I have no idea what I'm doing!

[NerevarRising]

So I've been playing Morrowind GOTY on Xbox for many years, and I bought a copy of Morrowind GOTY for my Windows 7 PC to try playing with mods to enhance the game a bit (I'm only interested in new content not really new graphics or what have you).
I'm not really tech savvy, I can install a game and that's it, so I don't know where to start, I tried reading the mod section on UESP but I just got confused right away, so what I'm asking is if anyone can just walk me through the basics of installing/using a mod, I know it's a bit noobish but thanks to anyone who can help.

[Musicman247]

Have you checked this thread and watched the video in the first post? Pretty informative!

http://forums.uesp.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=39123

[legoless]

The official mods also come with basic readme installation instructions. Might be a good place to start since you probably want them anyway.

[M.C.Marcellus]

Warning! Simplified explanation!!! Please, do your best to understand the wiki pages, and Wrye Mash as well.

First, locate your MW installation folder (that is, the location of Morrowind.exe): there is a subfolder called "Data Files". Then read the mod readme! It normally tells you what to do

A mod is usually a compressed archive with one or more of the following:

1. .esm or .esp file: this goes in the Data Files folder, then from the game launch menu you must select "Data Files" and double click those you want to activate;
2. .bsa file: this goes in the Data Files folder, but you must edit the Morrowind.ini file: open it with notepad, then locate [Archives] and add an entry in the format

   Code: Select all

   Archive #=mod.bsa

   where mod.bsa is the name of your .bsa file # is a progressive number (you already have at least 2: Tribunal.bsa and Bloodmoon.bsa, so follow that structure);
3. folders with mesh/textures: these go in the "Data Files/Textures" or "Data Files/Meshes folder": .dds are textures, .nif are meshes;
   • if the folder name is "Textures" or "Meshes", just copy it to data files, and it will merge with the existing one;
     otherwise, check the readme to see if you shall put the files in the mesh/textures folder or in a subfolder.