Why the **** am I Asking About Morrowind!?!?

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because i read blah's thread down there about action rpgs, and i realized it'd been so long since i've played it that i should revisit it. only now, there's like a billion mods out there, which is cool. but i was wondering if any of you hopeless babies had solid recommendations for mods? anything you think is good (i don't have tribunal or bloodmoon).

ex. this story mod "children of the night" sounds cool. duncan's "atmospheric sounds" looks indispensable. better heads/bodies? wh00t!

anything like the above.

tanks!
-el tee

p.s. i know this thread will be consumed by gta:sa threads.. what can a timmy do?
 
I'm currently doing the same. I played once a long time ago, but never got into it so I'm thinking of trying it out again.

However, I read that apparently you need both tribunal and bloodmoon for a lot of the mods to work. I did find the GOTY version which includes these for $30 on Amazon.

I haven't reinstalled it yet, but I've been searching for mods and these seemed useful:

Telesphoros’ List o’ Mods
Morrowind Summit
Mod forum

There is also this old post by The Dark Elf on what mods he uses:

The Dark Elf said:
All the visual packs, anything that improves the textures

Get TESTool and use it to clean and organise all your installed mods, also fixes a lot of bugs (not all of them) and merges leveled creatures, I noticed a lot more misc creatures visible after running this. And less bugs

If you haven't got all three, most mods wont work well/atall

Morrowind.esm
Tribunal.esm
Bloodmoon.esm

forgot what these do
Wilderness Mod.esm
Morrowind Comes Alive v1.4 (Bethesda Heads).esm
Morrowind Comes Alive v1.4 (FOV).esm

Improves heads in the game
Better Heads Tribunal addon.esm
Better Heads Bloodmoon addon.esm
Better Heads.esm
BH_Bretons_M_BM.esm
BH_DarkElves_M_BM.esm
BH_Imperials_F_BM.esm
BH_Imperials_M_BM.esm
BH_Nords_F_BM.esm
BH_Nords_M_BM.esm
BH_Barenziah_Replace.esm
BH_Bretons_F.esm
BH_Bretons_M.esm
BH_DarkElves_F.esm
BH_DarkElves_M.esm
BH_Helseth_Replace.esm
BH_HighElves_F.esm
BH_HighElves_M.esm
BH_Imperials_F.esm
BH_Imperials_M.esm
BH_Nords_F.esm
BH_Nords_M.esm
BH_Orcs_F.esm
BH_Redguards_F.esm
BH_WoodElves_F.esm
BH_WoodElves_M.esm
BH_Argonians_F.esm
BH_Argonians_M.esm
BH_Orcs_M.esm
Morrowind Comes Alive v1.5 (Bethesda Heads).esm
Morrowind Comes Alive v1.5.esm
BH_Redguards_M.esm

hmm dunno now
Morrowind Advanced.esm

adds a woman in Balmora who sells mannequins that you can place armor on rather than leaving it laying around
ME_Mannequins2.esm

Adds tons of new creatures both day and night, some are pretty creepy
GIANTS.esm

These are great, really improve the game, carpentry, pottery, cloth making, smithing

Complete Morrowind P1.esp
Complete Morrowind P2.esp
Complete Morrowind P3.esp
Complete Morrowind P4.esp
Complete Morrowind P1 - Addon.esp
Complete Morrowind P5.esp
CMP4 - TB&BM Fix.esp
CMP5 Trib.esp

not tried this one yet, its installed and im slowly heading north to try it out

Werewolves.esp
Werewolves BM add-on.esp

more improvements to faces
_Zul's_HighElves_Faces_V1.0.esp
_Zul's_New_Khajiit_Faces.esp
_Zul's_Imperials_Faces_V1.0.esp
_Zul's_Redguards_men_1.0.esp
_Zul's_Dunmers_Men_Faces.esp
_Zul's_Redguards_Women_1.0.esp
_Zul's_Orcs_and_HalfOrcs_Faces_1.0.esp
_Zul's_Woodelves_and_Dryads_Faces_v1.0.esp
_Zul's_New_Nords_&_Barbarians_Faces.esp
_Zul's_Bretons_Faces_v1.0.esp

striders dotted about in the wild, don't do an awful lot though
Silt Striders in the Wild.esp

