Finally Ready! ► MORROWIND Modded & Buttery Smooth in OpenMW - Graphics Mods & Remaster
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- I've been waiting so long for this day! Morrowind has an open source engine replacement called OpenMW and last year I tried it and it was great without mods but with even my basic modlist it was laggy. Not anymore! OpenMW got an update and it changes how it renders object, lighting, and grass so that it's buttery smooth. Want to buy Morrowind (or other games) AND support this channel? Use this GOG referral link! af.gog.com/gam... There is now no reason to not use OpenMW to play Morrowind. Want to mod Morrowind for 2022? Here are some videos to follow:
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There is now no reason to not use OpenMW to play Morrowind. If you wanna buy Morrowind (or other games) AND support this channel? Use this GOG referral link! af.gog.com/game/the_elder_scrolls_iii_morrowind_goty_edition?as=1715648857 Want to mod Morrowind for 2022? Here are some videos to follow:
1. Easy 30 Minute Morrowind Modding Guide
ua-cam.com/video/5oyvT5QDuh0/v-deo.html
2. Maxed Out Morrowind Graphics for Big Time Modders
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3. Skyrim Modded to Truly Next Gen Graphics for 2022 (For comparison to today's graphics)
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There's MWSE-Lua, but I say that as someone who is sticking to OpenMW, and there is an OpenMW-Lua project.
@@LordInsane100 In the OpenMW video they teased 'LUA is coming' at the end yeah.
Does MGEXE conflicted with OpenMW? Can I still follow everything on your modding guide video for OpenMW?
@@chillyscorpio4638 I basically haven't touched my Morrowind since I did that easy modding guide. Downloaded OpenMW and launched it from there and it worked immediately. So shouldn't be any problem following my mod guide exactly then just adding OpenMW after all that.
@@chillyscorpio4638 MGEXE conflicts with OpenMW in the sense that it does nothing. MGEXE and the MCP change the Morrowind executable, which OpenMW does not touch. Having said that, there's really nothing in MGEXE that OpenMW doesn't have by now.
When I was a kid, it felt like Vivec was quite far indeed. But it's *right there* the whole time.
The designers were real geniuses as faking distance with winding pathways.
And making your character really slow. ;-)
Also the fog all over place, used a lot in older games to not murder PCs and consoles.
@@masterexploder9668 Also added a lot to the atmosphere.
@@LordVader1094 i feel like game from nowadays should use fog in a natural way in their games to hide things , showing everything at first glance can be just dopamine boost but the world is way more interesting when some location are hidden.
I think movement speed has a big part in that. I mean your characters run speed is like slower then Skyrims walk speed.
The OpenMW project is a fan community at its best. I'd probably say the same thing about the people involved in developing and modding for Daggerfall Unity. There are plenty of things to criticize Bethesda for, but fortunately they chose not go after these projects the same way other companies have. Just look at brutality with which Take Two and Rockstar have gone after modders, only to then release shoddy, cash-grab 'remasters' of GTA3/Vice City/San Andreas.
Yeah Bethesda has always been a big supporter of the mod community and I think Microsoft are on board with the idea too.
Honestly modding is the main reason why people will continue to buy their games and dlc (anniversary edition) so it benefits them i guess
Actually, Bethesda theoretically cannot touch OpenMW since we are reimplementing stuff via clean-room reverse engineering. Remember that OpenMW is not a mod but a new game engine written from scratch. However, Bethesda could sue us and put an end to this project just with their financial power, not because they would be right. But we already had contact with them and they agreed to not take any steps to put us down if we refrain from promoting Morrowind assets on non-PC, non-Xbox platforms (e.g., Android). That's a gentleman's agreement and we will honor it.
you should see what modders have been doing for an older game called Freespace 2, that community is bonkers and active AF!
@@MrOpenMW Thank you and the team for keeping my favourite game alive.
God bless all modders
Summon the ELECTOR COUNTS!
@@WiseMysticalGachiTree You are not welcome in my court, yet here you are. Friend or foe, we will see.
