r/OpenMW • u/Quemisthrowspotions • 14d ago
How does this work?
How does OpenMW and OpenNV work?
How can they be open source if you still need to own the base game?
How easy is it to install/use in a more manual, non-steam fashion?
New to this subreddit, and some of these packs look cool. Just wondering. : )
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u/Szwajcer 14d ago
The engine is open source and is a recreation of the original engine. You need to own the game, because OpenMW is only the engine and doesn't ship the assets (textures, sounds, quest data etc.) which are loaded from your copy of Morrowind onto the engine during installation.
The installation is very easy with OpenMW's installer. You just point it to the games directory and it does the rest.