I Heart Vanilla: Director's Cut Mod List
36 mods
This is an extension of the I Heart Vanilla list that includes Tamriel Rebuilt and related mods, and unofficial mods with content from original Morrowind creators.
Vanilla, but with a little bit more! The sheer amount of content that's added with just a few extra mods is indeed staggering. The list also features new quests from one of the writers of the original Morrowind!
In order to prevent user error it is highly recommended to use the Automatic Installation Guide for Windows, Linux, or MacOS to install this mod list.
Table of Contents
This mod list is divided into sublists, the table of contents below has a link to each one.
- First Steps: 5 steps
- Patches, Fixes, and Consistency: 6 steps
- Modding Resources: 1 step
- Landmasses: 3 steps
- Performance: 2 steps
- Texture Packs: 2 steps
- Architecture: 3 steps
- Water: 1 step
- Skies and Weather: 1 step
- Furniture and Clutter: 1 step
- Weapons: 2 steps
- Music: 2 steps
- NPCs: 2 steps
- Gameplay: 2 steps
- Quests: 2 steps
- Guilds/Factions: 1 step
- User Interface: 4 steps
- Fonts: 1 step
- Settings Tweaks: 4 steps
- Tools: 1 step
First Steps: 5 steps
View This SublistThese are all the steps you need to follow before installing a mod list
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Buy and Install Morrowind | OpenMW Authors | An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you … |
| #2 | Install OpenMW | OpenMW Authors | OpenMW is a free, open source, and modern … |
| #3 | Set your Site Settings | OpenMW Authors | Your Site Settings contain some customizable options to … |
| #4 | Folder Deploy Script | OpenMW Authors | Creating folders for your mod lists is a … |
| #5 | How to Install Mods | OpenMW Authors | Great question. The process is a little different … |
Patches, Fixes, and Consistency: 6 steps
View This SublistAlter some aspect of the game in order to fix a bug, or to be more consistent with the game itself. Patches usually work via a plugin.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | Patch for Purists | Half11 | Patch for Purists strives to be an all-in-one … |
| #7 | Unofficial Morrowind Official Plugins Patched | PikachunoTM | An attempt to fix the many issues present … |
| #8 | Jammings Off | HedgeHog12 | These files are an updated version of the … |
| #9 | Fixed Bonelord Arms | Kynesifnar | Fixes the bonelord's left forearms so that they … |
| #10 | Distant Fixes: Lua Edition | johnnyhostile | A Lua framework for handling updates to distant … |
| #11 | Distant Ebon Tower for OpenMW | GrumblingVomit | Makes the mesh underneath Ebon Tower larger so … |
Modding Resources: 1 step
View This SublistCommunity asset repositories and frameworks, used by many other mods.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #12 | Tamriel Data | Cross-Project Coordination | Adds game data files required by mods such … |
Landmasses: 3 steps
View This SublistAdd large amounts of extra land, including quests, to the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | Tamriel Rebuilt | Tamriel Rebuilt Team | This is the product of a project that … |
| #14 | Project Cyrodiil | Project Tamriel Team | Project Cyrodiil is a new lands mod from … |
| #15 | Skyrim: Home Of The Nords | Project Tamriel Team | A massive project that aims to bring the … |
Performance: 2 steps
View This SublistAsset changes intended to yield a performance boost.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | Morrowind Optimization Patch | MOP Team | Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors. |
| #17 | Project Atlas | Project Atlas Team | The goal of Project Atlas is to identify … |
Texture Packs: 2 steps
View This SublistThese provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18 | Morrowind Enhanced Textures | DassiD, PoodleSandwich, and Gigan | Upscales every in-game texture with the help of … |
| #19 | Necrom - Arkitektora of Morrowind | Tyddy | Only for using with Tamriel Rebuilt Project. New, … |
Architecture: 3 steps
View This SublistNew meshes and textures for general architecture.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20 | Morrowind Interiors Project | GrumblingVomit | Adds exteriors to all interior cells with windows. … |
| #21 | Glow in the Dahrk | Melchior Dahrk | This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the … |
| #22 | Nords shut your windows | Vegetto88 | Nord's windows have a wooden shutter, open in … |
Water: 1 step
