This location can also be found by right clicking Morrowind in your Steam Library selecting properties>local files>browse local files. If using steam this will be in your drive/Steam/SteamApps/common/Morrowind.
You will have to select your Morrowind install folder.
Extract the download to its own folder, personally I would do this to a folder on the desktop.ģ. Below is roughly the same, with the assumption of a clean install.Ģ. They have a quick start guide on setting up both TES3MP and OpenMW. Download the most recent package from GitHub through TES3MP's link it is under releases, get your OS related one: As such, downloading the TES3MP package is the easiest and most reliable way to go about this for the purpose of co-op.ġ. The edition on OpenMW will be newer, however, to my knowledge you need to use the same as TES3MP for it to work. *Note, this is not the latest edition of OpenMW as TES3MP uses an older edition to run. You can also use OpenMW to play it single player with added stability and many other improvements.Ĭonveniently, TES3MP download comes with OpenMW and thus you'll just be downloading one package from TES3MP's website*. OpenMW and TES3MP will serve as the basis for Morrowind co-op or multiplayer functionality. Please read all needed sections in depth. Step 5 and 6 are for customizing the server itself. If you are a lucky friend simply hoping on to the server you just need to get through to step 4. If you are setting up the server you will need to follow all the steps of the guide.
Since you'll be using OpenMW things like MGE XE won't work, however, a wide majority of mods that don't alter the engine will. While a little lengthy, I've tried to explain each change so that it is clear what you are doing and that you may expand upon it or troubleshoot in the future.įirst, you'll need a clean install of Morrowind with all DLC because they are cheap, they come with it, they are fun, and it's the only way to purchase in 2020. To do so you'll need to use the OpenMW engine a new engine designed from the ground up to run Morrowind that allows for multiplayer functionality and improves stability, The Elder Scrolls 3 Multiplayer (TES3MP) which adds multiplayer functionality, Hamachi to easily connect you and 5 friends for free, and some community made scripts and edits to make your server more like vanilla Morrowind. This latest version of the mod also includes more than 60 new quests designed to be done in this area - including at least one large, multi-threaded adventure - so that you’ll have plenty to do once you reach Aanthirin.This guide is here so that you can set up Morrowind to be played with you and your friends in a vanilla-like manner.
The region features a massive river and several new cities and settlements. The project’s newest release is centered around the region of Aanthirin, located south of Vvardenfell.
Ever since the scope of the original game changed, the modders at Tamriel Rebuilt have been working to put the piece back together and rebuild the missing mainland in the game. Developers at Bethesda eventually slimmed down their vision before release. The original version of Elder Scrolls 3 was supposed to include the entire Morrowind region, not just the central island of Vvardenfell that comprised the final game. The modders working on Tamriel Rebuilt have been slowly adding pieces to Morrowind and this week they released one of their biggest additions ever. That also happens to be how long modders have been working to expand the game’s already enormous world. The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is almost 18-years-old.