Aedra bless all modders
Indeed
AMEN
When they get post-processing added, it will be possible to have distance-fog that changes with altitude.
That way, you can have more fog when close to sea level, but have it recede to give you amazing vistas when you’re at high elevation. Best of both worlds.
Know what I'd like to see? Curvature.
@@Eksevis oh great, another flat-Nirner… /j
fast for ward to future post procressing is merged and there are similar mods to what you described
@@FriendFatale lol
There's one now, Volumetric Clouds and Mist mod.
Good to see that Outlanders, N'wahs and S'wits still work to make Vvanderfell great again. Thanks for sharing, Zakh
The performance is fantastic right out of the box, but the features are game changing. I play Project Tamriel, Tamriel Rebuilt and Tomb of the Snow Prince with the distant land option seemingly working automatically with the various land masses. It certainly doesn't feel small when you can see the mainland beyond the island's borders. I have a very vanilla version of the game. My only additional visual changes, other than what OpenMW provides, are Morrowind Enhanced Textures and normal maps. I've added more dialogue barks to the NPCs and replaced the Skeleton noises with those from Daggerfall (it's bone-chilling). I've also installed higher quality music, but I've left the other sounds intact with HRTF enabled in OpenMW's launcher. The lua support for the next release has the potential to reshape the modding landscape; I'm excited to see how the community utilizes that support.
You added in Daggerfall Skeleton noises? Absolute madman lol
The other thing that impresses me is that when you fast traveled, it rendered the whole scene (at least the visible portion) immediately to the full render distance. Oldwind would still be popping in distant terrain.
Yeah the way this handles distant objects now is amazing. The latest version is mostly about rendering objects actually.
@@GamerZakh Not to mention you don't have to regenerate the distant land every time you add or remove a mod. It just works!!
@@ASpoonfulOfJimmy Oh yeah forgot to mention, no need for generation. It's crazy how they managed that.
I soon as I saw this in my top recommendations I instantly clicked on it!
Thank you, GamerZakh, for doing a new Morrowind video! And with OpenMW too! I'm excited to see how well it performs on your RTX 3080.
11:50 I never thought about it like that, but you're right. Next gen graphics would run optimally for next gen hardware, which has yet to be released.
Thank you so much for this and your minimal mod list video. I played and never finished Morrowind years ago and am now back. I wanted a simple mod list that improved the overall look but mostly kept things lore friendly. Your list + OpenMW now are a dream team. I've started to add some of my own QoL mods and the ability to skip the intro and load in to any area via the "Testing" tab in OpenMW is an absolute dream.
Great work!
Glad I could help! Yeah a few mods can go a long way nowadays.
They are also working on implementing LUA scripting, so those LUA based mods that people love using in with MWSE, well OpenMW will be able to do that as well. It's only at the beginning stages right now so it's up in the air when it will become available, but it is happening. Mark my words, OpenMW is the future of Morrowind modding.
It's really impressive what they've been able to do, need to try this again, been years since i tested. Maybe update a few of my mods too.
Definitely give it a try. The difference between 0.47.0 and, let's say, 0.42.0 is mind-boggling.
@@MrOpenMW still doesn't load seamlessly :( its the biggest issue i've always had with Morrowind's engine tbh, makes it feel very dated. other than that it runs beautifully, really cool :)
I love your vegetation mods, especially for Morrowind. I only use yours. It would be wonderful if we could use your grass with OpenMW.
@@Vurt72 Have you experimented with the cell-preloading settings? My last comment containing a link got swallowed by UA-cam, but just check out the "Advanced Settings Configuration" section on our readthedocs page.
Anyway, this should minimise the nasty micro-stuttering which occurs when cells are loaded.
@@MrOpenMW Thanks, i'll try that!
This is one of my most anticipated projects! Old games are such a hassle to get running on modern hardware, not to mention with ultrawide... Can't wait to finally play Morrowind for real. I've only ever went through Seyda Neen. The state of OpenMW encourages me to at last try a full run.
Morrowind is a game that starts as a chore, but gets incredible as you go on and get more and more powerful!
