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From: Xocyll
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:17
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 -- I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr
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