product: openmw (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openmw)
- Vendor: OpenMW
- Date: 2025-11-07
- Version: openmw-0.50.0
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/releases/openmw-0.50.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openmw/releases/openmw-0.50.0

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- **added** — Quick item transfer feature
- **changed** — Gamepad experience overhauled
- **changed** — Combat system receives foundational dehardcoding steps
- **changed** — Lua scripting API further expanded
- **changed** — Setting files are now saved when you exit the settings window, rather than only when you exit the game
- **fixed** — When a Command effect stops, the affected actor will accept their new location as their new wander point
- **fixed** — Hostile actors will no longer engage in combat with the player if the player is under the effect of >=75% Chameleon
- **fixed** — Awareness rolls of non-hostile actors are cached for 5 seconds to allow easier gain of Sneak experience
- **fixed** — Immobile actors such as the Kwama Queen in Morrowind can initiate combat, however futile
- **fixed** — Paralysed and knocked down NPCs can no longer use combat actions
- **fixed** — Improved Wander pathfinding: actors will try to avoid moving into unreachable waypoints when possible
- **fixed** — Actors will no longer harvest herbalism-enabled plants non-stop when the Activate package is used
- **fixed** — Non-ASCII paths using native encodings are now supported in Morrowind format BSAs
- **fixed** — Improved BSA archive reading stability in various cases
- **fixed** — Reading quest status subrecords no longer causes the rest of the quest record data to be discarded
- **fixed** — Next Spell now skips over items that belong to the same stack as the current item
- **fixed** — Ranged attacks will now hit underwater if you're up close to a target
- **fixed** — Sounds and visual effects of resisted effects no longer play
- **fixed** — Potions and ingredients no longer visually end up back in the inventory for a single frame before getting picked up again
- **fixed** — Instant zero-duration effects can now act immediately

The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.50.0 of our open-source engine\!

This round number release overhauls the gamepad experience, makes foundational steps in dehardcoding combat, further expands our Lua scripting API and, among the host of user interface fix-ups, introduces the highly requested quick item transfer.

**Note:** this only lists the changes and common issues to be aware of. Read [the full announcement](https://openmw.org/2025/openmw-0-50-0-released/) on our website.

**Known Issues**

* On macOS, launching OpenMW from OpenMW-CS requires ‘OpenMW.app’ and ‘OpenMW-CS.app’ to be siblings  
* \[[\#7511](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7511)\] On Windows, a freeze may be reported if engine startup takes too long; ignoring the message is usually harmless, as it should eventually disappear, but if it doesn't, share the freeze dump with us  
* \[[\#8233](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8233)\] Hardware antialiasing may cause driver timeouts on AMD GPUs of the RX 6000 and 7000 series; this is a driver bug AMD has yet to address  
* \[[\#8255](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8255)\] On Intel GPUs, the game may freeze visually while still responding to input. This appears to be a recently introduced driver bug; as a workaround, you may need to install an older version of the driver. We've had reports of something similar happening on recent AMD drivers; the same workaround should apply   
* [\[\#8345](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8345)\] OpenMW-CS might crash randomly on Linux and macOS during global search or saving  
* \[[\#8464](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8464)\] Shader rendering is tinted red on Apple Silicon; enable per-pixel lighting to prevent that  

###### **AI and Pathfinding**

**Fixes**

* \[[\#5331](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/5331)\] When a Command effect stops, the affected actor will accept their new location as their new wander point  
* \[[\#6029](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6029)\] Hostile actors will no longer engage in combat with the player if the player is under the effect of \>=75% Chameleon  
* \[[\#6029](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6029)\] Awareness rolls of non-hostile actors are cached for 5 seconds to allow easier gain of Sneak experience  
* \[[\#7871](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7871)\] Immobile actors such as the Kwama Queen in Morrowind can initiate combat, however futile  
* \[[\#7979](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/7979)\] Paralysed and knocked down NPCs can no longer use combat actions: to match Morrowind, they won't yell taunts or drink potions to get themselves out of their predicament  
* \[[\#8433](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8433)\] Improved Wander pathfinding: actors will try to avoid moving into unreachable waypoints when possible  
* \[[\#8612](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8612)\] Actors will no longer harvest herbalism-enabled plants non-stop when the Activate package is used

###### **Configuration and VFS**

**New Features**

* \[[\#8077](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8077)\] Setting files are now saved when you exit the settings window, rather than only when you exit the game

**Fixes**

* \[[\#8599](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8599)\] Non-ASCII paths using native encodings are now supported in Morrowind format BSAs  
* Improved BSA archive reading stability in various cases, e.g., for corrupted files or files where directory hash collisions occur

###### **ESM Format and Saved Games**

**Fixes**

* \[[\#8333](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/8333)\] Reading quest status subrecords no longer causes the rest of the quest record data to be discarded

###### **Gameplay**

**Fixes**

* \[[\#6039](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/issues/6039)\] Next Spell now skips over items that belong to the same stack as the current item (it would previously get stuck if there were mul

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