Mod List: Graphics Overhaul
277 mods
List Usage
Remember these points when following a mod list:
- Install each mod from the list in order.
- Check out the Managing Mods page as a reference on how to install mods using the OpenMW-Launcher program.
- Also, check out this Example Mod Page for help on how to use each mod page.
- Pay attention to mod descriptions and special usage notes.
- Be sure to consult the performance guide for getting the most performance out of your setup.
- When you've finished installing everything, consult the CFG Generator for complete settings, configurations, and load orders.
- The CFG Generator has presets for each mod list, so you can see the exact data and plugin order this list should have.
- Please note that the CFG Generator will use the folder paths you have set on the User Settings page, so make sure you configure those settings for personalized outputs.
- There will be a "Final Checklist" step, be sure to take a look at that even if you don't go through every mod in the list.
List Description
This is the graphics-focused version of the Total Overhaul list, with a greatly reduced number of extra quest content. Included are: mesh and texture replacers, plugins that alter scenes (including adding clutter), effects replacers, landmasses, and more.
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Mesh replacers. Most of these correct mistakes in the originals, often resulting in performance increases, others will affect gameplay (Graphic Herbalism).
Step
Name
Author
Description
Slartibartfast
Fixes positioning, UV maps, and more in the …
ZWolol
Fixes various issues with meshes.
nich
This plugin corrects the UV mapping on the …
MOP Team
Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors.
Stuporstar and Greatness7
Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic …
MOP Team
MOP patch for Graphic Herbalism files.
Stuporstar
This graphic replacer covers tons of misc items, …
Project Atlas Team
The goal of Project Atlas is to identify …
Resdayn Revival Team
Properly smoothed vanilla meshes.
Petethegoat, EJ12
Sick of getting caught on those bastard degenerate …
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Add large amounts of extra land to the game, or in some cases make available large amounts of resources to be used of other large-scale mods.
Step
Name
Author
Description
The Tamriel Rebuilt Team
Adds game data files required by mods such …
The Tamriel Rebuilt Team
This is the product of a project that …
Cross-Project Coordination
Reverts Tamriel Data deprecations to help maintain compatibility.
OAAB_Data Team
OAAB_Data is free-to-use asset repository for the Morrowind …
Project Tamriel Team
A massive project that aims to bring the …
TOTSP Team
TOTSP goal is to improve the graphical fidelity, …
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These provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
Step
Name
Author
Description
DassiD Poodlesandwich Gigan
Upscales every in-game texture with the help of …
greg079
A set of normalmaps for the vanilla and …
DassiD
Vanilla-friendly normal maps for Morrowind.
Mrovkogon
Normal and specular maps for Morrowind & expansions, …
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These provide new meshes and textures for general architecture.
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Name
Author
Description
Champion of Hircine
Replaces models in the Dwemer set. All meshes …
darkfri
Revamping of some meshes of Dwemer Mesh Improvement …
Tyddy
Vanilla gamma and style HQ textures for Daedric …
SVNR
Very high quality meshes and normal maps for …
Lysol
A high resolution (2K) retexture of the Imperial …
Apel
Texture and mesh replacer for the exterior and …
Tyddy
This retexture contains new textures for wooden shacks, …
Tyddy
Vanilla-friendly but with a much higher quality look.
Rytelier
Vanilla friendly textures for strongholds. 2k resolution, handmade, …
DaggerfallTeam
Normal Maps for Rytelier's - Aesthesia - Stronghold …
wazabear
Parallax mapped and animated ghost fence.
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Morrowind Community and Resdayn Revival Team
Pluginless replacer for different Morrowind statues
Zobator
Turns Baar Dau into a proper meteorite.
Lougian
This mod retexture [sic] the Ministry of truth …
Melchior Dahrk
Many of the dwemer ruins use unfitting cobblestone …
Bardon
Simple texture replacer for Ashlanders camps.
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Replace the vanilla bodies and heads, and their textures, for all races and genders.
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Name
Author
Description
borok, Robert Bahamut Westly and Moranar
Pluginless version of Robert's Bodies.
1Mac, Moranar Galleo Corsair and others
Color tweak of Robert's Bodies to match vanilla …
Westly and many many more
Changes the heads of all races in the …
Kartoffels
Fixes normals issues in the meshes of Westly's …
ashiraniir
Khajiit head replacer pack.
ashiraniir
Patch to add whiskers to all the MMH …
ashiraniir
Fixes the meshes/_khj_replace/Dahnara.nif and meshes/_khj_replace/Zahraji.nif meshes included with …
LizTail
Body replacers for the beast races.
