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− | |widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]. | + | |widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]] or use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]]. |
|multimonitor = hackable | |multimonitor = hackable | ||
|multimonitor notes = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind WSGF entry]. | |multimonitor notes = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind WSGF entry]. | ||
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|4k ultra hd notes = Use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]] to fix HUD scaling. | |4k ultra hd notes = Use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]] to fix HUD scaling. | ||
|fov = hackable | |fov = hackable | ||
− | |fov notes = 75° by default; see [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]. | + | |fov notes = 75° by default; see [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]] or use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]]. |
|windowed = true | |windowed = true | ||
|windowed notes = Set in launcher. | |windowed notes = Set in launcher. | ||
|borderless windowed = hackable | |borderless windowed = hackable | ||
− | |borderless windowed notes = Use [[#MGE XE|MGE XE]] | + | |borderless windowed notes = Use [[#MGE XE|MGE XE]] or [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]] (set Fullscreen and Window Border to off if using the latter) |
|anisotropic = hackable | |anisotropic = hackable | ||
− | |anisotropic notes = Use [[#MGE XE|MGE XE]] | + | |anisotropic notes = Use [[#MGE XE|MGE XE]] or [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]] |
|antialiasing = hackable | |antialiasing = hackable | ||
− | |antialiasing notes = See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]. | + | |antialiasing notes = See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]] or use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]]. |
|vsync = hackable | |vsync = hackable | ||
− | |vsync notes = See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]]. | + | |vsync notes = See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]] or use [[#OpenMW|OpenMW]]. |
|60 fps = true | |60 fps = true | ||
|60 fps notes = | |60 fps notes = |
Revision as of 22:34, 31 May 2020
Developers | |
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Bethesda Game Studios | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
NetImmerse[1][2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 1, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
IGDB | 85 |
Key points
- For Windows 8 and later apply The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind fullscreen border fix.
- OpenMW is an open-source engine that improves some technical drawbacks and adds native support for MacOS and Linux.
- Active modding community.
- A wide array of bugs have been fixed through community patches.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages, a wiki for the Elder Scrolls series.
- Morrowind Nexus, the largest active modding community for Morrowind.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Install the latest patches to remove SafeDisc DRM. Requires the disc to be always present (even after patches).[3] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Bethesda.net | Includes both expansions but not the Construction Set. DRM-free when launched directly from executable ( Morrowind.exe or Morrowind Launcher.exe ) |
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GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Includes both expansions and the Construction Set.[4] | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Includes both expansions but not the Construction Set.[5] |
- The in-game soundtrack can be found at
<path-to-game>\Data Files\Music
in 128kbps MP3. These differ in arrangement from the versions on the official soundtrack.
Version differences
- The Game of the Year Edition includes both expansions and the latest patches. All digital distribution versions are the Game of the Year Edition and are already fully patched.
- The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes both a retail version and a single Steam key that unlocks Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim.[6]
- The retail and GOG.com versions include The Elder Scrolls Construction Set.[4] The Bethesda.net and Steam versions do not include the Construction Set.[5]
- The GameStop PC Downloads/Impulse version is not compatible with some mods.[7] This version is no longer sold.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Tribunal | Included in the Game of the Year Edition. | |
Bloodmoon | Included in the Game of the Year Edition. | |
Construction Set | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages and NexusMods. Included in retail and GOG.com releases. |
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Entertainers | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Bitter Coast Sounds | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Area Effect Arrows | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Helm of Tohan | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Master Index | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
LeFemm Armor | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Adamantium Armor | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. | |
Siege at Firemoth | Free download from The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. |
- Official downloads for addons no longer hosted on The Elder Scrolls Official Site. Alternative downloads are available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The Game of the Year Edition and the digital distribution versions are already fully patched.
- The latest patch for the base Morrowind is 1.2.0722.
- The latest patch for Tribunal is 1.14.1313.
- The latest patch for Bloodmoon is 1.6.1820.
Skip intro videos
MGE XE |
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Use replacement video files |
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Apply the Morrowind intro skip. |
MGE XE
- Allows you to select any resolution, custom FOV, variety of shaders any many other options
- An updated fork of MGE with expanded features, bug fixes and performance enhancements over standard MGE.
