This guide is for MGSO version 3.0. If at any point an official update is made to MGSO please consider this guide obsolete.I recently decided to play through Morrowind for my first time and found that MGSO (the largest overhaul for Morrowind) had a lot of bugs, many of which have been fixed. The fixes, however, are all over the internet so I am posting this as a 'loose' guide to finding them and updating your game. This is perhaps not the best way to do things but it is, for the most part, idiot resistant and more thorough than anything I have found so far. I am no expert on MGSO but I am fairly adept at play testing and troubleshooting so this guide should be taken as just that, a guide. Setting up MGSO in this way makes a good “base” for further modding but many (myself included) may find that MGSO does a sufficient enough job at overhauling Morrowind that further/extensive modding isn’t necessary.This walk through is not for Steam users, I am sorry. Neither is this for Windows 8 users (may god have mercy on your poor souls).
Steam and Windows 8 users can most likely adapt what is here fairly easily. This guide may not cover the particular settings or options that you use for MGSO, again I am sure you can adapt it to your configuration if you try.
We will be addressing a number of issues, many of which are described here:intention when writing this is only to make known to the community what my meandering has called forth from the abyss. I will neither take responsibility for the many issues concerning 'Morrowind Overhaul - Sound and Graphics' nor will I become a martyr trying to answer limitless posts.
I am, however, interested in what other issues (pertaining to MGSO) may have patches or fixes that I have missed. If you have any information that should be added here feel free to post it in the comments section or PM me with the information.Please see the files section for the latest version.
After hearing Solstheim will be the next expansion for Skyrim, I decided to take another look at it in Morrowind. So i installed Morrowind, both. Taking Ownership and Allowing Permissions did help me with my install of MGSO 2.0, but I wouldn't recommend it to tell the truth, Andere's suggestion is actually a very good one. I generaly cut and paste.ini files, etc. When I need to edit them for games on Win7.
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Contents.IntroductionOnce you have played through unmodded Morrowind and its expansions, you probably want to add some spice to your next playthrough: thousands of modifications (mods) are available to enhance the overall gameplay, adjust the game mechanics to your tastes, or simply improve the graphics quality. There also are mods which add new landscapes and quests – and some are proper total conversions (TCs), stand-alone games taking Morrowind's engine as a basis.The OpenMW project has set one of its main goals to provide compatibility with each and every Morrowind mod which. is a pure replacer or a modification created with the original Construction Set,.
doesn't rely on third-party software or other engine hacks,. doesn't contain any severe scripting errors or other crucial design flaws.Our engine is, of course, not perfect and certain mods may fail to load or may show unexpected behaviour. If you encounter any bugs with a mod, please report them at our or at our (newbies should check out our ). Additionally, we have created this page to keep track of tested Morrowind mods and provide information about issues related to each of these mods.Mod installationOpenMW uses a more flexible method for installing mods. Check out our Wiki page here.Mod sourcesThe OpenMW team does not provide any mods or external mod tools. However, there are a couple of great mod libraries for TES III: Morrowind (this list is not exhaustive):Open mod libraries and indexes:Project-specific, or selected contributors:.Further information and discussionAnyone who is a member of the Wiki group can add details of mods they have tested; see the forum's and assign yourself to the group in order to get access.We also have a subforum where any issues can be discussed thoroughly.If you want to test Morrowind mods in OpenMW but don't know how to start, check out our page. If you already know how to properly test mods in OpenMW, please check this page out too because it also contains information regarding posting your test results.Working status of existing Morrowind modsThe following list of 'tested', 'test in progress', 'needs re-testing', or 'not tested yet' mods makes no claim to be complete.
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Every Morrowind modification fulfilling the requirements mentioned above should work with OpenMW. The statements made about a mod's working status refer to a clean OpenMW installation, only using the particular mod and its required content files.Lists of catalogued mods.Fixing mods that use fake bump mapsBump maps produce a realistic shine on textures.
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Morrowind Code Patch (MCP) made it possible to use so-called fake bump maps in vanilla Morrowind. Apart from these maps not achieving the quality of real bump maps, our engine has a problem with this approach: The fake-bump-map method imports the normal map into an environment-map block in the.nif file. Both OpenMW and vanilla Morrowind will display such a model with excessively shiny or glowing textures. MCP is used with vanilla Morrowind to 'fix' this by darkening all the environment maps.
However, OpenMW's engine natively supports real bump maps (specifically the types called normal maps and spectral maps), which renders the hacky MCP version obsolete anyway.Our member Lysol has created.To cut a long story short: Mods using fake bump maps will always appear very shiny in OpenMW. This can only be fixed by editing the textures/meshes.Morrowind Graphics and Sound Overhaul (MGSO) incompatibilityMorrowind Overhaul: Sounds & Graphics a.k.a. MGSO is one of the biggest and best-known Morrowind mod compilations. It consists of around 300 mods and integrates well-known utilities like the Morrowind Code Patch (MCP) and the Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE).
It comes with its own installer which allows players to adjust everything to their tastes.Unfortunately, OpenMW does not support installer-based modifications like MGSO, rendering it essentially incompatible with OpenMW. However, you may set up MGSO on your vanilla Morrowind installation, then import your data and mod list to OpenMW, and hope for the best.In any case, we've added many of the corresponding mods to the mod compatibility lists above; check out the full list of mods included in MGSO, on our Wiki page.
(The original list was formerly available at the authors' website but has somehow vanished.)Utilities software for MorrowindThere are quite a few third-party utilities for Morrowind which allow players to increase the game's graphical quality, tweak its performance, edit content, adjust the load order of content files, and so forth. While most of these programs are not compatible with OpenMW, some of them may be used to 'prepare' an existing Morrowind installation and port the results to OpenMW. At your own risk, of course.List of catalogued utilities. Forthcoming: a column showing operating system(s), if applicable (many of these tools require MS Windows).Status indicators: hover over icons to see their meanings.Table 4. List of catalogued utilitiesMod InfoTest InfoNameVersionAuthorStatusTest VersionTest DateTester(s)CommentsAnimation Kit2.1LizTailOpenMW 0.40.02016/10/20AtahualpaWorks as intended. Just use it with your vanilla installation of Morrowind.BSA Unpacker MW1.0Timeslip-2016/10/03AtahualpaWorks as intended to extract BSA files so you can edit the textures or meshes contained therein.
Note: Your installation of OpenMW already includes a command line for this same job.ESP Cleaner?Horatio-2016/10/03AtahualpaOpenMW does not alter the.esp format. Accordingly, mod creators and players can use this tool to clean.esp files and use them with OpenMW. OpenMW provides its own file formats.omwaddon and.omwgame which replace.esp and.esm, respectively, for content created with OpenMW-CS.
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These files do not work with ESP Cleaner.mlox0.61JohnMoonsugar-2016/10/03AtahualpaYou may use this tool to find the optimal load order for your mods on your original Morrowind installation, then keep your fingers crossed and manually transfer the resulting load order to the OpenMW launcher.Mod Organizer2.1.3LePresidente-2018/06/10StarsheepFor Windows users. Mod Organizer 2.1.3 is compatible with the original Morrowind out of the box and doesn't touch any of your game files. You can use it to build your loadout while benefitting from all the MO features for files organization and interface with nexusmods. External tools like mlox or nifskope can be run through MO to see the consolidated /data Files folder in the virtual file system.
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