Mod Organizer 2

In this step, we will install our mod manager and register the tools installed in the previous step to be run through it.

Installing Mod Organizer 2

• Download Mod Organizer 2 from here.

• Once the download has finished, extract the archive and put the folder in any location outside of any default Window folders (like Program Files x86) and outside of the game's Root folder, e.g. Games\Morrowind Modding\MO2

• Run ModOrganizer.exe.

• Click the Create new instance button to the upper left.

• Select Create a portable instance as the instance to create.

• Select Morrowind as the game to manage.

• Configure your profile as follows:

  • Use profile-specific game INI files

  • Use profile-specific save games

  • Automatic archive invalidation

• On the next page, keep the Location file path default.

If you have MO2 installed on an SSD or a HDD with little space, you can check the Show advanced options box and change the Downloads file path to a different drive with more space. This will not effect download/game performance, and the downloads can be deleted after the mods have been installed.

• On the last page, select Finish.

• MO2 will launch and prompt you with Category Setup, select Do Nothing.

• From the pop-up called Register?, select Yes.

  • This pop-up will not show up if you have already registered a different instance of MO2.

Configuring Mod Organizer 2

Settings

• Select the X in the bottom right of MO2 to close the log window.

• Select the button at the top of MO2 to open the settings.
• In the Theme tab, you can select a different style of your choosing from the drop-down menu at the top.

• In the Nexus tab, select Connect to Nexus.

  • This option will not show up if you have already connected your Nexus account on a different MO2 instance.

• MO2 will open your browser and prompt you to authorize the connection.

• Once you authorize it, you can close out of your browser and of the MO2 settings.

• Allow MO2 to restart if it asks.

Setting Up Plugins

• Once Mod Organizer 2 has loaded, right-click in the right pane and select Enable all.

• Order the plugins in the right pane as follows:

Morrowind.esm
Tribunal.esm
Bloodmoon.esm

Adjusting Morrowind.ini

In this step, we will edit the Morrowind.ini to account for the Rain/snow collision patch we installed with the Morrowind Code Patch.

• Click the button at the top of MO2 and select INI Editor.
• Use CTRL+F to input the section names and edit the respective entries to use these values. Note that Weather Snow may be found much further down below than the others, just below the Archives section.

[Weather Rain]
Rain Diameter=1200
Max Raindrops=1500

[Weather Thunderstorm]
Rain Diameter=1200
Max Raindrops=3000

[Weather Snow]
Snow Diameter=1600
Max Snowflakes=1500

• Click Save and close the window.

Registering Tools

In this step, we will register our modding tools in Mod Organizer 2 for them to detect our installed mods.

• Click the at the top of MO2 to open the executables menu.
• Click the button and choose Add from file....
• Navigate to Morrowind\Mopy and double click mash64.exe.

• Click Apply.

• Click the button and choose Add from file....
• Navigate to Morrowind and double click TES3Merge.exe.

• Click Apply.

tes3cmd doesn't need to be registered in Mod Organizer 2 as it is directly run from Wrye Mash.

Likewise, MGE XE is already detected by Mod Organizer 2 and doesn't need to be registered.