In order for the game to load it, it must be added to the section of Morrowind.ini. This is an archive file containing lots of resources packed together. Rarely, mods will provide a BSA file instead of individual models / textures, etc. Note that some mods include several plugins - always read the readme to find out which one to use! Special Cases esp) file, it must be checked in the Morrowind Launcher or the "Mods" tab of Wrye Mash in order for the game to load it. Such mods must be extracted and re-packaged in a way that conforms with the directory structure expected by Wrye Mash, for example: Data Files/Meshes/some_file.nif If the name of the mod appears in grey, it usually means that Wrye Mash does not recognise the directory structure of the mod and thus cannot install it. To install a mod, simply right-click on it and press "Install Last". When you run Wrye Mash ( Morrowind/Mopy/mash.exe), all your mods will appear in the "Installers" tab. There is no need to extract the files after downloading, as Wrye Mash can support most common archive formats. Latest version at time of writing: 100 Installing a Modĭownloaded mods should be placed directly into Morrowind/Installers. It knows which files are associated with which mods, so you can easily uninstall a mod without leaving unwanted files behind.
It takes a bit of time to learn, but I highly recommend it if you plan to use more than a handful of mods. Wrye Mash is a mod manager, used primarily for installing and uninstalling mods. Mods that replace vanilla assets without the need for a plugin are called "pluginless replacers". This makes it very easy to supply our own assets, which is what many mods do. However, when Morrowind tries to load one of these assets, it first looks for it in the "Data Files" directory. AssetsĪll of the Morrowind assets (models, textures, icons, etc.) are packed up in a file called Morrowind.bsa. Plugins belong in the Morrowind/Data Files directory, and must be enabled in the Morrowind Launcher before they become active. esp) can alter this data, for example, changing the stats of a weapon, adding a new quest, or rearranging a town. is defined in a file called Morrowind.esm. Mods come in all shapes and sizes, but broadly there are 2 categories: PluginsĪll the game data for Morrowind - the world, quests, NPCs, items, etc. I won't go into too much depth about each program since they all come with their own documentation, but I will try to provide a quick guide on how to manage mods, and why each program is necessary. Managing mods in Morrowind, often by the hundred and many of them conflicting, is no easy feat they need to be installed in one order and loaded in a completely different order, and they may also require cleaning or merging.įortunately, much of this can be handled by external programs.
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