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The Arch packagers messed up, and I added a check for that specific mistake when OpenMW launches so any packager who bothered to test their packages at all would see their mistake before it affected any users. Apparently Arch don’t test their packages.
https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?t=5762
I’m sorry, I read the forum link you sent but I don’t know how to apply it to my problem; I cloned the Git repo but couldn’t find a .so file there
Should I just remove the distro file and install openMW from Git ?
The Arch packagers messed up, and I added a check for that specific mistake when OpenMW launches so any packager who bothered to test their packages at all would see their mistake before it affected any users. Apparently Arch don’t test their packages.