dunno
Uvirith Unleashed v1.0.esp

no more staying awake for weeks at a time, or going without food/water
(Q)Sleep.esp
(Q)HungerMod.esp
(Q)Thirst.esp

adds a home accessable via some item
Pocket Dimensional Home.esp

replaces some NPC's i imagine
npcreplace3_0.esp


Wakim's Game Improvements with No-glo v9.esp

LBS_Heavy v1.3(trib).esp

more visual improvements
_Zul's_New_Nords_ _Barbarians_FacesVF.esp
Zul's_Dunmer_Beauty_Faces_vo_vf_nontribunal.esp

adds a girlfriend for your character, its pretty poor tbh, but some might find it useful
Tribun_girlfriend_2_1.esp

_Zul's_Nord_Valkyries_Faces_V1.0nontrib.esp

still yet to find these pipes :)
SmokablePipes.esp

_Lord_Yig_Asian_Art_Mod.esp
The Living Cities of Vvardenfall v1.1.esp
sleepmod.esp
Pwmm11-w crouching.esp
Bags of Holding.esp

a clock
Dwemer Clock v1.1.esp

same as the other mannequins, one is better than the other, i forget which
Mannequin.esp

lots of tapestry's IIRC using fantasy art
_Lord_Yig_Fantasy_Art_Mod.esp

obviously :)
LOTR weapons TRIB.esp
Legolas Gear.esp
giger_cuirass.esp

not washing lowers your personality from BO haha
new_bathing_mod.esp

better blizzards
CNS_BM_Blizzard.esp

_Lord_Yig_Rugs_Collection_V_1.esp
_Lord_Yig_Rugs_And_Tapestries_Collection_V_1.esp
_Lord_Yig_Tapestries_Collection_V_1.esp

adds a place you can buy homes from
Real Estate Agency.esp
I WONT PAY! (need Real Estate Agency.esp).esp

better sounds in the wild
Wilderness Sounds.esp
Wilderness Sounds T & B.esp

obviously
Isengard (v1.2).esp
Helm's Deep.esp

Bloated Morrowind.esp
WildDurzogs_hard.esp
YnysMon.ESP
Fishing Academy v2.53.esp
Eden.esp
BlackRose.esp
Morrowind Comes Alive Bandits Supplement (Bethesda Heads).esp
Morrowind Comes Alive Bandits Supplement (FOV).esp
Silt Strder Animator.esp
Rings Of the Size.esp
BH_Argonians.esp
Morrowind Comes Alive Bandits Supplement.esp
Don Salus Faces III.esp

better combat
MWE_Combat.esp

Better Seyda Neen Lighthouse.esp

obvious again :)
Edoras.esp

flowing lava final.esp
lava cavern.esp

not sure, fixes probably
MW_Adv_Required.esp

Horse mod
IWWH White Common - R.esp

not what you might think, its just creatures you can place as part of furnishings, can't ride em
Creature Mounts.esp

Ash pirates (Thunder pirates v0.2).esp
Better Bodies.esp
Hawkwing Manor 1.2.esp
Lock bash enhanced.esp

part of tamriel rebuilt, its unfinished but looks great
blacklight v1.esp

Better horse mod
madmax_horseriding.esp

The Undead.esp

Halfling race2.esp - I think this is actually broken, i don't know why i still have it installed.

The Lost Bastion with Bloodmoon Support.esp

random meteors in the sky, looks better than it sounds
Meteor.esp

entertain the punters in the bars
entertainers.esp

master_index.esp
LeFemmArmor.esp
adamantiumarmor.esp
Sword of Elendil.esp
Lothlorien 2.0.esp
DAxe Mod.esp

Hard quest, but if you roleplay it, you can "pretend" to clean it up in TES once you've got rid of the undead infestation and make it your home
Siege at Firemoth.esp

the rings from LotR hidden about Morrowind, though I've yet to find them, possible that the rings weren't actually placed in area's, just the book telling you where to find them
lord of the rings v0.1a.esp

EBQ_Artifact.esp

Improves the lighting, makes it more realistic, also makes it pitch black in the wild, don't forget your torch, or make one yourself with complete morrowind :)
TLM - Complete.esp

