OpenMW is a complete game engine that can either run Morrowindor original projects created with OpenMW-CS, such as Example Suite.

Morrowind¶

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Running the Morrowind Installation Wizard¶

1. Launch the OpenMW Launcher

2. Launch the Installation Wizard

   Note

   If you are prompted with an error message stating“Could not find the Data Files location,”click the “Run Installation Wizard” button.

   Note

   If you arrive at the main screen, click the “Settings” tab,and then click the “Run Installation Wizard” button.

3. Follow further instructions belowto install Morrowind from either a retail CD or an existing installation.

   • Morrowind (from retail CD)
     1. Make sure that the retail CD is in your computer’s CD/DVD driveand the Installation Wizard is running.
     2. On the “Select Installation Method” screen of the Installation Wizard,choose “Install Morrowind to a New Location” and click the “Next” button.
     3. Choose a location to install Morrowind to your hard drive(or accept the suggested location) and click the “Next” button.
     4. Select your preferred language for the installationand click the “Next” button
     5. Select which official expansions (Tribunal or Bloodmoon) should be installed.For best results, it is recommended to have both expansions installed.
     6. Click the “Install” button.
   • Morrowind (from existing installation)
     1. On the “Select Installation Method” screen of the Installation Wizard,choose “Select an existing Morrowind installation” and click the “Next” button
     2. Select an installation. If nothing is detected, click browse.
     3. Navigate to the directory containing the file Morrowind.esm and select that file.

4. 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”).

5. The OpenMW launcher window should now open.Switch to the “Data Files” tab and check the box to the left of Morrowind.esm.

6. You are now ready to play!

Installing Morrowind¶

Retail CD and GOG¶

Windows users can run the installer if they haven’t already.By default, both Bethesda’s official installer on the retail CDand the GOG installer install to C:ProgramFilesBethesdaSoftworksMorrowind.You will find Morrowind.esm there.

Users of other platforms running Wine, will find it at~/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/BethesdaSoftworks/Morrowind

Steam¶

Windows¶

Windows users can download Morrowind through Steam.Afterwards, you can point OpenMW to the Steam install location atC:ProgramFilesSteamSteamAppscommonMorrowindDataFilesand find Morrowind.esm there.

macOS¶

If you are running macOS, you can also download Morrowind through Steam:

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1. Navigate to /Users/YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/Library/ApplicationSupport/Steam/steamapps/

2. Create a file called appmanifest_22320.acf(the number is based on its Steam App ID).If using TextEdit,make sure that your document is in plain text mode by going to the menu barand choosing “Format” -> “Make Plain Text”.Also, ensure that it’s not named with the extension .acf.txt.Add the following into that file:

3. Launch the Steam client and let it download. You can then find Morrowind.esm at~/Library/ApplicationSupport/Steam/steamapps/common/TheElderScrollsIII-Morrowind/DataFiles/

Wine¶

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Users of other platforms running Wine can run Steam within itand find Morrowind.esm at~/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/Steam/SteamApps/common/Morrowind/DataFiles/.

Example Suite¶

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Example Suite is a demo showing the capabilities of the OpenMW engine.At this time, it requires Morrowind to be installed to run,but does not use any assets from it.In the future, it will be possible to run without installing Morrowind first.

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1. Follow the platform-specific instructions in the zip file’s Installation.md file.