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Benjamin Winger

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A simple python script which uses Delta Plugin to turn regular groundcover in morrowind plugins into openmw-style groundcover.

Yes

C:\games\OpenMWMods\Tools\Groundcoverify\groundcoverify-main

Please note that while these steps may seem somewhat involved, this tool can yield a decent-sized FPS gain so we urge you to not skip it.

1. Install Python3 on your system:
   • Windows users can get it from this link on python.org - make sure to select the option Add Python 3.X to PATH during installation!
   • macOS users can get it from this link on python.org
   • Linux users should get python from their distro (you probably already have it)
2. If you already had Python installed previously:
   • Your version of Python is 3.6 or lower: You need to update Python to the newest version
   • Your version of Python is 3.7 to 3.10: You need to install tomli (python -m pip install tomli in terminal/PowerShell)
   • Your version of Python is 3.11 or higher: You can continue
3. Download Groundcoverify from this link
4. Extract it to the provided data path
5. On Windows, navigate to the folder you installed Groundcoverify into and Shift+Right-click the folder to bring up the context menu. Click Open Powershell window here and use the following command:

   python .\groundcoverify.py --verbose --delta-plugin-exe .\delta_plugin.exe

6. On Linux and macOS, just open your normal terminal application, cd to the directory you installed Groundcoverify into, and use the following command:

   ./groundcoverify.py --verbose --delta-plugin-exe ./delta_plugin

7. When it completes you should have two plugins, deleted_groundcover.omwaddon and groundcover.omwaddon, and a meshes folder

deleted_groundcover.omwaddon

groundcover.omwaddon

These values need to be added to settings.cfg (be sure to consult the CFG Generator for a complete readout of all required settings):

[Groundcover]
enabled = true
stomp intensity = 2