iHeartVanilla Directors Cut: Convenience and Immersive additions?

[gloomy halo]

Hello! I installed the iHeartVanilla Directors Cut modlist with TR, and added QuickLoot for Fallout 4 style looting as the one thing I was missing off the top of my head.

Im not well versed in the Morrowind modding scene and with such an older title its hard to infinitely scroll by Endorsements or Downloads as some are not OpenMW ready or are out of date.

What are some interesting but lore friendly (or at least thematically cohesive) mods I can add to this setup?

Mostly looking for some more random things to find or interact with to spice up the static nature of the game, but also interested in high quality armors that are visually similar to concept art from Kirkbride or other artists involved with the project.

Also looking for possible portable home (deployable tent, or something), as well as a means to immersively mark places in the world (think a signpost or placeable note system) since last time I played i gave up trying to find the Cavern of the Incarnate and I dont want to use walkthroughs.

Thanks for any recs!

So far im thinking Yurt Crafting with Portable Homes OpenMW script and Guars with Abot's Patch

[daring totem]

See the armors from RA if you're looking for very nice-looking armors in vanilla-friendly style. https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/RealAshstaar/mods

[daring totem]

Also, you can add your own notes to the map window (local map) by double clicking on it.

[gloomy halo]

oh really? i played on xbox originally so i had no idea. do you like, right click or is there a bind?

[daring totem]

http://vegtabill.blogspot.com/2014/01/vegtabills-guide-to-map-notes-in-tes3.html

I really like Morrowind UI functionality. It was added by Tribunal.

There's mods that allow for more fancy stuff, if you're into it, but I think Morrowind's already enough for most stuff.
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/56554

Oops, rememvered you're in OpenMW. I don't think there's an equivalent to the mod for mwse, but using the note marker functionality with the following mods might improve your experience:
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/56615
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/56533

I use these two myself and they're good.

[outer arrow]

This mod does something similar for vanilla content, (as in more map markers) Makes it easy to find that one random dungeon you've visited that now a quest wants you to do x)
https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/43248

[gloomy halo]

yeah i was trying to avoid a direct more/improved marker system so i can maintain the natural exploration and discovery of vanilla

if i cant get a Acme Co. Wily Coyote style sign where i can plant it and say "not here" or "turn around" for myself ill probably stick to the vanilla marker system

(i got GOTY so tribunal is there)

like i dont want to stop getting lost, i want tools to get myself un lost, you know?

[gloomy halo]

holy smokes, get a load of this! https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/55346

[tidal pasture]

This one lets you leave notes in world https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/54043

https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/RuffinVangarr/mods?gameId=100 also lots of great armour sets

https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/48683 lot of great stuff compiled in Vanilla Friendly Wearables Expansion if you want less esps. Very nice subtle application

[brave shell]

Shameless self promotion but if you have WARES (which I think comes with the modpacks), I created this which makes finding spells more interesting and adds a bit of color to the game https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/57432

[gloomy halo]

oh i saw that on reddit the other day i think, great backport of a feature. is there anything else under the Wares umbrella you recommend?

[brave shell]

In the WARES ultimate page they have files for integrating Tamriel_data with vvardenfell so that you can see tamriel rebuilt stuff before reaching the mainland, I use a few of the clothing mods in the description as well but they can be a bit immersion breaking if you’re into that 😅 but you can check them out regardless

They ask that you merge the mods that use WARES which you should do, but if you don’t feel like it then the spell tomes will still show up because I give them to different vendors than any of the other mods in those files

[gloomy halo]

i figured it out: double click anywhere in LOCAL MAP for a red square with custom text

[gloomy halo]

ok i wasnt expecting Wares to be an 18 plugin monster lmao

heres where im at

[brave shell]

You only need to have WARES.esm enabled to get the spell tomes and you’ll want WARES high up in your load order, whichever of the plugins you use just depends on what mods you have installed. Personally I use MOAR, OAAB, the TR ones, Wares_traders and the vanilla lists

Also I see you got the alt version which is cool haha, I didn’t expect that one to be as popular as it is

[gloomy halo]

oh ok so ill wanna go back over I Heart and check its base parts for patches then

cause TR is in there for sure but im not sure the others

i dont know what SHOTN is or OAAB

[brave shell]

No need to add those then, though those are for Skyrim Home of the Nords and OAAB is an asset like tamriel_data
But if you just want tamriel rebuilt assets and stuff distributed throughout vvardenfell, you’d just want to use the ones I said other than the OAAB

But like I said, for spell tomes you only need the Wares base.esm

[gloomy halo]

oh i do have SHOTN then i didnt recognise the abreviation

cause i have the "full TR" set of skyrim/mainland/cyrodil

in addition to vvarv

oh and PC is project Cyrodyl of course

[brave shell]

Yeah

[gloomy halo]

still not sure what oaab or NOD is

[brave shell]

NOD … I can’t quite remember but OAAB is an assets mod like tamriel_data but has different things

https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/49042

[gloomy halo]

ahhhhhh

[brave shell]

A lot of really high quality mods that add player homes or new areas and dungeons use OAAB but it’s not necessary if you’re just playing Tamriel rebuilt and whatnot

[gloomy halo]

alright added quickloot, yurts, guars, special robes for gotren, and spell tomes which requires OAAB and wares, on top of I Heart Vanilla Directors Cut with TR, PC and SHOTN.

[brave shell]

i would recommend putting all of the WARES above AFFresh along with patch for purists, i think WARES comes before pfp. Tamriel_data.esm should also be around the same place as OAAB_Data.esm, TR_mainland, Cyr_Main, and skyrim home of the nords should all go directly below those i believe
You can put spelltomes at the very bottom along with the conjuration spell fix
you'll want

the rest of yours don't matter too much i don't think but in general the logic goes
base game > WARES base.esm > assets > large landmass mods (TR, Cyrodil, skyrim) > patches > the rest of WARES > everything else

[gloomy halo]

so this is fine by morrowind standards?

its yelling at me about Sky_main and Cyr_main

[brave shell]

Oh no you need all those wares lower 0.o

yeah

[gloomy halo]

Shift+Click+Drag EZ

Launch OpenMW

🔲 Bethesda

"Distant Sea Floor is pissed off"

"load it before Bloodmoon but the DSF Patch loads after DUH"

[gloomy halo]

summoned a clanfear first try

lets go

[gloomy halo]

well everything is looking and working as expected but im not great at debuggin mw so i guess ill just find out lmao

skyrim i would give myself gold, noclip and shit and test each plugin

but i dunno how to do that here

thanks a bunch for helping if anyone has any other recs from the main post or how i might test better @ me

(not sure if yurt is working yet)

i did find guars and talk to the stablemen tho

i added voice to AFF and Cyrodiil, AFF worked but i havnt gotten to Cyrodiil yet so