Wilderness Mod-lists.esp

makes the signposts readable
RealSignposts.esp

CAMSOTHER.esp
AreaEffectArrows.esp
newarrows.esp
Cloak Collection.esp
EarthlyDelights.esp
Two rings.esp
stormkissaxe.esp

thats my own, it just makes days and night longer
5minuteperminute.esp

Lets you give any NPC orders, or find out info
Give your orders v13.esp

Adds tons of detail to Balmora, don't use it on a slow computer since Balmora is a hog at the best of times. Also it needs editing carefully if used with the Balmora castle mod, otherwise you've got tree's in nasty places
The Balmora Avenue.esp

like below, good until wilderness 2 turns up
Cait_Farm.esp
Clean FINAL YOUNG BLOOD.A CALL TO THE HERO..esp
Free Clean DRAGON COMPANION.esp
Clean CAITS Horses Go Wild..esp
Clean CAITS HORSES AND DONKEYS GO WILD.esp
Clean MORROWRAVENS 3.esp

new player characters, with wings!
Dremora-RTS.esp
DremoraWinged-RTS.esp
RTS_DremoraArmor_Wings1.0.esp

HUGE castle looking over Balmora, I plan to move in eventually, but maybe just the palace section cause the rest is just TOO big
Castle of Balmora.esp - This needs editing cause it messes up a couple of bridges

Mournhold Downtown 110.esp - Unfinished but great to be able to get out of Mournhold into the open sometimes

These will have to do until wilderness 2 mod turns up
Clean Kagz Dogz.esp
Clean_Waterfowl_Of_Morrowind_Expanded.esp
Clean_Carryable_Raven_Friend.esp
Clean_Kagz_Zebraz.esp
Clean Kagz Little Foxes.esp
Clean NATURE SOUNDS MOD.esp
Clean PENGUINS.esp

These are created with TESTool]/b]
Merged_Leveled_Lists.esp
Merged_Objects.esp
Merged_Dialogs.esp

I tried the predator mod, but it crashed while initialising. So yea maybe avoid that unless you really want it. I hear its really good though.

Remember to run TESTool if you stop using a mod, when I removed the predator mod cause of its problems I found all the dialogue was from that, the merged dialogs esp caused it. So run it again without to fix things.

And try to not do what I do, don't install mods and keep running a game from saves, problems usually crop up.
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I'm still trying to figure out where to start though.
 
cool. thanks neutrino. i got quite a few mods off of www.thelys.org, www.gamersroam.com, and unforgottenrealms.net. just now trying them out, i got GIANTS and better heads/better bodies running, those are the main ones. the new head/body models are ridiculously better than the old ones :thumbs:

i have lots of other running too.. all of the official ones and a couple of new missions or something.. something called children of the night that sounds interesting. i was thinking about one of the "realism" mods, but the only two i saw sounded a little gratuitous.. like having to eat every 6 hours and crap.. gimme a break, that's like 5 mins of game-time ;)

i found a few cool-sounding combat-system modifications, but they were all tribunal :( which sucks, b/c a better combat system probably improves the game ten-fold.

i still need to look around though, lemme know if you find anything cool :)

btw, definitely get these ASAP: better heads, better bodies, atmospheric sounds v3.0 (+updates 2-4), children of the night, khalazza production's visual packs (versions 2.11 and 2.2), and qarl's visual pack XT.
 
Thanks, I'll check some of those out. I just found the GOTY version of morrowind at Hastings for $30, which includes both bloodmoon and tribunal. I'm installing it now and will be trying out some mods.
 
Neutrino said:
Thanks, I'll check some of those out. I just found the GOTY version of morrowind at Hastings for $30, which includes both bloodmoon and tribunal. I'm installing it now and will be trying out some mods.
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I've checked all over my city for that and it's nowhere to be found. It's very depressing.
 
Good Luck hunting down those mods listed by TDE. I can't find most of them.

I'd recommend some of the visual pack updates if you got something resembling a powerful computer. The increased texture resolution is amazing. Though some of the replaced textures look out of place.

