Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe legal status of this is fascinating. Essentially, it's blessed in a series of email by Bethesda, as long as the OpenMW team doesn't explicitly promote its use on mobile platforms - with the understanding, of course, that as a cross-platform open-source engine, it could certainly be used for that purpose. Bethesda had every reason to find legal ways to shut down the project (it's quite the opposite of a clean-room implementation), but they worked to find a happy medium…
Late last year, after they restored shadows (I think they'd had to take them out while fixing some stuff, or something) I played most of Morrowind with this. Still intending to go back and finish. Finished the main quest, a huge percentage of the side quests, and Tribunal. Was just getting ready to start Bloodmoon. What works: everything. Everything I tried. What did I try? All the parts of the game listed above, plus 20-30 plugins, including one obscure library…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 319
- Total comments
- 90
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-01 | OpenMW: Open Source Morrowind Engine Reimplementation | wwilson | 8 | 0 |
| 2016-09-26 | OpenMW 0.40.0 ReleasedFirst breakout · Best thread | rocky1138 | 184 | 43 |
| 2021-04-01 | OpenMW – open-source TES3 Morrowind reimplementationLatest 20+ point return | agluszak | 127 | 47 |