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Emma

Since a long time back, I never worry about how mods have been packed or zipped and where and how they should be extracted. I have found that this strategy prevents all problems, and seems to be foolproof (please correct me if I am wrong):

a) Create a subfolder on your desktop.

b) Unzip the mod to the sub-folder.

c) Doubleclick on the sub-folder.
Inside, you will find one meshes folder, one textures folder, one icons folder and an esp-file.
Take the meshes folder and DROP it into your Morrowind datafiles directory. It will automatically MERGE with your existing meshes folder (which will guarantee that all meshes ends up at the exactly correct places). You will get a message concerning this from the computer, say OK.
Now, take the textures folder and DROP it into you Morrowind datafiles directory.
Now, do the same with the Icons folder.
Finally, place the esp-file in your Morrowind datafiles directory.

That's all. You are ready to play your new mod.
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Elsu

That would work fine if everyone understood and used the proper file paths and folders, but unfortunately that is not so. If you care to look at Thread Whisperer's and Baphomet's install guides, they show "work arounds" for some common mistakes.

mattymanx · Seyda Neen Drunk Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 15

Most people would find my method a bit time consuming, but every mod I download, I unpack to sub folders and repack them in .ACE format so that all I need to do to unpack is right click the .ace file and tell it to extract to the Data Files folder and it neatly places every thing in the right place. Very handy when installing multiple mods at once. I also took the liberty of combining multiple mods made by the same author, ie Rhedd's Heads or MQB & Andromache, and making them one larger ace file. The only thing I didn't do is combine the esp files. Also, ace format is better compression.

(no I did not combine Rhedds Heads with MQB!!! )

Emma

mattymanx · Seyda Neen Drunk Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 15

Emma

Dragon Wench

I had often been slightly confused by mod installation, but then I read Emma's suggestions when I downloaded Lokken, and I have used her method successfully with every mod I've tried since then, so many thanks for that!

Something else I do, if the mod is in Winzip, is simply right click and hit "Explore." Then I just copy and paste the folders and esp. found there into my Data Files. This way, I don't even need to do any unzipping.
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princess_stomper · Seyda Neen Drunk Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 7

Emma

Yes, that seems like a excellent way to do it, Princess Smile

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There are in fact many solutions that works more smoothly than my simple guide. But as those solutions varies between various kinds of packing systems etc, I wanted to provide a "quick-cover-them-all"-solution, that works for 95 % of all mods.

For those who want to learn all the tips and tricks on how to install mods, Thread_Whisperer has written an extensive guide that should cover as good as all systems, formats and problems. You'll find it here: http://rethan-manor.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=237
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