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Update the game's dated animations with improved assets.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Dirane, PurplePrankster101
Replaces only the walking animation.
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Update the look and mechanics of harvestable objects via improved meshes and high quality textures.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Articus - Qwertyquit - Pherim
Replaces textures and models of various flora with …
Stuporstar and Greatness7
These are provided by Graphic Herbalism - MWSE …
JaceX
This patch fixes alpha issues that occur with …
Vurt
4 Hi-res lava retextures to choose from and …
Melchior Dahrk
This mod replaces all the lava meshes in …
wazabear
Makes it so many smoke effects are much …
Melchior Dahrk
New effects and textures for TES3 Morrowind waterfalls.
Pherim
A replacer for the hackle-lo plant with corrected …
Melchior Dahrk
Hackle-lo leaves are described as "a tasty edible …
Pherim
High quality texture and model replacer.
Pherim
High quality texture and model replacer for the …
Remiros
Small expansion to the mushroom grove near Dagon …
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Replace the stock trees with more dense and detailed assets.
Step
Name
Author
Description
ShadowMimicry
This mod replaces the eight main trees on …
OAAB_Data Team
Compatibility patch for OAAB_Data and SM Bitter Coast …
Melchior Dahrk
This mod is a pluginless replacer for the …
Melchior Dahrk
A West Gash tree replacer for players who …
Remiros
Replaces all of the trees in the Ascadian …
vurt
.esp-less tree replacer for the Solstheim region.
PeterBitt
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
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High quality texture replacements for large amounts of the games landscapes. The scum mods are here so they can overwrite other landscape textures.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Tyddy
Retexture Vvardenfell and Solstheim in the original style
Lougian
This mod retextures the ground of all regions, …
Apel
This mode is retexture and mesh replacer for …
Lougian
Retexture of the scum in the Bitter coast
PoodleSandwich
Scummier scum texture for Lougian's Scum Retexture mod.
Phoenix Rime
Changes the location of the scum models to …
Remiros
Replaces the lily pads with fully 3D versions.
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Update existing cells in order to make them feel more lived in and expansive.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Digmen
Dagoth Ur made special arrangements for a friend. …
DuoDinamico aka RandomPal and Vegetto
Overhaul of the Library of Vivec to make …
Duo Dinamico
A fully animated overhaul of Akulakhan's chamber.
Duo Dinamico
A concept arts-based overhaul of the Arvel and …
Nwahs and Mushrooms Team
Minor cosmetic changes to the Sanctus Shrine.
Remiros
This mod overhauls the entire Foyada Mamaea up …
Caleb C
Adds new banners displaying the relevant lord's surname …
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Updated assets for the very large number of clutter objects and items in the game.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Remiros
This mod replaces the meshes of some of …
Markelius
This mod replaces the textures on all the …
Bardon
Higher resolution, nicer-looking bed textures.
Tarius
This is a replacer for the two kegstand …
Lysol
This texture pack replaces almost all the guar …
Pherim
This is a replacer for the meshes and …
Tyddy
This mod retextures all eleven saints' frescoes, three …
Tyddy
High quality urn retextures with optional bump maps.
anarkhya
This is an ESPless mod retexturing limeware in …
anarkhya
This is an ESPless mod retexturing glassware in …
anarkhya
This is an ESPless mod retexturing the 8 …
Pherim
Improved version of "Better Skulls" by tronvillain & …
Reizeron
This is a collection of texture (and model) …
Erikaimar
This mod replaces the misc_lantern_paper textures with higher …
Ket Golosov
Vanilla-friendly potion retextures (512x256 px / 512x512 px).
Ket Golosov
Retexture for the fine dunmer furniture. Vanilla-friendly.
Alaisiagae
Changes the model for the animal hide ingredients …
Remiros
Pluginless replacer for the Dwemer Puzzle Box.
akortunov
Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This …
Apel
Normal mapped sack textures.
StaticNation
This Mod replaces the gold coins in Morrowind …
SVNR and SpaceDevo
Adds transparency, glowing effect and reflection to soul …
The Morrowind Modding Community
A compilation of mods that add unique looks …
Xero Foxx
Every Ancestral Tomb in Vvardenfell has a unique …
Nwahs and Mushrooms Team
The mod replaces dunmer's ashpits.