@@subtledemisefox And then you feel like a God and become sad that Skyrim just sucks in comparison to what you can do in MW? :P
Omg... now I know what my Xmas break is going to be all about. THANK YOU, SIR!! :-D
Have fun playing!
I was actually watching your old morrowind mod video a day ago....Thanks for releasing an updated video.
Glad you're finding it useful! The great thing about OpenMW is that it just launches with all the mods no problem. It's actually surprising how easy it is.
@@GamerZakh so just install openMW and send it??
@@Xantosh82 Mods you've installed for Morrowind mostly work in OpenMW without any changes. Only special mods which use scripts won't load right now, support for those will come next version.
I'm doing the total overhaul modlist right now in openmw 0.47. the game looks soooo good after 200 mods and I have about 160 mods to go. It's awesome what they did so far with this engine.
This looks fantastic 😳. I usually avoid these kind of projects because they try and use the Skyrim or Oblivion engine and end up destroying the aesthetic of Morrowind. This looks quite honestly …perfect. And given that I would always give up on the game due to the intolerable lag of poor optimization, this remaster might actually get me to complete the main quest. What a gift ❤️
If you try to run openMW and run into an "flora.bsa not found" error message, here is how you fix it.
This problem can occur when steam automatically synchronizes your morrowind.ini file (in your morrwoind folder with the data files).
In your ini file there is a line that says something like Archive 3 = floraglow.bsa (probably because you needed it for a mod of one of your previous playthroughs). Chances are your ini contains stuff from mods you cannot even remember so it's best just get a vanilla ini file.
The easiest way for me to fix my morrowind ini file was to deactive my steam cloud synchronization, download morrowind again and then to tell my openmw in the settings bar "Run Settings Importer" (the last bit is crucial because openMW still remembered the settings of my old ini file). Now it works for me
Thanks for the info! Yeah Steam tends to have these kind of problems because of the syncing and sometimes different file structures.
It's wonderful to see how much better OpenMW keeps becoming! I'm now even more excited to start exploring Vvardenfell again with a new character in the near future.
This vid is deff a gift for new/old players. Helps ppl figure out how to breath new life into this wonderful game. Along with texture mods; I can't play without Morrowind Rebirth, Children of Morrowind, Sabregirl's Ecology of Morrowind and...a mod legit called Terrible Mod (its just silly, like it replaces blood splatter with candy). OpenMW is just fantastic, and its amazing you can use it to join players in servers!
This release is a significant upgrade from the previous version. Very impressive and absolutely worth trying out.
After watching your video I decided to use OpenMW 0.47 and I love the power and speed that this engine has. Thank you for creating this video and showcasing this AMAZING Game Engine for Morrowind. I particularly love the Scalable U.I. and how I can now see the U.I. Fonts on my 4K OLED T.V.
I swear I can't watch people playing Morrowind without shouting in my head "WHY AREN'T YOU JUMPING EVERYWHERE YOU GO?! IT'S FREE EXP!!!"
I totally forgot about the smooth polish the middle of my space bar got after a year of morrowind as a kid
I really love watching your videos. No screaming, no clickbait bs - just super chill to watch.
Morrowind released on the day I was born and I gotta say I'm a huge fan of the games that bethesda publish (Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout 4 / New Vegas, Doom etc) and I realllyyyy wanted to get into Morrowind but I just personally couldn't handle the graphics. Seeing this, I'll be getting Morrowind today and Install OpenMW. This is sick if I'm gonna be honest. Would never imagine something like this, crazy how I'm just hearing about it.
And yeah, great video like always. Enjoy all the content you post, keep it up :D
Glad you found it useful! Have fun playing! Morrowind takes a bit of reading but you'll be rewarded for reading all it has. The lore and story is really developed well.
@@GamerZakh yeah honestly, main reason I want to play Morrowind is for the lore. I legit bought ESO becuase I wanted to explore the different provinces of Tamriel and just have fun doing quests with my friends.
