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Installation See Mod installation for how to add mods to OpenMW.

Help/Discussion

See the Mod Compatibility forum.

More mods Some individual users also have testing-in-progress notes about many more mods, e.g. here.

Introduction

Once you have played through unmodded Morrowind and its expansions, you probably want to add some spice to your next playthrough: thousands of modifications (mods) are available to enhance the overall gameplay, adjust the game mechanics to your tastes, or simply improve the graphics quality. There also are mods which add new landscapes and quests – and some are proper total conversions (TCs), stand-alone games taking Morrowind's engine as a basis.

The OpenMW project has set one of its main goals to provide compatibility with each and every Morrowind mod which

  • is a pure replacer or a modification created with the original Construction Set,
  • doesn't rely on third-party software or other engine hacks,
  • doesn't contain any severe scripting errors or other crucial design flaws.

Our engine is, of course, not perfect and certain mods may fail to load or may show unexpected behaviour. If you encounter any bugs with a mod, please report them at our bugtracker or at our forums (newbies should check out our Bug Reporting Guidelines). Additionally, we have created this page to keep track of tested Morrowind mods and provide information about issues related to each of these mods.

Status indicators

This page contains a list of catalogued Morrowind mods and a list of catalogued Morrowind utilities – both with extra information about certain famous mods or utilities respectively – as well as an overview of OpenMW-exclusive mods. In this context, we use several icons to indicate the working status of a mod:

Table 1. Status indicators
Works fine.The mod works as in vanilla Morrowind; there may be a couple of warning messages written to the error log but nothing that affects the mod's functionality.
Partially working, has non-trivial issues.Most parts of the mod work as expected. There are (minor) issues though, but nothing with serious impact on gameplay. See the description text for bug references or workarounds.
Currently broken.There are major problems with this mod which have a noticeable impact on gameplay. These issues should get fixed in the future – see the description text for bug references or workarounds.
Needs re-testing.There have been problems with this mod. Certain bug-fixes or version releases may have fixed some/all issues, but nobody has re-tested the mod yet.
Currently being tested.(Mainly for large mods.) The mod is in active testing. It may take the tester(s) a while to complete their task.
Will never work with OpenMW.Due to relying on third-party software, like MWSE or MGE, or because of severe scripting errors the mod isn't compatible with OpenMW. To make it compatible, the mod authors need to fix their mod or clear third-party dependencies. Moreover, some third-party features may have already been implemented in OpenMW – but don't hope for that!
Not tested yet.The mod hasn't been tested yet; maybe someone plans to do so later.

Mod installation

OpenMW uses a more flexible method for installing mods. Check out our Mod installation Wiki page here.

Mod sources

The OpenMW team does not provide any mods or external mod tools. However, there are a couple of great mod libraries for TES III: Morrowind (this list is not exhaustive):

Table 2. Mod libraries
English LanguageGreat House Fliggerty
English LanguageMod DB
English LanguageModding History
English LanguageMorrowind Nexus
English LanguageMax's Minor Mods
English LanguageLess Generic NPC Project
English LanguageMorrowind Mythic Mods
English LanguageTES Alliance
English LanguageEmma's Elder Scrolls Site
German LanguageEi der Zeit
German LanguageElder Scrolls Portal
German LanguageWorld of Elder Scrolls

Further information and discussion

Anyone who is a member of the Wiki group can add details of mods they have tested; see the forum's User Control Panel and assign yourself to the group in order to get access.

We also have a Mod Compatibility subforum where any issues can be discussed thoroughly.

If you want to test Morrowind mods in OpenMW but don't know how to start, check out our Mod testing guidelines page. If you already know how to properly test mods in OpenMW, please check this page out too because it also contains information regarding posting your test results.

Working status of existing Morrowind mods

The following list of "tested", "test in progress", "needs re-testing", or "not tested yet" mods makes no claim to be complete. Every Morrowind modification fulfilling the requirements mentioned above should work with OpenMW. The statements made about a mod's working status refer to a clean OpenMW installation, only using the particular mod and its required content files.

List of catalogued mods

Mods using fake bump maps

The Morrowind Code Patch (MCP) made it possible to use so-called fake bump maps in vanilla Morrowind. Apart from these maps not achieving the quality of real bump maps, our engine has a problem with this approach: The fake bump maps method import the normal map in an environment map block in the .nif-file. Both OpenMW and vanilla Morrowind will with this approach display the model with very shiny textures. MCP is used with vanilla Morrowind to "fix" this by darkening all the environment maps. However, our engine natively supports real bump maps (specifically the type called normal maps) which renders the hacky MCP version obsolete anyway.

Our member lysol has created a tutorial on how to get rid of these shiny textures in OpenMW.

