Megawind : The greatest Morrowind Mod Compilation Ever!

[H.Bogard]

So someone's put out a big compilation of all the major mods for Morrowind and packed them together in a single download as well as put up a detailed guide to get it working (both on retail and Steam versions of the game).

You can read more about the mod, including video footage, here. (http://n4g.com/news/clickout/673805)
You can read the installation guides here. (http://morrowind2011.wordpress.com/)
I'd put a download link in the post, but I am not sure about the rules when it comes to linking to torrent sites, so just go through that first link to find the download at the bottom and you're good to go.

[warwon]

There are hosts a ton on the wordpress site now, I have more coming up soon.

[MrSmit]

The person who compiled the pack did not even ask permission from the modders, or even give credit to some.
See this (http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1155443-yet-another-compendium/)

[Wanny1]

Cmon guys it's just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ compilation. Not like the work of these people are for nothing. All I see here is Warwon saving us a CRAP LOAD of time, research and how to install all this stuff.

Give him a break. Thanks so much Warwon anyway, you made me buy morrowind and enjoy it again :)

Give Warwon some time to make a complete list of credit.

[MrSmit]

Cmon guys it's just a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ compilation. Not like the work of these people are for nothing. All I see here is Warwon saving us a CRAP LOAD of time, research and how to install all this stuff.

Give him a break. Thanks so much Warwon anyway, you made me buy morrowind and enjoy it again :)

Give Warwon some time to make a complete list of credit.
You don't understand, just giving credit is not the issue, some modders might not want their work distributed in a pack. The author had no rights to compile it without their permission. If he would have asked, I am sure that 90% of the modders would give the OK. However, he did not do this. Yes, he may have done a lot of work himself to make this pack, but let us respect the wishes of the modders who made this content in the first place, its common courtesy. :)

[Wanny1]

Still, Warwon made me play the game with THEIR mods after all. I wouldn't even care at them if warwon didn't do this in the first place. I respect the original modders as much as I respect the dude who compiles them.

I saw Povuholo's thread on TES forums and couldn't give a ♥♥♥♥ about what he wrote. COMPILE THEM FOR US! Thanks...

It's like the complete mods for Stalker games. Maybe some modders didn't want their mods on this package.. Who cares? The compiler made a credit list and everyone is happy.

(but anyway everyone is awesome when it comes to modding Stalker. it's pretty much the first time I see real QQ about that)

[Revenile]

The difference being the Stalker mod I use (Stalker complete 2009 or whatever it's name is) was done by a team, made by scratch by all of them.

Actually this post basically says it all:

http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1155443-yet-another-compendium/page__p__16914104#entry16914104

Also, warwon acted a little bit on the childish side on the forums when he was asked by modders to remove the thing or have possible legal action taken, and I quote this is what he said to the official ES modding forum on bethsoft:

"I have nothing else to say to the likes of this community. I'm going to go enjoy uploading videos and posting screens of what could have been. Unless you guys want to copyright videos while you at it?"

I would like to make note that is AFTER a few of the modders said they wouldn't mind him using their mods in a compilation or even a guide if he would just ask their permission.

[timpkmn89]

Thankfully the file was already released before everyone went ape**** over it. And thanks to the Streisand effect, there are tons of seeds.

I've tried playing Morrowind twice already, and got bored before I even started because even just downloading these files is a pain.

[Browncoat1984]

I recommend simply following this thread. http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1155980-povuholos-tomorrowind-a-mod-recommendations-list-for-today/.

I tried the compilation - it had almost everything I used but there were so many little things that were wierd about it. Why did he not include the full Necessities of Morrowind and just instruct us to use the faster walk? I LIKE NoM! Also, why include Book Rotate? I use a different rotate mod that lets me actually rotate ALL items. And then he later told us to delete the Book Jackets - Book rotate.esp files? Why, these are needed for Book Jackets to work with Book Rotate and there were no other Book Jacket esp files included....very strange. Would have been better if he had included just links to download the mods.

[jiminator]

eh, I have tried the morrowind2009 wordpress stuff. having no other experience with mods I got up to a point where I just had tons of errors on loading the game that I could not resolve. maybe it is due to dead links or different versions of the mods. all in all it was a very frustrating experience. On the other hand the mod package above installed easily. some changes were necessary. he included the tool to resolve dependencies. and voila, game runs with no errors and looks good, if a bit too colorful. it will help bring more people to the morrowind experience, and ultimately that is what everyone wants, more people playing morrowind and enjoying their mods.