And yeah, NPC's might not be voice acted and I feel like that's the biggest reason I haven't gotten into it yet (other than visuals ofc) but as long as the writing is good and not repetetive I think I'll enjoy it a lot :D
@@Yucci I'm 22, the biggest problem for me was the UI. The nondescript icons for items, clicking back and forth for inventory management. Just nasty. I don't want to be fiddling with that for hours of gameplay.
@@Frygonz yeah I don’t like the UI but there are some mods that improve on it.
I’ve gotten used to it tho and it’s not a problem for me anymore. Make sure you check the box for colored dialogue options or whatever it’s called in the OpenMW launcher. It makes it so that when you’ve said something to someone, that option gets grayed out indicating that you’ve already selected it previously. But yeah I feel like this game is kinda unplayable with mods. I think the only reason I Love this game is because of better balanced combat. It removes the dice roll mechanic and balances out out the combat with the dice roll mechanic removal in mind
I've never played Morrowind - started with Oblivion on Xbox (argh no console commands!). This has got me really interested in finally giving Morrowind a go. I'll be sure to check out your 30min modding video too. Thanks for making the video!
Glad I could help! Check the description of the 30min video for extra mods too.
I discovered your channel with your old Morrowind modded videos. And oh boy, this did not disappoint
Glad you enjoyed it! Morrowind is now officially in a new era.
Great video, love me some Morrowind! Also, I can't believe it's been almost 20 years, I just can't wrap my mind around it!
Wow, this looks fantastic! Ive never played Morrowind before, I started with Oblivion when it came out, then Skyrim. But after years of hearing how good Morrowind is, Im jumping into it but am also looking for a UPDATED experience while retaining a vanilla/original experience. Im excited to get immersed into Morrowind and fall in love with the game!!
Have fun! If you want more mods, you can check the description on this video: ua-cam.com/video/O5CorCqMfaI/v-deo.html
Also, if you want to change combat, you can look at accurate attack, if you hate the dice rolls anyway.
The latest version of OpenMW definitely brings a performance boost.
I tend to use Tamriel Rebuilt as a benchmark, as there are some areas that cause problems, specifically the city of Old Ebonheart. With the newest version of OpenMW, the performance is a lot better in that area.
However, the water shader seems to be the biggest source of fps drop.
Thank you for that guide video! I uprgaded from an older overhaul (I think you did a video on that one too lol) and now it looks utterly amazing. I have this game on the original xbox and it's like a brand new game.
Glad I could help! The mods really are coming a long way.
Wow this is beautiful, absolutely incredible work! I'm definitely going to try this out once i get a PC that can run it
I’m loving the controller support that comes with OpenMW. I’ve also heard from others that they’ve played hours and hours with tons of mods and NEVER crashed, which is pretty much impossible with the original engine.
I'm surprised Bethesda doesn't release a "remastered" version of Morrowind with graphics and QOL fixes like this, and make $$$, I know many, many people who aren't technically minded and would never consider modding, or even know what modding is, who would see a 30 sec teaser and be like "Shut up and take my money!"
Oh mannn i think i picked the right time for my first morrowind playthrough ever. These visual mods are insane
My first video of yours was the Morrowind mod vid, here we go again :)
I havent played morrowind for years. Finally got it on PC and now i wanna play it again but fully modded out. Excited :D
Mods are continuing to develop too, every year I make a new modlist and it just keeps getting better. Making a new list now because some new tech has been made.
I followed your Easy 30-minute modding tutorial video to the tee and I can say that it still holds true, even a year later. Two differences => First, was that I had to use an older version of Rebirth (v5.6) because the Rebirth Grass mod is currently only up to that version release. Second, installing OpenMW v4.7 on top of your 30-minute guide, you need to re-select the 2 grass files when running through OpenMW. It's still amazing how different this game looks now compared to 2002!! 11:02
I dont even know yet what this video is about but I already smashed that like button because... its morrowind goddamnit.
OpenMW is a free and open-source engine made from scratch to reimplement Morrowind's original engine. It is much more stable, multi-platform, usually provides better performance, and is compatible with all Morrowind mods except those relying on third-party software (e.g., MWSE). We also have an Android port, a multiplayer port and a WIP VR port.