To cut a long story short: Mods using fake bump maps will always appear very shiny in OpenMW. This can only be fixed by editing the textures/meshes.

Morrowind Graphics and Sound Overhaul (MGSO)

Morrowind Overhaul: Sounds & Graphics a.k.a. MGSO is one of the biggest and most famous Morrowind mod compilations ever made. It consists of a mere 300 mods (give or take a few) and integrates well-known utilities like the Morrowind Code Patch (MCP) and the Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE). It comes with its own installer which allows players to adjust everything to their tastes.

Unfortunately, OpenMW does not support installer-based modifications like MGSO rendering this masterpiece basically incompatible with OpenMW. You may set up MGSO on your vanilla Morrowind installationn though, import your data and mod list to OpenMW, and hope for the best.

In any case, we've added many of the corresponding mods to the mod list above; check out the full mod list on our MGSO WIki page. (The original list was formerly available at the authors' website but has somehow vanished.)

Utilities for vanilla Morrowind

There are quite a few third-party utilities for Morrowind which allow players to increase the game's graphical quality, tweak its performance, or adjust the load order of content files. While most of these programs are not compatible with OpenMW, some of them may be used to "prepare" an existing Morrowind installation and port the results to OpenMW. At your own risk, of course.

Please note that the meaning of the status indicators is a bit different compared to the other lists (hover over icons to see their meanings).

List of catalogued utilities

Table 3. List of other catalogued mods
Mod Info Test Info
Name Version Author Status [?] Test Version Test Date Tester(s) Comments
Table 4. List of catalogued utilities
Mod Info Test Info
Name Version Author Status [?] Test Version Test Date Tester(s) Comments
Animation Kit N 2.1 LizTail Usable. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/10/20 Atahualpa Works as intended. Just use it with your vanilla installation of Morrowind.
BSA Unpacker MW N 1.0 Timeslip Usable. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa OpenMW does not alter the .bsa format. Hence, modders can simply use this modification to extract files from .bsa files and use them in OpenMW-CS.
ESP Cleaner N ? Horatio Usable. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa OpenMW does not alter the .esp format. Accordingly, mod creators and players can use this tool to clean .esp files and use them with OpenMW. Please note that OpenMW provides its own file formats ".omwaddon" and ".omwgame" which replace ".esp" and ".esm" respectively for content created with OpenMW-CS. These files do not work with ESP Cleaner.
mlox N 0.61 JohnMoonsugar Not recommended. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to find the optimal load order for your mods on your original Morrowind installation, then keep your fingers crossed and manually transfer the resulting load order to the OpenMW launcher.
Morrowind Code Patch N 2.2 Hrnchamd
Psyringe
Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa Not compatible with OpenMW; see our MCP Wiki page for further information.
Morrowind Enhanced A 1.6 aerelorn Will never work with OpenMW. - 2017/6/20 Thunderforge Not compatible with OpenMW; designed to only work alongside vanilla Morrowind.exe
Morrowind FPs Optimizer N 1.0 Alexander Stasenko Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa This utility only works with the original Morrowind process which makes it incompatible with OpenMW. The possibility to dynamically adjust the rendering quality depending on the FPS is a nice idea though – and not possible in OpenMW yet.
Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE) N 3.8.0 LizTail
Timeslip
Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa Not compatible with OpenMW; see our MGE XE Wiki page for further information.
Morrowind Graphics Extender XE (MGE XE) N 0.9.10 Hrnchamd Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa Not compatible with OpenMW; see our MGE XE Wiki page for further information.
Morrowind Mod Manager N 1.0 Timeslip Almost useless. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to mess around with your original Morrowind installation. However, launching OpenMW via the "Launch Morrowind" button is not possible (obviously) which drastically decreases the program's usability.
Morrowind Plugin Manager N 1.2 DW Not recommended. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to install mods to your original Morrowind installation and make adjustments to your load order and stuff there, finally setting the exact same load order in the OpenMW launcher. However, OpenMW provides its own way of installing mods making it possible to use as many data folders as you want to, while adjusting the load order at will in our launcher.
Morrowind Resolution Fixer N 1.0 DarkWolfModding Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa Not compatible with OpenMW but our engine provides support for all common screen resolutions anyway.
(To be honest, this software doesn't even work with my original Morrowind installation. And messing around with the registry isn't very user-friendly to say the least.)
Morrowind Script Extender (MWSE) M 0.94a AnthonyG
Fliggerty
Will never work with OpenMW. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa Not compatible with OpenMW; see our MWSE Wiki page for further information.
TES Plugin Tool (TESTool) M 1.0 ghostwheel Almost useless. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to mess around with your original Morrowind installation. Please note that OpenMW does not support merging leveled lists.
TESIniTweaker N 3.5.2 Moorindal Not recommended. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to adjust the settings in your Morrowind.ini file and, then import the modified .ini file from within the OpenMW launcher. Please note that doing so may lead to certain settings in your OpenMW settings file getting overwritten.
TESPCD N 0.31 Ely Soto Usable. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool with unclean or conflicting mods in order to get the issues solved.
Wrye Mash N 84 Wrye Almost useless. - 2016/10/03 Atahualpa You may use this tool to mess around with your original Morrowind installation. Please note that OpenMW savegames aren't compatible with vanilla ones and, thus, cannot be managed via Wrye Mash. The infamous doubling bug doesn't occur in OpenMW.

