BasicMW

1. Install & Utilities

The STEP Solution

One can spend hundreds of hours just searching for mods before actually getting down to the business of installing them.
As mods increase in number and complexity and mod creators produce more and more mods that alter game play, interface and settings,
the probability of game-crashing conflicts increases. The STEP project takes care of the heavy lifting associated with sifting through thousands of mods
and selecting the ones that significantly enhance and improve the vanilla experience without detracting from it
with as little cost as possible in terms of performance. Users are able to follow detailed, step-by-STEP manual-installation instructions
and be confident that all components have been individually tested by the community and the results verified.
STEP also facilitates customization by providing details of changes affected by each mod so that the user can choose to omit or change the order of STEP’s’.
This cuts down on a vast amount of time and headache dealing with sampling, testing and troubleshooting.

1.B Install Utilities

Utility	Format	Notes
7-Zip	.EXE	Install 64-bit version, only use 32-bit if 64-bit doesn't work

1.C Install MGE XE or OpenMW

Patch name	Format	Notes
Morrowind Code Patch	.EXE	Includes 4GB patch
MGE XE latest beta	.EXE	Link is correct, see "files"
OpenMW	.EXE	This is an alternative to MGE and MCP

1.D Base textures and fixes

Patch name	Format	Notes
Morrowind Optimization Patch	folder	Increased performance
Ingredients Mesh Replacer	Folder	Meshes for ingredients
Dunmer Lanterns Replacer	Folder	Meshes for lanterns
Mesh Improvements Optimized	Folder
RR Mod Series - Better Meshes	Folder	Download all files
Better Meshes plus Optimization	Folder
MOAR Mesh Replacers	Folder	Delete furn_basket_01.nif
Patch for Purists	folder & plugin	All in one patch
Animation Compilation	folder	New animations
Morrowind Watercolored v2	folder	The texture replacer

1.E User interface

Patch name	Format	Notes
Arukinns Better UI	folder	Hires UI
HD Concept-art splash screen and main menu	folder	Delete the "splash" folder before installing

1.F Lore-friendly addons

Patch name	Format	Notes
The Publicans	esp	More beds for rent
Diseases Restored	esp	New ways to die
Movement Fatigue Halved	esp	Better alternative to "always hit"-mods
Official Add-Ons Patched	esp	Bethesda-made mods
Morrowind Grass Mod	esp & folder	Grass, generate via MGE(doesn't work with OpenMW)