View This SublistMods that modify water, be it standing pools, waterfalls, or anything else.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #23 | Distant Seafloor for OpenMW | Hemaris | Extends the seafloor around Vvardenfell to hide the … |
Skies and Weather: 1 step
View This SublistAlter the looks and behavior of the sky, clouds, and weather.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #24 | Kirel's Interior Weather | Kirel | Plays weather sound effects in interior cells, but … |
Furniture and Clutter: 1 step
View This SublistUpdated assets for select items in the game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #25 | OpenMW Containers Animated | akortunov and CemKey | Based on MW Containers Animated by qqqbbb. This … |
Weapons: 2 steps
View This SublistAn update treatment for weapons.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #26 | Weapon Sheathing | TES3 Community | Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip … |
| #27 | Weapon Sheathing Additions | Remiros | Adds sheaths to weapons that previously didn't have … |
Music: 2 steps
View This SublistMods that add new music.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #28 | S3maphore - OpenMW Music Management from the Future | magicaldave | S3maphore is a replacement both for OpenMW's built-in … |
| #29 | Tamriel Rebuilt - Original Soundtrack | Rytelier and ASKII | Adds whole new soundtrack for Tamriel Rebuilt areas, … |
NPCs: 2 steps
View This SublistAdd more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | Familiar Faces by Caleb | Caleb C | An in-depth yet completely vanilla friendly touch up … |
| #31 | Facelift for Tamriel Data | Kartoffels | Some texture edits + mesh edits. |
Gameplay: 2 steps
View This SublistUpdate gameplay mechanics. From leveling to monster spawning, marksman to sneaking, this selection tries to update game mechanics to feel better or more enjoyable compared to the vanilla game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #32 | Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and OpenMW Edition | Stuporstar and Greatness7 | Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic … |
| #33 | Friendly Autosave | johnnyhostile | Saves the game at regular intervals with configurable … |
Quests: 2 steps
View This SublistAdd new quests, alter existing areas, get new rewards. Includes new content from some of the developers of the original Morrowind!
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #34 | AFFresh | AFFA | This mod adds about 30 quests to NPCs … |
| #35 | Tamriel Rebuilt Introduction Quest - Help a Khajiit reach the City of Good People | Denis418 | Rescue a slave from Addamasartus and help him … |
Guilds/Factions: 1 step
View This SublistAdds new content and quests for the original game's factions, and introduces a couple of never before seen factions with full questlines.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #36 | Wilhelm of the Aedra | AFFA | Frik is concerned about one Wilhelm Bear-Star who … |
User Interface: 4 steps
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #37 | Big Icons | JaceyS | Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with … |
| #38 | Vanilla Style HD Icons for Attributes and Skills | kotbaioun | New vanilla-looking HD icons for all attributes and … |
| #39 | Cantons on the Global Map | Hemaris | Vivec and Molag Mar no longer look like … |
| #40 | Loading Screens Diversified | Melchior Dahrk | Replaces all vanilla splash art for the loading … |
Fonts: 1 step
View This SublistReplacements for the default game font.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #41 | Alternative TrueType Fonts | Isaskar and Georgd | Fonts to replace the default fonts used by … |
Settings Tweaks: 4 steps
View This SublistNot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #42 | Antialias Alpha Test | OpenMW Authors | Convert the alpha test (cutout/punchthrough alpha) to alpha-to-coverage … |
| #43 | Increase Max Navmeshdb File Size | OpenMW Authors | This setting will raise the maximum size for … |
| #44 | Color Topic Enable | OpenMW Authors | This setting controls whether the topics available in … |
| #45 | Trilinear Filtering | OpenMW Authors | Enable trilinear mipmap filtering by default for better … |
Tools: 1 step
View This SublistThe final bits of work, to ensure long-term smooth sailing.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #46 | MOMW Tools Pack | fallchildren, johnnyhostile, John Moonsugar, Benjamin Winger, … | All the tools you need to automatically install … |
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