Now I know the original authors have a legitimate gripe. They would no doubt like to see more credit and feedback for their work.

Maybe an actual mod gui would do that. It could act like a steam store where mods could be ticked, downloaded and installed with all dependencies. But nothing like that exists today.

[MrSmit]

Maybe an actual mod gui would do that. It could act like a steam store where mods could be ticked, downloaded and installed with all dependencies. But nothing like that exists today.
http://www.desura.com/

[jiminator]

eh, appears to have a ways to go. and don't find anything morrowind....

[Jalek]

I tried the compilation - it had almost everything I used but there were so many little things that were wierd about it.

That's always the way it is with someone else's compilation of mods. I hadn't even looked at the game in a couple of years, so if his bundle did nothing else, it got an old game some attention.

I didn't even realize people were still modding for it, I remember some other drama and a server dumping everything, etc. and somewhere in all that is when I lost interest. At least those people are still around I guess.

[Clanhelio]

You don't understand, just giving credit is not the issue, some modders might not want their work distributed in a pack. The author had no rights to compile it without their permission. If he would have asked, I am sure that 90% of the modders would give the OK. However, he did not do this. Yes, he may have done a lot of work himself to make this pack, but let us respect the wishes of the modders who made this content in the first place, its common courtesy. :)
The problem is filthy e-fame-oriented modders. Then these internet tough guys shout IM GOING TO CLAL MY LAWYER, oh give me a break.

[Browncoat1984]

I've been hanging around the forums for years (don't actually mod myself just download stuff and enjoy) and I think both sides over-reacted a little bit in this situation. I can understand the desire to have your stuff uploaded to sites where you want it to be uploaded, in its original version. The polite thing for him to do would have been before he released it to make sure he had obtained the necessary permissions and properly credited. Yes there was a credits document but there were many included mods that were not credited and he edited many mods - such as not including all of Necessities of Morrowind (should have and just instrcuted to not use it unless desired to).

Also some mods like MGE and MCP are constantly updated thus its almost silly to include them because a month from now they'll be outdated.

Not to mention the number of aforementioed little errors. So yes, I think the mod community was a LITTLE harsh on him but I also think he over-reacted to the reaction and was rather childish about it.

That being said, again if you haven't yet I recommend checking this list out http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1155980-povuholos-tomorrowind-a-mod-recommendations-list-for-today/ - this will get your Morrowind looking as good if not better than the videos he posted and all the links are legitimate links, working and up to date so installing shouldn't be a problem as long as you follow instructions. If you need help you can always post in the thread, the community is actually very helpful when it comes to setting things up (for the most part).

Also, people may want to keep an eye on THIS http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1156204-wipz-morrowind-overhaul-sounds-graphics/ - this is another graphic and sound mod compilation that is actually trying to follow the rules and obtain proper permissions. Seems the community is behind this one as the person/people making it are trying to be diligent in obtaining permissions and giving proper credit.

[trojanrabbit.gg]

The author had no rights to compile it without their permission.

Actually, I am not so sure about that.:( He actually may have been well within his right to do so.:confused:

If you were to create a mod that altered or added content to a game that you yourself did not own, in this case a game that was created 9 years ago by Bethesda Studio, then you would basically be wavering any ability to take a profit from your work, as the game still belongs to the original owners. No matter how much work may have been done, the final product of the mod, or rather the effect of it, belongs to the studio that created the game.

So in a sense, seeing as the modders can take no profit from there work legally, then the guy who compiled the mod can also abide by the same rules when compiling the mods.

The only violation that has been done is that of common modding community "code" or "morals" so to speak.

Besides the fact that all the mods that have been included in the package are all strewed across the internet in many many different places that most people would never look at. I know that at least three of the major websites that you download these mods from require you to have an account with them. The process of hunting these mods down, and installing them can take days. And then you have to go about installing them all in such a way that they don't conflict with each other, which can lead to some rather bad headaches and no results if done the wrong way.

