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 OpenMW

Patch name	Format	Notes
OpenMW	.EXE	Install 64-bit version, only use 32-bit if 64-bit doesn't work

1.D Base textures and fixes

Note: Always download the option without bump-maps. They are not compatible with openmw.

Patch name	Format	Notes
Morrowind Optimization Patch	folder	Increased performance
HD Vanilla Textures	folder
Patch for Purists	folder & plugin	Also install fixed HD textures
Normal Maps for Morrowind	Folder
Taddeus On the Rocks	Folder	With normal maps for OpenMW
Tyddy's terrain textures	folder	Rocks and terrain
Mesh Improvements 1.7.1	folder	Optionals as well

1.E Architecture

Name	Format	Notes
Shacks Docks and Ships - Arkitektora of Vvardenfell	folder
Daedric Ruins - Arkitektora of Vvardenfell	folder
Imperial Houses and Forts Retexture - Ordo Arkitektora	folder
Full Dwemer Retexture	folder
Redoran - Arkitektora of Vvardenfell	folder
Alternate Redoran Hut Textures	folder
Sewers - Arkitektora of Vvardenfell	folder
Hlaalu - Arkitektora of Vvardenfell	folder
Velothi Retexture	folder
Telvanni Retexture	folder	Including the smoothed podplants
Velothi Hilltent & Gnisis Fort Roof Mod n Fixes	folder

1.F Objects

Mod Name	Mod Format	Notes
Detailed Tapestries	Folder	Sharper tapestries
Detailed Rugs v2	Folder	Sharper rugs
AST Beds Remastered	Folder	Replacer for beds
Wood Furniture	Folder	Only textures with "cherry" in the name needed
Arukinns Better Books and Scrolls	Folder	Replacer for books and scrolls
Guar Skin Banners	Folder	Hires banners
Improved Kwama Eggs and Egg Sacs	Folder	Replaces Kwama eggs & sac
Dunmeri Urns - Aestetika of Vvardenfell	Folder
Long Live The Limeware	Folder	Limeware replacer
Long Live The Glassware	Folder	Glassware replacer
Long Live The Plates	Folder	Replacer for plates
Better Skulls	Folder	Replacer for skulls
R-Zero's Random Retextures - Dwemer Coin & Quill	Folder	Quill & dwemer coins retextured
EKM Vanilla-Based Paper Lanterns	Folder	Paper lanterns retextured
Ket's Potions and Beverages Retexture	Folder	Potions and beverages retextured
Ket's Swirlwood Furniture retexture	Folder	Retexture for the fine dunmer furniture
Signposts Retextured	Folder & .ESP	Readable signpost textures

1.G Creatures

Mod Name	Mod Format	Notes	Cliffracer Replacer	Folder	Retexture of cliffracers
Nix-Hound Replacer	Folder	Retexture of nixhound
Guars replacer - Aendemika of Vvardenfell	Folder	Retexture of guars
Kagouti replacer - Aendemika of Vvardenfell	Folder	Retexture of kagouti
Alit replacer - Aendemika of Vvardenfell	Folder	Retexture of alit
Better Scamps	Folder	Scamps redone
Silt Strider Replacer	Folder	New meshes and textures