Installation Instructions

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Install Original Game

To use OpenMW you need a base ESM file. Currently Morrowind.esm is the only one available; see http://openmw.org/faq/, section "Do I need Morrowind?"

Note: you do not have to use Wine to install Morrowind data files on Linux / Mac OSX:

  • Retail Morrowind (CD): use the installer included in OpenMW's launcher.
  • Morrowind on Steam: Use SteamCMD or Steam-Appmanifest to download the game data without having to use the Windows Steam client.

Install OpenMW

The (easier) Binary Way

  • Simply get the right archive for your OS here : https://openmw.org/downloads/
  • Extract it
  • Launch "openmw-launcher.exe" if you are under Windows, or "openmw-launcher" if you are under Linux/Mac
  • Play!

The (bleeding edge) Source Way

See Development Environment Setup for detailed instructions.

After building the engine:

  • Launch "openmw-launcher"
  • Play!

The Debian Way

OpenMW is available from the unstable (sid) repository of Debian contrib and can be easily installed if you are using testing or unstable. However, it depends on several packages which are not in stable, so it is not possible to install OpenMW in Wheezy without creating a FrankenDebian. This is not recommended or supported.

The Ubuntu Way

A Launchpad PPA is available. Add it and install OpenMW:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openmw/openmw
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openmw openmw-launcher

Note: OpenMW-CS must be installed separately by typing:

$ sudo apt-get install openmw-cs

The Arch Linux Way

The binary package is available in the official [community] Repositories.

To install simply run the following as root (or in sudo):

# pacman -S openmw

Running OpenMW

After the installation is complete, run "openmw-launcher". You will get an error message stating "Error detecting Morrowind installation". Do not be alarmed, this is perfectly normal. Press the "Browse..." button and navigate to the directory containing the file "Morrowind.esm" and select it. For example, if you have Morrowind installed in Wine via Steam, this file will be located in "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Morrowind/Data Files/".

You will be asked if you wish to import settings from Morrowind.ini. Select "Import", otherwise OpenMW will not work. You do not need to check the box "Include selected masters and plugins". The OpenMW launcher window should now open. Switch to the "Data Files" tab and check the box to the left of "Morrowind.esm". You are now ready to play!

Common Problems

ERROR: Unknown fallback name: FontColor_color_header

Symptoms

OpenMW crashes at startup with ERROR: Unknown fallback name: FontColor_color_header message at the end of openmw.log log file.

Cause

OpenMW configuration (openmw.cfg) is severly lacking and missing fallback values, since "Settings Importer" was not run correctly.

Fix

Re-run "Settings Importer" from OpenMW launcher.