Morrowind Tweaks
Written by Jason L. Hubsch (a.k.a. Wes Ide)
June 5, 2002
Version 1.0
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Table of Contents:
1) Copyright Information
2) Distribution Notice
3) Contact Information
4) Introduction
5) Version History
6) Explanation
7) Morrowind Tweaks
8) Submit Your Own Morrowind Tweaks
9) Credits
10) Closing
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1) Copyright Information:
(c) 2002 WSP Entertainment. All rights reserved. No part of this Guide
may be used or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems,
without permission in written form from the author.
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2) Distribution Notice:
Please do not post this on your own website. You may link to it via
GameFAQs, but posting it on your own website is a violation of the
copyright herein established.
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3) Contact Information:
Email:
[email protected]
AIM: Reverend Wes Ide
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4) Introduction:
It is pretty universally established that somewhere along the line, the
developers at Bethesda messed up. Lord only knows what kind of machine
the testers used, but for the majority of consumers, this game runs
choppy. This Guide attempts to solve some of those problems.
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5) Version History
1.0 - This is the introductory version. As has happened with my
Morrowind Quick Skill Level-Up Tips Guide, I am sure I will get
bombarded with emails on other tips, and they will make it in future
versions.
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6) Explanation
In your Morrowind game directory is a file called Morrowind.ini which
holds all the information that the game uses while playing. Open it up
with Notepad and immediately go to File->Save As and save it as
MorrowindINIBackup.txt, which will save the original version. Now you
are free to edit the Morrowind.ini file as suggested below, and then
save it as Morrowind.ini over your original file. If you experience
any problems and/or want to return it to its original state, simply
delete the edited version of Morrowind.ini and rename
MorrowindINIBackup.txt to Morrowind.ini
The best thing to do is to search for the first line in each tweak
using the Edit->Find menu in Notepad, then edit it as suggested.
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7) Morrowind Tweaks
A) Framerate
Max FPS=240
Everyone that is having freeze problems or desktop crashes should go in
to morrowind.ini file and edit Max FPS=240 to Max FPS=60
B) Show Framerate
Show FPS=0
To have your framerate displayed in the lower right corner during
gameplay, change this to Show FPS=1
C) Terrain Loading
DontThreadLoad=0
To disable the brief intermittent loads that can happen as often as
every few seconds on a system, change DontThreadLoad=0 to
DontThreadLoad=1. Instead, you get a "Terrain Loading" message that
pops up every couple of minutes.
So, the trade off is fewer pauses, but the ones you do get will be a
second or two longer because the game isn't loading terrain on the fly.
D) Screenshots
Screen Shot Enable=0
To enable screenshots to be taken by pressing the Print Screen button
at anytime during gameplay, change Screen Shot Enable=0 to Screen Shot
Enable=1 or otherwise, the game will flat out tell you that Screenshots
are not enabled during gameplay if you try to take one.
E) Level-Up
[Level Up]
Each time you gain a level, you are given a message on the same screen
in which you distribute the three attribute points given to you for
leveling up. The game designates what message you get for each level,
up to Level 20. Each level thereafter is given a default message.
However, you can change the messages for each level from 1-20, or the
default message, simply by finding [Level Up] and then changing the
text for the level you desire to change. Heck, you can even add
individual messages for levels 21, 22, 23, and so on. Personally, I am
at Level 25, and so I just changed my Default message, as shown in the
screenshot below:
http://www.geocities.com/wsp_entertainment/Morrowind/Levelup.jpg
F) Miscellaneous Tweaks
I am not sure what these do, but they were suggested as improving
performance of the game:
Exterior Cell Buffer=32
Change to
Exterior Cell Buffer=45
UseQuadratic=0
QuadraticMethod=2
QuadraticValue=16.0
QuadraticRadiusMult=1.0
Change To
UseQuadratic=1
QuadraticMethod=2
QuadraticValue=16.0
QuadraticRadiusMult=4.0
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8) Submit Your Own Morrowind Tweaks
If you know of anything that can be done to improve or enhance
gameplay, please email me the Tweaks to
[email protected] with the subject
line of Morrowind Tweaks.
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9) Credits
From RPGDot.com:
- Danicek for providing the Tweaks for Framerate, Terrain Loading, and
the first Miscellaneous Tweak.
- Baalcipher for providing the second Miscellaneous Tweak.
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10) Closing
Hopefully you will experience smoother and better gameplay after having
read this guide. And now some personal plugs:
My Personal Website
Wes Ide's World
http://www.wes-ide.8m.com
My Business Site
WSP Entertainment
http://wsp.8m.com
My Novel
WSP, Vol. 1: The Epic Tale
http://thenovel.8m.com
Thanks!
