Remember Morrowind? Yeah Morrowind; the third chapter in the popular Elder scrolls series remains one of the finest roleplaying experiences available, but boy has it aged. Fortunately, enterprising fans have stepped up to the plate. The newly released Morrowind Overhaul is a compilation of mods, programs and files that intend to drag the 10yr old roleplaying game into the future with a slew of upgrades. Designed by the good folks at Ornitocopter, it's a rare and beautiful thing. The sights and sounds of Morrowind's Tamriel have never been so amazing, now's the time to dig in, I mean you have to wait for The Elder Scrolls Online
to come up for air next year regardless
Here's what Morrowind looks like with Overhaul
The Overhaul project has been in development for at least 5 years, and the latest version cleans up a lot of bugs, adds new updates, and features an auto installer that should take a lot of the guesswork out of getting everything up and running. You'll need a fresh mod-free installation of Morrowind as well as Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansion packs. As a matter of fact; the Game Of The Year edition includes everything you need, and will only set you back $10 on Steam. I'll admit that the process is lengthy but straightforward. Case in point: download the 2GB file, unzip it's contents into your Morrowind directory and run the
"MO Installer" executable. If you got Morrowind by Steam, the game will be in the Steam folder, under steamapps/common/Morrowind.
There are an overwhelming amount of options to tweak, and the experience can be optimized for a range of hardware. It sounds technical, but the installer will walk you through the whole process, and offer any download links to any missing files or applications you may need. If you're playing on Steam you'll also need to disable Steam's graphical overlay-just right click on Morrowind in your Steam library, select "Properties," and uncheck "Enable Steam Community In-Game."
Overhaul is what you would call a polished love letter to a classic RPG, but it is far from perfect-you will run into the occasional, so be sure to save often. But if you're a fan of the Elder Scrolls series and feeling just a little bit nostalgic; you owe it to yourself to give Overhaul a shot.
to come up for air next year regardless
Here's what Morrowind looks like with Overhaul
The Overhaul project has been in development for at least 5 years, and the latest version cleans up a lot of bugs, adds new updates, and features an auto installer that should take a lot of the guesswork out of getting everything up and running. You'll need a fresh mod-free installation of Morrowind as well as Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansion packs. As a matter of fact; the Game Of The Year edition includes everything you need, and will only set you back $10 on Steam. I'll admit that the process is lengthy but straightforward. Case in point: download the 2GB file, unzip it's contents into your Morrowind directory and run the
"MO Installer" executable. If you got Morrowind by Steam, the game will be in the Steam folder, under steamapps/common/Morrowind.
There are an overwhelming amount of options to tweak, and the experience can be optimized for a range of hardware. It sounds technical, but the installer will walk you through the whole process, and offer any download links to any missing files or applications you may need. If you're playing on Steam you'll also need to disable Steam's graphical overlay-just right click on Morrowind in your Steam library, select "Properties," and uncheck "Enable Steam Community In-Game."
Overhaul is what you would call a polished love letter to a classic RPG, but it is far from perfect-you will run into the occasional, so be sure to save often. But if you're a fan of the Elder Scrolls series and feeling just a little bit nostalgic; you owe it to yourself to give Overhaul a shot.
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