Unofficial Patches
Patch for Purists
- Aims to fix the bugs in the game without controversial rebalancing or additions.[8]
Unofficial Morrowind Plugins Patched
- Fixes for the Official Plug-Ins (freely available via UESP, included in the GOG edition)
- Comes in merged and individual forms, as well as compatibility variants
- Has non-vanilla enhancements in PikachunoTM's Misc Mods
Expansion Delay
- Delays Tribunal's Dark Brotherhood hit on the player significantly and adds sanity check.
- Not everyone knows about Bloodmoon's Solstheim and immediately tells you to go there, also has sanity checks.
Morrowind Code Patch
- Fixes bugs in the Morrowind executable that could not be covered by the Morrowind Patch Project.
- Includes several optional gameplay enhancements, such as a sneak toggle and smoother magic casting.
- Modifies the executable. To revert to vanilla, use
Morrowind.Original.exe
.[9]
Morrowind Optimization Patch
- Greatly improves performance of outdoor (and to a degree indoor) performance
Morrowind Script Tidy
- Fixes scripting errors to reduce save bloat and improve stability.
General Fixes Mod for Russian version [1С-Акелла]
- Requires both the Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansions.
- The official plugins are included in the patch.
- Fixes several hundred bugs and inconsistencies not covered by the official patches. Including edits of Russian localization
UV Texture fixes
- The following mods fix texture seams:
Large Address Aware
- Improves stability on systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM. Particularly useful when using large numbers of mods or heavily scripted mods.
- Included with Morrowind Code Patch.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Morrowind.ini[Note 1] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22320/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22320/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Stores up to 953.67 MB of game saves online (maximum 100 files). |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution or use OpenMW. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use OpenMW to fix HUD scaling. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 75° by default; see Widescreen resolution or use OpenMW. | ||
Windowed | Set in launcher. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use MGE XE or OpenMW (set Fullscreen and Window Border to off if using the latter) | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use MGE XE or OpenMW | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Anti-aliasing (AA) or use OpenMW. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync) or use OpenMW. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap (Morrowind.ini specifies a 240 FPS cap but this setting is ignored). |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Use MGE XE[10] |
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Edit registry[11] |
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Notes
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Set widescreen resolution[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Use MGE XE[10] |
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Enable MSAA[11] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Use MGE XE[10] |
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Enable Vsync[11] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Must be enabled first. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Voice, Effects, Footsteps, Music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | Subtitles must be enabled as they also enable closed captioning. | |
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Fan translation by «Morrowind Italian Translation Project», download link and WM-link on PES. | |||
Polish | Retail version only | |||
Russian | Official localization by «Akella». Retail only, digital version available here. Fan translation official plugins |
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Russian | Unofficial translation by «Fargus Multimedia». Poor quality translation. Expansion "Bloodmoon" not translated (English translit). | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | Co-op, Versus TES3MP |
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Online play | Co-op, Versus TES3MP |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | TES3MP provides server browser | |
Peer-to-peer | TES3MP client can establish connection to TES3MP server without using the master server | |
Dedicated | TES3MP server can run headless | |
Self-hosting | TES3MP provides server executable | |
Direct IP | TES3MP client can connect to TES3MP server using server's IP address |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | Use the Morrowrift Mod and Revive Compatibility Layer. | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Use the Morrowrift Mod. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | Use the Morrowrift Mod and Revive Compatibility Layer. | ||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Crashing During Install or Launch
Crashing During Install or Launch[citation needed] |
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Some users have reported issues with crashes whilst installing or launching the game.[12] This can often be put down to a conflict between the Macrovision SafeDisc encryption software packaged with the game, and specific background programs installed on your computer. Programs known to lead to this conflict:
In order to resolve this issue, the user should use the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination, and end all running processes except |
Render Creation Failure
Render Creation Failure[citation needed] |
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However, the issue may also be caused by the following:
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Audio Problems (Windows XP)
Audio Problems (Windows XP)[citation needed] |
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Grey Haze
Grey Haze[citation needed] |
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Crash After a Few Minutes of Play
Crash After A Few Minutes of Play[citation needed] |
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Mouse Lag
Mouse Lag[citation needed] |
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Turning down the music slider to its minimum often results in severe mouse lag, particularly indoors.