Remiros
Unique models for all magic rings and amulets …
Nwahs and Mushrooms Team
The mod replaces and adds animations to the …
SVNR
HD bottle meshes and textures with realistic transparency …
R-Zero
Adds entrance bell chimes with sound effects to …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
R-Zero
Adds moths flying around some of the lanterns …
R-Zero
Adds a visual effect to all vanilla flies …
RandomPal
Adds fireflies around the Bitter Coast and the …
R-Zero
Adds a visual effect to all vanilla cave …
Pherim
Improved meshes with HD textures for the forge, …
Leyawynn
Changes the 2 amulets from the aspect of …
SVNR
Adds glow to various objects of House Dagoth.
Remiros
Pluginless replacer for the alcohol in the game.
QwertyQuit
HD textures for banners and flags.
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Alter the look of areas in subtle (or major) ways, or update the visuals of stock objects in the environment.
Step
Name
Author
Description
AnOldFriend
Replaces the textures for the "welcome" obelisk.
PeterBitt
This makes the signs in Vvardenfell readable with …
LazyGhost
Retextures all bloodmoon buildings with high-res 2048x2048 textures, …
Lougian
Bump mapped cave textures by Lougian -- do …
Necrolesian
Fixed versions of two meshes in Lougian's Caverns …
Apel
Texture and mesh replacer for tavern sign.
Rats
Replaces the Imperial tavern signs in Tamriel Rebuilt …
Uradamus
Excellent, vanilla-friendly normal maps of the road stones …
Tyddy
Full retexture of dwemeri set - architecture, armor …
wazabear
This is a pluginless replacer for all 4 …
SVNR
High poly caverns with optional normal maps and …
SVNR
Compatibility between Daedric Ruins (Half-Revamped) and Lava - …
Melchior Dahrk
This mod is an overhaul of Vos and …
R-Zero
Removes the roads and paths from the Grazelands …
Remiros
OAAB - The Ashen Divide is a mini …
Melchior Dahrk
This mod places saplings from OAAB_Data in most …
Duo Dinamico
Changes Khartag Point making it the high peak …
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Give the various creatures of the game new life with updated assets and more.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Voice Addon Project Team
Were you disappointed when you finally confronted Dagoth …
SpaceDevo
Pluginless replacer for Dagoth Ur and his brothers, …
PeterBitt
This mod adds glow maps to all three …
Lougian
Very nice bump mapped textures for the Netches.
Nwahs and Mushrooms Team
The mod replaces the Silt Strider according to …
greg079
Adds normalmaps for the mod Silt Strider by …
R-Zero
Restores previously unused Silt Strider animation.
PeterBitt and Pherim
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
Tyddy
Replacer and retexture of alit, using Hedgehog-12 mesh …
4thUnknown converted by Bahamut
4thUnknowns creatures for Morrowind Conversion of creatures originally …
Catherine - Darknut - PeterBitt
This mod adds unique textures to all blighted …
Merch_Lis
Updates Blighted Animals Retextured to use some of …
Sigmaund
A remake of the spriggan based on Skyrim's, …
PeterBitt and Pherim
High quality remodel of the Scamp with PBR …
PeterBitt and Bahamut
This is a mesh and texture replacer for …
Leyawynn
This mod gives Old Blue Fin a blue …
ShadowMimicry
Just replacer Bonewalker (Small Bonewalker). Mod without esp …
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Add more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Plangkye
This is a pluginless replacer for the Almalexia …
Half11
This mod replaces the generic, copy-pasted guards of …
Half11, SkoomaPro, and Danke
Expands the Yet Another Guard Diversity to cover …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Lamb Shark
A replacer for the God-King Vivec.
Unknown
This mod adds voice-overs to ALL of Almalexia's …
Danae Aurel
Modular versions of WARES for Vvardenfell, Tamriel Rebuilt, …
Stuporstar & Danae
Adds many lore-friendly and even useful books to …
tomsnellen
Bored with the tedious discussions of Vivec? Couldn't …
alvazir
This replacement patch makes 2 changes: Ports all …
Lamb Shark
An overhaul to the appearance and animations of …
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These make cities more beautiful by updating existing content or adding great new content of their own.
