Mainland Morrowind is far bigger than those two combined. This ambitious megamod adds the Morrowind mainland to the game, since by default the game’s open world only encompasses the small island of Vvardenfell and the tiny island of Solstheim added by Bloodmoon expansion. Similar to the above mod, it fixes optimization issues in the game, many of which relating to meshes. Modded Morrowind is one of the hardest games to run for any PC. Upgrading graphics in old games (especially MGE XE above) is very inefficient. Yes, this old game needs these optimization mods. Massive unofficial patch full of optional features, many of which let you rebalance parts of the game to your desire, correcting illogical Morrowind design choices but again you can choose not to use those specific changes.įixes mesh errors and improves performance in some unusually performance heavy areas without sacrificing visual quality. OpenMW still can’t do all of this, this is one of the main reasons we recommend this instead. Has features such as a new per-pixel lighting system, new shaders, totally revamped water, distant land generation, etc. Install them in the order they’re listed! Also note that for Morrowind, you’re going to want a mod manager. So modding Morrowind is a bit more tricky than Oblivion and Skyrim. If you’re making a new game then it doesn’t matter. Save games might not import properly if you do.

Once you have all your mods ready to go, you should avoid downloading new big mods (that have ESP or ESM files). Preferably the ones that will be listed below. Once you’ve done this, download the mods you want.Before downloading any mods, launch the game first so that the configuration files and what not are created.

But first, let me list some tips that apply not only to Morrowind, but many other games too. The order in which you install mods is actually somewhat important, so I’ll list them in proper order.

Essential mods for oblivion