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OpenMW is nothing short of amazing. I only wish there was a similar undertaking for Oblivion. The PC version is playable, but the game came out in the weird,

OpenMW is nothing short of amazing. I only wish there was a similar undertaking for Oblivion. The PC version is playable, but the game came out in the weird, awkward dark ages for PC configurability and accessibility, so there are some stumbling blocks. For example, despite first playing and loving Oblivion on my Xbox 360, the PC version still does not have controller support, and any attempts to hack it in require mapping the mouse to a joystick (Which is not a great approximation).

shakow 3y ago
OpenMW seems to be on the early road for that, too. For now, it can load assets & worlds from Oblivion, FO3/NV & Skyrim. ‶Only″ thing missing is... well, all the game mechanics.
- dabluecaboose 3y ago
  hah, as soon as I posted this comment I googled it and saw that Oblivion support was nascent. Here's hoping it gets to a good enough state! Oblivion co-op would fulfill the dreams of 15-year-old me
khalilravanna 3y ago
This is somewhat antithetical to your desire of playing it on PC but Oblivion got updated to run backwards compatible on Xbox Series X at 4k 60fps. Unreal you can pay $10 for a used copy and play this classic and it runs like a dream. In general I love Microsoft’s investment in backwards compatibility and wish we had more 1st party support from all the companies so these games could be more easily enjoyed for the rest of time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_games_for_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_...
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  Agreed - Microsoft's Xbox backwards compatibility is awesome. I bought Xbox 360 LEGO Batman ages ago and play it with my son now 2 player on Xbox One.
- dunham 3y ago
  Microsoft is not my favorite company, but one thing that has stood out to me is that they really value backwards compatibility in general. I see Microsoft bending over backwards to support old third party apps that rely on API bugs or ancient versions of windows. On the Apple side, I see 32-bit apps being cut off, Pages not supporting old versions of Pages files, etc. To me this reads as not caring much about backwards compatibility.
  - actionfromafar 3y ago
    Microsoft is very committed to support apps compatible with Windows versions from 1995 to about … 2007 or so.
    - dunham 3y ago
      I see. Coincidentally, my experience with windows mostly falls into that range of dates. (Actually goes back to the 80's, and ends around 2003.)
      - actionfromafar 3y ago
        I’m not entirely sure where the cutoff date is. But my general point is that Microsoft started churning lots of dev stacks which aren’t easy to install or deploy on their newest Windows versions, all the while a random Win32 program from 1999 works just fine.
Acrobatic_Road 3y ago
OpenMW already has basic support for Oblivion. They are having trouble with getting the trees to load (something about SpeedTree). Skyrim trees work though.
Timon3 3y ago
There is a project attempting to re-implement Oblivion in the Skyrim engine. Could that be a good alternative? Controller inputs etc. should at least work natively. It's not done yet, but they are targeting 2025 as a deadline for full release. https://skyblivion.com/ https://skyblivion.com/
- dabluecaboose 3y ago
  Oh, I'm 100% looking forward to SkyBlivion. They've been making great progress. But it's more of a remake than a remaster, if you catch my drift. The underlying mechanics are going to be more Skyrim.
branon 3y ago
NorthernUI (a mod for Oblivion) allegedly can add full gamepad support, they have a lite version that does this without altering the vanilla UI: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577 https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577
troad 3y ago
I'm so looking forward to F:NV support, which I understand is some ways off yet. It's a pain to play and mod on Linux at the moment, and I'd find some kind of OpenFNV extremely welcome.
andylynch 3y ago
Skyblivion (https://skyblivion.com/ https://skyblivion.com/) is an improved remake of Oblivion running on top of the Skyrim engine. It’s due for release in 2025. And possibly one of the biggest mods ever made.

shakow 3y ago

OpenMW seems to be on the early road for that, too. For now, it can load assets & worlds from Oblivion, FO3/NV & Skyrim. ‶Only″ thing missing is... well, all the game mechanics.

dabluecaboose 3y ago
hah, as soon as I posted this comment I googled it and saw that Oblivion support was nascent. Here's hoping it gets to a good enough state! Oblivion co-op would fulfill the dreams of 15-year-old me

khalilravanna 3y ago

This is somewhat antithetical to your desire of playing it on PC but Oblivion got updated to run backwards compatible on Xbox Series X at 4k 60fps. Unreal you can pay $10 for a used copy and play this classic and it runs like a dream. In general I love Microsoft’s investment in backwards compatibility and wish we had more 1st party support from all the companies so these games could be more easily enjoyed for the rest of time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_games_for_Xbox_One_and_Series_X/S https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backward-compatible_...

robertlagrant 3y ago
Agreed - Microsoft's Xbox backwards compatibility is awesome. I bought Xbox 360 LEGO Batman ages ago and play it with my son now 2 player on Xbox One.
dunham 3y ago
Microsoft is not my favorite company, but one thing that has stood out to me is that they really value backwards compatibility in general. I see Microsoft bending over backwards to support old third party apps that rely on API bugs or ancient versions of windows. On the Apple side, I see 32-bit apps being cut off, Pages not supporting old versions of Pages files, etc. To me this reads as not caring much about backwards compatibility.
- actionfromafar 3y ago
  Microsoft is very committed to support apps compatible with Windows versions from 1995 to about … 2007 or so.
  - dunham 3y ago
    I see. Coincidentally, my experience with windows mostly falls into that range of dates. (Actually goes back to the 80's, and ends around 2003.)
    - actionfromafar 3y ago
      I’m not entirely sure where the cutoff date is. But my general point is that Microsoft started churning lots of dev stacks which aren’t easy to install or deploy on their newest Windows versions, all the while a random Win32 program from 1999 works just fine.

Acrobatic_Road 3y ago

OpenMW already has basic support for Oblivion. They are having trouble with getting the trees to load (something about SpeedTree). Skyrim trees work though.

Timon3 3y ago

There is a project attempting to re-implement Oblivion in the Skyrim engine. Could that be a good alternative? Controller inputs etc. should at least work natively. It's not done yet, but they are targeting 2025 as a deadline for full release. https://skyblivion.com/ https://skyblivion.com/

dabluecaboose 3y ago
Oh, I'm 100% looking forward to SkyBlivion. They've been making great progress. But it's more of a remake than a remaster, if you catch my drift. The underlying mechanics are going to be more Skyrim.

branon 3y ago

NorthernUI (a mod for Oblivion) allegedly can add full gamepad support, they have a lite version that does this without altering the vanilla UI: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577 https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48577

troad 3y ago

I'm so looking forward to F:NV support, which I understand is some ways off yet. It's a pain to play and mod on Linux at the moment, and I'd find some kind of OpenFNV extremely welcome.

andylynch 3y ago

Skyblivion (https://skyblivion.com/ https://skyblivion.com/) is an improved remake of Oblivion running on top of the Skyrim engine. It’s due for release in 2025. And possibly one of the biggest mods ever made.