Yet Another Morrowind Thread

[NecroLord]

She's a fatty.

 

[luj1]

I agree, she aint that hot. But standards have sunk dramatically. For everything.

 

[luj1]

luj1 is that OpenMW?

Yes. I am seriously considering migrating to OpenMW.

 

[Sigourn]

She's a fatty.

I mean she's not skinny but she's gorgeous. Beautiful face and eyes, cute voice (underrated aspect of a good woman).

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

luj1 is that OpenMW?

Yes. I am seriously considering migrating to OpenMW.

Just make sure to check compatibility with your mods. The OpenMW wiki keeps a list of such.

 

[luj1]

Yes I know

 

[luj1]

BUT I will say that MGE XE with distant lights and good weather settings looks almost as good as OpenMW

Except that in OpenMW you get it natively and with much less tinkering

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Been awhile since I played Morrowind. Seeing this is making me want to do another play through maybe try out Rebirth this time for something different as well.

 

[luj1]

Tbh avoid Rebirth. It's a patchwork cadaver of other people's mods. It's also a nightmare for compatibility.

I think I will just go with OpenMW + TR and build on that base. I will install BCOM but no need to play the vanilla landmass after all these years.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Tbh avoid Rebirth. It's a patchwork cadaver of other people's mods. It's also a nightmare for compatibility.

I have no plans on going down a 100+ mod installation so I doubt compatibility will be a problem.

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

Tbh avoid Rebirth. It's a patchwork cadaver of other people's mods. It's also a nightmare for compatibility.

I think I will just go with OpenMW + TR and build on that base. I will install BCOM but no need to play the vanilla landmass after all these years.

I'll just play OpenMW for my very first playthrough and go for a dark elf nightblade. Then I will add TR and Project Tamriel after beating Morrowind and play as a Redguard Warrior because I've always been drawn to the simplicity of melee.

 

[luj1]

No need to complicate your install with TR and PT if you never even played the base game.

 

[luj1]

Tbh avoid Rebirth. It's a patchwork cadaver of other people's mods. It's also a nightmare for compatibility.

I have no plans on going down a 100+ mod installation so I doubt compatibility will be a problem.

Well you need nothing else then except Rebirth. Know that TR doesn't work well with Rebirth though.

 

[Poseidon00]

Looks better than Skyrim or Outer Worlds

how did you do this

 

[Fargus]

First time time you can go with bare minimum of mods. Just some QoL stuff like purist patch.

I stopped graphic whoring some years ago, all i usually have for graphic mods are upscaled textures and familiar faces + vsbr to have slightly better face meshes and seamless clothed bodies similar to vanilla, just less wooden looking. Though i could do with some nice looking low poly 'touch grass' mods, kinda cool when you walk around in grazelands or west gash region and ground cover has collision. But i'm too lazy to install it.

 

[luj1]

how did you do this

It's just OpenMW mate with like 3 mods. TR, some shaders for HDR and volumetric clouds, upscaled textures.

 

[luj1]

All i usually have for graphic mods are upscaled textures and familiar faces + vsbr

VSBR color doesn't match vanilla heads sadly

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

First time time you can go with bare minimum of mods. Just some QoL stuff like purist patch.

I stopped graphic whoring some years ago, all i usually have for graphic mods are upscaled textures and familiar faces + vsbr to have slightly better face meshes and seamless clothed bodies similar to vanilla, just less wooden looking. Though i could do with some nice looking low poly 'touch grass' mods, kinda cool when you walk around in grazelands or west gash region and ground cover has collision. But i'm too lazy to install it.

I was going to recommend Patch for Purists as well. PC Gaming Wiki also has more. I would also add the expansion delay, better fonts, and Morrowind Optimization Patch.

 

[Fargus]

All i usually have for graphic mods are upscaled textures and familiar faces + vsbr

VSBR color doesn't match vanilla heads sadly

Can you give me some examples? I never noticed this in game.

I could easily fix this shit with photoshop.

 

[Poseidon00]

how did you do this

It's just OpenMW mate with like 3 mods. TR, some shaders for HDR and volumetric clouds, upscaled textures.

Guess i'm finally converting then. I played through the first time with close-to vanilla graphics, I wouldn't mind something different.

This time I swear i'm going to go as a pure magic user and not maximizing hand to hand in the first hour like I always do.

 

[luj1]

One of the things I hate about the vanilla engine is the "white mountains" phenomenon which occurs in view distance.

It is unfixable due to engine limitations. You can only address it somewhat with the Weather Adjuster mod. But under OpenMW this problem doesn't even exist.

 

[luj1]

Can you give me some examples? I never noticed this in game.

I could easily fix this shit with photoshop.

Assuming you use vanilla heads + VSBR bodies, it can be seen on naked characters. Look at their neck and where it connects with the head.

VSBR also has some clipping issues with Better Clothes. I remember I stuck with vanilla bodies in the end.

 

[luj1]

how did you do this

It's just OpenMW mate with like 3 mods. TR, some shaders for HDR and volumetric clouds, upscaled textures.

Guess i'm finally converting then. I played through the first time with close-to vanilla graphics, I wouldn't mind something different.

Me too and I was a lifelong advocate of MGE XE / MCP

Check these out:

You just get a great looking game with much, much less effort I think. But as far as gameplay mods go, vanilla is still the king.

 

[luj1]

And let us show vanilla some love...

This is some tropical water shader I used years ago, unfortunately it got deleted with the old Bethesda forums:

Advanced materials via the MGE XE PBR prototype:

Vanilla can still look great, but it's a lot of hustle and potentially yields lower FPS. And you can never have volumetric shaders nor native support for normal maps / PBR.

 

[NecroLord]

Looks really damn good.