How are mods for Morrowind made and loaded into the game?

Answer 1

Anyone can create a mod for Morrowind on PC. The game is shipped with a construction kit which allows you to modify existing content or add new content. The kit contains help files which show the user how to do most things. For advanced information on creating script files (to control objects in special ways) you can ask around in the blog on The Elder Scrolls official fansite. The site also contains ready-made mods for download as well as additional material such as new sounds, meshes , icons, etc. Meshes are the bitmaps for everything you can see or operate in the game, icons are small images that represent items in the inventory view. It is not possible to create your own mods using an Xbox, as the editor was not released for this format. To extract downloaded mods from their compressed folders you will require a compression / extraction program such as WinRAR or WinZIP. These can be downloaded from their publishers websites. Once a downloaded file has been extracted, move or copy the appropriate plugin file (*.ESP file) to Morrowinds' "Data files" folder. Run the game and select "Data files" from the startup menu. Find the file you want to load in the list and check its box, then click "Ok". When you next play the game the plugin file will be automatically loaded and will play seamlessly into the game. Plugin files can be loaded for use with existing saved games. It is not recommended, however to remove a plugin file from the list if you intend to load a game that was saved when the plugin was in use. Strange things happen if you do this!