As for mods, I'm still searching around for some. I'm kinda of avoid it because jumping into Morrowind requries a huge time investment. The type of time I don't have now. Remember, if you get addicted to Morrowind, kiss 150 hours of life away. Bethseda's official site has some official mods that you may want to check out as well (there is like 4 of them).
 
lol, yeah.. maybe not 150 hours, but it's going to suck up a lot of time :(

neutrino, cool that you got those exps, you'll be able to get all the cool mods :angry: i just have the game that came with my vid card, and i'm reluctant to shell out any money for it since there's a lot of games on the horizon and whatnot.check those three sites i mentioned, they have a lot of good mods :thumbs:
 
Lil' Timmy said:
lol, yeah.. maybe not 150 hours, but it's going to suck up a lot of time :(
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I'm sure somebody will back me up. 150 hours for Morrowind isn't out of the question if you join a guild and explore Morrowind a bit.
 
blahblahblah said:
I'm sure somebody will back me up. 150 hours for Morrowind isn't out of the question if you join a guild and explore Morrowind a bit.
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oh sure, i was just saying i don't think i'll get that into it (i didn't the first time :|). but, with these new mods, you never know :eek:
 
If I had the time, and could successfully split all the files away from the original game files.. I'd just upload all the mods I have to download in one go for you.. need about 2/3GB though lol
 
Best place to start finding the ones in my list is to go to the elderscrolls forum and go through its editing sections.
 
thanks fenric.. btw, how the FREAK do you have 2-3gbs of mods?? :eek:
 
Well, I'm up to about 260 megs in mods. Now I just need to figure out how to actually play the game.

Also, does anyone know of a mod that increases the quality of the pre-existing creatures in the game? I found lots that add new creatures, but I'd really like one that improved the models and textures of the one's already in the game to bring them up to par with visual style of the other mods I have installed.
 
The Dark Elf said:
If I had the time, and could successfully split all the files away from the original game files.. I'd just upload all the mods I have to download in one go for you.. need about 2/3GB though lol
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Please do that... it'd be such a help. :)
 
Shadow-warrior said:
Neutrino Try:

'Better Bodies' and 'NPC replacer 3.50'
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those only affect humanoid npc's?
 
Neutrino said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't those only affect humanoid npc's?
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i'm pretty sure you're right.. i can't recall ever seeing a mod for the existing creatures. also, i don't think you'd need the npc replacer if you get the latest version of better heads/bods, right?
 
Lil' Timmy said:
also, i don't think you'd need the npc replacer if you get the latest version of better heads/bods, right?
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I don't really know. But I just stuck both in there and nothing crashed, so I'll just leave it alone.
 
cool, thx shadow.. i got those khalazza visual packs, but never even saw that one :o
 
Thanks, Narcolepsy. That's one of the best sites I've seen yet.

I'm still trying to sort out what mods to use and how to set them all up.
 
Well, I started to read intructions on mod installation when in the second paragraph it told me to start small and only use 3 or 4 at once. I stopped reading at that point.

Anyway, here's what I've got running now:

NPC's

Better Bodies v2.1
Better Heads v1.1
NPC Replacer 3.5
Tr_heads
Sharpened Weapons
Sharpened Clothes
Sharpened Armor
Morrowind Comes Alive 3.1
NPC Shedules


Creatures:

Silt Strider Retexture
(Looking for more at the moment. Had some difficulty with some others am taking my time to figure out which ones are best.)

I downloaded Giants, Wilderness 2.0, and Caits Critters, but have yet to install any of them.

Sounds:

Atmospheric Sound Effects 3.0 (Including all 3 updates)

General visual enhancements:

Morrowind Visual Pack 2.11
Morrowind Visual Pack 2.2
Visual Pack XT
Darker Morrowind
Window Glows II + Update
Darker Morrowind Window Glow
The Lighting Mod - Complete (Very nice)

Note: Both the visual packs and the darker morrowind do similar things so they conflict with each other. However, I really liked the style of the darker mod, but it didn't replace all the textures. So I first installed the MVP packs and the XT pack and then installed the darker mod over the top of them. I then got one texture error that said it couldn't find max_window_diamond_01.dds. I fixed it by copying the tx_window_diamond_01.dds texture and renaming it to the max version. It's worked fine so far and makes things look really nice. The only drawback is there are a few texture errors where things aren't blending properly in some of the hills. But I haven't run across it very much.

Misc:

Lord Yig's Rugs and Tapestries
Weathered Signs (just like real signs, but better)
Projectile Store Chance 100%
Official Mods v5

Mod Tools:

Conflict Detector (redundant)
TES Tool
TES Mod Utility
GMST Cleaner (redundant)
Reorder Plugins


Right now I'm looking for creature packs and clothing and armor packs.

Any other good ones you've found, Timmy?
 
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