Yet Another Morrowind Thread

[luj1]

Guess i'm finally converting then.

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

Did some digging

Apparently OpenMW is better for graphics, MWSE is better for gameplay as it allows some intricate mods. As a rule of thumb

Both completely playable and roughly run the same with the same stability

OpenMW is better for the Province mods (P:C and S:HotN) because of floating point precision (distance from 0,0 cell)

Vanilla slightly better for TR

 

[luj1]

White mountains before and after Weather Adjuster

 

[luj1]

MGE XE with Distant Lights and Vapourmist comes close to OpenMW lighting and atmosphere

 

[Sibylla]

Why obsess over the graphics though, make it servicable and play it. Do you want to dwell on morrowind all your life or something?

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

Why obsess over the graphics though, make it servicable and play it. Do you want to dwell on morrowind all your life or something?

Where the hell do you think you are?

 

[NecroLord]

Do you want to dwell on morrowind all your life or something?

Yes

 

[luj1]

Somebody should model a jacked Dagoth lol

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

Other mods I recommend are Correct UV Rocks, Project Atlas, and Correct Meshes. Vanilla+ is how I roll.

 

[ferratilis]

Do you really need to install openmw mods manually? According to this list, all folders are created manually, then merged manually as well. Seems annoying since I'm used to MGE and Wrye Mash.

https://modding-openmw.com/lists/i-heart-vanilla/

 

[MerchantKing]

Do you really need to install openmw mods manually? According to this list, all folders are created manually, then merged manually as well. Seems annoying since I'm used to MGE and Wrye Mash.

https://modding-openmw.com/lists/i-heart-vanilla/

Just install them to morrowind, and then reinstall openmw so it uses the right files

 

[luj1]

Other mods I recommend are Correct UV Rocks, Project Atlas, and Correct Meshes. Vanilla+ is how I roll.

Your load order should be

Correct Meshes (by Zwolol)
Properly Smoothed Meshes
Morrowind Optimization Patch
Project Atlas


I think Correct UV Rocks is not necessary (rendered obsolete by MOP)

 

[Sigourn]

My niggers.
I moved my Morrowind modding guide from GitHub to Gitbook. This allows me to make it far far more readable than before (where I simply dumped 90% of it into a single page).

 

[janior]

 

[luj1]

Never liked MacKom's...

 

[janior]

Never liked MacKom's...

it's this https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/50093

 

[Fargus]

This looks like one of the TR heads.

Used to have mackoms heads when i was graphic-whoring in mid 2010s. Argonian heads were never finished.

 

[Fargus]

Familiar faces is quality shit. What it does is fixing the mongoloid head shape and psycho facial expressions while staying true to the original design. It also makes hair look less like it's just dirt smeared on character's head.

 

[janior]

hm yeah i think you're right, i like those TR build heads/hair options they look p neat

 

[Fargus]

I use TR Data without the land. Rogues Gallery is a nice little mod that adds scumbag variations of TR heads (scars, jewelry, damaged eyes) to the bandits in the game to make some of them stand out. There are multiple mods that need just TR data including BCOM.
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/49874

 

[luj1]

Familiar faces is quality shit. What it does is fixing the mongoloid head shape and psycho facial expressions while staying true to the original design. It also makes hair look less like it's just dirt smeared on character's head.

For faces I prefer Facelift (https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/47617) just because it's a bit more true to vanilla but Familiar Faces are awesome as well

In fact what you should do is use caleb's mod as base and then add this one higher in the priority list. So that way you get the head meshes and hairstyle fixes of caleb's mod, but with face textures of Facelift

In fact... MET/IT > FF > Facelift > Vanilla-flavoured Hair (in that order)

Spoiler

MET vs IT: to me, MET feels a bit more vanilla-style, IT has a bit of a painterly feel

 

[Socrates]

luj1 is that OpenMW?

Yes. I am seriously considering migrating to OpenMW.

Welcome to the club

 

[luj1]

btw if anyone wants to emulate OpenMW's volumetric fog (and lighting) in vanilla engine with MWSE, try Vapourmist + Distant Lights

 

[Socrates]

This guy for reference does a great job of showcasing a lot of Morrowind mods. He has tons of content to pour through if you have a particular mod you are looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/@MorrowindModdingShowcases/videos

 

[luj1]

Yeah I know DarkElfGuy... his channel is highly useful to see a particular mod in action

Here he covered a mod I did with Caeris (timestamped):

 

[Socrates]

Oh shit, I didn't know you were doing mods yourself. Have you made any others or just roleplay options?