I posted a solution in another thread of mine, but I wanted to change the title so people searching on google could find this.
If you're having trouble modding your copy of Morrowind that you bought off Steam, here's the solution. Files in Morrowind are loaded by their date of creation and modification. The Steam copy's files are all set in 2009, while all Morrowind modifications are (typically) set in 2008 or older. This means that all of your mods will load up, but then Morrowind's basic vanilla files will overwrite them! Here's the solution:
Download and run this (or any file date changer): http://download.cnet.com/FileDate-Ch...html?tag=mncol
Now, click Add Files, and navigate to where your Morrowind files are. Morrowind should be here: C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\morrowind\\Data Files\\Morrowind.bsa
(64-bit Operating Systems would place the file in C:\\Program Files(x86)\\ instead of C:\\Program Files)
Set Morrowind.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 5/1/2002
Now, click Clear, and go to Add Files again, renavigate to where you were before, but instead of selecting Morrowind.bsa, select Tribunal.bsa
Set Tribunal.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 11/6/2002
Now, click Clear, and go to Add Files again, renavigate to where you were before, but instead of selecting Tribunal.bsa, select Bloodmoon.bsa
Set Bloonmoon.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 6/3/2003
Now you're ready to go! You can mod away, and it will act just like the CD copy of Morrowind. (Including the Morrowind Code Patch, which initially had problems)
I really recommend taking a look at this site to bring your copy of Morrowind the current day and age. It includes the best of user mods, including graphical enhancements: http://www.morrowind2009.wordpress.com
This guide is also essential to optimizing the Morrowind engine for modern computers: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/31...de/index5.html On the advanced tweaking, it mentions cell buffers. I currently have my Interior and Exterior Cell Buffers set to 512 and 1024, respectively. I have 4GB of RAM.
Updated 4 April, 2010: Added clarifications, fixed typos, updated information.
Edited by Conley - 4/4/10 at 5:34pm
If you're having trouble modding your copy of Morrowind that you bought off Steam, here's the solution. Files in Morrowind are loaded by their date of creation and modification. The Steam copy's files are all set in 2009, while all Morrowind modifications are (typically) set in 2008 or older. This means that all of your mods will load up, but then Morrowind's basic vanilla files will overwrite them! Here's the solution:
Download and run this (or any file date changer): http://download.cnet.com/FileDate-Ch...html?tag=mncol
Now, click Add Files, and navigate to where your Morrowind files are. Morrowind should be here: C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\morrowind\\Data Files\\Morrowind.bsa
(64-bit Operating Systems would place the file in C:\\Program Files(x86)\\ instead of C:\\Program Files)
Set Morrowind.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 5/1/2002
Now, click Clear, and go to Add Files again, renavigate to where you were before, but instead of selecting Morrowind.bsa, select Tribunal.bsa
Set Tribunal.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 11/6/2002
Now, click Clear, and go to Add Files again, renavigate to where you were before, but instead of selecting Tribunal.bsa, select Bloodmoon.bsa
Set Bloonmoon.bsa created date, modified date, and accessed date all to 6/3/2003
Now you're ready to go! You can mod away, and it will act just like the CD copy of Morrowind. (Including the Morrowind Code Patch, which initially had problems)
I really recommend taking a look at this site to bring your copy of Morrowind the current day and age. It includes the best of user mods, including graphical enhancements: http://www.morrowind2009.wordpress.com
This guide is also essential to optimizing the Morrowind engine for modern computers: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/31...de/index5.html On the advanced tweaking, it mentions cell buffers. I currently have my Interior and Exterior Cell Buffers set to 512 and 1024, respectively. I have 4GB of RAM.
Updated 4 April, 2010: Added clarifications, fixed typos, updated information.
Edited by Conley - 4/4/10 at 5:34pm
