OpenMW Modding Reference

The following document is the complete reference guide to modifying, or modding, your OpenMW setup. It does not cover content creation itself, only how to alter or add to your OpenMW gameplay experience. To learn more about creating new content for OpenMW, please refer to OpenMW CS User Manual.

Warning

OpenMW is still software in development. This manual does not cover any of its shortcomings. It is written as if everything was working as intended. Please report any software problems as bugs in the software, not errors in the manual.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Modding OpenMW vs Morrowind
  • A brief overview of the differences between the two engines.
• How To Install and Use Mods
  • Install
  • Enable
• OpenMW Game Template
  • Installation
  • Run OpenMW Launcher
• Advanced Settings Configuration
  • Changing Settings
• OpenMW Texture Modding
  • Texture Modding Basics
  • Normal maps from Morrowind to OpenMW
• Custom Models
  • Static Model via COLLADA
  • Animated Creature via COLLADA
  • Blender to OpenMW with OSG native
  • Blender to OpenMW with NIF
• Fonts
  • Morrowind .fnt fonts
  • TrueType fonts
• Sound Effects
  • Supported Formats
  • Sound File, Sound, Sound Gen
  • Hardcoded Effects
  • User-defined Sound Effects
• Music
  • Supported Formats
• Sky System and Structure
  • Overview
  • 1. Background Colour and Fog
  • 2. Atmosphere
  • 3. Clouds
  • 4. Stars
  • 5. Sun
  • 6. Moons
  • 7. Weather Effects
  • Settings
• Doors and Connecting Cells
  • Setting up Doors in OpenMW-CS
• Custom Shader Effects
  • Soft Effect
• Extended modding feature overview
  • Native herbalism support
  • Animated containers support
  • Day/night state support
  • Per-group animation files support
  • Weapon sheathing support
  • Skeleton extensions
  • Extended weapon animations
  • Groundcover support
  • Lua scripting
• Paths
  • Configuration files and log files
  • Savegames
  • Screenshots
• Localisation
  • Locales
  • Fallbacks
  • Localisation Files