@HefHeresy so true, i rarely anyone mention it, but i remember getting into these dungeons/tombs with living corpses, fighting the dagoth family, etc. That was pretty suspense heavy at the time😅
It's supposed to be dark: that's what the Night Eye spell and torches are for. It's supposed to be immersive: night time should be difficult to navigate and spooky. You can also just pass time until the day. There's a lot of ways to deal with it.
I think it will be once it allows full support of MWSE mods. It’s heading in the right direction for now though. There are some absolutely amazing mods on the old engine that unfortunately aren’t useable on OpenMW until then
@@SilentSerpant18It never will, people will have to rebuild those mods for OpenMw because its a totally different engine. They are completely incompatible and never will be. Open Mw will always be more stable, because its a brand new engine custom built for Morrowind, but mwse will obviously always have come first, and has decades more content. It’s just the way it is.
The most important thing is to load godrays and most other effects after volumetric fog so it looks realistic. But if I remember correctly you gotta put ambient occlusion before it, or else dense models will look too dark.
I'm curious, have you done anything special to make it look so smooth? As in no weird stuttering when moving the camera around. Or is it just cos you have a high powered setup?
I have a very good setup but there are still some mods that caused stuttering. If I find one that causes it I just remove it. So, yeah I suppose it's mostly due to my setup. If you're having stuttering issues just remember that it's likely caused by meshes, rather than lighting.
I'm really impressed by what people can achieve with Morrowind's graphics. It's fascinating to see how they can transform the game's visuals with mods. The problem is that you guys don't provide download files for their mods packs. This makes it difficult for players to experience the amazing graphics that they show. Every time I decide to play Morrowind, I end up playing the original version because I can't find a mod pack for graphics that has a download file.
guys I played this game as a kid, never beat it, want to gve it a go now. Is it recommended to play morrowind open mw vanilla or add some mods?? I want to play original game as much as possible
Vanilla openmw is great without mods, but there are a lot of vanilla friendly graphics enhancements like Enhanced textures and the openmw shaders that would probably be worth your time. You might also want to check out some quality of life mods like graphic herbalism and better dialogue font.
@@heynow5263 Definitely get the graphic herbalism mod, I too played as a kid but the original Morrowind treats wild alchemy stuff like chests and that was always weird. There are some vanilla friendly mod collections floating around on nexus you should look at.
@@heynow5263 Those are some of the mods I always use with Morrowind, I'll list them in order of installation in case you are like me and avoid Mod Managers with this particular game because... this ain't that Oblivion mess that requires some serious casting of Divine [NASA] Intervention spells to avoid crashing at the title screen. >>Patch for Purists (probably a better version exists now) >>Morrowind Optimization Patch >>Morrowind Atlas >>Morrowind Acoustic Overhaul >>Better Bodies >>Better Heads >>Better Clothes Complete >>Better Armors >>Animation Compilation >>Skyrim UI (optional for you) >>Better Fonts (probably OpenMW has a better option now) >>Distant Sea Floor (in OpenMW's load order tab, make this mod load BEFORE the Bloodmoon main file, in other words it should look like this: ============== Morrowind.esm Tribunal Distant Sea Floor Bloodmoon ============== Also, some manual tweaks I do: In OpenMW's config file (in Documents): Change the Fog from 69 to 90. In OpenMW's main configuration: Load around 15~20 Cells. With this, you can stand up in the top of the Foreign Canton in Vivec and see the Red Mountain up there in the distance mixed with the fog which gives some very impressive immersion to the vanilla graphics. Of course there are more mods and tweaks you can do, but with this (as an introduction to modding) you can have the vanilla experience and appearance of the game with all the improvements of the engine and quality of life from the mods. Special mention goes to: Laura Craft Companion mod. I cannot see myself playing the game without her around, however I ONLY recommend this if you don't mind having a companion with her own quest lines and shenanigans.
So, the HOA in Balmoral is really lax and never enforces its "mow your own pavements" policy. I love the fact that we have things like Daggerfall Unity and OpenMW. I don't really understand the whole "let's put grass everywhere" aesthetic, but I'll accept it for all the other cool stuff. Just wish it wasn't so hard to see things sometimes.
Not quite. Most of the graphics mods like the shaders and enhanced textures will drop fps to unplayable rates, and many mods that edit the UI don't work because it's different than PC. However, almost all other mods will work. Better Sounds, MCAR, Graphic Herbalism, Familiar Faces, Containers animated, Vurt's armor and weapon retexture, tree replacers, and similar mods work fabulously. I hope this helps and I strongly suggest you give it a try.
Not that I know of. It is very tedious but it's also fun in my opinion, that's why I do it. I'm not sure if mod packs work for Morrowind but if they do I might look into that.
@@Journeyman107 Its tedious, but with Nexus Mods and Open Morrowind it isnt too much work, if you have the paid version of Nexus its really fast and easy, espeically if you just want a mod collection. I just went on there today and started a new playthrough with 200 or so mods.