I don't even think that I sympathize with the modding community at this point. They acted rather like a pack of wild wolves defending there turf when the mod was released. From what I hear, they don't even want to find a common ground with the guy who did the compilation. He even offered to give them credit. I will agree that it was bad sportsmanship for the guy to just compile the mods without the permission of the original creators, but it is even worse sportsmanship for the creators to refuse to find some common territory where they can release this compilation to the folks who want it. Is not the point of the mods to enhance the Morrowind experience and bring a new crowd of people into the game to enjoy it?

[phillibl]

Is it illegal? no. Mods are free and allowed to be redistributed. Now is it immoral to not even give ppl credit for their work? Ya I would say so.

But these mods are seeing a new light now so every modder should give this man their blessing as long as they are recognized.

[PUGS1688]

Is there an installation guide anywhere? I can't get my game to launch right with any of these mods. I'm so confused trying to get all of this to work...

[MrSmit]

Is there an installation guide anywhere? I can't get my game to launch right with any of these mods. I'm so confused trying to get all of this to work...

Despite what you may have heard, the compilation is not bug free, even if you follow the instructions

[trojanrabbit.gg]

For those of you who are still looking for a way to pretty up your Morrowind, I have been doing some searching around for the best guide that can help enhance Morrowind, while at the same time not straying to far from the original formula that made Morrowind great.

I was able to download the 2011 compilation before it was taken down, and I was able to successfully install it. But upon launching the game and looking around, I realized that the compilation of mods that Warwon used made Morrowind into something that it really was not supposed to be.

So for the sake of all of the players who are still looking around for a compilation, I found this guide here (http://btb2.free.fr/morrowind.html). In my opinion, it is one of the best compilations that is around. It helps to enhance the game and fix the bugs and some of the terrible textures and visuals, while still retaining the original "vanilla feel" of the game. Definitely head over there and check it out.

Sadly, you will still need to go through and download everything and install it yourself, but the guide gives you some very detailed instructions and tips on how to go about doing so. Once you get the hang of it, it really is not that difficult to do it all yourself. And as an added bonus, once all the mods are installed correctly, you will have the satisfaction that your hard work will finally pay off with hours of fun playing one of the greatest RPG games of all time, only much more pretty.

For the sake of your sanity, I would recommend starting a folder on your desktop and labeling it "Morrowind Mods" or some other variation. And then catalog all of the mods that you download and keep them organized. The first time that I tried to gather a list of mods from the internet, I sped through the process and just went straight for the download links and then tried to come back and retrace my tracks in order to find the download files I needed, and I nearly went cross eyed in the process. It's just my two cents of advice, keep all your mods organized and backed up on a separate storage unit (cd, dvd, USB drive, External drive)...

Before I wrap up this thread, there is another mod compilation that I found that is very similar to the one posted above. You can find it here. (http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1155980-povuholos-tomorrowind-a-mod-recommendations-list-for-today/) This compilation has a few other recommendations for mods that may interest you.

Have fun modding folks!:cool:

[©λεєrio]

It's stupid really, and I know this has been said like a billion times. If the mods are available for Everyone why can't someone do a great favor by rar 'em together? It's so damn typical the modern society, as soon as someone does something that's technically Okay, it's not like piracy or anything, then people goes all stubborn and all. It's a pain in the ♥♥♥♥ to mod all this stuff, and one guy isn't allowed to make it easier for us? No one else than a private person could do this anyway so it's just stupid.

[©λεєrio]

If someone got the torrent or something, I could do pretty much for it... It's not illegal or against any rules

[JimBeamBlack]

You can download it at FilePlanet.

[Pizlenut]

it never really occurred to me that compiling mods together could even cause drama. Little more understandable if no credits were given, but overall mod credit is pretty loose anyway. I know the people that do good work based on popular opinion, but beyond that what do I know? Its pure trial and error.

I've reverse engineered mods to do my bidding and I often use multiple mods together to form one experience, I dont understand what the difference is between me doing this on my own without permission vs someone posting what they have done with the 1000's of mods you can piece together.

in short, if the person who invented the wheel kept it to himself and didnt let anyone else make anything better with his wheel what do you think would happen? Ultimately someoen else makes the wheel and the first stubborn person is forgotten, like the beta-max, and the glory goes to the second. Does that accomplish anything besides disrupting progress?

as more and more games eliminate modding its unfortunate to see a good example of how modding can keep a game alive nearly indefinitely get slammed down by the very people that would benefit from its popularity because of petty bull♥♥♥♥. This REALLY should not of been the issue that it became. I think a correction to the credits (if one was warranted) and a mere slap on the wrist and a don't do it again would of sufficed.

