If you don't do this MGE or MGE-XE might work, which could prevent you to run Morrowind, so this is important to right click on the MGEgui.exe or the MGEXEgui.exe file and send it to desktop as a shortcut before you can configure the settings in MGEgui or in MGE-XE.Ħ.
Extract the MGE v3.8.2-SVN_rev-0178 or the MGE-XE 0.9.10 archive into the \Morrowind folder then right click the MGEgui.exe/MGEXEgui.exe file in the Morrowind folder and send it as a shortcut to desktop. DirectX 9.0c Redistributable (run dx9_redist\DXSETUP.exe) can be installed regardless what DirectX version you have installed on your computer, but I'm not sure about computers that has DirectX 8.1 or older DirectX versions installed.ĥ.
The Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (run vcredist_x86.exe) is the only software you will need to both install and uninstall every time you want to install or reinstall MGE or MGE-XE.Ĥ. Also, most people are using Windows 7 these days which already has. NET 4.0) is completed to get rid of Windows Welcome login every time you start your computer and that can you blame Microsoft for not doing that sooner than. You also need to install a patch after the installation (only earlier than.
NET 2.0 is required for MGE, but to save you some time I recommend to install Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0 (run dotNetFx40_Full_setup.exe) which requires internet connection. The rest can be installed without rebooting your computer.Ģ. When you install Mircosoft.NET Framework for the first time you might need to reboot your computer once the installation is completed and should do so if prompted. Download the required software and the latest stable version for MGE or MGE-XE.
Of course you can use MGE-XE, but Shader 3.0 is required.Īll high-end computers can run either MGE or MGE-XE (MGE-XE is the successor of MGE), but it's recommended to use MGE-XE since it's supported and further maintained here or here.īefore you begin the installation, make sure you launch Morrowind at least once, just to let Morrowind to generate the default settings in the Morrowind.ini file.ġ. Note that the Morrowind Graphics Extender (MGE) is no longer supported and it is recommended for older computers to use the latest stable version of MGE. I always do this to get MGE or MGE-XE working in Morrowind with a Nvidia video card, so this might not work for everyone and if you have a ATI video card then perhaps other people can help you.