Complete noob here--I only started on mods yesterday, but I'm pretty sure I know how it works, as I've run several mods (better bodies, Deora, etc.) successfully. But when it comes to anything like armor resources or hair/face packs, a few things happen. First I get a bunch of messages asking me if I want to run the executable - if I say yes to every one, whatever it was I was trying to load is obscured behind bright white/yellow patches and icons aren't there. I'm sure I copied everything into the correct folder--does anybody know why this is happening and how it can be fixed?

It spunds like the game is unable to find the resoucre files it needs for the mods to work, and the bright yellow/white parches you are seeing are the default models the game resorts to using when it cannot find the correct ones for the mod to work correctly , this will be happening for a couple of reasons,

1. The resource files have been packed in a .bsa archive in which case the archive needs to be regisetered for the game to find it.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1095203-struggling-to-install-a-certain-mod/

OR

2.The various resource files have not been put in the correct location in your data files folder. Most likely you have inadvertantly created a second data files folder within the main one that has your mod resource files so you will need to take them out of the second and place them into their corresponding folders within the main data files folder , see mod FAQ's for tutorials on how to install mods.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/106063-morrowind-mods-faq/

Thank you, I'll check that thread out. I always unzip to a temporary directory first to avoid clutter, but I've checked and rechecked that everything's in the right place. Probably that first one. Thanks again!

Hmm, I'm not seeing anything bsa-related, and this is a whole lot of mods that aren't working. Specifically, Rin's Beauty Shop, Hilgya the Seamtress, Druegh Armor Resources, Drow Priestess Armor, Drow City Denizens, anything that adds clothes or hair besides Better Heads, pretty much...but Darknut's Creature textures work fine, as do house mods. I don't think any of the files are tagged .bsa, or am I missing something? o.0