I don't like the camera angle. Just because ESO did it doesn't mean its a good idea, I hope there's at least a toggle to have a normal 3rd person view where the camera is directly behind and above the player model instead of at a weird angle like that.
it irks me when graphical update mods add foliage to areas that are clearly meant to be walkable, for example the entrance to the Census and Excise office. that part is walked through by people and guards in heavy metal boots all the time ,there should be no shrubs and ferns growing in the way
The problem is that the grass is procedurally generated so it will never be perfect. Personally I prefer having some grass in strange places than no grass at all.
![A Dream of Morrowind [OpenMW 0.49]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EY2AyGSRKrQ/mqdefault.jpg)
The game looks great. But the harshness between light and shade is too much. It's too dark in the shade and light looks overly orange.
I've found that Morrowind has this problem a lot when recording. You're right it is too dark in places but it's less severe in the actual game.
@HefHeresy so true, i rarely anyone mention it, but i remember getting into these dungeons/tombs with living corpses, fighting the dagoth family, etc. That was pretty suspense heavy at the time😅
@HefHeresy Yep, pretty odd that you like it. Better keep it out.
It's supposed to be dark: that's what the Night Eye spell and torches are for. It's supposed to be immersive: night time should be difficult to navigate and spooky. You can also just pass time until the day. There's a lot of ways to deal with it.
OpenMW is the greatest thing that has happened to the Morrowind
I think it will be once it allows full support of MWSE mods. It’s heading in the right direction for now though. There are some absolutely amazing mods on the old engine that unfortunately aren’t useable on OpenMW until then
I know! Honestly, the more mod-able the better. Still always in awe of Tamriel Rebuilt and the multiplayer mod!
it will be when openmw is feature completed 1.0 release. With full graphical mods like graphics extender
@@SilentSerpant18It never will, people will have to rebuild those mods for OpenMw because its a totally different engine. They are completely incompatible and never will be. Open Mw will always be more stable, because its a brand new engine custom built for Morrowind, but mwse will obviously always have come first, and has decades more content. It’s just the way it is.
too dark. hard to see anything.
The dynamic range is amazing!
I wish someone would make a replacer for all the armors. I can get the terrain and scenery looking PERFECT but the armor still looks so low resolution
Vurts weapon & armor replacer are pretty great
Darknuts textures as well I believe?
@@JaymzGames I use those now but texture replacement isn't enough imo. I want models that look as good as I can get the rest of the game looking
Looks great, damn the soundtrack takes me back. Might have to play through again soon😅
wow. I think I will use your list for my next play through! thanks!
Such a wonderful game, now more gorgeous than ever. 🌔🌟
This looks great! I really need your Zester's shaders setup details! I was too stupid to adjust it the way I wanted.
The most important thing is to load godrays and most other effects after volumetric fog so it looks realistic. But if I remember correctly you gotta put ambient occlusion before it, or else dense models will look too dark.
Looks beautiful, but the filter ruins it, by being too dark, contrasted and gloomy..Turn off SSAO for a frame boost and cleaner look..
You got the brightness all the way down or what?
nice! what sound mods do you use? I love that howling wind
Better sounds
I'm curious, have you done anything special to make it look so smooth? As in no weird stuttering when moving the camera around. Or is it just cos you have a high powered setup?
I have a very good setup but there are still some mods that caused stuttering. If I find one that causes it I just remove it. So, yeah I suppose it's mostly due to my setup. If you're having stuttering issues just remember that it's likely caused by meshes, rather than lighting.
I'm really impressed by what people can achieve with Morrowind's graphics. It's fascinating to see how they can transform the game's visuals with mods. The problem is that you guys don't provide download files for their mods packs. This makes it difficult for players to experience the amazing graphics that they show. Every time I decide to play Morrowind, I end up playing the original version because I can't find a mod pack for graphics that has a download file.
All of the mods I used are in the description. I didn't put links but you should be able to search all of them on nexus.
@@CACTUSFINGUH i will try then, thanks.
Looks dope! Your trees are great! How did you make the tree leafs move?
I think the tree mods I used just came with scripts to make the leaves move.
guys I played this game as a kid, never beat it, want to gve it a go now. Is it recommended to play morrowind open mw vanilla or add some mods?? I want to play original game as much as possible
Vanilla openmw is great without mods, but there are a lot of vanilla friendly graphics enhancements like Enhanced textures and the openmw shaders that would probably be worth your time. You might also want to check out some quality of life mods like graphic herbalism and better dialogue font.
@@CACTUSFINGUH thanks for the advice quality life mods are interesting
@@heynow5263 Definitely get the graphic herbalism mod, I too played as a kid but the original Morrowind treats wild alchemy stuff like chests and that was always weird. There are some vanilla friendly mod collections floating around on nexus you should look at.
@@heynow5263 Those are some of the mods I always use with Morrowind, I'll list them in order of installation in case you are like me and avoid Mod Managers with this particular game because... this ain't that Oblivion mess that requires some serious casting of Divine [NASA] Intervention spells to avoid crashing at the title screen.
