I Heart Vanilla Mod List
24 mods
This list is for those that want to play the vanilla game, but with a few quality of life improvements. No new content is added, the only things changed by plugins are to fix bugs and meshes/textures are replaced to add gameplay features like Graphic Herbalism and the like.
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: 5 steps
- Performance: 2 steps
- Texture Packs: 1 step
- Architecture: 3 steps
- Water: 1 step
- Skies and Weather: 1 step
- Furniture and Clutter: 1 step
- Weapons: 2 steps
- NPCs: 1 step
- Gameplay: 2 steps
- User Interface: 4 steps
- Fonts: 1 step
- Settings Tweaks: 3 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: 5 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 … |
Performance: 2 steps
View This SublistAsset changes intended to yield a performance boost.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #11 | Morrowind Optimization Patch | MOP Team | Greatly improves performance and fixes some mesh errors. |
| #12 | Project Atlas | Project Atlas Team | The goal of Project Atlas is to identify … |
Texture Packs: 1 step
View This SublistThese provide large amounts of textures, covering all assets in the game or close to it.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | Morrowind Enhanced Textures | DassiD, PoodleSandwich, and Gigan | Upscales every in-game texture with the help of … |
Architecture: 3 steps
View This SublistNew meshes and textures for general architecture.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #14 | Morrowind Interiors Project | GrumblingVomit | Adds exteriors to all interior cells with windows. … |
| #15 | Glow in the Dahrk | Melchior Dahrk | This is a modern, pluginless replacement of the … |
| #16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20 | Weapon Sheathing | TES3 Community | Makes unreadied weapons appear on the character's hip … |
| #21 | Weapon Sheathing Additions | Remiros | Adds sheaths to weapons that previously didn't have … |
NPCs: 1 step
View This SublistAdd more variety and (hopefully) immersion by updating the rather limited NPC scope of the base game.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #22 | Familiar Faces by Caleb | Caleb C | An in-depth yet completely vanilla friendly touch up … |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #23 | Graphic Herbalism - MWSE and OpenMW Edition | Stuporstar and Greatness7 | Automatically harvests herbs just like the old Graphic … |
| #24 | Friendly Autosave | johnnyhostile | Saves the game at regular intervals with configurable … |
User Interface: 4 steps
View This SublistGive the game UI a needed facelift in various ways.
| Step | Name | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| #25 | Big Icons | JaceyS | Replaces the small 16x16 spell effect icons with … |
| #26 | Vanilla Style HD Icons for Attributes and Skills | kotbaioun | New vanilla-looking HD icons for all attributes and … |
| #27 | Cantons on the Global Map | Hemaris | Vivec and Molag Mar no longer look like … |
| #28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #29 | Alternative TrueType Fonts | Isaskar and Georgd | Fonts to replace the default fonts used by … |
Settings Tweaks: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | Antialias Alpha Test | OpenMW Authors | Convert the alpha test (cutout/punchthrough alpha) to alpha-to-coverage … |
| #31 | Color Topic Enable | OpenMW Authors | This setting controls whether the topics available in … |
| #32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #33 | MOMW Tools Pack | fallchildren, johnnyhostile, John Moonsugar, Benjamin Winger, … | All the tools you need to automatically install … |
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