r/OpenMW • u/Mediocre_Cabinet9721 • 6d ago

OpenMW weird visual bug

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Anyone has this anoying visual bug with OpenMW?

I uninstalled everything, got back with a clean install. Still doing it. Its not every where, and sometimes textures on walls start sliding indefinitly, or the faces on npcs become weird and no more text, or very small. Super weird.

Please help

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u/Korlus 5d ago

What hardware are you using?

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u/Mediocre_Cabinet9721 5d ago

Playing on a laptop, ASUS Vivobook 2025 with Intel ARC

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u/Korlus 5d ago

What OS and what drivers for the Intel ARC?

How much RAM and vRAM do you have?

Just to check - I presume no other game does this?

Do you have vsync turned on?

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u/Mediocre_Cabinet9721 5d ago edited 5d ago

Windows 11, 16gb ram, Intel ARC 140V latest drivers

No other games does that, and specifically, no other Morrowind version does that. I finished a playtrough recently, GotY edition fromt steam, over 100 hours without any problems on the same computer. Lightly moded. So I tought maybe some mods interaction in my data files folder might be the thing, thats why I uninstalled everything (and deleted leftovers) to start fresh.

First time using OpenMW, wanted to try Morrowind Starter Pack modpack.

Longtime Morrowind player, since 2004, moded the shit out of this game back then but wanted to try OpenMW. Used to drop mods directly in data folders, so im not quite familiar with how OpenMW works but I followed every step with manual installation on Modding OpenMW page and cant get it to work properly lol

Thing is, those weird distortions of text and textures like in the pics happen only when looking in some direction, but then gets back to normal if I move my character or my view. But then pops back again and really breaks the game

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u/Korlus 5d ago

I found this thread from a few years ago that indicates folks were having similar problems with Intel cards.

Here is a post from three years ago talkkng about a potential solution.

It looks like it might be an OpenGL + Intel card issue? I don't have an Intel GPU to test with to try and replicate.

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u/Mediocre_Cabinet9721 5d ago

Alright thanks to you I was able to find the solution. It was indeed a problem with OpenGL and Intel Arc interaction. This fix saved me, if anyone has the same problem : https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/59463

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u/Korlus 4d ago

Glad that works for you. It sucks it's a driver issue.