So I just learned that Steam means more than just downloading the game vs having the CD/DVD rom.

In trying to find out more about it, I found a post that said you could only have one character at a time and if you start a new one the old one is lost. So if 2 people in the home want to play, you have to buy another steam game for them.

Can you even have 2 Morrowinds on one computer?

On my CD game I started a Breton, then moved all his saves (e.g. B155 b4Sarys) into a folder, and restarted with a Dark Elf, and have a saves folder for her too. I was assuming that I could go back and load the last couple of saves from the Breton folder into the Morrowind saves folder (after removing the DE saves) and continue playing him at some point, basically switching back and forth. (I also keep a notebook listing each save and full name of what I saved since only 8 characters will show in the save name).

That should work, right?
And can you have more than one character on Steam?

Thank You, any help is appreciated

Huh? YOu can have multiple character without all that.

The 'you can only have one character at a time' only applies to the quicksave and autosave feature, those two save files are global between all characters. But if you make a proper save of your character, it will only be overwritten if someone chooses too. They way I have my saves is every character has their own 'hardsave' (a save I made) that I update when I am going to close the game, or after a big event, and use the quicksaves and autosave just as I play.

I can load up any character's hardsave from the load menu in the game and switch back to them.

hmmm...
I didn't realize that. They say a little knowledge is dangerous, and I have as little as any when it comes to computers.

I never use the quick save because I read somewhere it overwrites the same place and can get corrupted eventually. Perhaps another fallacy?

Anyway, thanks for the quick answer, it will be a big help.

Fairly certain the quicksave rumour is true - I never use it either. But saving works very differently in Morrowind to the later games - it's very easy to have multiple characters with no risk of saving over.

At least Morrowind took the innovative step of letting you name your saves...

*COUGH* Skyrim I'm looking at you *COUGH*

Yeah, a step back, at least for consoles. If you're on PC you can name them with the save command.