I've been searching off and on for a while and have found a quite a few good mods but not for what I'm wanting. I don't like the way encumbrance works in Morrowind, the idea that picking up a plate causes you to become completely immobilized seems a little silly. I was wondering if there were any mods that addressed this issue in a non-cheaty sort of way. Like perhaps each unit of weight over the limit lowers your speed attribute, or being over-encumbered causes you to use fatigue much quicker and causes it not to regenerate, if fatigue is at zero then movement starts to damage health. (I actually found something like this for Oblivion) This was one of only 2 aspects of the game that I knew I wanted to change when I started getting mods, and it is the only thing l have not been able to find on my own.

I've never thought about that before, but now that you mention it I think that's a pretty cool idea. Unfortunately, I don't know of any mods that do anything like that.

How could it be done? I would suspect that the game is hard-coded to stop your character in his tracks when he reaches his encumbrance limit. Unless I'm wrong about that, the mod might work by detecting when your character has reached his encumbrance limit then increasing that encumbrance limit (so the character can still move) and inflicting the character with a speed penalty while disabling his ability to run. When/if the character reaches the new encumbrance limit, another penalty could be applied and a new encumbrance limit set and so on down the line. Eventually, though, the character should be stopped in his tracks. As I've learned from a lot of experience in the weight room, sometimes one more dinner plate really is one plate too many. ;^) Then, of course, as the character's encumbrance decreases the penalties and encumbrance bonuses would be removed by the same script.

One mod that does come to mind is by Fliggerty. I never used the mod myself, but I remember he released a mod titled "loot bag" or something similar that would allow your character to carry more weight by stashing items in a bag, but when using the bag your character was limited in the actions he could perform. I'll have to look this mod up now... [edit] - Here it is, http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=4362.

IMO it should be Fallout 3 style, once you're over-encumbered you can only walk.

Course it could be a dynamic system, as in you get slower and slower the more you carry until you can't move at all (which is IIRC how the game works but IMO doesn't do a very convincing job of it).

I would imagine some sort of spell effect that gives X points of Feather and of Damage Speed. Then X would be set to the lesser of (Current Encumbrance - Max Encumbrance) or Speed.


Yes, my own weight room experience have also taught me the dangers of "one more plate", though that's a bit different.

This also gives me another idea. Using the same mechanics that the game use to calculate advancements in Athletics, set a condition that keeps track of "steps taken" while encumbered by >50%, >75% and >90%, for example. Then accumulate a number of points, 1 per step at >50%, 2 per step at >75% and 3 per step >90%, when the point reach a certain benchmark, say 1500, then you get 1 point of feather and the total resets. This way the more you're able to carry then the more you're able to carry. It could even be a birthsign, The Pack Rat.



I think I lucked out in my searc of Oblivion mods, I actually found an Encumbrance mod with a Fallout setting.

I'm not aware of a mod that affects the effect of over encumbrance. There is Dan's http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=98 mod that has been part of my modlist for ages.

Thanks for the links, looks like good stuff.

I'm wondering if there is some sort of technical limitation to making this work. While a little disappointing, that would easier for me to believe than me being the first person in the history of Morrowind to ask for this.