General Morrowind Mod Discussion Thread, a place for open discussions, idea and resource sharing etc Options

[Uleni Athram]

As the title and description says, I made this here thread so we happy few that are playing and modding TES3 can have a singular place where we can have discussions about mods, share our ideas and resources regarding mods, post our WIP mods and maybe even help/contribute to each other's mods!

So to start off, here are the resources I am currently referring to for guidance when I'm working on my projects. Note, however, that since I've only started playing with the Construction Set (and Morrowind in general) this week, a majority of the following will be meant for newbies like me. So if y'all are veterans (which I know you guys are lmao), they might not offer what you already don't know:
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1. Morrowind Modding Showcases' Lets Mod Morrowing YouTube Playlist

2. DanaePlays' Morrowind Modding Tutorial YouTube Playlist

3. Morrowind Mod Subreddit Community
3A. Morrowind Mod Subreddit Resources (their exhaustive list of resources are absolutely top-notch; No.1 and No.2 are actually listed there)
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With that out of the way, the mod I'm currently working on is quite a simple one but should get my feet wet with all the basics. Its not anything fancy, really; I want to implement a bunch of mercenaries that you can hire anytime you want, with a simple questline that would unlock their services. I've already created the appropriate NPCs and I'm about to tackle the probably easy task of designing their base of operations. Once I'm done with the latter I'll probably do their unique dialogues next and from there, maaaaaaybe try my hand at their custom scripts? /shrugs/

So how about you guys? What are you guys working on?

[Renee]

Cool thanks. Initially I think I won't have too many mods in MW either, but that's also what I said years ago about Oblivion and Fallout 3. One by one they pile up.

I have a feeling I'll be on my own with the HUD thing. I'm still a console player at heart, and Darn makes text really small. I've tried to Darnifiy Oblivion in the past, to get all those lovely medieval fonts into my game. But Darnifying it made all the text really tiny and hard to read from halfway across my room!

How about face / clothing textures? Now that I've got MW on PC, everything is super silky smooth with the framerates and so on. I'm really noticing clothes and faces now.

[macole]

How about face / clothing textures? Now that I've got MW on PC, everything is super silky smooth with the framerates and so on. I'm really noticing clothes and faces now.

Half the fun is in building your own world.

Nix changing the HUD. I never saw the need to do that in Morrowind.

You should also consider the Unofficial Patch for Purist.

In my current set-up I’m using Better Bodies, and Westly’s Head Pack (using plugin-less versions of both).
Robert’s Bodies is a good alternative but I find the improvements to be too small to overcome Better Bodies’ more extensive clothing options. I’m still looking for a body replacer that relaxes the arms and hands or at least unlocks the elbows.

Faces: At one time I tore face packs apart and by using GIMP searched through all the textures to find which one I prefered.
My current install uses Westly’s Head Pack mainly because MCA v7 requires it. Newest version of MCA has no face requirement.
Telesphoros' Vvardenfell Visages another plugin-less head replacer is an excellent alternative choice.
The Facepack Compilation by Tarnsman; If you don’t mind messing with a somewhat complicated install take a look at this one. I am considering this one for my next install. It can be made to run with Vvardenfell Visages.
The newest head replacer is MacKom’s. It has gotten very good reviews, I don’t care for it though.

For clothing, most anything that compliments Better Bodies. Here are some that I use;

1. IceNioLivRobeReplacerPLUS (BTB Edit).esp
2. MetalQueenBoutique.esm
3. BetterClothesForTB.esp
4. Better Clothes Complete (BTB Edit).esp
5. Bob's Armory 2.esp
6. Bob's Armory.esp
7. aleanne_clothing_v1&2.esp
8. KS_Katisha's_Fancy_Threads_1.0.esp