>>Patch for Purists (probably a better version exists now)
>>Morrowind Optimization Patch
>>Morrowind Atlas
>>Morrowind Acoustic Overhaul
>>Better Bodies
>>Better Heads
>>Better Clothes Complete
>>Better Armors
>>Animation Compilation
>>Skyrim UI (optional for you)
>>Better Fonts (probably OpenMW has a better option now)
>>Distant Sea Floor (in OpenMW's load order tab, make this mod load BEFORE the Bloodmoon main file, in other words it should look like this:
==============
Morrowind.esm
Tribunal
Distant Sea Floor
Bloodmoon
==============
Also, some manual tweaks I do:
In OpenMW's config file (in Documents): Change the Fog from 69 to 90.
In OpenMW's main configuration: Load around 15~20 Cells.
With this, you can stand up in the top of the Foreign Canton in Vivec and see the Red Mountain up there in the distance mixed with the fog which gives some very impressive immersion to the vanilla graphics.
Of course there are more mods and tweaks you can do, but with this (as an introduction to modding) you can have the vanilla experience and appearance of the game with all the improvements of the engine and quality of life from the mods.
Special mention goes to: Laura Craft Companion mod. I cannot see myself playing the game without her around, however I ONLY recommend this if you don't mind having a companion with her own quest lines and shenanigans.
My god, this is gorgeous! And with just 46 mods?! Here's my 46th like! 👍
Showcase? It dark and it's raining, can't see shit in Seyda Neen
Have you tried turning your brightness up?
So, the HOA in Balmoral is really lax and never enforces its "mow your own pavements" policy. I love the fact that we have things like Daggerfall Unity and OpenMW. I don't really understand the whole "let's put grass everywhere" aesthetic, but I'll accept it for all the other cool stuff. Just wish it wasn't so hard to see things sometimes.
Yeah I was thinking that too! Though maybe that Blade guy thinks it will make his house harder to find behind all that foliage.
do not install "esthasia groundcover" and it won't appear. I hate it too
Yeah, apparently a lot of Vvadenfell doesn't mow their pavements.
Where can this exact setup be downloaded from? Can you share on Drive or Mega?
beautiful :)
The moving grasses is just crazy. I would disable this completely. They look out of place and ruin the overall look and feel of the game.
I'm wanting to do the Omw for android. I wonder if I can mod it like this
Not quite. Most of the graphics mods like the shaders and enhanced textures will drop fps to unplayable rates, and many mods that edit the UI don't work because it's different than PC.
However, almost all other mods will work. Better Sounds, MCAR, Graphic Herbalism, Familiar Faces, Containers animated, Vurt's armor and weapon retexture, tree replacers, and similar mods work fabulously. I hope this helps and I strongly suggest you give it a try.
Would it be possible to zip your installation with all your mods, would save us from having to set it up
I've been thinking about it. I'll let you know if I do.
@@CACTUSFINGUHPlease please please do. That would be so convenient for modern-day Morrowind fans.
They wouldn't like that
is there any way to avoid individually downloading and installing all of these mods? it seems unnecessarily tedious
Not that I know of. It is very tedious but it's also fun in my opinion, that's why I do it.
I'm not sure if mod packs work for Morrowind but if they do I might look into that.
As far as I know there is a mod compilation called Path of the incarnate. Maybe it's what you are looking for
thanks guys
@@Journeyman107 Its tedious, but with Nexus Mods and Open Morrowind it isnt too much work, if you have the paid version of Nexus its really fast and easy, espeically if you just want a mod collection. I just went on there today and started a new playthrough with 200 or so mods.
wait so with nexus i can just queue up mod collections to DL all at once? thanks@@ix8750
The lighting is...PERFECT.
What mods are these? I just got pc Morrowind and openmw.
List is in the description :)
@@CACTUSFINGUHthanks, just seen this list and I’m new to modding this is gonna take me so long 😂
@@Synickal Yeah, putting big setups together takes a looong time
Skyrim is my playground, Morrowind is my home.
wabbajack modlistg?
Hope it gonna be ported to Oculus Quest
OpenMV already have Vr mode.
Just try request "Morrowind VR".
I don't like the camera angle. Just because ESO did it doesn't mean its a good idea, I hope there's at least a toggle to have a normal 3rd person view where the camera is directly behind and above the player model instead of at a weird angle like that.
You can turn it off but I prefer it that way. Skyrim and Fallout did it too...
@@CACTUSFINGUH Thank God. I hate that angle with a passion, and it's the reason I never moved on to the Special Edition of Skyrim where they added it.
Can u make collection in nexus
I've thought about doing something of the sort. I'll update you if I do
it irks me when graphical update mods add foliage to areas that are clearly meant to be walkable, for example the entrance to the Census and Excise office. that part is walked through by people and guards in heavy metal boots all the time ,there should be no shrubs and ferns growing in the way
The problem is that the grass is procedurally generated so it will never be perfect. Personally I prefer having some grass in strange places than no grass at all.
Oh God
Way too much contrast. Maybe you need a better monitor?
idk, looks fine on my end.
@@CACTUSFINGUH Exactly. What is the brand and model name of your monitor?
@@CACTUSFINGUH How does it look on your smartphone compared to the monitor?
the lighting and shadows feel so off and uncanny
Every time "modders" set out to improve graphics, it always looks worse than the vanilla game, I swear.
TOO DARK.
Try turning your brightness up :)