» Wed May 22, 2013 1:18 pm I think this thing is about ready for an initial release although i have not tested it extensively it appears to be working correctly, I have so far mainly included components that i am familiar with for testing purposes though i expect to include more fixes by other authors in due course.
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The Elder Scrolls III
MORROWIND:
Morrowind Patched
Version 1.0
By Slartibartfast
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Index:
1. Description
2. Installation
3. Known Issues
4. Version History
5. Compatibility Patches
6. Credits
7. Permissions
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1. DESCRIPTION
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'Morrowind Patched' is an alternative masterfile which has had various
patch mods and the expansions merged directly into the original Morrowind
master file effectively fixing many issues at source.
Morrowind Patched offers various advantages over installing patches in
component parts such as
* Simplifies the patching process
* Frees mod slots for other use
* Speeds up the game load times because before, redundant data had to load
only for it to be overwritten by patch data shortly after. In Morrowind patched
the redundant data has already been overwritten and is approximately 40 MB smaller
than the combined sizes of the components that have been merged together.
From a minimal amount of playtesting i can say
*Requires that you have Morrowind GOTY installed on you PC
* Should work with most old savegames
* Mods dependant on Tribunal and Bloodmoon work fine
*Construction set works great, loads quickly and you don't
get all the error messages that you otherwise get when the expansions are loaded
seperately.
*Will probably get harmless error messages during loading telling you master files
have changed when using old save games or with mods that have not been updated
with Morrowind Patched as the main masterfile.These error messages from savegames
can be eliminated by saving your savegame with Morrowind Patched Installed. Error
messages linked to mods can be eliminated by using the Update masters feature in Wrye Mash
or by loading mods in the construction set and saving when the Morrowind Patched esm
is also loaded.
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2. INSTALLING THE PLUGIN
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1.Install Morrowind GOTY onto your PC
2. Remove the following .esp/esm files from your data files folder or ensure none are
activated in your Morrowind launcher as the data for these is already in Morrowind Patched.
Morrowind.esm
Tribunal.esm
Bloodmoon.esm
Any version of the UMP aka UUMP aka MPP
Any version of Texture Fix (Vvardenfell)
Any version of Texture Fix for Bloodmoon
Any version of The Poorly Placed Object Fix
Any Version of tHe Morrowind Patch Compilation
UMPP Fixes by Enderandrew
Well Diversified
Vodunious Nuccius Fix
3. Use a utility such as 7zip or Winrar to extract the contents of
the Morrowind Patched v1.0.7zip file onto your desktop.
4. Copy and paste the unpacked contents of Morrowind Patched v1.0.7zip file
into the 'your Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind\Data Files
folder,click on 'yes' if asked to overwrite existing files.
5. From the Morrowind Launcher, select Data Files and enable
Morrowind.esm.
6. Start playing
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3. KNOWN ISSUES
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Testool does not work with Morrowind Patched, therefore it is recommended
that you keep copies of the original GOTY .esms should you wish to use
Testool on any mods.
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4. VERSION HISTORY
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1.0 Initial release
Incorporated the following
Morrowind
Tribunal
Bloodmoon
Cave Texture Fix version 1.1
Mesh Fix version 1.2
Morrowind Patch Project 1.65 BTB edit
Poorly Placed Object Fix version 1.2
Texture Fix version 2.0
Texture Fix Bloodmoon 1.1
UMPP Fixes by Enderandrew
Vodunious Nuccius Fix
Well Diversified
Added the NOM 3.0 Compatibility patch
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5. Compatibility Patches
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Necessities Of Morrowind Version 3.0
Fixed a few minor incompatibility issues with the Morrowind Patch Project
on account that NOM had references in that were changed already by the MPP.
Nom users will now get to see the wells introduced by Well Diversified
which replaces several of the Nord wells with wells of a more architecturally
appropriate type. NOM now uses nomified versions of the new Imperial well which
can be found in the imperial forts of Ebonheart, Wolverine Hall, Buckmouth and
Frostmouth. Nomified versions of the new Solstheim well can be seen in Skaal
Thirsk and outside fort Frostmouth. I have also retextured the Nord well to use the
colony textures so the https://www.dropbox.com/s/qgz1syqx024rluv/ScreenShot010.jpg now matches the rest of
the buildings.
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6. CREDITS
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Bethesda for making an excellent game.
The modding community for taking the game beyond excellent.
The many people whose work, feedback, ideas etc is included in this pack
The creators of the many utilities that make this type of mod possible
ie, the CS, Blender, Niftools, Enchanted Editor,Testool, Gimp,Irfanview,
Wrye Mash et all
Yours truly for being sufficiently obsessed to do this mod.
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7. PERMISSIONS
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As always, anything created by me is freely donated to the Morrowind
community and may be adapted or re-used as anyone wishes. If i have
used the work of someone else then please seek permission from that
author before using their work.
Slartibartfast
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35424753/Morrowind%20Patched%20V1.0.7z