In short, if you want to play Morrowind, there is virtually no reason to not use our engine (unless you want to use MWSE mods, of course).
Damn it, I missed the "yet" in your post. I'll post this response anyway. Might be useful to you or others. :-)
As soon as I saw OpenMW’s update my first thought was wondering when Zakh was gonna cover this
Waiting for the Skywind community supermod here.
Still, it's kinda cool to see what can be done with the old game.
Yeah I'll jump into Skywind the second it's available, but this is going to make the vanilla experience top notch too. It'll be nice to have the two branches once they're both finished.
Gosh, i've never thought Morrowind can look like this! Awesome.
I got bitten by the nostalgia bug for morrowind recently and only just found out about openMW. Gonna try the mods on your video (I haven't decided to go the 30min or heavy one), thanks a ton!
Dear god this looks lovely. Can't wait to get this set up
Waiting so much for Skywind
You are absolutely my favorite gaming channel and game-modding channel. I find your vibe so relaxing. Its like settling down to a story time. Thanks for this great video. I just got this game and want to get it looking good.
After some Googling I came across OMW but I didn't really understand what it was or how to use it. Well after seeing this video I do! Thanks very much! The default out-of-the-box game wont even detect my graphics card. So I'm gonna get OMW. What a fantastic project it is. The modding community really blows my mind.
Id like to also say one more thing - Bethesda gets slammed a lot these days but not by me! I say this because they THROW open the doors to modding in their games. They even provide the tools they used to make the game to modders. They also dont go after modders like some others out there.
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoy the style. And yeah, Bethesda is very generous when it comes to modders. Their biggest act is simply not acting. By not going after projects like OMW and Daggerfall Unity, they just allow the community to do what many other communities can't.
@@GamerZakh Well said,, you put that nicely (the not acting bit). This is how it should be. Modding is open to all in their games from making a 4K door handle to a whole new level!
Absolutely binge watching your videos and I leave them playing on the second monitor as I follow your guides to Morrowind modding!
Happy Holidays Zakh 😃
Dl'd OpenMW because it's been - gulp - 19 years since I played Morrowind. And tbh? Everything looks like I remembered it... (not like vanilla, I didn't remember that at all!) Then I decided to follow your 30 min guide because grass would be nice... I didn't do the npc models because I remember them how they look, What you did with the other engine I did with openMW (wow, that made a change!) And did all the other mods...Dude? You dropped it like a BOSS! Holy molly! The game looks so different yet so familiar...? (after doing all the link things in openMW Launcher) It's messing with my head - in a good way! You are now worthy of the title: Diamond Gezer! Thanks fella!
Gaw... Look at all this grass...! Wow, these textures are much better! And shadows! You can actually see shadows! And what's that... Enemy! Attack!!! I keep missing - ah how I remember you Morrowind - I'm dying! Run!!! Aaaand I'm dead. Good old Morrowind, how I've missed you... :)
daggerfall unity and openmw its just amazing community work
hope oblivionto get same level support
Finally ! Been holding back on morrowind despite beeing a massive oblivion fan because it looked clunky but this is great !
Mod compatibility is great in OpenMW. I installed hundreds of mods. I even deactivated some mid game that made major changes and I did not have a single crash or game breaking situation. With OpenMW, Tamriel Rebuilt, Skyrim Home of the Nords and Province of Cyrodiil Morrowind is as definitive as it can get atm.
Did you install any groundcover mods? I don't think I installed them correctly. Hell I don't even know if I installed any correctly.
@@BebehCookieIcecream I hope my answer to your other comment helps.
20 years? you arent making me feel old, you're making me feel sad
it's a year later since you've made this and I'm finally going to take advantage of all your hard work here and play this again for the first time in 14 years! Thanks in advance, I should be able to start in the next couple of days...YAY 🍾😎🎉
I've been on the OpenMW train for a while simply for the fact that the game crashes way less often. It does still happen, of course, but much less frequently. And it's less frustrating because the load times are so much shorter.
