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From: Xocyll
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:17
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MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On 6/12/2016 2:37 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com> wrote
>>> On 6/12/2016 6:53 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>>>> MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Morrowind with Skyrim level graphics would be pretty good to
>>>>>> play. Tried replaying it, but the original graphic look so
>>>>>> horrible now compared to the newer games (especially after
>>>>>> mods.) The character graphics were just so low res.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ever tried the Total Conversion mod? It's pretty sweet, not
>>>>> quite Skyrim graphic level but an incredible improvement
>>>>> nevertheless.
>>>>
>>>> Didn't even know it existed.
>>>>
>>>> I looked for such things in the past, but every one was "in
>>>> progress" and not actually available for download. Perhaps I'll
>>>> take a look again. Do they upgrade the character graphics and
>>>> models? I hated that about Morrowind when it was new - use the
>>>> chameleon spell and you saw the haphazard way they made the
>>>> models since you could now see through the outer layer.
>>>
>>> Pretty sure they did, I haven't installed it yet but there are
>>> plenty of videos on youtube.
>>>
>>> I've been spending a lot of time on the road and I don't think my
>>> laptop is beefy enough to handle it (only 1G of VRAM), maybe at
>>> lower graphical settings but I want the full eye candy experience
>>> :) Will do it once I have a chunk of time to spend at home though.
>>
>> Actually I should ask for clarification;  do you mean a Morrowind
>> total conversion that runs on Morrowind and makes it something else,
>> or Morrowind re-created in one of the later engines? I found, but
>> haven't downloaded, one of the latter on the Oblivion engine, and
>> talk of one on the Skyrim engine that's not available yet. The
>> oblivion engine one apparently has issues and hasn't had an update
>> since Nov 2014, so I'm kinda wondering if it's even worth bothering
>> with it.
>
>Sorry for the late reply. Thought I had bookmarked the video and mod
>page when I first saw it but I can't find either one for the life of me.
>Looking around I see there are shiploads of Morrowind graphic mods
>around now but I'm 95% sure it was this bad boy right here:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzt5a_TpH5s
>
>It seems it only works with the Steam version of the game which sucks
>because I still have the original retail copy. Their web page is here:

>http://www.ornitocopter.net/morrowind-overhaul/
>
>Let me know what you think if you decide to give it a spin.

I too have only the original retail boxes of Morrowind and Expansions,
so I guess that lets me out.

Xocyll
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