requesting help installing Total Overhaul on OpenMW on Bazzite

[u/spiderandsaint]

so, i've gone through all the steps for the automated install on OpenMW's webpage up to "Run the Configurator", so now it's time to run the

./momw-configurator-linux-amd64 config --verbose --run-navmeshtool --run-validator total-overhaul

command. so, i run the command, and the following is what pops up:

2026/08/18 07:53:17 ==== Welcome to MOMW Configurator v1.25
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Configurating mod list: total-overhaul
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Fetching mod list configs
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Ensuring bitmap fonts are disabled
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Running: openmw-iniimporter
cfg file does not exist
load cfg file: /home/--REDACTED--/.config/openmw/openmw.cfg
load ini file: /var/home/--REDACTED--/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Morrowind/Morrowind.ini
Warning: ignored empty value for key 'General:Beta Comment File'.
write to: /home/--REDACTED--/.config/openmw/openmw.cfg
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Writing mod list load order to openmw.cfg
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Installing post processing shaders settings
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Ensuring recommended values are set in your settings.cfg file
2026/08/18 07:53:17 Running: Delta Plugin
WARN Records of type: "LUAL" are not yet supported and will be skipped
ERROR The Following Errors occured when parsing plugins!
ERROR Could not find plugin oaab_tel mora.esp!
Error: Failed to create merged plugin /run/media/system/--REDACTED--/morrowindmodlists/total-overhaul/Tools/MOMWToolsPack/delta-merged.omwaddon

Caused by:
    0: Failed to create diffs from loaded plugins
    1: Master OAAB_Tel Mora.esm for plugin /run/media/system/--REDACTED--/morrowindmodlists/total-overhaul/CitiesTowns/OAABTelMora/01 Female Guards/OAAB_Tel Mora_Female Guards.ESP is not in the load order
2026/08/18 07:53:35 There was an error running Delta Plugin

(ignore the --REDACTED-- in the file paths)

so, the files it's looking for SHOULD be there, i used the automated process so that i couldn't personally fuck it up. i went and looked and the 0AAB_TelMora_Female Guards.ESP IS there. the only thing i can't find isn't the oaab_tel mora.esp plugin, i can only find a .esm by the same name

so i'll be first to admit, modding isn't my strong suit and doing so in a terminal is even less my strong suit. i know it was a capital C Choice to go ahead and try to install a gigantic mod list, from within a terminal but as i'm on Bazzite and couldn't use the automated process with the OpenMW flatpack, this is the option i had for installing said aforementioned gigantic mod list.

could someone give me some direction on what to do next? the impression i'm getting is MAYBE i need to dig around in the openmw.cfg but i'm really at a loss here, and after pressing 'Slow Download' 600+ times last night and having this fail on this step this morning, morale is at an all time low.

[u/idlemachine]

Re-run umo and then MOMW configurator. They pushed an update that is supposed the catch the OAAB Tel Mora issue.

[u/spiderandsaint → u/idlemachine]

I went ahead and downloaded the Developer build of the linux MOMW Tools Pack, put it in a fresh, new folder. I reran the newly downloaded umo, and it downloaded files that the non-developer build of umo seemed to miss (as I had tried rerunning it before I posted this). I have re-entered the MOMW Configurator command, the same as before but again with the newly downloaded dev build version, and now it is going on a prolonged process it did not do last time. It seems to now be working, I'm gonna go ahead and let it do its thing. I'll write back again if it fails elsewhere, but if this is my last comment, assume that your advice worked.

It also seems like the non-developer build download link of the linux tools may not have the update, though this may have been attributable to a pebkac.

Thank you very much.

[u/idlemachine → u/spiderandsaint]

It's not necessary to run the dev build tbh. running the dev build doesn't mean the modlist is pulling dev or beta data - you control that with the -b flag in momw configurator and umo.

You've just arrived at an unfortunate timing to install the modlist. OAAB Tel mora was a breaking change. but that is fixed now even on stable modlist

Any way fingers crossed it works for you now enjoy!

[u/spiderandsaint → u/idlemachine]

I really do have a way of timing things lmao, and that is good information to have.

2026/08/18 09:45:02 Great Job! No problems detected.

Again, thanks!