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Load Failure
Load Failure[citation needed] |
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Some users who have installed both the Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansions separately have reported loading errors, which are caused by the expansions being installed in the wrong order. This can be resolved by installing Bloodmoon over the top of the existing installations, with no need to uninstall anything. |
Black Sun
Black Sun[citation needed] |
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Users with ATI Radeon graphics cards often see a black sun during gameplay. This graphical anomaly can be resolved by installing the fan-made "ATI Card Sun Fix" mod. MGE XE also fixes it. |
Installing The Elder Scrolls Construction Set Disc
Installing Disc[citation needed] |
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Unable to construct potions, due to a wrong message it does not have a name
Use Morrowind Code Patch[13] |
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Use the Morrowind Code Patch to apply the "Alchemy name bug" fix. |
Window border visible in fullscreen mode
- Morrowind does not go fullscreen correctly on Windows 8 and later.
Apply the fix |
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Apply The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind fullscreen border fix. |
Retail version does not work
Install the latest Patches to remove the incompatible SafeDisc protection from the retail version.[3]
Settings don't stay saved
Run as administrator[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | MGE XE implements DirectX 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | For 64-bit use OpenMW | ||
macOS (OS X) | Natively supported by OpenMW | ||
Linux | Natively supported by OpenMW |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5.1.0 |
OpenMW
- Open-source re-implementation of game's engine
- Allows Morrowind to be played natively on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It allows for technical drawbacks to be fixed at the level of the engine, as well as enhance the game by correcting design flaws such as savegame "doubling" and improving physics, combat, AI, and graphics.[14] OpenMW requires a legal copy of the game in order to play Morrowind.[15]
- Not all mods are compatible with the engine, the official wiki maintains a compatibility guide.
- Mod installation guides are available on the wiki or in the documentation
Mods
Morroblivion / Skywind
- Morroblivion, a full port/remake of Morrowind in the The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion engine has been released and is available here. (Morroblivion Unofficial patch here)
- Morroblivion is poorly documented, has a confusing slew of submods, very poor and inconsistent quality control.
- Skywind, a full port/remake of Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim engine is still in progress. More information can be found here.
Intelligent Textures
- AI upscale of vanilla textures
- Authentic to the original textures' artstyle.
Replacements for MGSO/Morrowind Overhaul
- MGSO/MO is ancient and will likely have issues with any modern install
- Thastus is a pretty solid guide, though it has many small mods.
- Morrowind Graphics Guide is a bit simpler. Compare and contrast.
Many users have experienced issues with the game merely displaying a black screen past the main menu. There are two causes of this issue - their solutions are outlined below:
Disable Steam Overlay[citation needed] |
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Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE XE)[citation needed] |
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Utilities
Wrye Mash
- 3rd Party mod manager and conflict resolution tool.
mlox
- Sorts mod load order to reduce conflicts and provides messages regarding known issues with mods.
Mod Organizer
- Powerful and easy to use mod manager with mod virtualization, in order to keep the installation folder clean.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 3 and Intel Celeron 500 MHz AMD Athlon |
Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS ATI Radeon 7500 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/22320/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ RPG Vault: Morrowind Developer Q&A #8
- ↑ NDL news
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Overclockers Australia Forums - View Single Post - Morrowind Patch Released
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Release: The Elder Scrolls, page 4 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition on Steam
- ↑ The Complete Elder Scrolls Collection comes to PC this September (Updated) | Bethesda Blog
- ↑ [Gamestop] Quakecon 2013 Sale: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim LE 40% off ($35.99), Skyrim 50% off ($14.99), Oblivion GOTY 75% off ($4.99), Morrowmind GOTY 75% off ($4.99) : GameDeals: - Reddit
- ↑ Morrowind Guide for New Players | Bethesda's Giving TES3 Away Free | Engine, Mods, Multiplayer - YouTube
- ↑ Morrowind Code Patch - Morrowind Modding Wiki
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Verified by User:Blackbird on 2019-05-19
- Extremely easy to use and worth it for the number of useful options you get.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 26 March 2019
- ↑ Known Issues and Resolutions - The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind Forums
- ↑ Morrowind talk:Alchemy - UESPWiki
- ↑ OpenMW FAQ
- ↑ https://openmw.org/faq/#do_i_need_morrowind
- ↑ Black Screen Unrelated to Steam (Problem starting new game) - RPG Italia Forums