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| ===== Install OpenMW ===== | ===== Install OpenMW ===== | ||
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| + | The installation is divided in two steps: installing the open source engine OpenMW and the Morrowind game data from Bethesda. | ||
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| + | ==== The engine ==== | ||
| If your distribution allows to install OpenMW with ease using its package manager (e.g., ''yum'', ''pacman'', ''apt-get'', ...), that is the most straightforward and suggested way. | If your distribution allows to install OpenMW with ease using its package manager (e.g., ''yum'', ''pacman'', ''apt-get'', ...), that is the most straightforward and suggested way. | ||
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| in ''~/openmw/bin'' will be the binaries, so //not// in PATH. Remember to add to the directory to your path if you want to execute ''openmw'' from any directory (i.e., ''export PATH="$PATH":~/openmw/bin'' ) | in ''~/openmw/bin'' will be the binaries, so //not// in PATH. Remember to add to the directory to your path if you want to execute ''openmw'' from any directory (i.e., ''export PATH="$PATH":~/openmw/bin'' ) | ||
| - | ===== Unpack the game data ===== | + | ==== The game data ==== |
| The gog setup file ''setup_tes_morrowind_goty_2.0.0.7.exe'' needs to unpacked. In a temp directory we use innoextract to do so: | The gog setup file ''setup_tes_morrowind_goty_2.0.0.7.exe'' needs to unpacked. In a temp directory we use innoextract to do so: | ||
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| The directory ''app'' contains all the game data we need. Move where you want to install the game. As example we want install in a games directory under the home | The directory ''app'' contains all the game data we need. Move where you want to install the game. As example we want install in a games directory under the home | ||
| + | $ cd "app/Data Files" | ||
| + | $ for a in BookArt Fonts Icons Meshes Music Sound Splash Textures Video ;do convmv --notest --lower -r "$a" ;done | ||
| + | $ cd ../.. | ||
| $ mv app ~/games/tes_morrowind | $ mv app ~/games/tes_morrowind | ||
| $ cd .. | $ cd .. | ||
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| If we need to reset the ''Data Files'' directory to its original content, we can just delete it and copy back the OpenMW one. | If we need to reset the ''Data Files'' directory to its original content, we can just delete it and copy back the OpenMW one. | ||
| - | To make the old-way to install mods easier we convert all filenames to lowercase. | ||
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| - | $ convmv --notest --lower -r 'Data Files/'* | ||
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| - | We have to ensure to make all filenames lowercase before copying in the old ''Data Files'' . | ||
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