Edit - It's also probably worth noting that with OpenMW, I'm pretty sure you don't use MCP and MGE XE, which your other guide suggests.
Yes, it's explained under the pinned comment. Basically, OpenMW should ignore MCP and MGE XE since they directly modify the original EXE.
I’m playing this game for the first time after seriously going deep on oblivion and Skyrim (100% over the course of a decade ). This game definitely has its own vibe. Feels like a very cool old computer game. I can safely say I missed out. Amazing
That's great to hear! Do you use OpenMW or the original engine? In the former case: any problems you encountered?
@@MrOpenMW I’m playing the version that is available for free on Xbox game pass. Playing on Xbox one. It says game of the year edition (Xbox). No issues
Thank you Zakh, this looks amazing!
My favourite game of all time. I remember seeing it when it came out I had just got a PC (my first) I was blown away with the vanilla game and enjoyed it for years. Only recently got into playing it modded and this engine helped me do that stabally.
Zakh, I really appreciate your modded Morrowind videos, and I know that you have one that is even more recent than this.
I totally agree with these "next gen" claims. You're exactly right.
But what I would really like to see is a new play-through with your full stack of mods, maybe a thief or archer build, something different. But a chance to watch you progress through the game in this beautiful world...
OpenMW in his current state is a whole new world, i switched to OpenMW last week, and i will never go back, smooth, no crash, almost instant load on M2 SSD, in the video, the load time is long, i think he has a slow hard disk ^^ , i have nearly absolut no loadtimes with heavy load order, The best things, you dont need to generate grass, you can change grass setting at any time, you can mod the hell out, 400+ mods, no crashes, no stuttering, you have normal maps on everything, it is to much to say, install OpenMW, you will see it is absolutly the future for Morrowind modding.
I already responded to your comment under our release announcement, but again: thank you for your kind words! :-)
You sound like Singaporean Radio DJ and punk rock musician Chris Ho at times, he sadly passed away recently, but you really reminded me of him in some of your speaking mannerisms, its a great thing
That makes sense, I am Malaysian so just next door.
@@GamerZakh oh that's really awesome, I have a few friends from there, wonderful people, your videos are really good, keep up the good work!
If they made an Open Oblivion engine I'd lose my freaking mind.
The Oblivion engine is really the worst. Even basic things like increasing shadow distance is impossible. Closest thing I can think of is Skyblivion. At least that's in the Skyrim engine.
Perfect time to do a new playthrough of Morrowind :)
Have fun!
Holy fuck am getting old 19 years ago this game came out i remember telling my friends i cant chill on the weekends need to work to get a xbox feels like yesterday...........
I looked at OpenMW a while ago, but didn't end up playing because of the lack of shader support. Looks like I'm gonna have to try morrowind again :D
Vtastek already creates shaders for OpenMW and we will likely have fully fledged post-processing in version 0.49.0. Looks like your appetite for shaders will be satisfied soon.
@@MrOpenMW Hey, sorry if this is a dumb question - I am interested in playing openmw, but really want to play Morrowind Rebirth + many of the GFX overhauls GamerZakh has installed. Are these compatible?
@@saint-jiub Yes
So if I follow the steps of the easy graphics video and then run open mw it'll work out of the box? I always thought I needed mod manager 2 and messing with the config files. Do you plan on making a openmw modding tutorial for your graphic mod setups? great video as always!
I agree with you on view distance lol, I just like the old school fog aesthetic.
Openmw is the modding monster of stability and the cell loading time is cut into merely a quarter or less, can confirm, I have over 250 mods with 170 esps or more on my game and it still runs smooth as butter, hopefully they integrate openmw into all Bethesda games and beyond.
Bethesda are pretty adamant about their Creation Engine, but hopefully when Starfield releases we'll see some significant improvements. They *say* it's a big jump this time.
