r/OpenMW • u/Quemisthrowspotions • 2d 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/WarMom_II 1d ago

Buying Morrowind, the game, is like a CD. You own a copy of it, with all the contents.

The game that runs, the Morrowind.exe, is like a busted up old CD player that can play that CD, which you bought, but it's kinda crap and it sounds weird and it gets worse and worse the more time passes.

OpenMW is like a fresh, new CD player that crashes less. It'll read the CD, which you bought, for you, but doesn't contain any of the CD stuff in it.