Step
Name
Author
Description
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Overhaul of almost every settlement of Morrowind, inspired …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Tyddy
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
Tyddy
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
Tyddy
New. Better. Detailed. Richer. Closer to vanilla. Textures …
Champion of Hircine
Replaces 43 models in total. Models are mostly …
Tyddy
Vanilla gamma and style HQ Telvanni and mushrooms …
Tyddy
Only for using with Tamriel Rebuilt Project. New, …
Tyddy
Adds Normal Maps to Redoran - Arkitektora Vol.2
Noiselarp7
Normal Height Maps for Tamriel Rebuilt Terrain.
Zobator
Replaces the textures from White Suran 2 - …
Ashstaar
Adds dunmer concept art around vvardenfell on the …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
NobuRed and NMTeam
The Concept Art Palace mod is an attempt …
Shehriazad
Similar to Illuminated Palace of Vivec it adds …
Nwahs and Mushrooms Team
A simple mod that adds a few details …
Morrowind Community and Resdayn Revival Team
This mod adds a Telvanni style Lighthouse to …
Resdayn Revival Team
This mod adds a Telvanni style Lighthouse not …
MelchiorDahrk
OAAB Tel Mora enhances the city of Tel …
RandomPal
Adds guar stables to Vivec.
Various
A Mournhold Overhaul based on the works of …
SVNR
A high poly version of the meshes.
Sexy Slippery Sloads
Morrowind is full of ships, boats and skiffs …
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Higher quality clothing, and while we're at it remove the enchanted glow "effect".
Step
Name
Author
Description
Better Clothes team and other authors …
A collection of Better Clothes and related fixes.
eddie5
Fixes an error in Better Clothes Complete which …
Moranar
This plugin replaces male meshes with more smooth …
Moranar and friends
Updated Better Robes TR patch to work with …
Remiros
Texture replacer for all the robes in the …
borok
Remove the bright purple glow maps from Robe …
Tyddy and CY4NN
High quality replacers for the goldolier helm. No …
RubberMan
Replaces 5 of the most commonly used shoes …
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An updated look for the game's armor, with OpenMW's modern features in mind.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Saint_Jiub - fixed and optimized by …
Fixed and optimized version of Saint_Jiubs HiRez Armors …
Tyddy
High resolution yet vanilla friendly armor retextures.
Lougian
There are several mods on this page, only …
McMuffin converted by Bahamut
This is a port of McMuffin's Daedric Lord …
Joseph Melia
A retexture for the Orcish Helmet, Armor and …
abelthorne
This mod fixes the visual issues with bump …
Kalamestari_69
This mod replaces a pair of gauntlets called: …
Kalamestari_69
Replaces Lord's Mail with high ress textures & …
xander2077
Retexturing the Dwemer armor.
Painkiller_Rider
Replaces/modifies the meshes, textures and enchantments for 10 …
Heinrich Guil
New mesh for mail. It's actually a chainmail …
ShadowMimicry
After defeating Dagoth Ur, you will receive an …
Soldifire and Darknut
Replaces all glass related items with an enchanting …
Stuporstar and Greatness7
Compatibility patch for Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and …
OAAB_Data Team
Compatibility patch for OAAB_Data and Glass Glowset.
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An update treatment for weapons, covering many uniques.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Remiros
Pluginless replacer for the Ice Blade of the …
Remiros
Pluginless replacer for Mehrunes' Razor. Lacks support for …
Reizeron
This is how in-game dialogues describe iron warhammers: …
Remiros
This mod replaces Chrysamere with a new lore-friendly …
Plangkye
Mesh and texture replacements for True Flame, giving …
Lorkhansheart
A texture and mesh edit to True Trueflame, …
ShadowMimicry
I [ShadowMimicry] tried to give the new models …
Psymoniser
This replaces the meshes of the oriental styled …
TES3 Community
Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip …
MOP Team
A patch for the Weapon Sheathing meshes, from …
Avienus, Soldifire, and Darknut
This plugin-less mod will restore the glow maps …
Lysol
A model and texture replacer of the Steel …
Remiros
Gives certain weapons and armors unique models
RubberMan
Replaces several unique weapons and shields that repeat …
Trancemaster_1988
This mod replaces the unique artifact Bluebrand with …
R-Zero
Makes thrown weapon projectiles fly pointy end forward …
Kalamestari_69
High res replacer for the Widowmaker axe.
