Latest version at time of writing: 0.11.66 (includes MWSE 2.1b) 5. Personally I like to keep things simple for maximum performance: no shaders, no distant land, no antialising or anisotropic filtering, and 'depth pixel' fog.īe sure to tick the 'Allow yes to all load errors' option in the 'In-Game' tab, as this will help in the (hopefully unlikely!) event of errors being encountered during the game. Morrowind must be run at least once before running this program. It also includes the Morrowind Script Extender (MWSE), which a number of mods rely on to provide extra functionality beyond what the original game allows.Īll the features can be configured by running MGEXEgui.exe. It has a lot of great features, perhaps the most useful being support for widescreen resolutions and a custom field of view. MGE XE is a utility that extends the graphics capabilities of Morrowind. The game should now be version (displayed in the main menu). If you are not using the Game of the Year (GOTY) edition, you will also need the official Bloodmoon patch. Jump to Installation Guide Vanilla Step-by-Step Guide 1. TES3MP is a spin-off project that adds multiplayer functionality to OpenMW - something many fans have dreamed about for years! You can find my guide to TES3MP here. However, it does include most of the features from the Morrowind Code Patch (MCP).Īs OpenMW is still being developed, new features are being added all the time, and having full control over the engine means that the modding possibilities are unprecedented. OpenMW does not currently support mods that require the Morrowind Script Extender (MWSE). Your mileage may vary! Some people have encountered performance problems running OpenMW.

It is also much more straightforward to set up, requiring fewer tools and less expertise. OpenMW supports nearly all of the same mods and content as the original game, but it is overall faster, slicker and more powerful. OpenMW is a complete rewrite of the original game engine, which comes with many fixes and improvements out of the box. It is still a very viable choice, and even supports some mods which are not yet supported by OpenMW. The vanilla game engine is old and suffers from a number of bugs and limitations, but the community has produced a number of tools which go to great lengths to fix and modernise the game. Before installing anything, an important choice has to be made: which engine to use? This guide is written with OpenMW in mind, but I hope it will be useful to everyone.

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