The OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.17.0! Release packages for Ubuntu are now available via our Launchpad PPA. Release packages for other platforms are available on our Download page. This version introduces a new player control system, potion usage, a Main Menu, and a multitude of fixes and improvements.
Check out our release video by WeirdSexy:

Known Issues:

• Activating a bed can lock up the game
  
• There is a minor memory leak that will be fixed in 0.18.0
  

Changelog:

• Fixes for physics shapes and dark textures
  
• Fix for character normals
  
• Fix for laggy input on OS X
  
• Added support for objects crossing cell borders
  
• Re-implemented dropping items
  
• Implemented a Main Menu
  
• Implemented Camera Modes and proper Player control
  
• Added support for object rotation and scaling
  
• Fix for NIF material sharing
  
• Implemented potion usage
  
• Implemented skill gain backend
  
• Implemented Drain/Fortigy dynamic Stats/Attributes magic effects
  
• Fix for various crashes and errors
  
• Fixes for memory leaks
  
• Various improvements for console scripts
  
• Various code cleanup and improvements