Morrowind Script Extender (MWSE)

This utility greatly expands the scripting capabilities of the original Morrowind engine. See our MWSE Wiki page for further information.

Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE / MGE XE)

These utilities improve Morrowind overall graphical quality, make it possible to control certain graphics settings via scripts, and add several new features to the original engine, e.g., a variety of shaders. See our MGE XE Wiki page for more information.

Morrowind Code Patch (MCP)

This utility fixes a good amount of buggy or poorly-written game mechanics, many engine bugs, and brings a bunch of new (optional) features to vanilla Morrowind. See our MCP Wiki page to learn more.

OpenMW-exclusive mods

For the time being, this list keeps track of all OpenMW-exclusive mods available to the public. This section will be moved to a new page when modders' productivity exceeds a certain level (i.e., when there is a decent amount of OpenMW-only content).

Table 5. List of OpenMW-exclusive mods
Mod Info Test Info
Name Version Author Status [?] Test Version Test Date Tester(s) Comments
Guar Skin Banners for OpenMW N
(Version with normal maps)
1.0 Lysol Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Hlaalu Normal Mapped for OpenMW N 1.1 Lysol Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Imperial Forts Normal Mapped - OpenMW N
(Clean Version)
2.0 Remiros Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Imperial Forts Normal Mapped - OpenMW N
(Vanilla-style Version)
2.0 Remiros Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Imperial Towns Normal Mapped for OpenMW N 1.0 Lysol Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
MC's Normal Mapped Indoril Armour Texture Pack (for OpenMW) N 1.0 MetaCthulhu Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Multiple Teleport Marking (OpenMW and Tamriel Rebuilt) N 1.2 Marcel Hesselbarth Works fine. OpenMW 0.42.0 2017/08/24 Fizzol Works as intended; no console outputs.

[N.B. This mod must be loaded after Morrowind Rebirth to retain its functionality and will not be compatible with mods that alter sEffectSummonCreature04 or sEffectSummonCreature05.]

Natural Character Growth and Decay N 2.1.1 Greywander Works fine. OpenMW 0.42.0 Aug 2017 Loriel Similar in style to Galsiah's Character Development
OpenMW Leveled List Fixer A N/A jmelesky Works fine. OpenMW 0.42.0 Aug 2017 Loriel Requires Python.
PlayedTime for OpenMW N 1.3 Centrello Works fine. OpenMW 0.42.0 2017/08/20 Centrello Works as intended. No console output.
Sneak Tools for Morrowind N
(OpenMW)
0.3 metalpoetza Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/12/22 metalpoetza Works as intended; no console outputs.
Teleport Ring for OpenMW N 0.1 metalpoetza Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/12/14 metalpoetza Works as intended; no console outputs.
The Redguard Rug N 0.0.1 metalpoetza Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/12/19 metalpoetza Works as intended; no console outputs.
Vivec Normal Mapped for OpenMW N 1.1 Lysol Works fine. OpenMW 0.40.0 2016/09/13 Atahualpa Works as intended; no console outputs.
Better Sounds 1.1 Patch 2 A 1.0 Darklocq Works fine. OpenMW 0.41.0 2016/09/13 Darklocq Repairs (non-OpenMW-specific) errors in Better Sounds 1.1 by by JEKA, TJ, and Colobos, which broke quests and other mods.

Testers

Credits go to Bethesda for creating an exceptional game – exceptional in every sense – with unusual modding possibilities. Credits also go to the great Morrowind modding community which is still active after all these years. Finally, special thanks go to all the mod testers who made this page feel like a true list of tested mods rather than a small selection of user-created content.

If a tester has chosen to link their talk page below, feel free to ask them for advice or assistance.

  • Amenophis
  • Arakhor
  • Arashi Aganawa
  • asmo
  • Atahualpa
  • Cramal
  • Darklocq (talk)
  • Durisat
  • Elderking1986
  • Frik
  • Hallfaer
  • llirium
  • Loriel (talk)
  • metalpoetza
  • Natalie
  • PoorYorec
  • Slissith
  • Sokami
  • Steve Odom
  • Thunderforge
  • Tinker
  • Xandaros
  • ... and all you unknown testers!