Kalamestari_69
Replaces Bow of Shadows with new high ress …
PikachunoTM
Animates the Staff of Magnus. Bonus, a similar …
Remiros
This mod replaces Volendrung with a new model …
Billyro
A remake of the artifact Skullcrusher - smaller, …
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Give new sound to almost everything in the game.
Step
Name
Author
Description
ClockworkAngels
A small edit to fix the male Dunmer …
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Updated visual effects. Greatly enhance many scenes with subtle but beautiful additions.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Melchior Dahrk
This mod enhances the ambiance of the Bitter …
Remiros
Improves the mist used in Ancestral Tombs.
Melchior Dahrk
To align with what the in game dialogue …
Melchior Dahrk
Adds falling spores particle effects to the iconic …
Articus
This mod adds High Quality (512) animated textures …
Greatness7 - Kurpulio
Spell effect visual replacers.
jiopi
Removes sparkle effects from Shield. This makes the …
SpaceDevo
8 new blood textures for NPCs and creatures. …
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Mods that affect object and visuals in the distance.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Hemaris
Makes distant land more responsive to quest progress. …
RandomPal, Hemaris, johnnyhostile
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
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Add grass, reeds, small mushrooms, stones, and other groundcover to the game.
Step
Name
Author
Description
x79 and Vurt
This is Vurts Groundcover patched to work with …
Remiros, Vtastek, Hrnchamd
This mod adds high quality grass and groundcover …
Duo Dinamico
Groundcover compatibility between Concept Arts plantations and Beautiful …
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Modify the water or sea in some shape or form.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Hemaris
Extends the seafloor around Vvardenfell to hide the …
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Alter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.
Step
Name
Author
Description
starwarsgal9875
Comprehensive Overhaul for the weather in Morrowind, Solsthiem, …
Melchior Dahrk
This is just a simple, high-definition replacer for …
Tyddy
Simple retexture, which make Masser and Secunda dying …
Shanjaq
Every night a random max time interval is …
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Update the behavior and look of lighting in the game, going for a darker and more accurate look overall. Silverware Repolished is here so it can load after other mods that change some candle meshes.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Melchior Dahrk
This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the …
RandomPal and the Morrowind Modding Community
Compatibility patch for Beautiful Cities of Morrowind and …
Project Atlas Team
Project Atlas patches for Glow in the Dahrk. …
SVNR
Compatibility patch for Imperial Towns Revamp and Glow …
Vegetto
Nord's windows have a wooden shutter, open in …
RandomPal
Adds some unique, Telvanni style light sources to …
Darknut
This mod adds windows to the Exteriors & …
Hemaris
Adjusts every vanilla light mesh to enhance the …
Melchior Dahrk
This mod replaces all of the Dunmer lanterns …
Pherim
Improved meshes with upscaled and atlased textures and …
PoodleSandwich
Darker night-time settings for OpenMW.
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Post processing shaders add a variety of nice visual effects.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Dexter, Zesterer, wazabear, akortunov, wareya, various
A collection of post-processing shaders for OpenMW. Includes: …
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Give the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Dedaenc
Removes all menu borders, giving a sleeker more …
Gonzo
This pack contains 78 splash screens in a …
Petethegoat
1k, 2k, and 4k replacements for the scroll …
Isaskar and Georgd
Pre-defined setup of TrueType fonts for OpenMW. Requires …
JaceyS
Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with …
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Higher quality in-game cinematics.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Chesko
An HD recreation of the original Intro Cinematic.
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Not actually mods, but changes to settings that are built into the OpenMW engine. Enhance performance and visual quality, as well as enable or disable many gameplay options (including things provided by MCP for vanilla Morrowind).
Step
Name
Author
Description
OpenMW Authors
These settings will affect how the engine renders …
OpenMW Authors
OpenMW has special settings for grass and and …
OpenMW Authors
Realtime shadow maps for (optionally) all game objects.
OpenMW Authors
OpenMW has a configurable water shader, with several …
OpenMW Authors
OpenMW offers an optional, improved third person camera …
OpenMW Authors
Enable and configure a head bobbing effect for …
OpenMW Authors
The Navmeshtool program comes with OpenMW and can …
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The final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.
Step
Name
Author
Description
Benjamin Winger
Transcoder for managing a form of markup-based minimal …