@@GamerZakh yeah well see, I'm happy to see people still improving the classic games and coming up with ways to remaster them like their creators don't lol
Gotta hand it to Bethesda though, atleast they've been fairly open about the whole idea.
there's a new volumetric fog that came out. mix it with the render distance makes it pretty sick you can run a 5 times render distance and still have that classic feel to the game
Oh nice! That's exactly what I wanted for the view distance so there isn't any cut in.
So excited for Skywind. Shouldn't be TOO far behind Skyblivion.
OpenMW is the way. I had had one single bug and that was some sitting meshes that were used in Clothiers of Vvardenfell and Arena and The Rusty Swordsman(my own mod). I went through a back-path playthrough and killed Vivec to get Wraithguard, instead of going the Blades route.
Your Morrowind load out looks like a mix between Morrowind and Oblivion... in a good way
Wow! I'm amazed that you like this too. How about new lets play with sidequests? Great vid btw :)
I do kind of want to go through it again, I'll see if I can plan something.
@@GamerZakh WarriorZakh!
Think I'll go and take a look at this as it looks very nice and I appreciate addressing the facts that massive draw distance is necessarily a good thing in morrowind in particular due to the small map. One thing which I wish someone could fix is the janky way the NPCs walk about. It always breaks my immersion. But that may not be possible with the mod tools.
In general, creating animations for Morrowind (or any Bethesda game, really) is awful. There are some animation replacers out there and the 0.47.0 changes to diagonal movement and animation blending improve the original animations at least a little bit. But for a full-blown animation overhaul, you have to wait until OpenMW supports more file formats and OpenMW-specific tools and workflows have been established.
@@MrOpenMW Thanks for advising. What you say gives me a little hope that the animations can be fixed. Love Morrowind - have done since it originally came out :).
What a grand and intoxicating mod!
Awesome, i always wanted to play morrowind and oblivion, since i've only played Skyrim. Just bought them in the autum sale for dirt cheap. I'm not into modding much but i'll look into this openMW
best Morrowind modding video ever, this is a fantastic resource.
Morrowind is my first and favorite ES game. This makes me feel so nostalgic and longing. I wish I had a PC so I could play it. 😭
People should make more mod lists on Wabbajack for Morrowind, I believe last I looked there was only 2, and I would love to see more. I can't convince myself 90% of the time to spend a whole day or 2 trying to compile a working sizeable chuck of mods together anymore..
I've never used Wabbajack before, I'll have to figure it out. Working on my modlist for OpenMW now though.
@@GamerZakh Well hey, thats great news in my book that you'll check it out. Hope your modlist might end up on there one day and many more can enjoy it effortlessly !
Oh my god just hearing The Road Most Travelled at 9:42 sends shivers down my spine. Nothing bethesda will ever do will top the magic of Morrowind. Everything is just so mundane after this incredible alien atmosphere.
Best memories of my 32 years of gaming
Another oldie, eh? I've been gaming for 33 years, since 1988 and the original NES!
I I remember hearing about this years ago I forgot about it glad to see its finally out
Awesome, looks great
Am I crazy to want to see a Oblivion demake into the OPENMW engine. (make everything text based with Morrowind's menus and logic)
I feel like at that point in the distant future we could import animations + better better bodies. I think it would be pretty cool to experience. (...and Morrowind dragons!!!)
I am a fan of demakes haha, that would be cool to see.
There is cyrodil project mod and Skyrim home of the Nords mod and Tamriel rebuilt
This is my first experience of seeing the modded version of morrowind and the results look amazing! Just makes me want to replay this game again on seeing how good it looks. Is this only possible over desktop computer? Congratulations on the very impressive work you have done
Damn, now I have to replay MW again to satisfy my nostalgia.
Hey man! It's been a minute; my favourite gamer on youtube!
Seeing Zakh's face I suddenly want a Morrowind city builder.
Oooh I'd play that.
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Once I’m finished with the RPGs I’m playing right now. First thing I’m going to do is get OpenMW version of Morrowind and play it.
OH man thank you so much!!!!
This game literally 'Blew Me Away' with it's directional wind. It was the first game I played that had it.