[gunndar]

in short, if the person who invented the wheel kept it to himself and didnt let anyone else make anything better with his wheel what do you think would happen? Ultimately someoen else makes the wheel and the first stubborn person is forgotten, like the beta-max, and the glory goes to the second. Does that accomplish anything besides disrupting progress?

as more and more games eliminate modding its unfortunate to see a good example of how modding can keep a game alive nearly indefinitely get slammed down by the very people that would benefit from its popularity because of petty bull♥♥♥♥. This REALLY should not of been the issue that it became. I think a correction to the credits (if one was warranted) and a mere slap on the wrist and a don't do it again would of sufficed.

i agree the people that want to play the game modded without running thru a million hoops are the ones getting boned here

[alehm]

it never really occurred to me that compiling mods together could even cause drama.

It's Morrowind. These same people cry 9/11 tears when they talk about shortfalls of Oblivion that they deliberatly omit are fixed by mods.

It only makes sense they would prefer newcomers to play Morrowind having to download and install each one individually and watching 45 minute Youtube videos or 20+ page forum walkthroughs on which order to install what and how to trouble shoot conflicts. That is the reality they want to force on everyone. It's more like a club and not a community when you sit back and watch the behavoirs.

BTW- the name Megawind makes me laugh. I would have come up with something else. lol but Kudos to the creator for effort regardless.

[(-SP-)Rockzo]

Morrowind is great looking now. With MGE 3.8.2 and the Morrowind 2011 pack. And of course Tamriel Rebuilt! Morrowind is slowly but surely being coded up to modern day pc standards, Even the animation. And dare I say that morrowind is the Water Graphics King of the gaming world now! (Ive been playing an assload of morrowind lately xD)

[(-SP-)Rockzo]

Also needless to say at this point but. Morrowind now surpasses oblivion in every way. I't always had sheer size and depth over oblivion, but now the graphics are catching up too! even better in some respects (the distant lod's, water effects, HDR and Godrays) far surpass obivion in these respects even with OBGE. And dont get me wrong I love oblivion too and I'll love Skyrim as well. But Morrowind is by far the best elder scrolls ever, perhaps the greatest rpg ever. And dare I say a candidate for the Greatest game ever.

[trojanrabbit.gg]

Also needless to say at this point but. Morrowind now surpasses oblivion in every way. I't always had sheer size and depth over oblivion, but now the graphics are catching up too! even better in some respects (the distant lod's, water effects, HDR and Godrays) far surpass obivion in these respects even with OBGE. And dont get me wrong I love oblivion too and I'll love Skyrim as well. But Morrowind is by far the best elder scrolls ever, perhaps the greatest rpg ever. And dare I say a candidate for the Greatest game ever.

I totally agree 100%. I think one of the aspects that really set Morrowind apart from the average role playing experience, was that the land you were exploring had a really great level of personality to it. Every area that you visited felt unique and cultured differently from the last area.

I have to admit, when I heard that the fifth Elder Scrolls game was going to be set in Skyrim, I was rather disappointed. I just don't see the mountainous terrain of Skyrim being that much fun to explore. :(

[Aemony]

It's Morrowind. These same people cry 9/11 tears when they talk about shortfalls of Oblivion that they deliberatly omit are fixed by mods.

It only makes sense they would prefer newcomers to play Morrowind having to download and install each one individually and watching 45 minute Youtube videos or 20+ page forum walkthroughs on which order to install what and how to trouble shoot conflicts. That is the reality they want to force on everyone. It's more like a club and not a community when you sit back and watch the behavoirs.

Exactly. But this is a problem all kinds of compilations of freely available material meets. I find it awefully stupid by mod creators to act as they do. It seems like they don't, in fact, care at all about the players... :S

Players LOVES compilation packages. The easier it is to install mods that enhance the gaming experience the longer the game will live and the happy the community will become. Behaviour such as this helps kill the game.

[ProudTiger]

This is that crap mod along with that other one that is riddled with bugs and nothing works.
I had to delete my Morrowind folder and redownload the game because of these ♥♥♥♥ty mods.