I still love Morrowind, it was the last TES game that didn't handicap the mechanics of spell, potions and enchantment. I managed to fly up above the clouds! Not possible for Skyrim and Oblivion :(
I love how everything is on par with vanilla skyrim graphics wise, but the mobs and npcs x.x
5:17 wtf is that floating medusa thingie in the background? played morrowind a lot, but i do not remember such thing
It's a betty netch, they're in the vanilla game.
@@GamerZakh oh! mb my memory just sucks... werent they blue though?
@@krzysztofkuczynski3577 Lighting and texture mods can change things a bit, this isn't vanilla, so it seems a bit greener here.
I tried a crazy mod list with openmw-vr and it brought my 2080ti + 9900k to its knees. Maybe i should try again with the new engine and a 4090 + 12700k.
I just wish it was voice acted. Dont like reading an essay every time i play
Mirrowind is the best es of all.
I would like to see a remake from Bethesda.
Honestly, I'd be quite concerned if Bethesda announced plans for "Morrowind: Remastered", especially given their attitude towards Skyrim. I'd rather see OpenMW mature even more and become superior to Oblivion's or Skyrim's engine.
@@MrOpenMW Agreed. I wouldn't want to see it. Modders have been doing that pretty much since launch.
Bethesda would highly likely simplify many elements of the game to cater the more casual market, defeating the purpose of it all.
While there's on obvious crossover of the player pool for each, there's a very different, very dedicated fanbase between hardcore Morrowind fans, and hardcore Skyrim fans. You can't love Skyrim and assume you'd love Morrowine.
They don't feel like the same series, mechanically speaking.
instead of, they recycle skyrim: legendary edition, special edition, GOTY edition, VR edition, anniversary edition, and then all the different console variants...
@@svengremann1088 But each version has 16 times the detail!
@@jesserogalski1402 Don't be an elitist. Morrowind wasn't that great and aged badly
When I first got Morrowind on my PC it ran at about 12-15 frames dropping to 9-10 in town on the lowest settings :-D Still loved it. I still have the 3 disk set ....not sure why I bought the steam version lol
Omg I would pay for someone to do that with Fallout NV's engine!
If there are people willing to implement it, OpenMW could well be used as a basis for OpenNV in the future. It's just a matter of manpower, really.
I wonder how far I can push this on my Samsung Note 20 ultra 😅 I love how this looks!
Just think, back in 2002 they barely even had games on the flip phones we had at the time.
Modders over the years have essentially rewritten the entire game code several times over by now.
If only they could have. One of the main reasons sparking OpenMW's development in 2008 were hardcoded parts of Morrowind's original engine limiting the modding capabilities. Even with great community efforts like MGE XE or MWSE, there are still severe limitations to what can be done with original Morrowind.
Hi Zakh
I followed your guide from his previous morrowind mod video and installed the following
1. Morrowind Code patch
2. Morrowind Enhanced Textures (MET)
3. Aesthesia Groundcover
4. Robert's Bodies
5. Facelift Heads
I did not install Morrowind Rebirth as i wanted a more vanilla experience and that mod changed some gameplay dynamics.
Then i set the INI Tweaks:
Then installed OpenMW and ran the installation wizard and set various settings like resolution, ability to switch between first and third person views and more. Then launched the game via OpenMW and the mods worked. Beautiful textures and also water looks stunning with ripples!
Unfortunately Aesthesia Groundcover does not work with OpenMW, so i see no grass on the ground.
Do we know if there is a way to install grass mods with OpenMW?
Ah yes sorry forgot to add that link, you need to follow this guide to properly install grass in OpenMW: modding-openmw.com/mods/aesthesia-groundcover-grass-mod/
@@GamerZakh That is beautiful Zakh! Thank you so much!
With those settings, the grass looks beautiful!
So I guess that's it! Every time we need to use any mod for OpenMW, we need to set the associated mappings in openmw.cfg & settings.cfg
I have a dream. That bethesda will end its money frenzy quest, stop patching and old base engine to deliver something that finally makes sense. Untill then, long live the modders who keep this comunity up. o7
the game that got me into all games